WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-8-17 Two For The Road (Show 522)
(Hear the News at Noon weekdays at 12p with Kendall & Two For the Road with Jeff weeknights around 5:45pm – we recap the week’s worth of new tunes Tuesdays 10pm-midnight!)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2017
Brighten The Corners Kendall faves 2017
Wednesday 8/2 News At Noon
The Barr Brothers–“It Came To Me”: The new album, Queens of The Breakers, is out in October and features 11 songs on the topics of growing up, the power of reflection, loss, and forgiveness. Catch them in DC in December.
Lana Del Rey–“Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems” Feat. Stevie Nicks: Lana’s new album, Lust For Life, is the number 1 album in the country this week.
Rainer Maria–“Suicides & Lazy Eyes”: From the band’s self-titled record, their first in a decade. They’ll be in DC on September 28th.
Wednesday 8/2 Two For the Road
Hamilton Leithauser – “Road To Nowhere”/Amazon’s Open Road all-covers compilation
Benjamin Gibbard – “What You Do To Me”/Bandwagonesque (his version of the Teenage Fanclub classic came out Friday)
Thursday 8/3 News At Noon
Diet Cig–“Maid Of The Mist”: From the new record, Swear I’m Good At This. They played The Southern earlier this year.
The March Divide–“Cherry Bomb”: Not a Runaways cover! Jared Putnam aka The March Divide’s new EP, Don’t Let Me Die In Arizona, drops tomorrow.
Big Thief–“Pretty Things”: The Brooklyn band’s second album, Capacity, is out now and they’ll be in Richmond with Lucy Dacus on September 8th.
Thursday 8/3 Two For the Road
Jake Bugg – “How Soon The Dawn”/new single
David Rawlings – “Cumberland Gap”/Poor David’s Almanack (out 8/11)
Friday 8/4 News At Noon
Wolf Parade–“Valley Boy”: The band too a break for a while to focus on other projects and are now back together with a new album, Cry Cry Cry, the first produced by John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney).
Bully–“Feel The Same”: From Losing, the new 12 song album from the band fronted by Alicia Bognanno. The song is about being “stuck in the claustrophobia of a manic state of mine”. Catch them at The Southern in November.
Andreas Moe–“Ocean (Take The Dive)”: The Swedish artist is currently on tour with John Mayer.
Friday 8/4 Two For the Road
Stars – “Fluorescent Light”/new album in Oct.
Anderson East – “All On My Mind”/new single
Monday 8/7 News at Noon
Son Little – “Blue Magic (Waikiki)”/New Magic (out 9/15)
Gregg Allman – “My Only True Friend”/Southern Blood (out 9/8)
Neil Young – “Hitchhiker”/title track (out 9/8)
Monday 8/7 Two For the Road
Van William feat. First Aid Kit – “Revolution”/The Revolution EP (out 9/8)
Empress Of – “Go To Hell”/new single
Tuesday 8/8 News at Noon
Joan Osborne – “Quinn The Eskimo”/Songs of Bob Dylan (out 9/1, at The Festy in Oct.)
Son Volt – “No Expectations”/Amazon Music Open Road
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers – “Romeo’s Tune”/An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert (out 10/6, Nicki performs Terrapin Station w/ Weir & Lesh later this month at Lockn’)
Tuesday 8/8 Two For The Road
Randy Newman – “It’s A Jungle Out There”/Dark Matter (came out Friday)
I’m With Her – “Little Lies”/in Cville tonight, EP due later this year
