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WKNC Daytime DJs select best albums of ‘09

by DJ Ones on Dec.20, 2009, under Daytime

The year 2009 has undoubtedly been a fantastic one for music, from the techno tones and spaced out beats of Animal Collective’s “Merriwether Post Pavilion” to the satisfying and deep “Tarpits and Canyonlands” from Bombadil. We were moved by new albums by old favorites like in Yeah Yeah Yeahs “It’s Blitz” and we were introduced to new acts that leave us wanting more like in Florence and the Machine’s beautiful “Lungs.” After knowing the huge amount of great releases that this year has left us with, I asked the daytime DJs at WKNC to complete a job that’s a lot easier said than done. Below is a list of the top five albums as completed by many of the DJs you know and love. Enjoy!

DJ Danger Tape

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

1. Dirty ProjectorsBitte Orca
2. BowerbirdsUpper Air
3. M. WardHold Time
4. The Flaming LipsEmbryonic
5. Japandroids - Post-Nothing

Just John

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz

1. Yeah Yeah YeahsIt’s Blitz
2. Fever RayFever Ray
3. A Sunny Day in Glasgow -Ashes Grammer
4. YachtSee Mystery Lights
5. Here We Go MagicHere We Go Magic

May Day

Bowerbirds - Upper Air

1. BowerbirdsUpper Air
2. M. Ward- Hold Time
3. DiscoveryLP
4. St. VincentActor
5. Camera ObscuraMy Maudlin Career/The Love Language - The Love Language

DJ Elly May

Luego - Taped-together Stories

1. LuegoTaped-together Stories
2. Jerry Fish & The Mudbug ClubThe Beautiful Untrue
3. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic ZerosUp From Below
4. Lonnie WalkerThese Times Old Times
5. GossipMusic For Men

Hot Tamale

Florence + the Machine - Lungs

1. Florence and the Machine - Lungs
2. Passion PitManners
3. PhoenixWolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Matt & KimGrand
5. Discovery - LP

DJ Kligz

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz
2. Florence and the MachineLungs
3. Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
4. Animal CollectiveMerriweather Post Pavilion
5. Neko CaseMiddle Cyclone

Riff Raff

Regina Spektor - Far

1. Regina SpektorFar
2. Passion PitManners
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It’s Blitz
4. The Temper TrapConditions
5. You and Your EffectsWire Sharks/Jay Farrar & Benjamin GibbardOne Fast Move Or I’m Gone

Audity

Sonic Youth - The Eternal

1. Sonic YouthThe Eternal
2. U.S.ELoveworld
3. Regina SpektorFar
4. MetricFantasies
5. VeeleeThree Sides/Various Artists – Here Here Compilation

DJ Ones

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz







1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It’s Blitz
2. Florence and the MachineLungs
3. PhoenixWolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Animal CollectiveMerriwether Post Pavilion
5. Dirty ProjectorsBitte Orca

DJ Matticus Rex

Do Make Say Think - Other Truths

1. Do Make Say ThinkOther Truths
2. PelicanWhat We All Come to Need
3. Bon IverBlood Bank
4. CaspianTertia
5. Animal CollectiveMerriweather Post Pavilion

Chuck

The Antlers - Hospice

1. The AntlersHospice
2. MegafaunGather, Form & Fly
3. Various Artists – Dark Was The Night
4. Antony and the JohnsonsThe Crying Light
5. WilcoWilco (The Album)

Mick

Bombadil - Tarpits and Canyonlands

1. BombadilTarpits & Canyonlands
2. Cotton Jones - Paranoid Cocoon
3. MegafaunGather, Form, & Fly
4. Cymbals Eat GuitarsWhy There Are Mountains
5. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic ZerosUp From Below

DJ Ray

Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns

1. Rural Alberta AdvantageHometowns
2. BrazosPhosphorescent Blues
3. Here We Go MagicHere We Go Magic
4. GrouperCover the Windows and the Walls
5. The Low AnthemOh My God Charlie Darwin

Tommyboy

The King Khan and BBQ Show- Invisible Girl

1. The King Khan and BBQ ShowInvisible Girl
2. Megafaun - Gather Form and Fly
3. PhoenixWolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Telekinesis- Telekinesis
5. The Very BestWarm Heart of Africa

Spaceman Spiff

Bowerbirds - Upper Air

1. Bowerbirds - Upper Air
2. PhoenixWolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. Bill CallahanSometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
4. Harlem ShakesTechnicolor Health
5. The Temper Trap- Conditions

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Troika Music Festival! November 5-7

by prettyinpink on Oct.13, 2009, under Local

The Troika Music Festival is a three-day music festival in Durham, NC and features several local bands. Attending is a great way to support the local scene!

