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Merge 25 Festival

Merge Records invites you to North Carolina to help celebrate their 25th Anniversary at Merge 25, a music festival featuring Wye Oak, The Clientele, Destroyer, Caribou, Lambchop (performing Nixon), Neutral Milk Hotel, The Rock*A*Teens, Ex Hex, Bob Mould, The Mountain Goats, Superchunk, The Love Language and many more. 

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
Lambchop performs 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.

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Local Band Local Beer // 3.27.14

This week, WKNC 88.1 FM, Younger Brother Productions, and Tir na nOg present Local Band Local Beer featuring Museum Mouth, Less Western, and Astro Cowboy. 

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As always, this is a FREE event open to ages 18 +.

Be sure to tune into WKNC at 5PM on Thursday to hear an interview with the bands prior to their performance.

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Live and Local on Hillsborough Street 2014

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.

Other artists performing include: I Was Totally Destroying It, Nick Driver Band, The Pedro Martinez Group, Morning Brigade, Barleycorn and Rye, Star Studies, Pure Fiyah Reggae Band, Jo Gore and the Alternative, Rob Alford, Windsor Oaks Band, LowderStill, Erin Nenni with Scotty Miller, Chuck Champion and multiple DJs!

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STAGES
Outdoor Stages: (3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.)
Horne Street
Royal Bakery Building

Indoor Stages: (3:00 p.m. – Until)
Raleigh Brewing Company
Saxbys Coffee
Irregardless Cafe
Talley Student Center Ballroom
The Loft
McDaids
The Alley

Vendor Registration Form:
http://bit.ly/1hqpoKT

Volunteer Registration Form:
http://bit.ly/1cS6CEp

Presented by: Live It Up! On Hillsborough Street, with support from N.C. State Student Media, Brickhouse Sports Bar and Grille, Mcdaids Irish Pub of Hillsborough St, Raleigh Brewing Company, The Alley

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NCSU Center Stage

WKNC is proud to sponsor the NCSU Center Stage concert series. The first night of the series features Catherine Russell on March 29, 2014 at 5pm and 8pm at Titmus Theatre.

Tickets can be purchased online or call 919-515-1100.

General Public: $28

NC State Faculty/Staff: $23

NC State Students: $5

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Fridays on the Lawn // March 28, 2014

WKNC presents Fridays on the Lawn, our FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES, with two great indie rock acts, Double Barrel Benefit 9’s GROSS GHOST and CAT BE DAMNED! Fridays on the Lawn means local music, free food, prizes, and giveaways! This week food is provided by Moe’s Southwest Grill. 

“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. Parking is available in Dan Allen Deck and all spots marked “C” at and after 5 PM.

GROSS GHOST: 

“Gross Ghost has been a longtime favorite of mine since they released their first EP Lip City a few years ago, now the band has just released their second full length record Public Housing and finds themselves swiftly picking up steam in the local scene. With a solidified lineup and a fresh approach to their straight-forward hook-heavy indie rock, Gross Ghost is ready to ascend to prominence on the heels of this incredible album that chronicles the highs and lows of broken relationships and life’s constant uncertainties. We’ll chat a bit about the writing process within Gross Ghost, the struggles of laying your emotions on the line and some of the ins and outs of being in a “buzz band.”

-Grant Golden, host of Carolina Grown, editor in chief of The Bottom String from Carolina Grown’s November 1st podcast of 2013

CAT BE DAMNED

Performances draw from the paragons of 90s indie rock like Sebadoh, and Surfer Rosa era Pixies. Cat be Damned has played a series of house and DIY shows on bills with artists like Ted Leo, Maps & Atlases, and the Dismemberment Plan (including opening the VA show depicted on the cover of D-Plan’s 2013 album Uncanny Valley). The band has slowly developed an underground following in North Carolina and Virginia, where its various members live.

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Local Band Local Beer // 3.20.14

Tonight’s Local Band Local Beer will feature Morning Brigade, Look Homeward, and Kurtzweil. 

LBLB is presented by Younger Brother Productions, WKNC 88.1 FM, and Tir na nOg. 

9:30pm // FREE // 18+

Tune in today at 5 PM to hear DJ Kataclysm interview the bands prior to their performance. 

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Fridays on the Lawn returns March 21st featuring TOW3RS & The White Cascade

We are back again for the Spring semester to bring FREE music, food, and prizes as part of Fridays on the Lawn! This Friday, March 21, 2014 our first edition of Fridays on the Lawn will take place at 5 PM on Harris Field in front of Witherspoon Student Center on the corner of Dan Allen Drive and Cates Avenue. Parking is available in Dan Allen Deck and all spots marked “C” at and after 5 PM. 

This week we have TOW3RS and The White Cascade!

TOW3RS is the local one-man project of Derek Torres who consistently delivers a highly energetic and engaging performance.

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His sound can be described as a super eclectic mix of psychedelic sounds with folk inspirations.

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TOW3RS performed at our first night of Double Barrel Benefit 11 at Cat’s Cradle just last month. 

You can also watch TOW3RS perform the song “The Situation” in our online video series, The Lounge.

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The White Cascade is a local band from Raleigh. They performed for WKNC just last month as part of our weekly Local Band Local Beer.

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The band describes themselves as having an ambient, dream-pop, experimental, shoe-gaze sound. They provide a great post rock show. 

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Local Band Local Beer // March 6, 2014

This week’s LBLB, presented by Younger Brother Productions, WKNC 88.1 FM, and Tir na nOg,  will feature:

Clockwork Kids

Bridges

Numans. 

Show starts at 9:30 at Tir na nOg Irish Pub in downtown Raleigh and as always this is a FREE event! 

Be sure to tune into WKNC at 5pm to hear DJ Kataclysm interview the bands before their set!

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Local Band Local Beer // 2.27.14

Younger Brother Productions, WKNC 88.1 FM, and Tir na Nog Irish Pub present Local Band Local Beer featuring Ellis Dyson and the Shambles, Debonzo Brothers, and Cousins this Thursday, February 27, 2014.

The show starts at 9:30 pm and as always, admission is free!

18 and up. 

Be sure to tune into WKNC at 5pm to hear DJ Kataclysm interview the bands before their set. 

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18+/ Free Show 

Younger Brother Productions-WKNC 88.1-Tir na nOg present Local Band- Local Beer featuring:

9:30 Jazz Tapes

The live debut of Matt Guess’s alter ego and new side project. Exploring every angle of chill from hip-hop to Satriani samples, Jazz Tapes will be on everyone’s lips this summer. 

10:30 Lilac Shadows

Fresh off the heels of the 2/4 release of the highly anticipated full-length “No Dark/No Light”, Lilac Shadows bring a newly realized line-up and intensify their nouveau-psych driven tomes.

11:30 The White Cascade

In constant revolution, White Cascade returns to the stage after a brief hiatus from live performances with new songs and a leaner, more saccharine bent, eschewing their past for the much more interesting sun-drenched horizon of sonic exploration.

Be sure to tune in tonight at 5pm with DJ Kataclysm as she interviews the bands before their performance!