Brighten the Corners

WCNR Brighten the Corners 1-17-12 (Show 248)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – “Heart Attack”/Out of Frequency (out 1/31)

Ting Tings – “Hang It Up”/Sounds From Nowheresville (out 3/20)

Sleigh Bells – “Comeback Kid”/Reign of Terror (out 2/21)

 

The Big Pink – “Stay Gold”/Future This (out today)

Shearwater – “Breaking the Yearlings”/Animal Joy (out 2/14)

 

Sinead O’Connor – “Old Lady”/How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (out 2/21)

Leonard Cohen – “Darkness”/Old Ideas (out 1/31)

 

First Aid Kit – “Emmylou”/The Lion’s Roar (out 1/24)

Emmylou Harris & John Prine – “Magnolia Wind”/This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark

 

Lyle Lovett – “Isn’t That So”/Release Me (out 2/28)

Nils Lofgren – “Love Stumbles On”/Old School

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Bad Religion – “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”/Chimes of Freedom: Tribute to Bob Dylan

Queens of the Stone Age – “Outlaw Blues”/Chimes of Freedom: Tribute to Bob Dylan (out 1/24)

 

~11pm~

 

The Roots w/ TV on the Radio – “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round”/Soundtrack For A Revolution (out 1/31)

Jimmy Cliff – “Ruby Soho”/Sacred Fire EP

 

Charles Bradley – “Stay Away” (Nirvana cover)/No Time For Dreaming re-issue (in Cville 4/6!)

Michael Williams Band – “Hey Baby”/Fire Red

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Bombay Bicycle Club – “Shuffle”/A Different Kind of Fix (cd out today)

Nada Surf – “Waiting For Something”/The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy (out 1/24)

 

Cate Le Bon – “Puts Me To Work”/CYRK (out today)

Ani DiFranco – “Zoo”/Which Side Are You On? (out today)

 

Jessie Baylin – “Hurry Hurry”/Little Spark (out today)

Kathleen Edwards – “Wapusk”/b-side of Change The Sheets single (Voyageur out today)

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Mark Lanegan Band – “The Gravedigger’s Song”/Blues Funeral (out 2/7)

Howler – “Back Of Your Neck”/America Give Up (out as of yesterday)

~12mid~

Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound – “Ne’er Do Wells”/s/t EP

Cheyenne Marie Mize – “Wishing Well”/We Don’t Need EP (cd version out 1/24)

 

Bahamas – “Okay Alright I’m Alive”/Barchords (out 2/7)

Guided By Voices – “The Unsinkable Fats Domino”/Let’s Go Eat the Factory (out today)

Porcelain Raft – “Drifting In And Out”/Stange Weekend (out 1/24)

 

Ki:Theory – “I Wanna Run”/Kitty Hawk (out soon)

Kele (w/ Lucy Taylor) – “What Did I Do?”/The Hunter EP

The Big Sleep – “Ace”/Nature Experiments (out 1/31)

 

Alex Chilton – “I Wish I Could Meet Elvis”/Free Again: the “1970” Sessions (came out last week)

 

WCNR Brighten the Corners 1-10-12 (Show 247)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” (Wilco cover)/Want More

Charles Bradley – “Heart of Gold” (Neil Young cover)/No Time For Dreaming re-issue

 

The Roots w/ TV on the Radio – “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round”/Soundtrack For A Revolution (out 1/31)

Joan Osborne – “Shake Your Hips”/Bring It On Home (out 3/27)

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Nada Surf – “Waiting For Something”/The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy (out 1/24)

Mark Lanegan Band – “The Gravedigger’s Song”/Blues Funeral (out 2/7)

 

Of Monsters & Men – “Little Talks”/EP out now, My Head Is An Animal LP later this month

The Shins – “Simple Song”/Port of Morrow (out 3/20)

 

The Barr Brothers – “Beggar in the Morning”/s/t

Great Lake Swimmers – “Easy Come Easy Go”/New Wild Everywhere (out 4/3)

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Ani DiFranco – “Which Side Are You On?”/title track (out 1/17)

 

Howler – “Back Of Your Neck”/America Give Up (out 1/16)

Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”/Picture Show (out 3/12)

Cheyenne Marie Mize – “Wishing Well”/We Don’t Need EP (cd version out 1/24)

 

~11pm~

 

Ben Kweller – “Jealous Girl”/Go Fly A Kite (out 2/7)

Heartless Bastards – “Parted Ways”/Arrow (out 2/14, in Cville 2/29)

White Rabbits – “Heavy Metal”/Milk Famous (out 3/6, in Cville 3/8)

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Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound – “Ne’er Do Wells”/s/t EP

First Aid Kit – “Emmylou”/The Lion’s Roar (out 1/24)

 

Shearwater – “Breaking the Yearlings”/Animal Joy (out 2/14)

Jessie Baylin – “Hurry Hurry”/Little Spark (out 1/17)

 

Leonard Cohen – “Darkness”/Old Ideas (out 1/31)

Gary Numan – “The Fall”/Dead Son Rising

Class Actress – “Weekend”/rapprocher

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Craig Finn – “Honolulu Blues”/Clear Heart Full Eyes (out 1/24)

 

Sleigh Bells – “Born To Lose”/Reign of Terror (out 2/21)

Of Montreal – “Dour Percentage”/Paralytic Stalks (out 2/7)

 

Paul McCartney – “Get Yourself Another Fool”/Kisses on the Bottom (out 2/7)

 

WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-30-11 (Show 228)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

Chris Isaak – “Live It Up”/Beyond the Sun (out 10/18)

Nick Lowe – “Somebody Cares For Me”/The Old Magic (out 9/13)

John Doe – “Don’t Forget How Much I Love You”/Keeper (out today, at PJ20 this wknd)

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Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Did I Let You Know”/I’m With You (out today)

Vieux Farka Toure w/ Dave Matthews – “All The Same”/The Secret (in Cville 8/31)

 

Mike Doughty – “Na Na Nothing”/Yes and Also Yes (out today)

Tom Waits – “Bad As Me”/title track (out 10/25)

 

Florence & the Machine – “What the Water Gave Me”/song out now, album out early Nov.

Tori Amos – “Nautical Twilight”/Night of Hunters (out 9/20)

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Mute Math – “Blood Pressure”/Odd Soul (out 10/6, in Cville 9/16)

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – “Tune Grief”/Mirror Traffic (in Cville 9/30)

 

St. Vincent – “Cruel”/Strange Mercy (out 9/13, in Cville 10/30)

Lisa Hannigan – “Knots”/Passenger (out 9/20)

 

~11pm~

Eddie Vedder w/ Glen Hansard – “Sleepless Nights”/Ukulele Songs (both at PJ20 this wknd)
Joseph Arthur – “Almost Blue”/The Graduation Ceremony (at PJ20 also)

Liam Finn – “Reckless”/FOMO (at PJ20 also)

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Vetiver – “Wonder Why”/The Errant Charm (in Cville 9/16)

Justin Townes Earle – “Harlem River Blues”/title track (in Cville w/ The Hold Steady 9/2)

 

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – “If I Had A Gun”/s/t (out 11/8)

Jimmy Cliff – “Guns of Brixton”/EP in November, new album in 2012

Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman – “Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine”/World Wide Rebel Songs (out today)

 

Gary Clark Jr. – “Bright Lights”/Bright Lights EP (in Cville 9/5)

The Kooks – “Junk of the Heart (Happy)”/Junk of the Heart (out 9/13)

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Snow Patrol – “Called Out in the Dark”/Fallen Empires (release tba)

~12mid~

Neon Indian – “Polish Girl”/Era Extraña (out 9/13)

 

Feist – “How Come You Never Go There?”/Metals (out 10/4)

Katie Herzig – “Free My Mind”/The Waking Sleep (out 9/20, in Cville 9/15 & 11/11)

 

Ryan Adams – “Lucky Now”/Ashes & Fire (out 10/11)

Laura Marling – “Sophia”/A Creature I Don’t Know (out 9/13)

 

Blitzen Trapper – “Love the Way You Walk Away”/American Goldwing (out 9/13)

Beirut – “Santa Fe”/The Rip Tide (out today)

 

Tinariwen – “Tenere Taqhim Tossam” (w/ Tunde & Kyp from TV on the Radio)/Tassili (out today)

Thievery Corporation – “Free”/Culture of Fear (go see the documentary Inside Job!)

AM & Shawn Lee – “Dark Into Light”/Celestial Electric (out 9/6)

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Male Bonding – “Tame the Sun”/Endless Now (out today)

The Drums – “Money”/Portamento (out 9/13)

Wavves – “I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl”/Life Sux EP via Stereogum (out 9/20, in Cville 9/26)

~1am~

Stephin Merritt – “The Song From Venus”/Obscurities

We Were Promised Jetpacks – “Medicine”/In the Pit of the Stomach (out 10/4)

 

Glen Campbell – “Ghost on the Canvas” (P. Westerberg cover)/title track (out this week)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-9-11 (Show 225)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

The Japanese Popstars feat. Green Velvet – “Let Go”/Controlling Your Allegiance

Active Child – “Hanging On”/You Are All I See (out 8/23)

Kyle Andrews – “Bombs Away”/Robot Learn Love (out 8/16)

Cults – “Abducted”/s/t

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Fink – “Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us”/Perfect Darkness

Frank Ocean – “Thinking About You”/courtesy of TheFader.com

 

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – “Morning Thought”/It’s A Corporate World (in Cville 9/21)

Ethan Gold – “Nonstop”/Songs From A Toxic Apartment

 

Frankie Rose – “Soma”/Stroked: Stereogum tribute to The Strokes’ Is This It

Neko Case & Nick Cave – “She’s Not There”/digital single (Neko in Cville 8/11)

Dump – “Raspberry Beret”/James of Yo La Tengo returns to Cville 8/13!