Local bands on this year’s line-up include The Love Language, Bowerbirds, Dexter Romweber Duo, Birds of Avalon, The Moaners, Red Collar, Future Islands, Hamer No More The Fingers, Lonnie Walker, Embarrassing Fruits, Max Indian, and many more. For a complete list, check out the schedule!

New this year is “Rock, Paper, Scissors”, on Saturday, November 7, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., which features a unique market of art and handmade wears from local artists and crafters.

Come out to support the local music and arts scene November 5,6, & 7.

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Great indie music available from Daytrotter

by bloggie on Sep.27, 2009, under Daytime

Daytrotter illustration of The Bowerbirds

Daytrotter illustration of The Bowerbirds

As I heard the The Bowerbird’s play the opening notes of “House of Diamonds” at Double Barrel Benefit 6, I asked myself where I had heard the song before. It wasn’t on Hymns for a Dark Horse, the album I had been playing on repeat, and wouldn’t be released on an album until Upper Air several months later.

I soon realized I had downloaded the then untitled track from Daytrotter, a site dedicated to hosting bands at its studios in Rock Island, Illinois, and posting the resulting interview transcripts and audio recordings for all to enjoy.

Just this week, Daytrotter posted tracks from some fantastic bands, BombadilDead Confederate and Cursive.

Local artists Annuals, The Physics of Meaning, Avett Brothers, and Birds of Avalon, among others, have recorded in the Daytrotter studios and have tracks available for download on the site. The illustrators there create original artwork to accompany tracks from each artist, as seen above.

Daytrotter seems too good to keep a secret!

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Top 10 tracks selected by Hammer No More the Fingers

by rmsloane72 on Sep.09, 2009, under Local

Hammer No More the Fingers

Hammer No More the Fingers

This week we are lucky to have Hammer No More the Fingers sending us their list of what they are currently listening to!
1. CavernsRemasculator
2. Deleted ScenesThe City that Never Wakes Up
3. Pink FlagKing of Scene
4. Birds of AvalonI Never Knew
5. MegafaunThe Fade
6. Embarrassing FruitsDetails
7. DeerhoofSpirit Ditties of no Tone
8. The Bronzed ChorusUnderpass Sunrise
9. Johnny Action FigureYoung Rider
10. My Morning JacketWordless Chorus
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    Pictures From Hear Here Release Show

    by Adam Kincaid on Aug.30, 2009, under Local

    Last night was certainly one of the most epic local shows in the past couple of years.  Hear Here was finally released to the masses at the Cats Cradle courtesy of The Never, Hammer No More The Fingers, Birds of Avalon, and Annuals.   Below are some pictures that my shitty digital camera managed to document (my apologies for not being a professional photog, but if you want to put pictures up on our blog, please email them localmusic@wknc.org):

    Thanks to all of the bands, Terpsikhore Records, Flying Tiger Sound, WKNC (specifically Mikey Perros, Mike Alston, and Jamie Lynn Gilbert), and you, the local music fans, for making last night a success!

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    Hammer No More The Fingers

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    Birds Of Avalon

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    Annuals

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    Hear Here Finale Show Line-Up Released

    by Adam Kincaid on Aug.26, 2009, under Local

    Adid of Inflowential at Flying Tiger Sound recording for Hear Here

    Adid of Inflowential at Flying Tiger Sound recording for Hear Here

    Its official, the Hear Here Finale Show has a lineup and a solid one it is.  Colossus, Inflowential, and the Love Language will all be playing October 3rd at the Pour House in downtown Raleigh.  Tickets are going for $7 but unlike the August 29th show in Carrboro, the compilation will not be included with the price of admission.  Copies of the album will be available for $5 once inside.

