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News At Noon/Two For the Road 9/28-10/4/16

WCNR Brighten the Corners 10-4-16 Two For The Road (Show 480)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

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Wednesday 9/28 News At Noon

Blink-182–“She’s Out of Her Mind”: The second single from their new album, California, and Alabama Barker–Travis Barker’s daughter–plays piano on the track.

Green Day–“Still Breathing”: They kicked off their tour Monday night and this is the third single from the upcoming album, Revolution Radio, which drops on October 7th.

Mona–“The Middle”: The title track to the Nashville band’s forthcoming EP. They have a new full record on the way as well.

Wednesday 9/28 Two For The Road

Kacey Musgraves (w/ Leon Bridges) – “Present Without A Bow”/A Very Kacey Christmas (out 10/28)

Cody ChesnuTT – “I Stay Ready”/My Love Divine Degree (out in 2017)

Thursday 9/29 News At Noon

Judah and The Lion–“Take It All Back”: The Nashville band has been around since 2011 and their new album, Folk Hop ‘N Roll is an amalgamation of all of those genres.

Kaiser Cheifs–“Hole In My Soul”: Their sixth album, Stay Together, comes out on October 7th.

Regina Spektor–“Older And Taller”: The second track from her seventh album, Remember Us To Life. 

Thursday 9/29 Two For The Road

Bob Weir & Grace Potter – “Friend of the Devil”/Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia (out 10/14)

Conor Oberst – “A Little Uncanny”/Ruminations (out 10/14)

Friday 9/30 News At Noon

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – “The Midnight Special”/Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad

The Devil Makes Three – “There’ll Be A Jubilee”/Redemption & Ruin (in Cville 1/29)

Madeleine Peyroux – “Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)”/Secular Hymns

Friday 9/30 Two For The Road

Phish – “Breath and Burning”/Big Boat (out 10/7) Trey’s b’day today

Bon Iver – “33 “GOD”/22, A Million (out today)

Monday 10/3 News At Noon

Conor Oberst–“Tachycardia”: Conor Oberst of Monsters of Folk, Bright Eyes and Desperacidos’s new album Ruminations was recorded in just 48 hours and is set for an October 14th release.

Niall Horan–“This Town”: Yet another member of One Direction, the Irish one who actually plays an instrument, has released a solo tune.

Sara Watkins–“Say So”: The lastest single from her new album, Young In All The Wrong Ways. She is playing at The Festy this weekend.

Monday 10/3 Two For The Road

Merchandise – “Lonesome Sound”/A Corpse Wired For Sound

Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør – “Never Ever”/new single

Tuesday 10/4 News At Noon

Computer Magic–“Gone For The Weekend”: The stage name of Brooklyn-based artist, Danz Johnson.

J-Lee–“The Real Thing”: Joanna Lee is an Austin-based artist who had her big break opening for Deep Purple in 2014.

Peter Gabriel–“The Veil”: His new single is from the soundtrack to the Oliver Stone film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Snowden, out now.

Tuesday 10/4 Two For The Road

Moby & The Void Pacific Choir – “Are You Lost in the World Like Me”/These Systems Are Failing (out 10/14)

Gordi – “Can We Work It Out”/Clever Disguise EP

 

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