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News At Noon/Two For the Road 8/10-16/16

WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-16-16 Two For The Road (Show 473)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016

Brighten The Corners favorites 2015

Wednesday 8/10 News At Noon

Warpaint – “New Song”/Heads Up (out 9/23)

Lydia Loveless – “Longer”/Real (out 8/19, in Cville 11/12)

Dreamers – “Sweet Disaster”/This Album Does Not Exist (out 8/26)

Wednesday 8/10 Two For The Road

Nick Waterhouse – “It’s Time”/Never Twice (out 9/30)

Eli Paperboy Reed – “My Way Home”/title track

Thursday 8/11 News At Noon

Green Day – “Bang Bang”/Revolution Radio (out 10/7)

Swmrs – “Figuring It Out”/Drive North (Billie Joe Armstrong’s son is the drummer)

Belle & Sebastian – “Olympic Village, 6am”/unofficial indie rock Olympic theme!

Thursday 8/11 Two For The Road

White Stripes – “City Lights”/Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 (out 9/9)

Weathers – “Happy Pills”/new single

Friday 8/12 News At Noon

Sam Beam + Jesca Hoop – “Love Is A Stranger”/Eurythmics cover, new digital single

Chris Staples – “Golden Age”/title track (out 8/19)

The Veils – “Low Lays The Devil”/Total Depravity (out 8/26)

Friday 8/12 Two For The Road

Father John Misty – “Real Love Baby”/new single

LVL UP – “Pain”/Return To Love (out 9/23)

Monday 8/15 News At Noon

JD & The Straight Shot–“Glide”

Jamestown Revival–“Love Is A Burden”

Wynonna & The Big Noise–“Cool Ya”

Monday 8/15 Two For The Road

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – “The Midnight Special”/Shine A Light: Field Recordings From the Great American Railroad (out 9/23)

Bon Iver – “22 (Over Soon)”/22, A Million (out 9/30)

Tuesday 8/16 News At Noon

Graham Nash–“Myself At Last”

Rachael Sage–“Try Try Try”

The Wild Feathers–“Help Me Out”

Tuesday 8/16 Two For The Road

Gordi – “Wanting”/Clever Disguise EP

Deap Vally – “Smile More”/Femejism (out 9/16)

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