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The Features – “Big Mama Gonna Whip Us Good”/Wilderness

The Kickdrums – “Perfect World”/Meet Your Ghost

The Drums – “Money”/Portamento (out 9/13)

 

Howler - “This One’s Different”/title track to new EP (out now via Rough Trade)

 

~11pm~

 

My Morning Jacket – “Outta My System”/Circuital (in Cville 8/24; cd & ticket gives all week 3-4pm)

The War on Drugs – “Baby Missiles”/Slave Ambient (out 8/16)

Birdlips – “High on Yourself”/Metaphorical Acid EP (back in Cville 8/13! birdlips.bandcamp.com)

 

Tame Impala – “Solitude Is Bliss”/Innerspeaker

Laura Marling – “Sophia”/A Creature I Don’t Know (out 9/13)

 

Mariachi El Bronx – “48 Roses”/s/t (II)

Mike Doughty – “Na Na Nothing”/Yes and Also Yes (out 8/30)

Fountains of Wayne – “A Dip in the Ocean”/Sky Full of Holes

 

Archers of Loaf – “Web in Front”/Icky Mettle re-issue

Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman – “Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine”/World Wide Rebel Songs (out 8/30)

The Horrors – “Changing The Rain”/Skying (out today)

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Maria Taylor – “This Could Take A Lifetime”/Overlook (out 8/16)

Steve Cropper w/ Bettye LaVette – “Say It”/Dedicated (tribute to The 5 Royales)

 

Fairfield Four – “The Lord Will Make A Way”/O, Brother Where Art Thou deluxe (out 8/23)

 

WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-2-11 (Show 224)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

Penguin Prison – “Multi-Millionaire (Shook remix)”/new Remix EP

The Drums – “Money”/Portamento (out 9/13)

Brothers of Brazil – “Take the Money and Run Away to Rio”/s/t

 

Mike Doughty – “Na Na Nothing”/Yes and Also Yes (out 8/30)

The Decemberists – “When U Love Somebody”/An iTunes Session (Fruit Bats cover, EP out today & they are in Cville tomorrow!)

Fruit Bats – “Picture of A Bird”/Tripper (out today)

 

Maria Taylor – “Masterplan”/Overlook (out 8/16)

Richard Buckner – “Escape”/Our Blood (out today)

Laura Marling – “Sophia”/A Creature I Don’t Know (out 9/13)

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Jane’s Addiction – “Irresistible Force”/The Great Escape Artist (out 9/27)

Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman – “It Begins Tonight”/World Wide Rebel Songs (out 8/30)

 

Archers of Loaf – “Wrong”/Icky Mettle re-issue (out today)

Tame Impala – “Solitude Is Bliss”/Innerspeaker

 

~11pm~

The Features – “Content”/Wilderness

Joseph Arthur – “Almost Blue”/The Graduation Ceremony

Kyle Andrews – “Bombs Away”/Robot Learn Love

 

Jonny Corndawg – “Fools & Sages”/Down on the Bikini Line (out 8/30)

Nikki Lane – “Gone, Gone, Gone”/title track for EP out now (full out 9/27)

Amy LaVere – “You Can’t Keep Me”/Stranger Me

 

{Ximena Sariñana interview segment from 930 Club show in DC last week}

Ximena Sariñana – “The Wrong Miracle”/alt. solo version (s/t cd out today)

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Dawes – “Coming Back To A Man”/Taylor Goldsmith Corner Lounge version from 7/30

 

Beth Orton – “Go Down Easy”/Johnny Boy Would Love This…A Tribute to John Martyn (out 8/16)

Grace Jones – “Well Well Well”/Hurricane (out 9/6)

~12am~

Pajama Club (Neil Finn & his wife Sharon) – “Tell Me What You Want”/s/t (out 9/13)

 

The Horrors – “I Can See Through You”/Skying (out 8/9)

Howler - “This One’s Different”/title track to new EP (out now via Rough Trade)

Fountains of Wayne – “A Dip in the Ocean”/Sky Full of Holes (out today)

 

Bodeans – “Blowin’ My Mind”/Indigo Dreams (came out last week)

Keb Mo – “Just Lookin’”/The Reflection (out today)

Charles Bradley – “Stay Away”/Spin magazine tribute to Nirvana’s Nevermind

 

Little Dragon – “Shuffle A Dream”/Ritual Union

Teddybears w/ The Flaming Lips – “Crystal Meth Christian”/Devil’s Music

Le Butcherettes – “All You See In Me Is Death”/Sin Sin Sin

 

John Doe – “Sweetheart”/Keeper (out 8/30)

Drive-By Truckers – “Let There Be Rock”/Greatest Hits 98-09 (out today)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 7-26-11 (Show 223)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Christmas in July episdode...most of our favorite tracks of the year so far and giveaways galore!

~10pm~

 

Playing For Change – “Gimme Shelter”/PFC 2:Songs Around the World (Mick Jagger’s 68^th b’day)

Bright Eyes – “Shell Games”/The People’s Key

My Morning Jacket – “The Day Is Coming”/Circuital (just-announced Cville show 8/24!)

 

Middle Brother – “Me Me Me”/s/t

The Strokes – “Under Cover of Darkness”/Angles

The Features – “Kids”/Wilderness (out today, on Kimmel tonight)

 

Ximena Sariñana – “Different”/s/t (out 8/2, in DC 7/28)

Capital Cities – “Patience Gets Us Nowhere Fast”/s/t EP

Peter Bjorn and John – “Second Chance”/Gimme Some

Nick Cave & Neko Case – “She’s Not There”/digital single for True Blood

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Foo Fighters – “Walk”/Wasting Light (singles from Death Cab, Decemberists & Adele were awesome too, but we’ve heard plenty of them in primetime!)

Skybombers – “Lies”/Black Carousel

Company of Thieves – “Death of Communication”/Running From A Gamble

 

~11pm~

 

Seasick Steve – “Write Me A Few Lines”/new Jack White-produced single

Cee Lo Green – “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care”/Rave On Buddy Holly

 

Ray Davies (w/ Mumford & Sons) – “Days/This Time Tomorrow”/See My Friends

Booker T. Jones (w/ Yim Yames) – “Progess”/The Road From Memphis

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Gillian Welch – “The Way It Goes”/The Harrow & The Harvest (in Cville 8/18)

Dawes – “If I Wanted Someone”/Nothing Is Wrong (in Cville 7/30 w/ Alison Krauss)

Kopecky Family Band – “Howlin’ At The Moon”/Of Epic Proportions EP

 

Frank Ocean – “We All Try”/Nostalgia, Ultra

Little Dragon – “Ritual Union”/title track (out today)

PJ Harvey – “Written on the Forehead”/Let England Shake

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Motopony – “King of Diamonds”/s/t

The Heavenly States (w/ Britt Daniel) – “Berlin Wall”/Oui Camera Oui

Centro-matic – “Iso-Residue”/Candidate Waltz

 

~12am~

 

Exene Cervenka – “Already In Love”/Excitement of Maybe

Those Darlins – “Hives”/Screws Get Loose

Let’s Wrestle – “I Will Not Give In”/Nursing Home

 

Thurston Moore – “Circulation”/Demolished Thoughts

J Mascis – “Not Enough”/Several Shades of Why

Yuck – “Georgia”/s/t

 

Ben Sollee – “Captivity”/Corner Lounge version

Chris Thile and Michael Daves – “Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms”/Corner Lounge version

 

British Sea Power – “Who’s In Control”/Valhalla Dancehall

Cults – “Abducted”/s/t

Oh Land – “Sun of A Gun”/s/t (in DC 7/28)

 

Generationals – “Ten Twenty Ten”/Actor-Caster

TV on the Radio – “Will Do”/9 Types of Light

Iron & Wine – “Tree By The River”/acoustic Daytrotter.com version

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Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Our Hearts Are Wrong”/Tell Me

Charles Bradley – “Stay Away”/Spin magazine tribute to Nirvana’s Nevermind

 

Amy Winehouse – “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”/Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

WCNR Brighten the Corners 7-19-11 (Show 222)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

The Glitch Mob vs. La Roux – “Bad Wings”/online mash-up (Glitch Mob in Cville tonight)

Brian Eno/Rick Holland – “Glitch”/Drums Between the Bells

Com Truise – “Polyhurt”/Fairlight EP (in Cville tonight)

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Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”/I’m With You (out 8/30)

 

Fountains of Wayne – “A Dip In the Ocean”/Sky Full of Holes (out 8/2)

Shonen Knife – “Top of the World”/1994 Carpenters cover

Wild Flag – “Romance”/s/t (out 9/13)

 

Radiohead – “Little By Little” (Caribou remix)/King of Limbs remix series

(Stream and/or buy at http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace)

Tom Vek – “Aroused”/Leisure Seizure (out 9/13)

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Theophilus London – “I Stand Alone”/Timez Are Weird These Days (out today)

tUnE-yArDs – “Gangsta”/w h o k i l l

 

The Middle East – “Land of the Bloody Unknown”/”I Want That You Are Always Happy”

Gillian Welch – “Scarlet Town”/The Harrow & The Harvest (in Cville 8/18)

~11pm~

Little Dragon – “Ritual Union”/title track (out 7/26)

Ximena Sariñana – “Different”/s/t (out 8/2)

Wild Beasts – “Lion’s Share”/Smother

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The Kooks – “Junk of the Heart (Happy)”/Junk of the Heart (out 9/13)

 

R.E.M. – “All the Right Friends”/Life’s Rich Pageant (25^th anniv. edition out today)

Eastern Youth – “Zigzag Zigzag Tick Tock Tick Tock”/2003 (another Japanese band!)