    Hear Here is a local music compilation album of 17 different Triangle based artists featuring all new unreleased material sponsored by Terpsikhore Records, Flying Tiger Sound, and WKNC 88.1.  For weeks WKNC has been slowly releasing tracks over the airwaves during Local Lunch (Mon-Fri 12-1pm) and the Local Beat (Fri 5-8pm) and many local blogs have been posting leaked songs from Hear Here on the internet.

    The album is set to be released this Saturday at the Cats Cradle with Annuals, The Never, Hammer No More The Fingers and Birds of Avalon bringing up the bill.  Tickets are going for $10 with a copy of the album included with admission.  Organizers plan on selling out, so go ahead and get your tickets early.

    The October 3rd show in Raleigh is the finale of the compilation release.  Doors will open at 8pm with Colossus starting up at 10pm.  Inflowential and the Love Language will come on sequentially.

    Bill Fisher of Colossus recording at Flying Tiger Sound for Hear Here

    Bill Fisher of Colossus recording at Flying Tiger Sound for Hear Here

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    WKNC’s 5 Bands Ear Farm Missed

    by rmsloane72 on Aug.21, 2009, under Local

    Ear Farm recently created a list of the top 10 North Carolina Bands you should hear. Amazing choices that I’m sure most will agree upon, they include: The Proclivites, Bellafea, Lost in the Trees, Black Ses, Schooner, Hammer No More the Fingers, The Bronzed Chorus, Birds of Avalon, Megafaun and Lonnie Walker as their number one choice. Undoubtedly terrific choices, but we here at WKNC are lucky to get the up in coming, the raw recordings, the unheard vocals of brand new local bands. So here is my short list of 5 avid local listeners might not have heard of….yet.

    5. Free Electric State: Described as “Crushing distorted guitar…and vocals stylishly almost like background sound..” by our very own DJ Caid it’s hard to not be impressed by this group. Formed in Durham, NC Free Electric State is very new with only a two song CD in the station. This band should take off quickly with its ability to grab  attention with the 80st inspired vibe and catchy lo-fi sound.

    4. M1 Platoon: Local Durham Hip-Hop crew M1 Platoon caught my eye during the joint album release show with Kooley High. The group joined together in the D.C. area and now can be found in Durham, NC. The lyrics consistently hype up their hometown as well as their new homes in Durham. The lyrics are great but it is the stage presence that immediately attracted me to M1 Platoon. With 7 group members plus a live DJ the stage itself is packed. It is incredible to watch each individual put their heart and souls out onto the stage. From jumping onto the amps, masking wearing interpretive dancing, to cheeky dance moves the group never stops moving. You see that the lyrics come from the heart and that what they are doing in the moment is what they are ment to do. If you only see one show this year I recommend checking out M1 Platoon doing what they do best.

    3.Veelee: This band is one that I heard while driving to work. It was one of those music moments where your heart kind of fills up because you finally heard that sound you have been craving, something that shifts your insides around.  Maybe that’s just me but to put it briefly, this stuff is good, really good.  The Chapel Hill duo creates pop music with a strange dark side. With easy to follow singalong lyrics to unique keyboard sounds Veelee embraces the idea of minimalistic pop music that makes the listener want to put it on repeat.

    2. Old Bricks: Raw, sad, make you curl up the fetal position and cry type songs.  Greymatter says ” the vocal style is best described as desperate and pathetic, but it works.” He is right, it totally works. The songs run from about six to eight minutes apiece but each one just grows upon itself. With a Daniel Johnson vibe the listener feels connected and appreciative that someone else is saying it for them, that we all hurt. Old Bricks shares with us the beauty and raw power of putting real human emotions into music. Check them out August 31 at Slims Downtown.

