The DJ’s at WKNC share some of their musical and non-musical highlights of 2014 …
DJ Iron Mic’s Top 5 Rap Tracks from the 4th Quarter of 2014
1. Ghostface Killah – Battlefield – 36 Seasons
2. Joey Bada$$ – No. 99
3. Yelawolf – Down
4. Big K.R.I.T. – Soul Foods
5. Run the Jewels – Blockbuster Night Pt. I
DJ Cancel: Latino Music, Canto De Lobos
Best New Albums
1. MultiViral : Calle 13
2. 3.0 – Marc Anthony
3. Posada – Gaby Moreno
4. Formula Vol. 2 – Romeo Santos
5. Corazon – Santana
Best Songs
1. Asi De Grande Son las Ideas – Calle 13
2. Bailando – Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer Bueno
3. Hasta Que Salga el Sol – Banda los Recoditos
4. Yo Tambien – Romeo Santos ft. Marc Anthony
5. Peces en El Rio – Gaby Moreno
English Soccer/ That Emo Show
1. Joyce Manor – Never Hungover Again
2. Tiny Moving Parts- Pleasant Living
3. You Blew It!- Award of the Year Award
4. Pianos Become The Teeth- Keep You
5. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan- Birdman Presents: Rich Gang Tha Tour Part 1
(And hoping for a Kanye West Christmas Day Release album)
Rory: afterhours
1. Museum Mouth: Alex I Am Nothing
2. The Drums: Encyclopedia
3. ILoveMakonnen: I Love Makonnen
4. Perfume Genius: Too Bright
5. Phantogram: Voices
Slaughterhome: Chainsaw Rock
1. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2
2. clipping.: CLPPNG
3. Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden
4. Open Mike Eagle: Dark Comedy
5. Code Orange: My World
tfw the metal md has 3 hip-hop albums in his top 5 oops
Big Fat Sac: Both Kinds Radio (classic country and western swing)
1. Sturgill Simpson – “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music”
2. T’OW3RS – “Tl;dr”
3. Run the Jewels – “Run the Jewels 2”
4. Billy Joe Shaver – “Long in the Tooth”
5. Spoon – “They Want My Soul”
Space Captain Walrus: Indie Rock
1. Todd Terje: It’s Album Time
2. Eno & Hyde: High Life
3. Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal
4. Caribou: Our Love
5. Adult Jazz: Gist Is
Can I put a top local album? It’d be Flesh Wounds: S/T
trash can: Undreground Hip Hop
1. Busdriver – Perfect Hair
2. clipping. – CLPPNG
3. Open Mike Eagle – Dark Comedy
4. Xiu Xiu – Unclouded Sky
5. Sisyphus – Sisyphus
Magic Kaanch: Daytime Indie
1. Alex G: DSU
2. Illuminating Daydream: Alone
3. Cold Foamers: All Cold Everything
4. High Pop: holy smokes!
5. Iceage: Plowing Into the Field of Love
Black Dalia: Indie Rock
1. Kauai – Childish Gambino
2. This Is All Yours – Alt-J
3. Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
4. Listen – The Kooks
5. Lazaretto – Jack White
The Chlobert Report: Indie Rock
1. TV On The Radio: Seeds
2. Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso
3. Die Antwoord: Donker Mag
4. Tobacco: Ultima II Massage
5. Manchester Orchestra: HOPE
Approximately Normal: Indie Rock
1. Mac Demarco: Salad Days
2. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
3. Caribou: Our Love
4. TOPS: Picture You Staring
5. Warpaint: Warpaint
Zack Ufland (DJ Z): Indie Rock
1. Mac Demarco: Salad Days
2. Real Estate: Atlas
3. Dum Dum Girls: Too True
4. The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream
5. The Griswolds: Be Impressive
Muta: Afterhours
1. Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso
2. Amp Live: Headphone Concerto
3. ODESZA: In Return
4. Porter Robinson: World
5. St. Vincent: St. Vincent
Green Man: Indie Rock
1. Matt Kivel-Days of Being Wild
2. Alex G – DSU
3. The Antlers- Familiars
4. Kissing Party- looking back it was romantic but at the time i was suffocating
5. Baths – Ocean Death
DJ CJ: Americana, Blues, & Co., Local Lunch
1. Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
2. Hiss Golden Messenger: Lateness of Dancers
3. Nickel Creek – A Dotted Line
4. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream
5. Ryley Walker: All Kinds of You
Top 5 Foods I Ate For the 1st Time In 2014
1. The Fat Darrell, R U Hungry, New Brunswick, NJ
2. Zapps Voodoo Chips, available at Wawa and elsewhere
3. Streak o’ Lean Biscuit, Farmer’s Market Restaurant, Raleigh, NC