The Ettes – “Excuse”/Wicked Will (out 8/2)

 

J Mascis – “Circle”/Edie Brickell cover from Daytrotter session

The Gaddabouts – “They Say Everything”/s/t (feat. Edie Brickell!)

 

Justin Townes Earle w/ Dawn Landes – “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind”/Dolly Parton cover from Paste online

The Unthanks – “No One Knows I’m Gone”/Last (Tom Waits cover)

Yuna – “Decorate”/EP title track (out now digitally)

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Mariachi El Bronx – “Roses”/s/t (out 8/2)

Petty Booka – “Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian”/Japanese duo covering John Prine

~12mid~

Yael Naim – “Come Home”/She Was A Boy

Amy LaVere – “You Can’t Keep Me”/Stranger Me (out today)

Sophie Hunger – “The Tourist”/s/t

 

Bombay Bicycle Club – “Fairytale Lullaby”/Johnny Boy Would Love This…A Tribute to John Martyn (out 8/16)

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – “Made of Love” (w/ Exene Cervenka)/Kings and Queens

 

Who’s Your Daddy! – “Time of the Season/When Doves Cry”/s/t (a capella covers album)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 7-12-11 (Show 221)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Who’s Your Daddy! – “Let’s Go”/s/t (a capella Cars cover)

Ximena Sarinana – “Different”/s/t (out 8/2)

The Kooks – “Junk of the Heart (Happy)”/Junk of the Heart (out 9/13)

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Super Heavy – “Miracle Worker”/s/t (out 9/20)

Joss Stone – “Somehow”/LP1 (out 7/26)

 

Teddybears – “Cho Cha” (w/ Cee Lo Green & The B-52’s)/Devil’s Music

Little Dragon – “Ritual Union”/title track (out 7/26)

Capital Cities – “Patience Gets Us Nowhere Fast”/s/t EP

 

Pajama Club – “From a Friend To A Friend”/full out 9/13

Liam Finn – “The Struggle”/Fomo

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My Morning Jacket – “Our World”/Muppets: The Green Album (out 8/23)

 

R.E.M. – “Wait”/Life’s Rich Pageant (25^th anniv. edition out today)

The Ettes – “Excuse”/Wicked Will (out 8/2)

 

~11pm~

 

Handsome Furs – “Repatriated”/Sound Kapital

 

SBTRKT – “Wildfire”/s/t

Fink – “Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us”/Perfect Darkness (out 7/19)

Frank Ocean – “We All Try”/Nostalgia, Ultra

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The War on Drugs – “Baby Missiles”/Future Weather

JEFF The Brotherhood – “Shredder”/We Are The Champions

Sleeper Agent – “Get It Daddy”/Celebrasion (out 9/6)

The Kickdrums – “Perfect World”/Meet Your Ghost

 

Wild Flag – “Romance”/s/t (out 9/13)

Eleanor Friedberger – “Heaven”/Last Summer (out today)

Magnetic Fields – “The Book of Love”/69 Love Songs Vol. 1 (1999)

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Washed Out – “Amor Fati”/Within and Without (out today)

Yacht – “Utopia”/Shangri-La

 

~12mid~

 

Sloan – “Unkind”/The Double Cross

Mansions – “Close That Door”/Dig Up The Dead

Phantogram – “When I’m Small”/in Cville 7/19

 

The Kin – “How High The Moon”/Rondo Sessions Vol. 1

 

WCNR Brighten the Corners 7-5-11 (Show 220)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – “Morning Thought”/It’s A Corporate World

SBTRKT – “Wildfire”/s/t

JEFF The Brotherhood – “Ripper”/We Are The Champions

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Allie Moss – “Corner”/Late Bloomer
Barnaby Bright – “Gravity”/Gravity EP

 

The Wood Brothers – “Shoofly Pie”/Smoke Ring Halo (out 8/2)

Julian Casablancas – “Rave On”/Rave On: Buddy Holly Tribute

Steve Cropper (w/ Bettye LaVette) – Say It/Dedicated: A Salute To The 5 Royales (out 8/9)

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Ryan Adams (w/ Mandy Moore) – “Empty Room”/new tour 7”

 

Old 97’s – “Perfume”/The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2 (out today)

Lindi Ortega – “I’m No Elvis Presley”/Little Red Boots {Brandon Flowers’ touring band singer}

 

Big Talk – “Getaways”/s/t (out 7/12) {Killers’ drummer side project}

The Kickdrums – “Perfect World”/Meet Your Ghost

 

~11pm~

 

Wilco – “I Might”/The Whole Love (out in Sept.)

UME (ooo-may) – “Captive”/Phantoms (out 8/30)

 

HeadCat (feat. Lemmy!) – “American Beat”/Walk The Walk…Talk The Talk (out today)

Sleeper Agent – “Get It Daddy”/Celebrasion (out 9/6)

 

The Wooden Birds – “Two Matchsticks”/title track

Handsome Furs – “Repatriated”/Sound Kapital

Digitalism – “Two Hearts”/I Love You Dude (out today)

 

Washed Out – “Amor Fati”/Within and Without (out 7/12)

The Chain Gang of 1974 – “Matter of Time”/Wayward Fire

 

City and Colour – “Fragile Bird”/Little Hell

matt pond PA – “Love To Get Used”/Spring Fools EP

 

Jayhawks – “She Walks In So Many Ways”/Mockingbird Time (out 9/20)

Gillian Welch – “The Way It Goes”/The Harrow & The Harvest (in Cville 8/18)

Jakob Dylan & Daryl Hannah – “Won’t You Stay””/Music That Changes The World (out 7/12)
{David Lynch Foundation benefit}

 

Capital Cities – “Patience Gets Us Nowhere Fast”/s/t EP

Yacht – “Utopia”/Shangri-La (out today)

Bjork – “Crystalline”/Biophilia (out late Sept.)

 

~12mid~

 

Seasick Steve – “Write Me A Few Lines”/new Jack White-produced 7”

Amy Lavere – “You Can’t Keep Me”/Stranger Me (out 7/19)

 

Eleanor Friedberger – “My Mistakes”/Last Summer (out 7/12)

Le Butcherettes – “Bang!”/Sin Sin Sin

 

Teddybears – “Cardiac Arrest” w/ Robyn/Devil’s Music (out today)

Cults – “Abducted”/s/t

Neko Case & Nick Cave – “She’s Not There”/HBO’s True Blood (Neko in Cville 8/11)

 

The Ettes – “Spend My Money”/Live From Nowhere Near You Vol. 2 (3-cd benefit out today)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 6-28-11 (Show 219)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Wilco – “I Might”/The Whole Love (out in Sept.)

Old 97’s – “Perfume”/The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2 (out 7/5)

 

The David Mayfield Parade – “Breath of Love”/s/t (by request!)

Jayhawks – “She Walks In So Many Ways”/Mockingbird Time (out 9/20)

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City and Colour – “Fragile Bird”/Little Hell

Capital Cities – “Patience Gets Us Nowhere Fast”/s/t EP

 

Yacht – “Utopia”/Shangri-La (out 7/5)

Digitalism – “Two Hearts”/I Love You Dude (out 7/5)

 

Boots Electric – “Boots Electric Theme”/Honkey Kong (out 9/20) singer of Eagles of Death Metal {+ Brody Dalle of Spinnerette & The Distillers}

Neko Case & Nick Cave – “She’s Not There”/HBO’s True Blood (Neko in Cville 8/11)

~Nick Cave re-issues giveaway!~

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Luke Fenlon – “Summer”/UK Import

~11pm~

Dawes – “If I Wanted Someone”/Nothing Is Wrong (in Cville 7/30 w/ Alison Krauss)

 

Gillian Welch – “The Way It Goes”/The Harrow & The Harvest (out today, in Cville 8/18)

Jolie Holland – “Wreckage”/Pint of Blood (out today, in Cville 8/1)

-

The Black Keys – “Dearest”/Rave On: Buddy Holly Tribute (out today)

Centro-matic – “Iso-Residue”/Candidate Waltz

 

They Might Be Giants – “Never Knew Love”/Join Us (out 7/19)

matt pond PA – “Love To Get Used”/Spring Fools EP

 

Washed Out – “Far Away”/Within and Without (out 7/12)

Papercuts – “Do What You Will”/Fading Parade

-

Bon Iver – “Towers”/Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Zee Avi – “The Book of Morris Johnson/Ghostbird (out 8/23)

 

Ozomatli – “Monster”/Music That Changes The World (out 7/12) David Lynch Foundation benefit

~12mid~

Friendly Fires – “Blue Cassette”/Pala

 

Eisley – “The Valley”/title track

The Ettes – “Excuse”/Wicked Will (out 8/2)

 

Teddybears – “Crystal Meth Christians” w/ Wayne Coyne/Devil’s Music (out 7/5)

Thievery Corporation – “Free”/Culture of Fear (out today)

 

Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers “Me & Paul Revere”/Happy Independence Day!

