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Previews, reviews and coverage from music festivals like Hopscotch and Moogfest
Crowdsource – Pour House Music Hall
Enemy Waves – Vintage 21
Circuit Des Yeux… – Tir na Nog
Palehound – Slim’s
Open Mike Eagle – Pour House Music Hall
Rapper Big Pooh – Pour House Music Hall
6 String Drag – Kings Barcade
Nguzunguzu – CAM Raleigh
Clipping. – Pour House Music Hall
Lonnie Walker
St. Vincent
Spoon
Potty Mouth- Slim’s
Big Pooh- Pour House Music Hall
Flesh Wounds- Slim’s
Palehound- Slim’s
Ghostt Bllonde- CAM
Diarrhea Planet- Slim’s
Guerrilla Toss- Slim’s
Axxa/Abraxas- Slim’s
Museum Mouth- Slim’s
Drag Sounds- Pour House Music Hall
De La Soul – City Plaza
Wild Fur – Lincoln Theater
Drag Sounds – Pour House Music Hall
Strange Faces – Tir na Nog
Paperhaus – The Hive
The Tills – Pour House Music Hall
Saint Rich – Tir na Nog
Deniro Ferrar – Kennedy Theater
Lunice – Kennedy Theater
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WKNC’s Hopscotch Schedule Picks
The chaos that is Hopscotch schedule-making is upon us! For those of you struggling more than most (because I assure you that we are all struggling), below you can see where our DJs took highlighter to paper to map out their idea of a “perfect” schedule.
Virginia Werewoolf:
Trillian:
DJ Digiorno:
Slaughterhome:
Magic Kaanch:
Meggs Benedict:
The Walrus:
Less than 24 hours, y’all.
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The Hopscotch Twittersphere
The time is now, and the place is Raleigh, North Carolina. Hopscotch is upon us, and even at this time it doesn’t quite feel real.
So what have you done to prepare? Have you printed out the PDF of the schedule? Have you scribbled your personal itinerary on it? Have you made sense of the vast incomprehensible network of day parties? Did you remember that you aren’t allowed to have backpacks in City Plaza?
All of those hints will get you somewhere, but you’re going to be completely lost if you aren’t following the right Twitter accounts.
Keeping on your Twitter game can make or break your Hopscotch experience. If there’s rain, it will keep you up to date on whether or not outdoor shows are getting delayed. If an act cancels at the last minute, you’ll know about the replacement before anybody. If Danny Brown is taking selfies with fans at the Sheraton bar (true story), you’ll be prepared to fill your phone with some jpegs you’ll never forget.
So let us guide you through a small taste of the accounts to follow, to bring order to the chaos of Hopscotch.
@hopscotchfest – Obviously. The Hopscotch social media has been on point this year, teasing the acts to come and keeping a steady flow of content. Get this account on your timeline for news straight from the source.
@WKNC881 – Obviously we’re going to be covering the festival from every corner we can work our way to. We’ve got numerous, hardworking tweeters posting pics of the best day parties and
@NewRaleigh – Frequently updated and always informative, NewRaleigh is an excellent resource during Hopscotch. They’ve even been a guest on Carolina Grown in the past! Follow them to keep an eye out for Hopscotch news as it develops.
@currincy – One of the original brains responsible for Hopscotch. While he may be from this particular line of work, he’s probably going to be making lots of jokes. You don’t want to miss these jokes.
@Raleighbathroom – This account brings you the highest quality reviews of Raleigh bathrooms you can find anywhere on the internet. While that may be reason enough, the mysterious minds behind this account have gone all-out for Hopscotch in the past. They let you know which venues you want to take your pit stops at, as well as the ones where you may want to just hold it for a while. Accounts like these are the reason we should be thankful to live in the year 2014.
@Hopscotchpartyz – Probably the most fascinating of them all, Hopscotch Partyzzz is an enigma. The mysterious account appears to be no one, but makes fun of everyone. Their ruthless campaign to make jokes is about to kick into high gear once Hopscotch is full underway, and you probably don’t want to miss it.