    1. You and Your Effects:  Astounding folk rock built upon banjos, violins, flutes, accordions and incredible lyrics.  DJ Chuck compares them to Bowerbirds, DeVotcka and Sufjan Stevens.  The band is made up of five kids all under the drinking age which says a lot when listening to the lyrics these guys write. Dealing with adult issues and putting a intense,almost orchertratal(?) sounds as the background makes You and Your Effects an instant favorite to new listeners. Don’t be fooled though, they also hop to upbeat, jamish twangy rock and roll turning that frown right upside down. Unfortunately the college students are out and about doing what college kids should do…traveling the world, so don’t expect to see them live anytime soon.

    Keep your eyes peeled and your ears tuned in to WKNC. For now I highly suggest checking out the links to hear for yourself just how incredible the scene around us is becoming.

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    Hear Here CD Release Party Aug. 29 at Cat’s Cradle

    by Jamie Lynn on Aug.13, 2009, under Local

    If you have been listening to WKNC lately, you probably know about Hear Here, a new local music compilation from Terpsikhore, Flying Tiger Sound and WKNC 88.1 FM. The 17-song CD features new tracks from Americans in France, The Beast, Birds of Avalon, Blount Harvey, Colossus, Hammer No More the Fingers, Inflowential, The Kingsbury Manx, Kooley High, Lonnie Walker, The Love Language, Motor Skills, The Never, The Old Ceremony, The Rosebuds, Static Minds and Sunfold.

    Hear Here will be officially released Aug. 29 at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. The event will feature performances by Annuals, Birds of Avalon, Hammer No More the Fingers and The Never. Tickets to the release show are $10 and include a copy of the album. Proceeds from Hear Here will go to support Raleigh’s Visual Art Exchange, a non-profit dedicated to serving emerging artists. Local artist Ryan Cummings produced all of the artwork for the album, which showcases some of the Raleigh landscape.

    Hear Here and its release party are going to be awesome; just ask New Raleigh, Music.MyNC and Scan.hearherefinal

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    Top10: Birds of Avalon

    by rmsloane72 on May.18, 2009, under Local

    Ever wonder what your favorite local artists are listening to?  What inspires them to make the music we enjoy?

    Let us introduce you to a new feature here at WKNC that introduces you the music that our artists listen to!  From here on out we will be regularly be bringing you into the headphones of local bands and friends of local music!

    This week the members of Birds of Avalon have graciously sent us lists of what they have been currently rocking out to!

     

    Craig Tilley- Vocals
    • Led Zeppelin- Down by the Seaside.
    • Chicago- 25 or 6 to 4
    • Joe Jackson- Steppin Out
    • Sparks- Nothing to Do
    • Van Halen- Little Guitars
    • Steely Dan- My Old School
    • Clipse- Ride Around Shinnin
    • Benji Huges- The Mummy
    • The Cherubs- Stag Party
    • And now and for the rest of my life: Brenton Wood- The Oogim Boogum Song

    David Mueller-Bass

    • Cut Copy- Unforgettable Season
    • Lyres- How Do You Know?
    • Bob Dylan- The Gates of Eden
    • A Tribe Called Quest- Award Tour
    • The Horrors- I Only Think of You
    • DOOM feat Empress Starhh- Still Dope
    • Fever Ray- Dry & Dusty
    • Franco- Mambu ma Miondo
    • Kurt Vile- Freeway
    • Crystal Stilts- Departure

    Scott Nurkin- Drums

    • Sarolta Zalatnay – Hadd Mondjam El
    • Bonniwell Music Machine – Astrologically Incompatible
    • Carlton and the Shoes – Never Give Your Heart Away
    • Alphonse Mouzon – Mind Transplant
    • The Millineum – The Know-It-All
    • Buffalo Springfield – It’s so Hard to Wait
    • Joe Jackson – Friday
    • Love – You Set the Scene
    • Masters Apprentices  – War or Hands of Time
    • The Paragons – Left with a Broken Heart

    Cheetie Kumar- Guitar

    • Harmonia-Monza-Rauf Und Runter
    • Neu-Hallogallo
    • Deerhoof-Tears and Music of Love
    • Brian Eno-Sky Saw
    • Wizzard-French Perfume
    • Wire-French Film Blurred
    • Pretty Things-She’s A Lover
    • George Harrison-I Dig Love
    • The Germs-Lexicon Devil
    • Gong-You Can Kill Me
    • King Crimson- Great Deceiver