 

NO SHOW 6-21-11 (on VACATION!)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 6-14-11 (Show 218)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Blue Skies Again”/Backstage at B’roo 2011

Justin Townes Earle – “Wanderin’”/ Backstage at B’roo 2011

Tristen – “Avalanche”/Backstage at B’roo 2011

The Low Anthem – “Ghost Woman Blues”/Backstage at B’roo 2011 (in Cville tonight)

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Centro-matic – “Iso-Residue”/Candidate Waltz (out 6/21)

 

Cults – “Abducted”/s/t

Laura Jansen – “Wicked World”/Bells

Karen Elson - “Crying, Waiting, Hoping”/Rave On: Buddy Holly Tribute (out 6/28)

 

Viva Voce – “The Future Will Destroy You”/title track (out 6/21)

Vetiver – “Wonder Why”/The Errant Charm (out today)

Vandaveer – “Concering Past & Future Conquests”/Dig Down Deep

-

Junior Boys – “A Truly Happy Ending”/It’s All True (out today, in Cville 6/18)

 

Old 97’s – “Perfume”/The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2 (out 7/5)

Those Darlins – “Hives”/playing Campout East this wknd outside of Cville

 

~11pm~

 

Givers – “Saw You First”/Backstage at B’roo 2011

Ben Sollee – “Captivity”/Backstage at B’roo 2011

Kopecky Family Band – “Howlin’ at the Moon”/Backstage at B’roo 2011

-

City and Colour – “Fragile Bird”/Little Hell

Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”/Nothing Is Wrong (in Cville 7/30 w/ Alison Krauss)

 

Lenny Kravitz – “Stand”/Black and White America (out ??)

Ziggy Marley – “Forward To Love”/Wild and Free (out today)

 

Joss Stone – “Somehow”/new album this summer

Imelda May – “Mayhem”/title track (out 7/19)

-

Bon Iver – “Calgary”/Bon Iver, Bon Iver (out 6/21)

 

Alela Diane & Wild Divine – “Long Way Down”/s/t

Jolie Holland – “Gold and Yellow/Pint of Blood (out 6/28)

 

Neil Young International Harvesters – “Grey Riders”/A Treasure

WCNR Brighten the Corners 6-7-11 (Show 217)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

My Morning Jacket – “Wonderful (The Way I Feel)”/Circuital (B’roo 2011)

The Strokes – “Taken For A Fool”/Angles (B’roo 2011)

Arcade Fire – “Empty Room”/The Suburbs (B’roo 2011 & Cville 6/8!!!)
-

Givers – “Up Up Up”/In Light (out today & B’roo 2011)

Kopecky Family Band – “Howlin’ at the Moon”/Of Epic Proportions EP (B’roo 2011)

 

Dawes – “If I Wanted Someone”/Nothing Is Wrong (out today)

The Wooden Birds – “Two Matchsticks”/title track (out today)

 

City and Colour – “Fragile Bird”/Little Hell (out today)

Company of Thieves – “Death of Communication”/Running From A Gamble

-

Belle & Sebastian – “I Didn’t See It Coming”/Write About Love

 

Friendly Fires – “Blue Cassette”/Pala

Artic Monkeys – “Suck It and See”/title track (out today)

Art Brut – “Martin Kemp Welch Five-A-Side Football Rules!”/Brilliant! Tragic!

 

~11pm~

 

Bowerbirds – “House of Diamonds”/2009 (opening for Arcade Fire tmrw in Cville!)

Motopony – “King of Diamonds”/s/t

Birdlips – “One in Seven”/One Tongue (in Cville w/ Junior Boys 6/18)

-

Tedeschi-Trucks Band – “Come See About Me”/Revelator (out today)

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Medicine”/ 2010 Corner Lounge version (sold-out 6/8 in Cville!)

 

Fiona Apple & Jon Brion “Everyday”/Rave On (out 6/28)

Old 97’s – “Perfume”/The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2 (out 7/5)

 

MONA – “Listen To Your Love”/s/t (Sept. US release)

Dead Snares – “City Sparks”/Speak The Language

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – “Morning Thought”/It’s A Corporate World (out today)

-

Cults – “Go Outside”/s/t (out today)

 

Sondre Lerche – “Private Caller”/s/t (out today)

Black Lips – “Modern Art”/Arabia Mountain (out today)

 

Explosions in the Sky – “Trembling Hands”/Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (B’roo 2011)

Battles – “My Machines” (feat. Gary Numan)/Gloss Drop (out today)

 

~12mid~

 

Peter Murphy – “The Prince & Old Lady Shade”/Ninth (out today)

Frank Turner – “I Still Believe”/England Keep My Bones (out today)

 

Centro-matic – “Against the Line”/Candidate Waltz (out 6/21)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 5-31-11 (Show 216)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Viva Voce – “The Future Will Destroy You”/title track (out 6/21)

Cee Lo Green – “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care”/Rave On (out 6/28)

The Love Me Nots – “The End of the Line”/The Demon and the Devotee

 

MONA – “Listen To Your Love”/s/t (Sept. US release)

Mazes – “Most Days”/A Thousand Heys

 

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – “Morning Thought”/It’s A Corporate World (out 6/7)

DOM – “Living In America”/Sun Bronzed Greek Gods EP

 

Randy Newman – “Laugh and Be Happy”/Songbook Vol. 2

Man Man – “Knuckle Down”/Life Fantastic

Black Lips – “Modern Art”/Arabia Mountain (out 6/7)

-

Bon Iver – “Calgary”/Bon Iver, Bon Iver (out 6/21)

 

Miracle Fortress – “Have You Seen In Your Dreams”/2009 (in Cville w/ Junior Boys 6/18)

Motopony – “King of Diamonds”/s/t

Frank Turner – “One Foot Before The Other”/England Keep My Bones (out 6/7)

 

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx – “I’m New Here”/We’re New Here (RIP Gil)

 

~11pm~

 

Vieux Farka Toure – “All The Same” (feat. Dave Matthews)/The Secret (Ali’s son)

Femi Kuti – “It Don’t Mean”/Africa For Africa (Fela’s son)

Playing For Change – “Redemption Song”/PFC 2: Songs Around The World (out today)

-

Death Cab For Cutie – “Underneath The Sycamore”/Codes & Keys (out today)

My Morning Jacket – “Outta My System”/Circuital (out today)

 

Neil Young – “Sign of Love” (new version feat. Dave Grohl)/Le Noise

Liam Finn – “The Struggle”/FOMO (out 6/21)

 

The Heavenly States – “Model Son”/oui camera oui

The Wooden Birds – “Two Matchsticks”/title track (out 6/7)

-

Reeve Carney feat. Bono & The Edge – “Rise Above 1”/Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (out 6/14)

Friendly Fires – “Blue Cassette”/Pala

 

Let’s Wrestle – “I Will Not Give In”/Nursing Home

The Feelies – “When You Know”/Here Before

 

~12mid~

 

Thurston Moore – “Illuminine”/Demolished Thoughts

Other Lives – “Landforms”/tamer animals

Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Blue Skies Again”/Tell Me

 

Eddie Vedder – “Sleepless Nights” (feat. Glen Hansard)/Ukulele Songs (out today)

 

WCNR Brighten the Corners 5-24-11 (Show 215)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Bob Dylan – “On A Night Like This”/1974 Planet Waves (happy 70^th b’day, Bob!)

Neil Young – “Sign of Love” (new version feat. Dave Grohl)/Le Noise

Modest Mouse – “That’ll Be The Day”/Rave On (out 6/28)

-

Friendly Fires – “Blue Cassette”/Pala (out today)

Delay Trees – “Cassette 2012”/s/t (on Friendly Fire Records!)

 

Ben Harper – “Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn” (w/ Jackson Browne)/Give Till It’s Gone

My Morning Jacket – “The Day Is Coming”/Circuital (out 5/31)

 

Thurston Moore – “Circulation”/Demolished Thoughts (out today)

Okkervil River – “The Valley”/I Am Very Far

-

Chris Thile & Michael Daves – “Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”/Corner Lounge version from 5/19!

