This North Carolina college radio collaboration features the excellent grrrl punks that are See Gulls, and our much beloved friend T0W3RS, who you may recognize from DBB11, FOTL, or The Lounge.
WKNC is more than excited to be joined among such great company for such a great cause. Of course we are also more than psyched to be dancing our shoes off to these two great local acts. Let’s throw some french fries!
Take a break from your non-stop studying and hectic week of final exams for this week’s Local Band Local Beer presented by WKNC 88.1 FM, Younger Brother Productions, and Tir na nOg Irish Pub.
Slim’s Downtown is hosting 5 amazing nights of music April 15 – April 19. Why? Because we’ve been here for fifteen years and if we didn’t celebrate it would be highly out of character for us. It has been a long and lovely ride, from what we can remember (and according to the stories we’ve been told about our behavior on the mornings after). We would like to thank everyone who has made Slim’s their living room away from their living room. You’ve helped us become the community of drunks, musicians, servers and patrons we are today as we look forward to many more great years ahead. Thank you, Raleigh, now let’s get silly.
WKNC is proud to sponsor the NCSU Center Stage concert series. The final performance of the season will feature The Pedrito Martinez Group on April 12, 2014 at 8 pm. This will take place in Talley Student Union Ballroom.
Tickets can be purchased online or call 919-515-1100
WKNC presents Fridays on the Lawn, our FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES, with Double Barrel Benefit 10’s JKutchma & The Five Fifths and local favorite, Wool! It will be catered by Howling Cow- ICE CREAM!
“The Lawn” is back to its roots at HARRIS FIELD in front of WKNC at the Witherspoon building. This is on the intersection of Cates Avenue and Dan Allen Drive.
Come out for a FREE evening of local music, free food, prizes, and giveaways. Bring some buds and a blanket, and enjoy a wonderful spring afternoon!
Parking is available in Dan Allen Deck and all spots marked “C” at and after 5 PM.
JKutchma & The Five Fifths Jason Kutchma has been a staple of the North Carolina scene for some time now, rising through the ranks of mediocrity and anonymity with one of the most popular local groups of the past decade, Durham’s Red Collar. But when Red Collar decided to take a break back in 2010, Kutchma didn’t and continued on the road performing heartland rock inspired solo material, hardly starting over.
After a year and two live EPs, perfecting his newfound spur jangling, percussive playing craft, the Five Fifths were introduced and their incredible debut album, Pastoral, was released. The Five Fifths combine the punk attitude and energy of his old band, Red Collar, with the boot stomping, soul searching rawness that he became known for while performing solo in between the groups. What emerges is the best of both worlds.
-Adam Kincaid
WOOL From Impose Magazine on WOOL: “Every so often there is a single that transports your entire sense of being to places where even the sky can’t reach. Such is the case with the premiere of this new interstellar song from Wool, with "Stars”. A creative crew that heralds from Raleigh, North Carolina; Troy Brian Hancock, Zack Oden, Johnny Hobbs, and Raymond Finn continue to make music that is not of this planet alone. Following up 2013’s Delta EP and the recent single “Divine”, “Stars” takes off into the hazy density of black holes, red dwarfs, and seltzer water supernovas of the mind’s eye.
With the application of head changing effects, WOOL makes a dream machine spaceship. “Stars” orbits on account of steady percussion programming, Hancock’s moonage-space-dream vocals, with everything wrapped in the rhythm and sustained fuzz guitars generators. Troy and Zack find the right affected keys and treatments for a guitar sound that creates an instant chemical and empathetic response from the listener. The song connects the dots from the star-gazing earthbound folks with ears to hear to the galaxy trekking star-bound fans of the final frontiers. For over three minutes you can experience the bridging of solar systems and planetary collisions compliments of Raleigh’s indie quintet with “Stars” in their eyes.“
Tickets for the individual Merge 25 shows at the Cat’s Cradle & the outdoor party in Carrboro have already gone on sale Wednesday, March 26 at 11am EST — via the Cat’s Cradle website.
Full show line-ups & more information about other Merge 25 Festivities coming soon!
Wednesday, July 23 at Baldwin Auditorium Lambchopperforms Nixonwith more Merge artists to be announced soon! – individual tickets available April 22 through Duke Performances
Thursday, July 24 at Cat’s Cradle Superchunk, The Rock*A*Teens, The Clientele & more!
Friday, July 25 at Cat’s Cradle Destroyer, Wye Oak, The Mountain Goats & more!
Saturday, July 26 Outdoor party in Carrboro, NC Neutral Milk Hotel, Caribou, Bob Mould, Ex Hex, The Love Language & more!
There are a limited number of tickets available for the Thursday and Friday shows at the Cat’s Cradle, while a larger number are available for the outdoor show. Tickets to the Baldwin Auditorium show will go on sale Tuesday, April 22 through Duke Performances.
Live and Local on Hillsborough Street is a buy local initiative of Live It Up! Raleigh. The annual spring event focuses on presenting local music and art to our community with eco-conscious values.
Join us at one of our many locations Saturday, April 12 for cold adult beverages while browsing the dozens of vendors, food trucks and local artisans who will be on hand to tickle your fancy. Two outdoor stages and six indoor stages will host the best in local music.
Shop Local Raleigh reminds us that, “Every dollar you spend at an independent, local business, creates 3.5 times more local economic benefit than dollars spent at a local chain.”
Start with lunch at David’s Dumplings and Raleigh Slow Art Day, presented by the Gregg Museum of Art, and rock into the wee hours of the night.
BANDS Jeanne Jolly is headlining the Horne Street stage and Peak City Sound will wrap things up at The Royal Bakery / Brickhouse Pub outdoor stage.
