For the FOURTH week in a row, Girlpool takes number 1 on radio 200 charts!
WKNC RADIO 200
1. GIRLPOOL – Before The World Was Big – Wichita 2. DAMAGED BUG – Cold Hot Plumbs – Castle Face 3. BULLY – Feels Like – Startime 4. WESTKUST – Last Forever – Run For Cover 5. UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA – Multi-Love – Jagjaguwar 6. JOANNA GRUESOME – Peanut Butter – Slumberland 7. PINS – Wild Nights – Bella Union 8. ESKIMEAUX – O.K. – Double Double Whammy 9. MEWITHOUTYOU – Pale Horses – Run For Cover 10. DESAPARECIDOS – Payola – Epitaph 11. JAMIE XX – In Colour – Young Turks 12. WHITE REAPER – White Reaper Does It Again – Polyvinyl 13. ELVIS DEPRESSEDLY – New Alhambra – Run For Cover 14. SORORITY NOISE – Joy, Departed – Topshelf 15. HOP ALONG – Painted Shut – Saddle Creek 16. TRIPTIDES – Azur – Self-Released 17. SCOTDRAKULA – ScotDrakula – Self-Released 18. SON LUX – Bones – Glassnote 19. J. FERNANDEZ – Many Levels Of Laughter – Joyful Noise 20. KID WAVE – Wonderlust – Heavenly 21. FIST CITY – Everything Is A Mess – Transgressive 22. CREEPOID – Cemetery Highrise Slum – Collect 23. SHARON VAN ETTEN – I Don’t Want To Let You Down [EP] – Jagjaguwar 24. WARM SODA – Symbolic Dream – Castle Face 25. TEEN MEN – Teen Men – Bar None 26. SURFER BLOOD – 1000 Palms – Joyful Noise 27. DOG PARTY – Vol. 4 – Self-Released 28. SOAK – Before We Forgot How To Dream – Rough Trade 29. VAADAT CHARIGIM – Sinking As A Stone – Burger 30. ROZWELL KID – Too Shabby – Broken World
WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. TAME IMPALA – Currents – Interscope 2. WORRIERS – Imaginary Life – Don Giovanni 3. OBERHOFER – Chronovision [EP] – Glassnote 4. TEARJERKER – Stay Wild – Self-Released 5. SUNFLOWER BEAN – “I Hear Voices” B/w “The Stalker”
Tune into WKNC 88.1 FM this week and when the DJ asks for it, call the request lines at 919-515-0881 or 919-515-2400 for your chance to win tickets to these shows! Good luck!
This review can also be seen in the latest issue of The Technician.
Conor Oberst got his big break as singer-songwriter and guitarist of Bright Eyes and has since moved on to other musical projects, including Desaparecidos. Formed in 2000, Desaparecidos demonstrates a subtle maturation in Oberst’s lyrics, transitioning from teenage melancholy to focused, politically charged angst. Payola is the first album from Desaparecidos released in more than a decade, but the band definitely hasn’t lost any of their edge since 2002′s Read Music/Speak Spanish.
Pounding drums and rapid guitar drive Payola, along with Oberst’s familiar melodic vocals. And with his philosophical musings, Oberst presents his anger in the form of criticisms of government. In the album’s first song “The Left Is Right,” he sings “If one must die to save the 99/ Maybe it’s justified/ The left is right/ We’re doomed,” which is a direct reference to the Occupy Wall Street political slogan “We are the 99 Percent.” With the band name chosen in remembrance of those of lower financial status who disappeared after being arrested at the hand of military dictatorships, it’s no surprise that the 2013 single “Anonymous” closes the album with a hate message of unrest about control and the wealth gap: “Can’t live today off that minimum wage unless you sleep on the factory floor.” Oberst screams his explicit disgust toward the economy, comparing the United States government to George Orwell’s Big Brother. Payola finishes as a punk rock album with Oberst targeting government, shouting “We’re the Tattletale/ We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell.”
Favorite Tracks: “Golden Parachutes”, “Backsell”, “Marikkkopa”, “Te Amo Camila Vallejo”
This review can also be seen in the latest issue of The Technician.