 

Release The Sunbird – “Always Like The Son”/s/t (out 7/26) feat. Zach of Rogue Wave

Explosions in the Sky – “Trembling Hands”/Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

 

~11pm~

 

Bon Iver – “Calgary”/Bon Iver, Bon Iver (out 6/21)

Alexi Murdoch – “At Your Door”/Towards the Sun

David Bazan – “Won’t Let Go”/Strange Negotiations (out today)

-

Tedeschi-Trucks Band – “Learn How To Love”/Revelator (out 6/7)

 

Motopony – “Euphoria”/s/t (out today)

Smith Westerns – “Weekend”/Dye It Blonde

Weekend – “End Times”/Sports

 

Company of Thieves – “Death of Communication”/Running From A Gamble

White Denim – “Drug”/D (out today)

Black Lips – “Modern Art”/Arabia Mountain (out 6/7)

-

Hooray For Earth – “True Loves”/title track

UNKLE – “Natural Selection” (w/ The Black Angels)/Where Did the Night Fall/Another Night Out

Art Brut – “Lost Weekend”/Brilliant! Tragic! (out today)

Paul McCartney – Women Kind” (Demo)/bonus track from McCartney re-issue (out 6/14)

 

Mark Lanegan – “Burning Jacob’s Ladder”/Rage Untethered video game free download

WCNR Brighten the Corners 5-17-11 (Show 214)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Over the Rhine – “The King Knows How”/The Long Surrender (in Cville 5/18)

Mason Jennings – “Dakota”/Corner Lounge performance from 5/14

Joseph Arthur – “Over the Sun”/The Graduation Ceremony (out 5/24, also part of Pearl Jam Destination Weekend)

-

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi w/ Jack White – “Two Against One”/Rome (out today)

 

Bon Iver – “Calgary”/Bon Iver (out 6/21)

Other Lives – “Landforms”/Tamer Animals (came out last week)

 

Moby – “The Day”/Destroyed (out today)

Glasvegas – “Shine Like Stars”/EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \ (cd version out today)

 

Company of Thieves – “Death of Communication”/Running From A Gamble (out today)

Black Lips – “Modern Art”/Arabia Mountain (out 6/7)

-

The Morning Benders – “Excuses (RAC Remix)”/Japan Echo EP

 

Sarah Jarosz – “Come Around”/Follow Me Down (out today)

~11pm~

Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers – “Shadow Hand”/Bride of the Noisemakers (2-cd live out 6/7, just announced show in Cville w/ Bela Fleck 8/7)

 

Chris Thile & Michael Daves – “20/20 Vision”/Sleep With One Eye Open (out today, in Cville 5/19)

Alison Krauss & Union Station – “Dimming of the Day”/Paper Airplane (in Cville 7/30)

Jeffrey Foucault – “Heart to Husk”/Horse Latitudes

-

Explosions in the Sky – “Trembling Hands”/Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

 

The Sea and Cake – “Up on the North Shore”/The Moonlight Butterfly (came out last week)

Thurston Moore – “Benediction”/Demolished Thoughts (out 5/24)

 

Hey Rosetta! – “Yer Spring”/Seeds

Queens of the Stone Age – “If Only”/s/t (deluxe re-issue out today…PJ wknd!)

The Strokes – “Taken For A Fool”/Angles (another PJ wknd band)

-

The Heavenly States - “Berlin Wall” (feat. Britt Daniel)/oui camera oui

~12mid~

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – “Lovely Creature”/4 expanded collector’s editions out today

The Love Me Nots – “The End of the Line”/The Demon and the Devotee

 

Young Legionnaire – “Numbers”/Crisis Works (came out last week)

Let’s Wrestle – “If I Keep On Loving You”/Nursing Home (out today)

 

The Donkeys – “I Like The Way You Walk”/Born With Stripes

The Elected – “Born To Love You”/Bury Me In My Rings (out today)

 

Dead Snares – “City Sparks”/Speak The Language

Peter Murphy – “The Prince & Old Lady Shade”/Ninth (out 6/7)

 

Austra – “Lose It”/Feel It Break (out today)

Bachelorette – “Blanket”/The Light Seekers (out today)

Amor De Dias – “Bunhill Fields”/Street of the Love of Days (out today)

 

Release The Sunbird – “Always Like The Son”/s/t (out 7/26) feat. Zach of Rogue Wave

WCNR Brighten the Corners 5-10-11 (Show 213)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Raphael Saddiq – “Heart Attack”/Stone Rollin’ (out today)

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – “Afro”/in Cville tonight!

Mayer Hawthorne – “Mr. Blue Sky”/Impressions (covers EP out tomorrow online)

-

Sloan – “Unkind”/The Double Cross (out today)

 

Ha Ha Tonka – “Usual Suspects”/Death of A Decade

Chris Thile & Michael Daves – “Sleep With One Eye Open”/title track (out today, in Cville 5/19)

 

Ben Sollee – “Captivity”/May 7th Corner Lounge version of a song from Inclusions (out today)

Sam Roberts Band – “The Last Crusade”/Collider (out today)

-

Dead Snares – “City Sparks”/Speak The Language

Belle & Sebastian – “I Didn’t See It Coming” (Richard X Remix)/Write About Love

Givers – “Up Up Up”/In Light (out 6/7)

 

Booker T. Jones – “Progress” (feat. Yim Yames)/ The Road From Memphis (out today)

 

~11pm~

 

The Heavenly States - “Berlin Wall” (feat. Britt Daniel)/oui camera oui

Motopony – “King of Diamonds”s/t (out 5/24)

 

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – “Alabama Pines”/Here We Rest

Sarah Jarosz – “Come Around”/Follow Me Down (out 5/17)

-

Yuck – “Milkshake”/non-album track on SoundCloud

Battles – “Ice Cream”/digital single out now, Gloss Drop (out 6/7)

 

Brother – “Darling Buds of May”/Fly By Nights EP out now, full album out this summer

Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”/Tourist History

 

Elbow – “With Love”/Build a Rocket Boys!

Generationals – “Ten Twenty Ten”/Actor-Caster

-

Kurt Vile – “Jesus Fever”/Smoke Ring For My Halo

Weekend – “End Times”/Sports

 

Here We Go Magic – “Backwards Time”/The January EP (out today)

Justice – “Civilization”/single out now, full album later in 2011

 

Lloyd Cole – “That’s Alright”/Broken Record

WCNR Brighten the Corners 5-3-11 (Show 212)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Iron & Wine interview w/ Sam Beam at The National, Richmond, VA (from 4/27)

Newly-recorded acoustic versions of 2 songs mixed in with interview segments:

“Half Moon” and “Boy With A Coin”

-

Brandi Carlile – “Looking Out”/Live at Benaroya Hall w/ The Seattle Symphony (out today)

 

Fleet Foxes – “Grown Ocean”/Helplessness Blues (out today)

Motopony – “King of Diamonds”s/t (out 5/24)

 

Generationals – “Ten Twenty Ten”/Actor-Caster

The Heavenly States - “Model Son”/oui camera oui

 

tUnE-yArDs – “You Yes You”/W H O K I L L

Poly Styrene – “White Gold”/Generation Indigo (RIP)

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Justice – “Civilization”/single out now, full album later in 2011

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi w/ Jack White – “Two Against One”/Rome (out 5/17)

 

~11pm~

 

Ben Sollee – “The Globe”/Inclusions (out 5/10, in Cville 5/7)

Eisley – “The Valley”/Corner Lounge version from 4/29!

Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom – “Soda Jerk”/Corner Lounge version from 5/1!

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Sean Rowe – “Jonathan”/Magic (opening for Ben Sollee 5/7)

 

Chris Bathgate – “No Silver”/Salt Year

Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend – “Papa Hobo” (Paul Simon cover)/Ceremony Soundtrack

Alexi Murdoch – “At Your Door”/Towards the Sun

 

Thao & Mirah – “Rubies and Rocks”/Thao & Mirah 

Booker T. Jones – “Progress” (feat. Yim Yames)/ The Road From Memphis (out 5/10)

 

The Dig – “You’re Already Gone”/Electric Toys

Dead Snares – “City Sparks”/Speak The Language

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~12mid~

Beastie Boys w/ Santigold – “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win”/Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 (out today)

 

Moby – “The Day”/Destroyed (out 5/17)

Mick Harvey – “Famous Last Words”/Sketches From the Book of the Dead (out today)

 

Living Things – “The Stupor”/Malocchio (out ??)

The Antlers – “Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out”/Burst Apart (out 5/10)

 

Givers – “Up Up Up”/In Light (out 6/7)

Ha Ha Tonka – “Lonely Fortunes”/Death of A Decade

 

Anya Marina – “Spirit School”/Corner Lounge version from 2/11/11 (For National Teacher Day!)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-29-11 (Show 207)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Death Cab for Cutie – “You Are A Tourist”/Codes & Keys (out 5/31)

Peter Bjorn & John – “Second Chance”/Gimme Some (out today)

Broken Bells – “Meyrin Fields”/title track (new EP out today)

 

Eastern Conference Champions – “Atlas”/Speak-Ahh (out 4/26)

Royal Bangs – “Faint Obelisk Two”/Flux Outside (out today, on Letterman 4/1)

 

James Blake – “The Wilhelm Scream/s/t

Bibio – “Excuses”/Mind Bokeh (out today)

 

Maggie Bjorklund – “Intertwined” (feat. Mark Lanegan)/Coming Home

Steve Earle – “Every Part of Me”/I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive (out 4/26)

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The Watson Twins – “You Showed Me”/Night Covers (out 4/18)

Eddie Vedder – “Longing to Belong”/Ukulele Songs (out 5/31)

The Head and the Heart – “Lost in My Mind”/s/t

 

Skybombers – “Lies”/Black Carousel (out today)

The Sounds – “Something To Die For”/title track (out today)

 

~11pm~

 

Obits – “Shift Operator”/”Moody, Standard and Poor” (out today)

Generationals – “Ten-Twenty-Ten”/Actor-Caster (out today)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – “Belong”/title track (out today)

 

Cinnamon Band – “I’m Asking You”/Staunton, VA duo (concert in Cville 3/31)

Peter Murphy – “I Spit Roses”/Ninth (out in June, concert in Richmond 3/31)

 

Thomas Dolby – “Oceanea”/title track (EP out today) Eddi Reader guest vocalist

Hello Echo – “Disconnect Me”/Hello (Sean of Apollo Sunshine)

 

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – “Heart on a String”/Here We Rest (out 4/12, in Cville 4/20)

Los Lonely Boys – “Fly Away”/Rockpango (out today)

