DJ Sparrow sits down and interviews the members of Lonnie Walker.
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7/29: Landlady @ The Pinhook
7/29: Chief Scout @ Local 506
7/30: Adron @ Local 506
7/31: The Appleseed Cast @ Cat’s Cradle
7/31: Headfirst for Halos @ Cat’s Cradle
7/31: North Elementary @ The Pinhook
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!
FINALLY! The album is called Earth Canals and the cover sports a vibrant quilted circular design, with pops of red, green and blue. With a 6-year gap between their first album and Earth Canals, the quality indicates that the wait was well worth it. Earth Canals takes you on a ride through some catchy, up-beat tunes like “Only Alright” and “Baby Man”, slows things down with achy, lyric-centered songs like “No Pure Light” and “Seasons”, and keeps things interesting with the instrumental, synth-y and eclectic “Heart and Soul”. The final song on the album shares a name with the album, and perfectly encompasses the album as a whole by coursing through all the styles already present before the final track in a way that feels natural. It is quickly evident how much effort went into the creation of Earth Canals; the live performances will absolutely impress. Be sure to catch Lonnie Walker play their next show at Carrboro Town Commons this coming Sunday on the 26th with headliner Future Islands!
Danny Brown is hip hop’s most interesting character to date. Not since Busta Rhymez has a rap artist straddled the lines of so many genres and embodied a persona that is so out of this world. Wearing black skinny jeans, studded leather jackets, and rocking a mohawk/flat top with green tips, he looks more like a punk rocker than a rap artist. However, Danny’s lyrics are the most authentic raps that the genre has seen in years. He rhymes about the streets of his hometown Detroit, but not in the braggadocious, semi-romanticizing way that we’ve become accustomed to in rap music. Brown’s lyrics are captivatingly introspective, often painting an ugly picture of what the impoverished landscape of Detroit looks like, many times in a way that’s downright scary.
He burst out onto the scene in 2010 with his first album The Hybrid after years of mixtape obscurity. Hybrid got him the following he needed to release his second album XXX which dropped on his 30th birthday. XXX was praised by nearly every music publication in circulation as the best rap album of 2011. With influences of old school hip hop, grime, drum and bass, indie rock, and more, XXX solidified Danny’s place as the music industry’s new mad man. He followed up XXX with Old in 2013, which boasted production from a wide array of producers who don’t have anything to do with mainstream hip hop (Purity Ring is one of them). He turned this eccentric trip into a billboard topping success that has cemented him into the conversation as one of the most creative rappers on the scene right now.
Personally I’m excited to see DB take the stage in Carrboro on Sunday. The last time he was in the area was at Cat’s Cradle last April and he tore the house down. Going through hits from Hybrid to Old, he had everyone in attendance singing along to the point that he took a break to let the crowd sing his songs for him. He obviously likes us here in NC after his last visit, so I’m expecting him to show the crowd at Future Islands 1000 some major love with an amazing set.
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WKNC 88.1 CHARTS: July 22nd, 2015
For the THIRD week in a row, Jamie xx takes number 1 on RPM charts!
WKNC RPM
1. JAMIE XX – In Colour – Young Turks
2. BRAIDS – Deep In The Iris – Arbutus
3. GEORGE FITZGERALD – Fading Love – Domino
4. PURITY RING – Another Eternity – 4AD
5. KODAK TO GRAPH – IAMANTHEM Remix [EP] – Family Artists
6. FORT ROMEAU – Insides – Ghostly
7. LAPALUX – Lustmore – Brainfeeder
8. SHLOHMO – Dark Red True Panther – Sounds-WeDidIt
9. MIDIVAL PUNDITZ – Light – Six Degrees
10. SQUAREPUSHER – Damogen Furies – Warp
WKNC TOP 2 RPM ADDS
1. COUNT COUNSELLOR – And The Childhood Heroes [EP] – Quality Time
2. CHEMICAL BROTHERS – Born In The Echoes – Astralwerks
Phian sits down with representatives from the Nicklepoint Brewing Company and interviews them about the brewing business and beer.
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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”
7/23: Quarterbacks @ The Pinhook
7/24: Adult Science @ Kings
7/25: SkyBlew @ Cat’s Cradle
7/25: Gold Coast @ Kings
7/25: Maple Stave @ Local 506
7/26: Foe Destroyer @ Local 506
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!