    Paul Siler-Guitar

    • The Band-King Harvest (has surely come)
    • The Bee Gees-I Close My Eyes
    • Dungen-Gor Det Nu
    • The Beatles-Blue Jay Way
    • Polvo-In This Life
    • Bob Dylan and the Band-Katie’s Been Gone 
    • Charlie Parker-Bluebird
    • Lets Active-Talking to Myself 
    • Joni Mitchell-Free Man in Paris 
    •  Free-Oh I Wept
    • Flaming Lips-In the Morning of the Magicians 

    Birds of Avalon fans should be excited to know that their new album, Uncanny Valley, is coming out June 23 with a tour kicking off at the Local 506 on June 13th.

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    DBB Feature #7: Birds of Avalon

    by Mz. Kelly on Feb.07, 2009, under Local

    Tonight, as in three hours from now, is going to be awesome.  It is night two of the Double Barrel Benefit, and keeping with tradition, the second night is rockin with one of my favorite Raleigh groups, Birds of Avalon.  BoA, as locals refer to them, are a full force, guitar ripping orgastic, Tecate drinking five piece on Volcom Entertainment Records.  I was lucky enough to catch up with these guys back in March of 2008 during South By South West at a warehouse party.  The party took a good five minutes to find, but after cruising a strip of warehouses I spotted the beacon of BoA-on-the-road—their white high-top conversion van.  It was amazing show, one of the best of my life.  Inside was a half pipe with skaters, stacks of Marshall speakers, coolers of Keystone Light, Jennifer Herrera of RTX, Jay Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. and Witch, and lots and lots of hearing-loss rock’n roll.

    Pre-sale tickets for tonight are sold out. However, there will be a LIMITED amount of tickets for sale at the door at 8pm. My advice is to show up at 7:45, pay to get in, and don’t leave once you enter the Pour House.

    Its a lovely afternoon for a warehouse rock show

    It's a lovely afternoon for a warehouse rock show

    half pipe next to the stacks of Marshalls

    half pipe next to the stacks of Marshalls

    Witch

    Witch

    the lineup was written on the wall, awesome

    the lineup was written on the wall, awesome

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    Broadcasting DBB Night 2

    by Adam Kincaid on Feb.07, 2009, under Local, Promotions, Specialty

    Last night WKNC took over Friday Night Request Rock & Chainsaw to bring you live coverage of night 1 of the Double Barrel Benefit #6 from the Pour House in downtown Raleigh.  The show was a success, a massive sellout with a tremendous crowd and kickass music.  As the show will more than likely sellout tonight as well, we will once again be broadcasting the entire show live (trumping Saturday Night Soul and R&B and D-Cutta’s 2.0 Show).

    Broadcast starts after the Soulful Renaissance and will air until the completion of the concert.  If you can’t get to the Pour House, feel free to rock on with us tonight over your radio or internet connection.

    Doors open at 8pm and get there early as there is a limited number of tickets available at the door.  The show starts at 9pm.

    Tonight’s lineup includes: I Was Totally Destroying It, Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies, Birds of Avalon, & Polvo.

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    Double Barrel Mystery Roach

    by La Barba Rossa on Feb.06, 2009, under Specialty

    This weekend is the 6th annual Double Barrel Benefit, our annual fund raising concert. We’ve got great lineups for both Friday and Saturday nights. So come down, have a beer, enjoy some great local music, and help support 88.1

    Craig from Birds of Avalon, one of the great bands performing Saturday night, will be on Mystery Roach Saturday morning. We’ll be listening to music from his collection and talking about life, the universe, and everything. (No, not the book, but who knows, it might come up too.)

    So listen to Mystery Roach Saturday morning from 8-10 am then head on down to the Pour House to catch the second night of The Double Barrel Benefit.

    See you there.