 -

Those Darlins – “Hives”/Screws Get Loose (out today)

The Joy Formidable – “Whirring”/The Big Roar

Alela Diane – “To Begin”/Alela Diane & Wild Divine (out 4/5)

 

Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs – “The Only One”/No Help Coming (out 4/26)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-22-11 (Show 206)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Generationals – “Ten-Twenty-Ten”/Actor-Caster (out 3/29)

Soundtrack of Our Lives – “Sister Surround”/Golden Greats No. 1 (Best Of out today)

Smithereens – “Sorry”/2011 (out 4/5)

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The Raveonettes – “Ignite”/Raven in the Grave (out 4/5)

The Strokes – “You’re So Right”/Angles (out today)

 

Diego Garcia – “You Were Never There”/’Laura’ (out 4/12)

Joan As Police Woman – “The Magic”/The Deep Field (out 4/12)

 

UNKLE w/ Nick Cave – “Money and Run”/Only the Lonely (out early April)

Skybombers – “Lies”/Black Carousel (out 3/29)

 

Keren Ann – “My Name Is Trouble”/101 (out today)

Noah & the Whale – “Tonight’s the Kind of Night”/Last Night on Earth (came out last week)

Robotanists – “The Ghost You’re Haunting”/Plans in Progress

-

TV on the Radio – “Will Do”/Nine Types of Light (out 4/12, in Cville 4/9)

~11pm~

J Mascis – “Not Enough”/Several Shades of Why

 

Eddie Vedder – “Longing to Belong”/Ukulele Songs (out 5/31)

Pearl Jam – “Hold On”/Vs.-Vitalogy deluxe re-issue (out 3/29)

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Soundgarden – “Jesus Christ Pose”/Live on I-5 (out today)

Tres Mts. – “Holes in the Road”/Three Mountains (great show in DC last night! on Fallon 3/24)

 

The Head and the Heart – “Lost in My Mind”/s/t (the sound of Seattle today, ha!)

The Lonely Forest – “We Sing In Time”/Arrows (out today)

 

The Sounds – “Something To Die For”/title track (out 3/29)

Lykke Li – “I Follow Rivers”/Wounded Rhymes

Elbow – “Open Arms”/Build a Rocket Boys!

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James Blake – “Limit To Your Love” (Feist cover)/s/t (out today)

~12mid~

Agnes Obel – “Riverside”/Philharmonics (out 4/12)

 

Pete Yorn – “Life on a Chain”/Corner Lounge version from 3/16/11

Jenny Owen-Youngs – “Last Person”/Corner-sponsored Low Dough show 3/24

 

Maggie Bjorklund – “Wasteland”/Coming Home (out today)

Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Our Hearts Are Wrong”/Tell Me

Micachu & the Shapes w/ the London Sinfonietta – “Everything”/Chopped and Screwed (out 4/5)

 

Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers – “Best Love” (feat. Paul McCartney)/Rare Bird Alert

WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-15-11 (Show 205)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Eddie Vedder – “Longing to Belong”/new solo album (out ??)

Pearl Jam – “Alone” (live)/Vs.-Vitalogy deluxe re-issue (out 3/29)

Ben Harper – “Rock N’ Roll Is Free”/Give Till It’s Gone (out 5/17)

Ben Ottewell – “Shapes & Shadows”/title track (Gomez singer)

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The Pogues – “If I Should Fall From Grace With God”/St. Patrick’s Day Thursday!

Dropkick Murphys w/ Bruce Springsteen – “Peg O’ My Heart”/Going Out in Style

 

Middle Brother – “Portland”/s/t (Westerberg cover from Deer Tick/Dawes/Delta Spirit dudes!)

Elbow – “Open Arms”/Build a Rocket Boys! (video of the week on BTC page)

 

Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers – “Best Love” (feat. Paul McCartney)/Rare Bird Alert (out today)

Sarah Siskind – “Lovin’s For Fools”/Corner Lounge version from 3/10

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OMD – “Sister Marie Says”/History of Modern

 

The Strokes – “Under Cover of Darkness”/Angles (out 3/22)

Rival Schools – “Shot After Shot”/Pedals

 

~11pm~

 

Five O’Clock Heroes – “The Cut”/Different Times

The National – “Conversation 16”/High Violet

Dodos – “Black Night”/No Color (out today)

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Late Night Alumni – “It’s Not Happening”/Haunted

Oh Land – “Sun of a Gun”/s/t (out today)

 

TV on the Radio – “Will Do”/Nine Types of Light (out 4/12, in Cville 4/9)

New York Dolls – “Fool For You Baby”/Dancing Backward in High Heels (out today)

Skybombers – “Lies”/Black Carousel (out 3/29)

 

Vampire Weekend – “White Sky”/Contra

Little Scream – “Cannons”/The Golden Record (out 4/12)

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J Mascis – “Not Enough”/Several Shades of Why (out today)

The Megaphonic Thrift – “The Undertow”/Decay Decoy

The Joy Formidable – “Whirring”/The Big Roar (out today)

 

Wendy James – “You Tell Me”/I Came Here To Blow Minds

~12mid~

White Denim – “Drug”/D (out 5/24)

The Mountain Goats – “Estate Sale Sign”/All Eternals Deck (out today)

Ben Kweller – “Fight” (live in E-town)/Cville show 3/16 w/ Pete Yorn

 

Sinead O’Connor w/ Afro Celt Sound System – “Release”/does she celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?

 

WCNR Brighten the Corners 2-8-11 (Show 200)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Tapes ‘N Tapes – “One in the World”/Corner Lounge acoustic version from earlier today!

Tapes ‘N Tapes – “Insistor”/2005-6 (their 1^st show ever in VA tonight!)

Beatles – “Drive My Car/The Word/What You’re Doing”/Love (2/9/64 Beatles on Ed Sullivan)

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Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”/s/t EP

The Dears – “Blood”/Degeneration Street (out 2/15)

The Naked & Famous – “Young Blood”/Passive Me, Aggressive You (NZ import out in US in ‘11)

 

Ra Ra Riot – “Too Dramatic”/The Orchard (in Cville 3/4)

Middle Brother – “Me, Me, Me”/s/t (out 3/1) dudes from Dawes, Deer Tick & Delta Spirit!

The Black Angels – “Entrace Song”/Phosphene Dream

-

Oh Land – “Sun of a Gun”/s/t EP (out today)

Abe Vigoda – “Throwing Shade”/2010 (in town 2/10 w/ Wild Nothing )

 

The Head and the Heart – “Lost in My Mind”/s/t (in town 2/9 w/ Dr. Dog)

Dr. Dog – “Stranger”/2010 (in town 2/9)

Broken Records – “A Darkness Rises Up”/Let Me Come Home

 

~11pm~

 

Fleet Foxes – “Helplessness Blues”/title track (out 5/3)

Cage the Elephant – Right Before My Eyes”/Thank You Happy Birthday

Telekinesis – “Car Crash”/12 Desperate Straight Lines (out 2/15)

The New Pornographers – “Moves”/Together

-

Peter Bjorn & John – “Second Chance”/Gimme Some (out 3/29)

Lykke Li – “Get Some”/Wounded Rhymes (out 3/1)

 

PJ Harvey – “Bitter Branches”/Let England Shake (out 2/15)

The Joy Formidable – “Whirring”/The Big Roar (out 3/15)

 

Bright Eyes – “Jejune Stars”/The People’s Key (out 2/15)

David Wax Museum – “Born With A Broken Heart”/Everything Is Saved (in Cville 2/13)

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Cowboy Junkies – “Flirted With you All My Life”/The Nomad Series Vol. 2: Demons (out 2/15)

The Twilight Singers – “Blackbird and the Fox” (w/ Ani DiFranco)/Dynamite Steps (out 2/15)

 

Civil Wars – “Birds of a Feather”/Barton Hollow (in Cville for sold-out Corner show 2/11!)

~12mid~

Wanda Jackson – “Blue Yodel #6”/The Party Ain’t Over

The Kills – “Satellite”/Blood Pressures (out 4/5)

 

We Are Enfant Terrible – “Filthy Love”/Wild Fish (happy V’tines Day)

WCNR Brighten the Corners 2-1-11 (Show 199)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

 

Fleet Foxes – “Helplessness Blues”/title track (out 5/3)

Peter Bjorn & John – “Second Chance”/Gimme Some (out 3/29)

Lia Ices – “Grown Unknown”/title track

 

Sean Rowe – “Jonathan”/Magic (out 2/22)

Bobby Bare Jr. – “The Sky is the Ground”/2010 (in Cville 2/3 w/ Langhorne Slim)

 

Vusi Mahlasela – “Say Africa”/title track (in Cville 2/20)

DeVotchka – “100 Other Lovers”/100 Lovers (out 3/1)

 

David Lowery - “The Palace Guards”/title track (out today)

Beady Eye – “The Roller”/Different Gear Still Speeding (out 3/1)

 

The Go! Team – “Buy Nothing Day”/Rolling Blackouts (out today)

6 Packers (feat. Butch Vig) – “Go Pack Go (2011 mix)”/all sports teams should be fan-owned!

-

Deerhoof – “Super Duper Rescue Heads!”/Deerhoof vs. Evil

Wanda Jackson – “Rip It Up”/The Party Ain’t Over

 

~11pm~

 

Robbie Robertson – “He Don’t Live Here No More”/How To Become Clairvoyant (out 4/5)

First Aid Kit – “Universal Soldier”/new 7-inch on Third Man Records

Esben & the Witch – “Marching Song”/Violet Cries (out 2/8)

-

Broken Records – “A Darkness Rises Up”/Let Me Come Home

 

Gang of Four – “Who Am I”/Content

Wire – “Clay”/Red Barked Tree

 

Men – “Rip Off”/Talk About Body (out today) it’s a song about Gang of 4, among others, ha!

