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Porcelain Raft
Author: WKNC Admin
Porcelain Raft stopped by the WKNC studios to talk with the Kenosha Kid. Listen to their conversation here, and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss out on any of our great artist interviews.
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Rock & Shop Market: Nov. 30, 2013
On Saturday, November 30, 2013 from 11am-5pm The Rock & Shop Market will take place at the Durham Armory. The Rock & Shop Market is a one-of-a-kind shopping experience; an indoor fashion, art & music flea market featuring emerging, independent local and national designers selling their wares plus live music by local performers.
The local market was created in 2004 to help support and celebrate the burgeoning indie arts scene of professional designers, artists, and musicians in the Triangle and beyond.
Bands and DJs will include Old Quarter, Prypyat, See Gulls, and DJ E Main. There will be 75 designers including Fleet Co., Freaker USA, Oak City Collective, Lauren Amos Designs, and much more! Food trucks will also be there including Gussys, KoKyu BBQ, Will & Pops, Pie Pushers & Chirba Chirba.
The schedule is as follows:
11:00am – Market opens
11:00 – 12:00 DJ E Main
12:00 – 1:00 Prypyat
1:00 – 2:00 DJ E Main
2:00 – 3:00 See Gulls
3:00 – 4:00 DJ E Main
4:00 – 5:00 Old Quarter
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EOT133 Hoffman Forest Sale 11/19/13
In the next episode of Poet’s Corner, Selma brings you more poetic talent found right here at NC State. In addition, an anonymous poetic submission is shared.
Talk of development surrounds what some cite as a historic section of Hillsborough Street. Michaela has the story about the controversy.
Each year, the Human Rights Campaign publishes the Municipal Equality Index. Nick has a report on how North Carolina cities scored.
Listen to all this, plus national and international news from Andrew and Sydney, weather with meteorologist Katie Costa, Ben with sports, and a community calendar.
Nick Savage and Andrew Eichen bring you another edition of “Eye on the Triangle,” live each Tuesday at 7 p.m. on WKNC 88.1 FM and wknc.org/listen and available as a downloadable podcast.
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Songs of Water
Whatever you want to call it, it’s damn good. Last week I was joined by several members of this massive seven-person crew to chat a bit about how so many voices can come together to create such a rich and seamless sound. Roach comments on how the band pulls their influences from a variety of regions, one minute you’ll hear traditional West African rhythms bleeding through and on the next track you’ll hear some Russian-inspired folk musings.
Together the band of multi-instrumentalists play on a huge array of instruments, their latest full length The Sea Has Spoken featured over thirty instruments. During our conversation I spoke with the band about just how one goes about learning such a wide variety of instruments, what some of the most unique and region-specific instruments are that they’ve found, and how they go about morphing these songs from studio works to live performances.
Check out our full conversation below to find out about the intricacies that go into working with such a large band and the work that’s gone into their forthcoming full length album.
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Whatever Brains
What resulted was a spastic interview that covered everything from the band’s origins with local music to their favorite cereal and youtube videos. The conversation is a bit indicative of what you can expect from the band’s music, regardless of how the direction you’re taking with it you know that you’re in for something that’s entertaining. While Whatever Brains’ past three untitled full-lengths have displayed a gradual progression from spastic punk stand-outs to electronically leaning front-runners, the band’s humility continually shines through. Whether you’re looking to find out about the band’s upcoming release, slated to be a “rock opera” split-single, or to hear about what they’re listening to in their free time, our Local Artist of the Month feature pinpoints what makes Whatever Brains tick.
Vocalist Rich Ivey delves into his songwriting process and the importance of lyrics while one of the band’s numerous keyboardists William Evans tackles the topics of contemporary influences. For the next forty minutes you can immerse yourself in our off-kilt conversations about the past, present and future of one of the region’s most underrated acts, Whatever Brains.
