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News at Noon/Two For the Road 9/20-9/26/17

WCNR Brighten the Corners 9-26-17 Two For The Road (Show 529)

(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!)

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Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2017

Brighten The Corners Kendall faves 2017

Wednesday 9/20 News At Noon

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club–“Little Thing Gone Wild”: The first track from their 8th studio album, Wrong Creatures, out January 12th. Catch them in DC on January 29th.

Clara-Nova–“Illusionist”: The debut single from the forthcoming EP The Iron Age which drops on March 2nd.

Cut/Copy–“Black Rainbows”: The Grammy-nominated band’s first studio album in 4 years, Haiku From Zero hits the shelves on Friday.

Wednesday 9/20 Two For the Road

David Bowie – “Suffragette City”/prev. unreleased version A New Career In A New Town boxset (out 9/29)

Aretha Franklin – “Respect”/A Brand New Me: Aretha w/ the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (out 11/10)

Thursday 9/21 News At Noon

Alex Clare–“Get Real”: The new single from the upcoming Tail of Lions out October 7th. He’ll be in DC on November 13th.

Rostam–“Bike Dream”: Off of the former Vampire Weekend band member’s new record Half-Light. 

Noah Kahan–“Hurt Somebody”: Catch him in DC with the Strumbellas on November 9th.

Thursday 9/21 Two For the Road

Wild Belle – “Untamed Heart”/new double A-side charity single

Kele Okereke – “Streets Been Talkin’”/Fatherland (out 10/6)

Friday 9/22 News At Noon

All From The Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful: “Rut”, “Life To Come”, “Run For Cover”

Friday 9/22 Two For the Road

Slothrust – “Sex & Candy”/Show Me How You Want It To Be (covers EP out 11/10)

Bash & Pop – “Too Late”/new single produced by & feat. Nicole Atkins

Monday 9/25 News At Noon

Dent May–“Across The Multiverse” Feat. Frankie Cosmos

Walk The Moon–“One Foot”

New Swears–“Dance With The Devil”

Monday 9/25 Two For the Road

The Head & The Heart – “Don’t Dream It’s Over”/Crowded House cover

Bob Seger – “Busload of Faith”/Lou Reed cover from his upcoming (Nov.) album

Tuesday 9/26 News At Noon

Wild Belle–“Untamed Heart”

Tristen–“Partyin’ Is Such Sweet Sorrow”

Courtship.–“Perfect People”

Tuesday 9/26 Two For The Road

Walker Lukens – “Don’t Wanna Be Lonely”/Tell It To The Judge

Lucas Oswald – “Dark On Us”/Whet

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