Oh Land – “Sun of a Gun”/s/t EP (out 2/8)

 

Tristen – “Eager For Your Love”/Charlatans at the Garden Gate (out 2/15)

Chikita Violenta – “ATPG”/Tre3s

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Dolorean – “Country Clutter”/The Unfazed

Drive-By Truckers – “Everybody Needs Love”/Go-Go Boots (out 2/15)

Pearl Jam – “Public Image”/Live on Ten Legs (P.I.L. cover off the newest official live album)

 

Uncle Tupelo – “Graveyard Shift”/1990

~10pm~

 

Favorite albums of the year 2009! (no particular order til the top 10)

 

My Brightest Diamond – “Feelin’ Good”/Dark Was the Night benefit cd

Seven Worlds Collide – “Too Blue” (feat. Johnny Marr & Neil Finn)/The Sun Came Out benefit cd

The National – “Ashamed of the Story I Told”/Ciao My Shining Star-The Songs of Mark Mulcahy

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Beck – “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat”/War Child presents: Heroes

The Soft Pack – “Future Rock”/The Muslims EP

 

The xx – “Islands”/xx

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Heads Will Roll”/It’s Blitz!

Cage the Elephant – “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked”/s/t

Heartless Bastards – “Out At Sea”/The Mountain

-

Micachu & The Shapes – “Golden Phone”/Jewellery

 

Regina Spektor – “Blue Lips”/Far

Wilco – “You Never Know”/Wilco (The Album)

Jackson 5 – “I’ll Be There (Minus Mix)”/posthumous release

 

~11pm~

 

Eels – “Prizefighter”/Hombre Lobo

Iggy Pop – “She’s A Business”/Preliminaires

PJ Harvey & John Parish – “Black Hearted Love”/A Woman A Man Walked By

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#10 Justin Townes Earle – “Can’t Hardly Wait”/Midnight at the Movies

#9 M. Ward – “Never Had Nobody Like You”/Hold Time

 

#8 Neko Case – “People Got A Lotta Nerve”/Middle Cyclone

#7 Amy Millan – “Towers”/Masters of the Burial

#6 Mason Jennings – “Ain’t No Friend of Mine”/Blood Of Man

#5 Pearl Jam – “Got Some”/Backspacer

#4 Metric – “Gimme Sympathy”/Fantasies

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#3 Monsters of Folk – “Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)”/s/t

#2 Gossip – “Heavy Cross”/Music For Men

#1 Avett Brothers – “Slight Figure of Speech” & “Ten Thousand Words”/I and Love and You

 

 

 

 

30 Favorite albums of 2008 (well, 29 + 2 EPs*)

 

No particular order til Top 5!

 

~10pm~

 

*The Falsies – “We’re More Rock’n’Roll Than You”/EP title track   [thefalsies.net]

Six Day Bender – “Wartime”/s/t [sixdaybender.com]

Jim Waive & The Young Divorcees – “Strike A Match”/title track [jimwaive.com]

Shannon Worrell – “Comes A Hurricane”/The Honey Guide [myspace.com/shannonworrell]

Birdlips – “Some Kind of Death”/Cardboard Wings  [birdlipsmusic.com]

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*Avett Brothers – “Murder in the City”/The Second Gleam EP

Vampire Weekend – “The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance”/s/t

TV On the Radio – “Shout Me Out”/Dear Science

 

Lisa Hannigan – “Lille”/Sea Sew (in DC in March!)

Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet – “Oh Me, Oh My”/s/t

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Crooked Fingers – “What Never Comes”/Forfeit/Fortune

Sam Phillips – “Can’t Come Down”/Don’t Do Anything

 

Alejandro Escovedo – “Real As An Animal”/Real Animal

~11pm~

Fleet Foxes – “He Doesn’t Know Why”/s/t

Annuals – “Wake”/Such Fun

 

Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Is This Love?”/With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

The Notwist – “Where in This World”/The Devil, You & Me

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The Whigs – “Right Hand on My Heart”/Mission Control

Kings of Leon – “Manhattan”/Only By the Night

 

David Byrne/Brian Eno – “The River”/Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Wild Sweet Orange – “Either/Or”/We Have Cause To Be Uneasy

Cloud Cult – “No One Said It Would Be Easy”/Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
 

My Brightest Diamond – “Ice & The Storm”/A Thousand Shark’s Teeth

-

Meiko – “Piano Song (live in C-ville)”/Meiko

~12mid~

My Morning Jacket – “Remnants”/Evil Urges

Girl Talk – “Like This”/Feed the Animals

 

5. The Features – “Wooden Heart”/Some Kind of Salvation

4. Flight of the Conchords – “Bowie”/s/t

3. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “Modern Mystery”/Pershing

 

And a tie for #1!

1. Murder By Death – “Ash”/Red of Tooth and Claw

1. Beck – “Profanity Prayers”/Modern Guilt

 

 

WCNR Brighten the Corners 12-30-08 (Show 94)

 

 

The songs released in 2008 I’ve most enjoyed bringing you on BTC (fav songs of 08)…

A select few of these artists will make the Favorite Albums show next week too…

 

In no particular order til the end!

 

~10pm~

Fleet Foxes – “White Winter Hymnal”/s/t

Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts – “Faith”/Temporary People

 

Asteroid Galaxy Tour – “Around the Bend”/Sonic Arts EP

Brighton Port Authority – “Toe Jam”(feat. David Byrne)/I Think We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

XX Teens – “Darlin’”/Welcome To Goon Island

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Liam Finn – “Second Chance”/I’ll Be Lightning

Bob Mould – “The Silence Between Us”/District Line  

Drive-By Truckers – “The Righteous Path”/Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

 

Cat Power – “I Believe In You”/Jukebox

My Brightest Diamond – “Inside A Boy”/A Thousand Shark’s Teeth

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The Broken West – “Perfect Games”/Now Or Heaven

The Heavenly States – “Lost in the Light”/Delayer

 

~11pm~

The Heavy – “That Kind of Man”/Great Vengance & Furious Fire

 

The Whigs – “Like A Vibration”/Mission Control

MGMT – “Time to Pretend”/Oracular Spectacular

Helio Sequence – “Keep Your Eyes Ahead”/title track

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Sharon Little – “Follow That Sound”/Perfect Time for a Breakdown

Al Green – “Lay It Down”/title track (feat. Anthony Hamilton)

Thievery Corporation – “The Numbers Game” (w/ Chuck Brown)/Radio Retaliation

 

Jessie Baylin – “Was I On Your Mind”/Daytrotter sessions version

Kings of Leon – “Sex on Fire”/Only By the Night

The Watson Twins – “How Am I To Be”/Fire Songs

Birdlips – “Tracks on Repeat”(local duo, Corner Lounge version of new song)/birdlipsmusic.com

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Elbow – “Grounds for Divorce”/The Seldom-Seen Kid

Last Shadow Puppets – “Standing Next To Me”/The Age of the Understatement

 

~12mid~

Jesus & Mary Chain – “All Things Must Pass”/Heroes TV Show soundtrack

 

Black Keys – “Strange Times”/Attack & Release

TV On the Radio – “Dancing Choose”/Dear Science

Jay Reatard – “Always Wanting More”/Matador Singles ‘08

 

Sonya Kitchell – “For Every Drop”/This Storm

Teddy Thompson – “In My Arms”/A Piece of What You Need

James Jackson Toth – “Nothing Hides”/Waiting in Vain

 

Bostich & Fussible – “Tijuana Sound Machine”/title track (Nortec Collective)

NIN – “Discipline”/The Slip

Jack White/Alicia Keys – “Another Way To Die”/Quantum of Solace OST

The Enemy UK – “You’re Not Alone”/We’ll Live and Die In These Towns

 

Gnarls Barkley – “Run”/The Odd Couple

Michael Franti & Spearhead (w/ SoliLLaquists of Sound) – “Obama Song” (couldn’t resist!)

 

The Gutter Twins – “Idle Hands”/Saturnalia

 

(Idle Hands and Run tie for fav song!)


 

WCNR Brighten the Corners 12-18-07
Show 43 (Top 25 Fav albums of the year + Joy Division CD prizepack giveaways!)

Honorable mention: C’ville’s own Sarah White – “Edification”/White Light (Antenna Farm)
technically a late 06 release, but she won an intl songwriting award in 07!