When it comes to describing Raleigh’s experimental punk outfit Whatever Brains, quite a few things come to mind. The band dabbles into plenty of unfamiliar territories for a band that most would pigeonhole into the “punk” category, one the band doesn’t even sound too privy to. Rather, they see themselves firmly within the realm of modern electronic music, morphing together elements from aggressive rock like punk and garage while melding in elements of psych-rock to create a caustic conglomeration of sounds. For our November Artist of the Month feature I sat down with Whatever Brains to talk a bit about the music that inspires them, their opinions on the North Carolina punk scene, and what we can expect from the band in the future.
What resulted was a spastic interview that covered everything from the band’s origins with local music to their favorite cereal and youtube videos. The conversation is a bit indicative of what you can expect from the band’s music, regardless of how the direction you’re taking with it you know that you’re in for something that’s entertaining. While Whatever Brains’ past three untitled full-lengths have displayed a gradual progression from spastic punk stand-outs to electronically leaning front-runners, the band’s humility continually shines through. Whether you’re looking to find out about the band’s upcoming release, slated to be a “rock opera” split-single, or to hear about what they’re listening to in their free time, our Local Artist of the Month feature pinpoints what makes Whatever Brains tick.
Vocalist Rich Ivey delves into his songwriting process and the importance of lyrics while one of the band’s numerous keyboardists William Evans tackles the topics of contemporary influences. For the next forty minutes you can immerse yourself in our off-kilt conversations about the past, present and future of one of the region’s most underrated acts, Whatever Brains.
Although our state is best known for our vibrant and ever-expanding indie rock scene, there’s plenty of gems that are hidden throughout the state that display the sheer depth of our musical talent. Acts like Songs of Water are the perfect display of this scene’s breadth, they’re an immensely talented group of musicians with a wide array of influences that funnel out to produce an all-encompassing brand of world-inspired folk music. It’s hard to peg down this band’s genre, as Stephen Roach proclaims the band has heard everything from “post-traditional folk” to cinematic world music.
Whatever you want to call it, it’s damn good. Last week I was joined by several members of this massive seven-person crew to chat a bit about how so many voices can come together to create such a rich and seamless sound. Roach comments on how the band pulls their influences from a variety of regions, one minute you’ll hear traditional West African rhythms bleeding through and on the next track you’ll hear some Russian-inspired folk musings.
Together the band of multi-instrumentalists play on a huge array of instruments, their latest full length The Sea Has Spoken featured over thirty instruments. During our conversation I spoke with the band about just how one goes about learning such a wide variety of instruments, what some of the most unique and region-specific instruments are that they’ve found, and how they go about morphing these songs from studio works to live performances.
Check out our full conversation to find out about the intricacies that go into working with such a large band and the work that’s gone into their forthcoming full length album.
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Top Ten Afterhours Albums for 11/18
1 BREAK SCIENCE “Seven Bridges” (Pretty Lights Music)
2 MACHINEDRUM ”Vapor City” (Ninja Tune)
3 SLOW MAGIC ”Triangle” (LebensStrasse)
4 VARIOUS ARTISTS ”Verve Remixed: The First Ladies” (Verve)
5 IKONIKA ”Aerotropolis” (Hyperdub)
6 Dameron ”Bronx Showdown” (Self-Release) <- LOCAL
7 Pretty Lights ”Color Map of the Sun” (8 Minutes 20 Seconds)
8 ULTRAISTA ”Ultraista: Remixes” (Temporary Residence)
9 BOTANY ”Lava Diviner (Truestory)” (Western Vinyl)
10 MINDELIXIR ”Lunology” (Outside) <- LOCAL
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New Daytime Music
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – The Speed of Things
This is another great release from the electro-indie-pop outfit. They’ve got that whole indie-nostalgia-feely-thingy down really well, all with some pretty engaging beats.
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Cults – Static
This is a high profile release. Psychedelic, shimmery, female vocals, etc. pop, you know the drill by now. Very heavy Kevin Parker vibes here.
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I absolutely love this album. It’s exactly what indie rock is supposed to be: cool, unpretentious, easy, sincere.
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Yip Deceiver – Medallius
Two guys from Of Montreal’s analog synth pop side project. Great vibe, without a hint of irony.
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This girl is really popular in Brazil. She blends French pop, Americana, and Brazilian rhythms into an extremely unique style. Very exceptional.
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