This is clearly a tiny taste, but the multimedia climate we inhabit is in a constant state of flux and we must be aware. In other words, never stop keeping an eye out for the good tweets in unexpected places. You might be able to catch wind of a Merzbow day party in someone’s basement, or something like that.
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Artist Profile: The Nervous Ticks (RVA)
The Nervous Ticks are one of the most inventive rock n’ roll bands you’ll find on this coast of the United States. Hailing from Richmond Virginia the three piece consists of guitarist and songwriter Chaz Tick, washtub drummer Kyle Flannagan and backup vocalist/mean maracas/bleep blooping keyboardist Liza Jane.
Originally the bedroom tape project of Chaz the three have created a live band so energetic its frightening–in the best way possible. After growing up in Virginia I had heard about the band a fair amount, seeing the name pop up on social media and fliers occasionally, but had never seen the band until their killer set at last year’s Phuzz Phest (the one of two that wasn’t in the middle of a skate park).
With the ever increasing popularity of the very fluid enigma that is “garage rock” due to quality record labels such as Burger Records and now well known artists such as Ty Segall it can feel like you’ve heard all the variation possible within the limits of the genre. The Nervous Ticks don’t conform to a formulaic approach, unusual rhythm tones and changes as well as interesting keyboard additions make for captivating tunes. Highly recommended.
Catch the Nervous Ticks at 11:00 p.m. at the Hive on Friday.
–Virginia Werewoolf
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Where’s the (Day) Party At?
As Hopscotch draws closer so do all the awesome free day parties. This year there are over 40 official day parties (I counted 45 one time and 46 another so I have no idea how many there actually are).
With so much happening in such a small amount of time it can be a little intimidating trying to figure out which parties to hit. Lucky for you I sat down with my good friend google maps and plotted where the parties are each day and what the walking times are between venues!
WEDNESDAY
There are only three day parities on Wednesday, and they are all about a five minute walk from one another. This will make it super to chill at all of them!
- Lincolin Theatre: 126 E Cabarrus St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Kings: 14 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- The Pour House: 224 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601
THURSDAY
The number of shows doubles on Thursday. Five of the shows are within a five minute walk from each other yet again. The outlier party is at school kids records which is a 55 minute walk from downtown… I would suggest using a car.
- The Hive: 225 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Kings: 14 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Pour House: 224 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Slim’s: 227 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- School Kids: 2237 Avent Ferry Rd #101, Raleigh, NC 27606
- Tir na nog: 218 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601
FRIDAY
The number of day parties ramps up again Friday. As far as I can tell there are two main routes to take on Friday. The first with a car will include 7 minutes of transit time. This route hits the WKNC party at nice price and will be a nice change of pace from all the other Raleigh venues in downtown.
- Raleigh Little Theatre: 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh, NC 27607-7267
- Nice Price Books: 3106 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607
- Schoolkids Records: 2237 Avent Ferry Rd #101, Raleigh, NC 27606
The second route is a total of 19 minutes walking around downtown. Here’s the map!
- Deep South the Bar: 430 S Dawson St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Crank Arm Brewing Company: 319 W Davie St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- CAM Raleigh: 409 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27603
- Kings: 14 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Neptune’s Parlour: 14 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- The Hive: 225 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Slim’s: 227 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- The Pour House Music Hall: 224 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601
SATURDAY
Saturday features the most day parties. Not included in the map is the Schoolkids party.
- Prisma Video: 804 N West St, Raleigh, NC
- The Architect Bar & Social House: 108 ½ E Hargett St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Deep South the Bar: 430 S Dawson St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- The Hive: 225 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Humble Pie: 317 S Harrington St, Raleigh, NC 27603
- Kings: 14 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Legends Nightclub: 330 W Hargett St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Pearson street plaza lot
- The Pour House Music Hall: 224 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Slim’s: 227 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Tír na nÓg Irish Pub: 218 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Warehouse district
- Favetteville and Davie street
- Schoolkids Records: 2237 Avent Ferry Rd #101, Raleigh, NC 27606
SUNDAY
Two day parties are happening on Sunday and it’ll only take you 3 minutes to walk from one to the other.
- Slim’s: 227 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- The Pour House Music Hall: 224 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601