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Ticket Giveaways this week…(March 16th-21st)

Yes another week has arrived and it has brought more chances to win ticket giveaways from the best radio station in the Triangle!

Tune in for chances to win tickets to the TING TING’S playing this Saturday March 21st @ Cats Cradle which has already sold out!

Formed in 2007 by members Katie White and Jules De Martino, the British band found its name after White worked in a boutique with a Chinese girl called “Ting Ting”. The name is also a Mandarin term for a “band stand”. The Ting Tings were recently voted #3 on the BBC’s ‘Top 10 To Watch In 2008’ and are currently on their American tour, making a guest appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon show before coming to Carrborro.

MOVIE PASSES GIVEAWAYS

Don’t forget we still have movie passes to giveaway for your visual entertainment:

Medea Goes to Jail

I Love You, Man

Contact promotions@wknc.org for more info!

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The Pneurotics Local Lunch Interview

Rich of The Pneurotics came into the Local Lunch on 3/12/09 for a quick interview, live performance, and debut of brand new material.

The Pneurotics played with Pink Flag, River City Ransom, and The Dry Heathens at The Brewery last night (3/12/09).

The Pneurotics interview

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Pneurotics Interview on Local Lunch

Tune in Thursday, March 12th at noon as DJ Murdoc interviews The Pneurotics on Local Lunch.

Chapel Hill based The Pneurotics, will be playing at The Brewery with River City Ransom, The Dry Heathens, and Pink Flag Thursday night at 8pm.

Look for Murdoc’s Local Music Picture Blog later this week for coverage of the event.

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Lonnie Walker in-studio interview Thursday March 12th!

Lonnie Walker, the lo-fi twang-folk band who performed at Double Barrel Benefit #6, will be giving an in-studio interview on the 5 o’clock Shadow, hosted by DJs May Day and Spaceman Spiff.   The Greenville/Raleigh-based band will be promoting their brand-new unreleased album and will also be headlining their show the same night for Local Beer Local Band night at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub and Restaurant off of 218 S. Blount Street in Raleigh.

Be sure to tune into the 88.1 between 5 and 6pm on Thursday to listen in.   It should be awesome!

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Concert Giveaways This Week (March 9th- 14th)

Here’s what we got for your listening entertainment this week. Tune in for your chances to win!

***Modest Mouse with Mimicking Birds playing @ Disco Rodeo Wednesday March 11th***

Check out our blog for more info on this great show!

Vetiver with Sian Alice Group & Megafaun playing @ Cats Cradle Thursday March 12th

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American Aquarium with Bain Mattox and Shot From Guns, & Cary Ann Hearst playing @ Lincoln Theatre Friday March 13th

Zoso (Led Zeppelin Tribute) with Allister Fiend playing @ Lincoln Theatre Saturday March 14th

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Modest Mouse Ticket Giveaways!

Modest Mouse (presented by Cat’s Cradle ) will be playing at Disco Rodeo on Wednesday March 11th. WKNC is giving a pair of tickets each day starting March 7th till March 11th. Listen to the daytime rock deejays for details on how to win.

Known for “Float On”, their first breakthrough single into the mainstream alternative movement in 2004, most people are unaware that Modest Mouse had been around for quite some time. In fact, Good News for People Who Love Bad News was the 6th album released by the indie rock band.  Issac Brock , the band’s singer, songwriter and guitarist, grew up poor in suburban Washington and quit school at the tender age of sixteen. Inspired by the grunge era formulating within his own state, Brock created Modest Mouse in the early Nineties and began rehearsing in a shed near his mother’s mobile home.

Today, the band is well accustomed to playing sold out shows, touring the world, and are known internationally. Don’t forget to tune in for your chances to win tickets to this great show!

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Pitchfork says: Touch and Go Records will stop releasing new music.

According to indie web-publication Pitchfork, due to the tumult of our current economic situation, Touch and Go Records, the label that brought the world Shellac, Polvo, Blonde Redhead, Pinback, Naked Raygun, the Jesus Lizard, TV on the Radio, and Slint has announced that they will no longer be releasing new music. It, however appears that Pitchfork may have made this up.

The official news from Touch and Go is that they will no longer be manufacturing and distributing records for other labels.  This is still a big deal in the indie music industry.  For a long time Touch and Go has been the go-to distributer for fairly priced and honest distribution of independent music.  Touch and Go did manufacturing and distribution for over 20 prominent indie labels, including Chapel Hill based Merge records.  The implications of this are pretty dire for independent music.  Merge, Thrill Jockey, Kill Rock Stars and about 20 other labels are going to have to find an alternative means of manufacturing and distribution, possibly effecting thier costs and quality.  In this already bad economic climate this is a pretty serious hit to independent music.

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This Week’s Ticket Giveaways….(Feb 28th- March 6th)

Bored on your Spring Break? The boss giving you hell at work? We have the remedy with more great shows and chances to win tickets! Tune in during the week for the following shows at Cat’s Cradle!

Ben Kweller & The Watson Twins playing @ Cats Cradle on March 1st

Tapes ‘n Tapes playing @ Cats Cradle on March 2nd

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Black Lips playing @ Cats Cradle on March 4th

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Music Tapes playing @ Cats Cradle on March 5th

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Milagro Saints Interview

Local band The Milagro Saints will be coming in to the studio during Americana, Blues & Company this Saturday, February 28, to talk about music, Hillsborough Street Renaissance, and hopefully that awesome Muppet Movie-esque car of theirs.  Be sure to tune in at 11 AM on the 28th for this interview!

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The Never’s “Antarctica”

If you dig good music, good performance, good art, or if you have a pulse, you’d do well to check out WKNC’s Local Lunch Wednesday, 2/25, through Friday, 2/27.   Right at the top of the 12:00 hour on each day, we’re airing each piece of a three-part serial of vocal enactment on top of The Never’s masterful album “Antarctica."  This is merely a precursor to the event of interest, a theatrical performance of the concept album, released in 2006.

From the band’s website:

The Never has been touring for the last 3 years promoting “Antarctica, A Storybook Record,” a concept album and fully illustrated 50-page storybook. They are currently working to finish their new record to be released on Trekky Records in March, 2009. This event will be a culmination of both works.  The Never is dedicated to the betterment of  community through arts and music and has performed at schools/universities, libraries, theaters, and outdoor festivals over the last few years in order to achieve that.

Missed today’s part 1?  You’re in luck: the performance will be aired in its entirety on the Local Beat Friday, which usually runs from 5:00-8:00.  We will be preceded by NC State baseball, though, so tune in a little before 6:00 to catch the complete piece.

Where can you learn more, you ask?  Head over to the Never’s website for more information.  And, of course, keep it locked on the Local Lunch and the Local Beat.

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