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News at Noon/Two For The Road 8/9-15/17

WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-15-17 Two For The Road (Show 523)

(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 8/9 News at Noon

Phoebe Bridgers – “Motion Sickness”/Stranger in the Alps (out 9/22)

DADA – “The Bluebird”/1st new single in over 10 years

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – “When I Dance With You”/The Echo of Pleasure (out 9/1)

Wednesday 8/9 Two For the Road

JD McPherson – “Lucky Penny”/Undivided Heart & Soul (out 10/6)

The Bronx – “Two Birds”/V (out 9/22)

Thursday 8/10 News at Noon

The Accidentals – “Odyssey”/title track (out 8/18)

Alice Merton – “No Roots”/new single

Nina Nesbitt – “The Moments I’m Missing”/new single

Thursday 8/10 Two For the Road

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

Billy Bragg – “King Tide & The Sunny Day Flood”/monthly series of singles this year

Friday 8/11 News at Noon

Liam Gallagher – “For What It’s Worth”/As You Were (out 10/6)

Phillip Phillips – “Miles”/new single

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

Friday 8/11 Two For the Road

Bully  – “Feel The Same”/Losing (out 10/20, in Cville in Nov.)

Mister Heavenly – “Beat Down”/Boxing The Moonlight (out 10/6)

Monday 8/14 News at Noon

Goldfrapp–“Systemagic”

Alex Lahey–“Everyday’s The Weekend”

Marlon Williams–“Vampire Again”

Monday 8/14 Two For the Road

Joan Osborne – “Ring Them Bells”/Songs of Bob Dylan (out 9/1, at The Festy in Oct.)

Walter Trout w/ Warren Haynes – “The Sky Is Crying”/We’re All in This Together (out 9/1)

Tuesday 8/15 News at Noon

Slothrust–“Like A Child Hiding Behind Your Tombstone”

Glorious–“Everything Is Alright”

Neil Finn–“Second Nature”

Tuesday 8/15 Two For The Road

Gogol Bordello – “Walking on the Burning Coal”/Seekers & Finders (out 8/25)

Blind Boys of Alabama – “Pray For Peace”/Almost Home (out 8/18)

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