WCNR Brighten the Corners 9-12-17 Two For The Road (Show 527)
(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 9/6 News At Noon
U2–“You’re The Best Thing About Me”: Off the upcoming Songs of Experience.
Pixx–“I Bow Down (Let’s Eat Grandma Remix)”: The British singer’s debut record, Age of Anxiety, is out now.
Ibeyi–“Deathless” Feat. Kamasi Washington: Ibeyi is a duo of the 22-year-old french-cuban twins, Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Diaz.
Wednesday 9/6 Two (or 3!) For The Road
U2 – “You’re The Best Thing About Me (Sci-Fi Soul Mix)”/Songs of Experience (out 12/1)
St. Vincent – “Los Ageless”/Masseduction (out 10/13)
Beck – “Up All Night”/Colors (out 10/13)
Thursday 9/7 News At Noon
Jamila Woods–“LSD”: The Chicago activist, soul singer, and poet also runs a non-profit organization for Chicago kids to learn the art of storytelling. Her album HEAVN is out now and she is currently on tour with Corinne Bailey Rae.
Superorganism–“Something For your M.I.N.D”: The musicians are all international and they self-directed the video for this tune.
Alle Farben–“Little Hollywood”: The German producer and DJ’s real name is Frans Zimmer.
Thursday 9/7 Two For the Road
GGOOLLDD – “Secrets”/Teeth EP (out 12/1)
The Anatomy of Frank – “The Sunken Coast”/South America (local album release party tonight)
Friday 9/8 News At Noon
Eliot Bronson–“Good Enough”: From the Baltimore singer-songwriter’s 4th album, James.
Good Old War–“The River”: Off of the Part of Me EP, which is the first of three that they are releasing over the next year.
Sam Smith–“Too Good At Goodbyes”: Sam Smith has a new album coming soon!!!
Friday 9/8 Two For the Road
Gary Clark Jr. – “Come Together”/Justice League (movie out 11/17)
Foo Fighters – “The Line”/Concrete & Gold (out 9/15)
Monday 9/11 News At Noon
Ghost of Paul Revere–“Montreal”: The debut single from the Portland, ME band’s sophomore release, Monarch. The album drops on October 27th and they’ll be at The Southern in November.
The Lonely Biscuits–“Talk About”: The group formed in 2011 when they met in the dorms at Belmont University. Their San Francisco EP comes out on September 22nd. They’ve played SXSW, Bonnaroo, ACL, Lolla, Hangout and more.
Los Colognes–“Molly B Good”: The young Nashville band’s album, The Wave, is currently available. They’ve toured with the likes of Caitlin /rose, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Rayland Baxter, Moon Taxi, Houndmouth and Grace Potter and will be in Richmond with Blues Traveler on October 17th.
Monday 9/11 Two For the Road
Joseph – “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”/Stay Awake EP (in DC 9/13)
Mavis Staples – “If All I Was Was Black”/title track (out 11/17, Richmond show w/ Dylan just announced today)
Tuesday 9/12 News At Noon
King Leg–“Great Outdoors”: The artist born in Nebraska lives in Nashville right now and the self-titled EP is available currently.
Everything Everything–“Can’t Do”: The London quartet formed in London on September 10, 2007. Their new album A Fever Dream is out now.
Seth Glier–“Water On Fire”: The Grammy winner’s latest album Birds is out now and the song was inspired by Standing Rock.
Tuesday 9/12 Two For The Road
Brian Tyree Henry – “We Can Always Come Back To This”/This Is Us soundtrack (out 9/15)
Eddie Vedder – “Out of Sand”/Twin Peaks Music from the Limited Event Series