4. Smelt, a fish from the Great Lakes
5. The Twinx, State Fair, Raleigh, NC
JB: Indie Rock
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata
2. Mac Demarco – Salad Days
3. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
4. Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
5. Real Estate – Atlas
The Crypt’s New Jazz Top 5
1. The Last Southern Gentleman – Delfeayo Marsalis
2. Bad Self Portraits – Lake Street Dive
3. Snarky Puppy – We Like It Here
4. Slow Down – The North
5. Kekko Fornarelli Trio – Outrush
Dave Samuels: Afterhours
1. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
2. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead
3. Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers
4. Aphex Twin – Syro
5. Dorian Concept – Joined Ends
DJ Salinger: Local Lunch
1. Old Hours: Even in the Sun
2. Hiss Golden Messenger: Lateness of Dancers
3. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For no Witness
4. Museum Mouth: Alex I am Nothing
5. Hurray for the Riff Raff: Small Town Heros
DJ Nasty Nate: Indie Rock, Emo
1. The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There
2. Joyce Manor – Never Hungover Again
3. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) – You Will Eventually Be Forgotten
4. The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers
5. The Weatherbox – Flies In All Directions
Top Shows:
1: The White Octave @ Hopscotch
2: FEST! Mineral, The Hotelier, twiabp, Circle takes the Square, more @ Gainesville, FL
3: CUDDLEFEST! @ The Mattress Fort (RIP)
4: The New Pornographers @ Cat’s Cradle
5: Into It. Over It. w/ TWIABP & A Great Big Pile of Leaves @ The Local 506
JRRT: Indie Rock
1. Aphex Twin: Syro
2. Courtney Barnett: The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
3. Gardens & Villa: Dunes
4. Ty Segall: Manipulator
5. Tinariwen: Emmaar
EXTRA BONUS 6TH ALBUM!!!!
6. Daniel Bachman: Orange Co. Serenade
Uncle Jemima: nothing as of right now
TOP FIVE NICKNAMES FOR YOUR LEGS
1. Your getaway sticks
2. Your tubthumpers (see also: your chumbawambas)
3. Your dungaroos
4. Your Young Thugs
5. Your bottom-arms
DJ From Full House: Indie Rock, Local Lunch
1. Alvvays: “Alvvays”
2. BadBadNotGood: III
3. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Pinata
4. Big Ups: Eighteen Hours of Static
5. Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal
Jake Phillips (Jake from State Farm): Indie Rock, Local Lunch
1. Alvvays: Alvvays
2. Naked Naps: Ok, Bye
3. Ghostt Bllonde: Demos and Discord
4. Taco Cat: NVM
5. Black Santa: Sorry if This is Weird
Alex the Great: Indie Rock
1. Elbow: The Takeoff and Landing of Everything
2. Kishi Bashi: Lighght
3. Singles: Future Islands
4. Childhood: Lacuna
5. Spoon: They Want My Soul
Movies:
1. Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Gone Girl
3. Interstellar
4. The Drop
5. 22 Jump Street
natty bumpo ; independent rock and roll
1; ariel pink – pom pom
2; mac demarco – salad days
3; half japanese – overjoyed
4; deerhoof – la isla bonita
5; parquet courts – sunbathing animal
Walter-Ego (Walt Lilly) Daytime Indie
5. Future Islands – Singles
4. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream
3. Swans – To Be Kind
2. King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard – I’m In Your Mind Fuzz
1. Flesh Wounds – Flesh Wounds
I love the rock and roll music
The Mattador: Indie Rawk
1. Tacocat: NVM
2. The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers
3. Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso
4. Alvvays: Alvvays
5. Hospitality: Trouble
OVERALL TOP 5 BASED ON NUMBERS
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Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
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Mac Demarco – Salad Days
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Alvvays – Alvvays
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Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
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The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream