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News At Noon/Two For the Road 8/23-29/17

WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-29-17 Two For The Road (Show 525)

(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 8/23 News At Noon

30 Seconds To Mars – “Walk On Water”

The White Buffalo–“Avalon”

Lucinda Williams–“Six Blocks Away”

Wednesday 8/23 Two For the Road

Foo Fighters – “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”/Concrete & Gold (out 9/15)

Enter Shikari – “Live Outside”/The Spark (out 9/22)

Thursday 8/24 News At Noon

Tori Amos – “Up The Creek”/Native Invader (out 9/8)

Grouplove – “Remember That Night”/new single

Beck – “Dear Life”/Colors (out 10/13)

Thursday 8/24 Two For the Road

Kasabian – “Bless This Acid House”/For Crying Out Loud

Gov’t Mule – “Dreams & Songs”/new single, playing Lockn’ tmrw w/ Ann Wilson

Friday 8/25 News At Noon

Brand New–“Can’t Get Out”

Julien Baker–“Appointments”

Taylor Swift–“Look What You Made Me Do”

Friday 8/25 Two For The Road

Lemon Twigs–“The Night Song”

Torres–“Three Futures”

Monday 8/28 News At Noon

Jonny Lang–“Stronger Together”

Lizz Wright–“Barley”

William Patrick Corgan–“Aeronaut”

Monday 8/28 Two For the Road

Robert Plant – “The May Queen”/Carry Fire (out 10/13)

Greta Van Fleet – “Highway Tune”/Black Smoke Rising EP

Tuesday 8/29 News At Noon

Hiss Golden Messenger–“Domino (Time Will Tell)”

Brian Tyree Henry–“We Can Always Come Back To This”

Ariel Pink–“Feels Like Heaven”

Tuesday 8/29 Two For The Road

Stars – “Real Thing”/There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light (out 10/13)

Francis & The Lights – “May I Have This Dance (feat. Chance the Rapper)”/new remix

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