WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-2-16 Two For The Road (Show 471)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016
Brighten The Corners favorites 2015
Wednesday 7/27 News at Noon
Blind Pilot–“Packed Powder”: Their new album, And Then Like Lions, drops on August 12th and was produced by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists, Neko Case).
Okkervil River–“The Industry”: Their new record, Away, is set for an early September release and they will be in DC on September 19th.
Third Eye Blind–“Cop Vs. Phone Girl”: The song tells the story of the Spring Valley High attack of a student by a police officer in South Carolina last year.
Wednesday 7/27 Two For The Road
Bad Suns – “Disappear Here”/title track (out 9/16)
Crystal Castles – “Char”/Amnesty (I) (out 8/19)
Thursday 7/28 News at Noon
Jamestown Revival–“Love Is A Burden”: The Texas duo of childhood friends Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay are performing in DC on October 26th.
Ray Goren–“Slaves To The Money”: The first single from his forthcoming EP begs the question of whether money will bring us happiness.
Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings–“I’m Still Here!”: From the soundtrack to Miss Sharon Jones! the documentary about Sharon Jones’ battle with cancer and subsequent return to the stage.
Thursday 7/28 Two For The Road
NAF – “Door”/s/t (video premiered today)
Sam Roberts Band – “If You Want It”/new album later this year
Friday 7/29 News at Noon
Jeremy & The Harlequins–“Into The Night”: One of the tracks from their debut album was voted “Coolest Track of The Year” by listeners of Little Steven’s Underground Garage! “Into The Night” is the title track to their sophomore album.
The Record Company–“Rita Mae Young”: From their major label debut, Give It Back To You. Catch them at The Southern on October 14th.
The Stray Birds–“Third Day In A Row”: Off of the trio’s latest release, Magic Fire, which is their first with an outside producer. They will be at The Southern on August 23rd.
Friday 7/29 Two For The Road
Dreamers – “Sweet Disaster”
Descendents – “Victim of Me”/Hypercaffium Spazzinate (out today)
Monday 8/1 News at Noon
Butch Walker–“Ludlow Expectations”: From his upcoming album, Stay Gold, dropping on the 26th. The Ludlow is a hotel on the Lower East Side of the city that Walker says “owns part of [his] heart and a third of [his] liver”. He wrote it while walking around at 3 AM and refers to it as an “escape song”, which he has always been a fan of.
Liz Longley–“Swing”: The Berklee graduate’s new album, Weightless, is out August 26th and was produced by Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses. She will be in Richmond on October 25th.
Parsonsfield–“Stronger” The debut single from the new album, Blooming Through The Black, produced by Sam Kassirer (Bhi Bhiman, Josh Ritter, Elephant Revival). Catch Parsonsfield in Narrows on Thursday.
Monday 8/1 Two For The Road
Drive-By Truckers – “Surrender Under Protest”/American Band (out 9/30)
Warpaint – “New Song”/Heads Up (out 9/23)
Tuesday 8/2 News at Noon
Kari Faux–“Fantasy”: She categorizes her music as “internet rap” and the Little Rock, Arkansas artist’s debut album, Lost En Los Angeles, is out now.
Sam Roberts Band–“If You Want It”: The latest single from the Canadian band.
Two Door Cinema Club–“Bad Decisions”: A highlight of Bonnaroo as well as Lollapalooza this past weekend, their new album, Game Show, is out in October and they will be in DC on November 17th.
Tuesday 8/2 Two For The Road
Skye & Ross – “Light of Gold”/ex-Morcheeba duo; s/t out 9/2
Marian Hill – “Down”/Act One (in Cville 9/11)
Lucius – “You Were On My Mind”/We Five cover from deluxe version of Good Grief (just-announced Cville show 10/29)