    -La Barba Rossa

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    WKNC Back on the Net! & Some Other Words

    by Adam Kincaid on Feb.06, 2009, under Daytime, Local

    Last Night around 10pm WKNC’s web server bottomed out and took a nose dive off of the cliff of life, no doubt due to an ecstasy overload caused by our Local Music Invasion.  WKNC webmaster DJ Bridges, our engineer Austin,  & Local Music Czar DJ Stevo spent the entire night resuscitating the website back to life in a miracle intensive care recovery.  If these fellows revive themselves in time to make it to the Double Barrel Benefit, please buy them a beer, bake them a cake, or give them a medal or something.  Bridges is still wandering the hallways in a haze, Im trying to send him home.

    Because of our web problems, all blog posts from the last 2 days have been lost.  This means our DBB features on Birds of Avalon, Bowerbirds & Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies, as well as several album reviews and promotional posts are no longer available.  There is not a definite timeline on getting these back up, but we will most certainly try, especially the DBB Features, which all of those bands more than deserve for playing at this years event.

    In the meantime, if you have not been paying attention (or didn’t read the blog that has since been deleted), yesterday & today on WKNC we will be airing ONLY local music through our airwaves to get everyone pumped for this years Double Barrel Benefit.  Its called the Local Music Invasion.  100% local music on Thursday’s Daytime is going to carry over until today as we will air North Carolina tunes all the way through the Local Beat which ends at 8pm.

    Then, beginning at 8pm, we will begin live broadcasting from the Pour House and will air the entire first night of Double Barrel Benefit in its entirety.  A live benefit show coming through our airwaves, nothing is better than that!

    However, this will trump Friday Night Request Rock & Chainsaw this evening, but fear not, those shows will resume broadcasting once again next week.

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    WKNC Announces Double Barrel Benefit #6

    by Adam Kincaid on Jan.06, 2009, under Local, Promotions

    Set your calendars For Friday February 6th, and Saturday February 7th for WKNC’s annual Double Barrel Benefit #6 at the Pour House in downtown Raleigh.  Both nights are loaded with 8 of the best bands in our area for a small price, with all proceeds going to WKNC & NC State Student Media.

    Prices are $7 in advance and $9 at the door.  There is a $5 surcharge for all attendees under 21.dbb6-dog

    Bands on Friday include (in order of appearance):
    Lonnie Walker
    Lost in the Trees
    Schooner
    Bowerbirds

    Bands on Saturday include (in order of appearance):
    I Was Totally Destroying It
    Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies
    Birds of Avalon
    Polvo

    WKNC will be broadcasting live from the site both nights.

    Throughout the next month WKNC will begin featuring exclusive blogs about each of these fantastic bands leading up to the show.  Be on the lookout for those as well as listening to each of these bands on WKNC 88.1 fm.

    In addition, the two days leading up to the show, WKNC will play 100% Local Music during its Daytime Format.   More information on this later.

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    Independent Weekly’s Top 40 of 2008

    by Adam Kincaid on Dec.12, 2008, under Local

    The Independent Weekly has chosen their top 40 tracks from the Triangle music scene from 2008.  The list features brief summaries of each band and their song, plus free downloads of all 40 chosen songs.  Very cool.  To access the list click here.

    Some notable gems that even we at WKNC missed include Lois Deloatch’s traditional piece of “Down By The Riverside,” a fantastic jazzy/blues number,  Michael Holland’s country tune “Ballad of Eric Rudolph,” and Kooley High’s hip-hop track ”Kool With It” from the Summer Sessions.  Be on the lookout for these tunes to hit the Local Lunch & other WKNC formats in the near future.

    A couple of songs I might have been able to survive without out that made the list include Bryce Clayton Eiman’s static laced “The Black & The Black” and ambient/indie band Boyzone with their song “Six Hunkth,” but its no secret I shy away from ambient/experimental tunes, and you gotta make everyone happy, right?  I am also a tad bit confused on how Oregeon folk singer David Karsten Daniels made the list.  I understand he plays the Triangle frequently, but would appreciate any knowledge on his relation to the Triangle.

    Some notable exceptions include Greg Humphreys, Lonnie Walker, Tift Merritt, & Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies.  But alas, only room for 40, and I think the Indy always does a fantastic job with these sorts of lists.  By the way, does anyone consider Ryan Adams, Hotel Lights, or Roman Candle local anymore?  Just a thought…

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