25. Blonde Redhead – “Spring and By Summer Fall”/23 (4AD)
24. Willy Mason – “We Can Be Strong”/If The Ocean Gets Rough (Astralwerks)
23. The National – “Mistaken For Strangers”/Boxer (Beggars Banquet)
22. Bald Eagle – “Rodents of Unusual Size”/Hot Shoulders (Emergency Umbrella)
21. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – “Keep on Looking”/100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone)
20. Foo Fighters – “Summer’s End”/Echoes Silence Patience & Grace (Roswell/RCA/Sony BMG)
19. Modest Mouse – “We’ve Got Everything”/Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic/Sony BMG)
18. Feist – “I Feel It All”/The Reminder (Cherrytree/Interscope/Polydor/Universal)
17. Via Audio – “Presents”/Say Something (SideCho)
16. Bettye Lavette -“Before the Money Came (The Battle of Bettye Lavette)”/The Scene of the Crime (ANTI-/Epitaph)
15. Patti Smith – “Pastime Paradise”/Twelve (Columbia/Sony BMG)
14. LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends”/Sound of Silver (Capitol/EMI)
13. Arcade Fire – “The Well and the Lighthouse”/Neon Bible (Merge)
12. Rilo Kiley – “Under the Blacklight”/title track (Warner Bros.)
11. Spoon – “Rhthm & Soul”/Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
10. PJ Harvey – “White Chalk”/title track (Island Def Jam/Universal)
9. Stars – “Midnight Coward”/In Our Bedroom After the War (Arts & Crafts International)
8. Avett Brothers – “Paranoia In B-flat Major”/Emotionalism (Ramseur)
7. Radiohead – “Jigsaw Falling Into Place”/In Rainbows (interwebs)
6. John Doe – “Unforgiven”/A Year In the Wilderness (w/ Aimee Mann) (Yep Roc/Redeye)
5. Maria Taylor – “Clean Getaway”/Lynn Teeter Flower (Saddle Creek)
4. Cloud Cult – “Chemicals Collide”/The Meaning of 8 (Earthology)
3. White Stripes – “Conquest”/Icky Thump (Warner Bros.)
2. The Hives – “Return the Favour”/The Black & White Album (A&M)
1. Chittlin’ – “White Lies”/title track (independent) CD blew me away after barely being able to hear her open for a packed Avett Bros. show in Cville this year! http://myspace.com/chittlin

Honorable Mention
Bat For Lashes - out-Bjorked Bjork, Siouxsied-Siouxsie & almost out PJ Harvey’d PJH!
Shearwater - came out in 06, but if it hadn’t been re-issued with extra tracks in 07, I never woulda known about it…these guys could totally take Okkervil River!
Magnet – Sade meets Feist, from a dude that plays a zillion instruments
New Pornographers – needed less Dan and more Neko
Caribou – another one-man show, great but too Haight-Ashbury on cd compared to pummeling live show
Miracle Fortress – another one-man epic, only a couple trying-too-hard-to-be Brian Wilson duds
Emma Pollock – former member of The Delgados’ very mature sound - very close to being #25!!
Foreign Born – nice combo of Echo & The Bunnymen & Jesus & Mary Chain (too bad for them the latter is back together)
Shout Out Louds – if Bright Eyes could actually write pop songs
Sarah Blasko – cross between Eisley & Tori Amos, or what I wanted each of their latest to sound like
Jose Gonzalez – very thoughtful, intense songs…just a little too similar to what he’s done before
White Rabbits – ex-Missouri pals make good! Letterman, Glastonbury & Lollapalooza appearances well-deserved…


Other 07 highlights below….


Sweet EPs
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
Wild Sweet Orange
The Bird & The Bee
Flight of the Conchords
Nico Vega
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Sweet Soundtracks
I’m Not There
Once
Spiderman 3
The Hottest State
Into The Wild

Sweet benefits
The Cake Sale
Instant Karma
Causes 1: Darfur

Sweet tributes
Fats Domino
Joni Mitchell
The Band

Sweet Best Ofs
Afghan Whigs
Frank Black
Jeff Buckley
Joy Division re-issues

Sweet artists I recorded/interviewed in the Corner Lounge!
Rogue Wave
Sea Wolf
Maria Taylor
Gomez
Ian Ball
Cowboy Junkies
Mute Math
Scott Matthews
G Love
Amos Lee
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Just to name a few…
…not to mention phone interviews with Mick Jones of Carbon/Silicon and John from They Might Be Giants!

Happy Holidays & New Year & thanks for listening!!!
Sweatman


WCNR Brighten the Corners 12-11-07
Show 42 (Best singles of the year + Oasis DVD giveaways!)

10pm

*Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – “Falling Slowly”/Once OST
*Eef Barzelay – “I Love the Unknown”/Rocket Science OST
*-both released before 07, got new life on soundtracks this year

(ok, start counting 25 from here, no particular order, just went for the smoothest segues :)

Eddie Vedder w/ Corin Tucker – “Hard Sun”/Into the Wild OST
John Doe – “The Golden State”(w/ Kathleen Edwards)/A Year in the Wilderness

Willy Mason – “Save Myself”/If The Ocean Gets Rough
Keren Ann – “Lay Your Head Down”/Keren Ann

JJ Grey & Mofro – “War”/Country Ghetto
Winterpills – “Broken Arm”/The Light Divides

Queens of the Stone Age – “Sick Sick Sick”/Era Vulgaris
Noisettes – “Scratch Your Name”/What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?
Paramore – “Misery Business”/Riot!

White Rabbits – “The Plot”/Fort Nightly
Cribs – “Men’s Needs”/Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever

11pm

Siouxsie – “Into A Swan”/Mantaray 10/2
Bjork – “Earth Intruders”/Volta

Charlotte Gainsbourg – “The Songs that We Sing”/5:55
Maria Taylor – “A Good Start”/Lynn Teeter Flower

Band of Horses – “Is There A Ghost”/Cease to Begin
Pinback – “From Nothing to Nowhere”/Autumn of the Seraphs

Wilco – “What Light”/Sky Blue Sky
Brandi Carlile – “The Story”/The Story
Mute Math – “Typical”/Mute Math
The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”/The Black & White Album

Tegan&Sara – “Back in Your Head”/The Con
Fujiya & Miyagi – “Ankle Injuries”/Transparent Things
Radiohead – “Bodysnatchers”/In Rainbows
Flight of the Concords – “Business Time”/The Distant Future

Very Honorable Mention (see also best of year “so far” show back in July!)

(yep, another 25, would’ve been a great show too :)

Robert Plant/Alison Krauss “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)”
The Killers “Shadowplay”
Iggy & The Stooges “My Idea of Fun”
Black Francis “Threshold Apprehension” and “Captain Pasty” (tie)
Dinosaur Jr. “Been There All The Time”
Emma Pollock “Acid Test”
The Cliks “Oh Yeah”
Stephen Marley “Hey Baby” (w/ Mos Def)
UNKLE “Burn My Shadow” (w/ Ian Astbury)
Rogue Wave “Lake Michigan”
Sons & Daughters “Gilt Complex”
Arctic Monkeys “Brianstorm”
The Bird & The Bee “So You Say”
Sigur Ros “Hjomalind”
Carbon/Silicon “The News”
Iron & Wine “Boy With A Coin”
The National “Mistaken For Strangers”
Mystery Jets “Diamonds in the Dark”
Via Audio “Presents”
Postmarks “Goodbye (James Iha remix)”
The Electric Soft Parade “If That’s The Case, Then I Don’t Know”
Ron Sexsmith “All In Good Time”
Flaming Lips – “I was Zapped by…” from Good Luck Chuck soundtrack
Shout Out Louds “Tonight I Have To Leave It”
Two Gallants “Despite What You’ve Been Told”

(just cuz something was on this show doesn’t mean it WON’t or WILL be on next week’s show…what, no Spoon, Stars, Rilo Kiley, Arcade Fire, White Stripes, etc.? Songs from Top 25 albums next week…I reserve the right to rectify any of these selections with things I may have overlooked or had a change of heart about in the 1st couple of shows of 08, stay tuned!)

p.s. There are certainly plenty of places in the blogosphere to discover the next “it” band, but my extensive search through many of the most touted sites hasn’t led me to much that I’ve gotten really passionate about (this year anyway)…it’s certainly expanded my horizons and kept me on my toes as to what young kids are getting into, and a lot of it is pretty good, but I guess I’m showing my age or maybe it’s a function of bloggers listening through crappy computer speakers or just seeing how gullible their readership is (what’s power if you don’t test it out once in a while?) or the insular listening experience of an iPod (with headphones on, of course), but a lot of what I read a lot of hype about, I just say, I’d rather listen to ________ or wow, that’s just not good at all. Maybe that’s the problem…too many people are reading about music and not listening. Just a thought. OK, I’m done ranting. Quit reading! Thanks for listening! My choices are no better than anyone else’s. But hopefully they’ll lead you to music you too can enjoy as much as I did this year. That’s what makin’ lists is about, to me anyway. Cheers! And happy 08! Oh wait! Tune in next week…we’ll have Joy Division giveaways! Because what says happy holidays better than the Joy Division collection?!



Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Brighten The Corners playlist

Band of Horses "The Funeral" (Song/Album/Label of Year Plug Independent Music Awards 2/10)

TV on the Radio – A Wolf Like Me

Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rise Up With Fists!

Amy Millan – Headsfull

(Amy & Jenny tied for my fav albums of 06!)

Pavement – Embassy Row

Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks

Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running

Bloc Party – I Still Remember

Willy Mason – Save Myself

Bright Eyes – Four Winds

LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum

Stone Roses – Fools Gold

The Knife – Marble House (KNIFEHORSE remix)

Cracker – Eurotrash Girl

Midlake - Roscoe

Brandi Carlile – The Story

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance

Shins – Sea Legs

K-OS –Sunday Morning

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – I Am Warm & Powerful

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cheated Hearts

Stephen Marley w/ Mos Def – Hey Baby

Iggy & the Stooges – My Idea of Fun

Modest Mouse – Never Ending Math Equation

Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life