Favorite Tracks: “Wake”, “Hideout”, “Too Far Gone”, “Translucent”, “Over”
Remember when you held your breath in a swimming pool long enough to become weightless and float to the surface? Triptides’ latest release brings back that feeling above the water.
The surf psychedelic pop band Triptides released their new LP Azur on French indie label RPUT, with a sound that fits an evening on the Riviera as much as a stroll on the boardwalk. The album opens with the single “Wake”, the jumping into the pool where the mood is hazy and youthful. The bittersweet twinge of the reverbed guitars pull you closer into the deep end on “Dark Side”. These pangs stay with you during the course of the album and develop into a hankering for ice cream on a blistering summer day. Vocalist Glenn Brigman provides the sweet, sugary, cavity-causing melodies from a summer long ago; nostalgic and distant, like the bottom of a swimming pool. The shimmery sounds apparent in the slower songs “Too Far Gone” and “Over” are much like the refraction of light into water. The four-piece from Bloomington, Indiana know their sound and the scene that come with it, which is why they have relocated to LA.
The album cover drum up images of swim caps and the modest bathing suits of the midcentury. In a way, this album and band have continually drawn attention to the end of this fashion, and the end of summer-obsessed culture. The 50s and 60s are long gone with the surf pop greats of the day; the Beach Boys, Dick Dale, Jan & Dean, and countless others who are no longer the unique prize of American culture. But Triptides does their finest to echo the days of muscle cars and the open coastline. The appropriately named closing track “Over” leaves the listener with the somber sting of the past, like chlorine in your eyes from the neighbor’s swimming pool.
1. GIRLPOOL – Before The World Was – Big Wichita 2. DAMAGED BUG – Cold Hot Plumbs – Castle Face 3. UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA – Multi-Love – Jagjaguwar 4. BULLY – Feels Like – Startime 5. JOANNA GRUESOME – Peanut Butter – Slumberland 6. THEE OH SEES – Mutilator Defeated At Last – Castle Face 7. PINS – Wild Nights – Bella Union 8. WESTKUST – Last Forever – Run For Cover 9. ESKIMEAUX – O.K. – Double Double Whammy 10. HOP ALONG – Painted Shut – Saddle Creek 11. ELVIS DEPRESSEDLY – New Alhambra – Run For Cover 12. SPEEDY ORTIZ – Foil Deer – Carpark 13. SURFER BLOOD – 1000 Palms – Joyful Noise 14. MEWITHOUTYOU – Pale Horses – Run For Cover 15. DESAPARECIDOS – Payola – Epitaph 16. JAMIE XX – In Colour – Young Turks 17. SON LUX – Bones – Glassnote 18. SHARON VAN ETTEN – I Don’t Want To Let You Down [EP] – Jagjaguwar 19. J. FERNANDEZ – Many Levels Of Laughter – Joyful Noise 20. WHITE REAPER – White Reaper Does It Again – Polyvinyl 21. KID WAVE – Wonderlust – Heavenly 22. TEEN MEN – Teen Men – Bar None 23. WARM SODA – Symbolic Dream – Castle Face 24. CREEPOID – Cemetery Highrise Slum – Collect 25. VAADAT CHARIGIM – Sinking As A Stone – Burger 26. FIST CITY – Everything Is A Mess – Transgressive 27. CEREMONY – The L-Shaped Man – Matador 28. HEARTLESS BASTARDS – Restless Ones – Partisan 29. TRAILS AND WAYS – Pathology – Barsuk 30. ROZWELL KID – Too Shabby – Broken World
WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. SORORITY NOISE – Joy, Departed – Topshelf 2. SCOTDRAKULA – ScotDrakula – Self-Released 3. BOATS – Release [EP] – Self-Released 4. CREEPING PINK – Mirror Woods – Castle Face 5. VELVET TEEN – All Is Illusory – Topshelf
Thanks to the folks at Live Nation, WKNC has 5 pairs of tickets to give away this week to see Slightly Stoopid with Dirty Heads and The Expendables! They’ll be playing on Friday, July 17. Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it at
919-515-0881 or 919-515-2400
and you could win a pair of tickets! Tickets can be purchased here through TicketMaster, or by phone at 800-745-3000. Good luck!
