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It’s our pleasure to announce that we have tickets to see Interpol concert on May 8th at The Ritz! Thanks to our friends at Live Nation, WKNC has 5 pairs of tickets to give away. Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it this week and you can score a pair of tickets to see Interpol! Tickets for Interpol go on sale Friday, January 23, at 10am on Ticketmaster.com, at Ticketmaster outlets, and at 800-745-3000.
1/21: Dexter Romweber w/ Melissa Swingle, Reese McHenry @ Pinhook
1/22: Slowriter w/ Animalweapon, M is We @ Local 506
1/23: Hanz w/ Nick James, Choked Out @ Kings Barcade
1/23: Woody Pines w/ Old Salt Union, Sinners & Saints @ Local 506
1/24: Charles Latham @ Pinhook
1/24: Naked Naps w/ Museum Mouth, Astro Cowboy @ Kings Barcade
1/24: The Rocketboys w/ Our Blue Lights, Youma @ Local 506
1/25: Vacationer @ Kings Barcade
This week, tune into WKNC 88.1 FM and when the DJ asks for it, call the request lines to win tickets to these shows! Good luck and happy listening!
It was a fun time in the studio Dec. 18 with Shampoo. The band performed three live songs during their interview with Phian: “Hanging Up On You,” “Boys” and “Shy Guy.”
WXDU’s Top 65 NC Releases of 2014
Based on airplay by all of our DJs during the 2-month period each album was on playlist. I’m pretty sure I’ve never had the same band back-to-back in the top 5 before.
1 – John Howie Jr & the Rosewood Bluff – Everything Except Goodbye
2 – T0W3RS – TL;DR
3 – See Gulls – 2 Songs
4 – Hiss Golden…
Hint 1: At least two bands on this list will be performing at WKNC’s #DBBDozen on Feb. 7 and 14. Hint 2: At least one of those bands is Spider Bags. #DBBRumors
Atlanta’s Semicircle chatted with Phian before their Dec. 18 performance at Local Band Local Beer. The group brought along their instruments and performed live versions of the songs “Movement is Calm,” “Underground River of Glass” and “Mechanism of Erasure.” All three songs are also available on their new album “Blown Breeze, Grown Grass and We are Part of the Earth.”
Zack Mexico, who WKNC fans will remember from our Oct. 3 Fridays on the Lawn, performed with Strange Faces and Dad & Dad at Dec. 11’s Local Band Local Beer. The gang stopped by the studios to chat with Phian before the show.
Listen in to their conversation, which begins with the song “Meric Clanson” and also includes the tracks “Apocalypse,” “Lucy” and “Fun Fun."
Dad & Dad’s Saman Khoujinian talked with Phian before their show Dec. 11 at Local Band Local Beer. Click below to hear the conversation along with the songs “All Sys Gehen” and “Doldrums.”
Mark O’Connor and Ryan Barnum from Raleigh’s Strange Faces stopped by the WKNC studios to talk with Phian before their Thursday, Dec. 11 performance at Local Band Local Beer.
The interview also includes four songs: Above the Waves, Back of Your Mind, Pale Horse and Wasteland.
12/15: Dirty Politicians / The Rockit Pops / Lone Wolves @ Local 506
12/19: Mary Johnson Rockers and the Spark / Birds & Arrows @ Cat’s Cradle Back Room
12/21: Celestogramme / Lilac Shadows @ The Pinhook
This week, tune into WKNC 88.1 FM and when the DJ asks for it, call the request lines to win tickets to these shows! Good luck and happy listening!
12/8 – Old Testament / Shine Brothers @ Local 506
12/10 – Full Body Tones / Bear With Me / Vanguard Party @ Local 506
12/11 – Deep Sleeper @ Back Room
12/12 – Lost in the Trees @ Haw River Ballroom
12/12 – Chris Pureka @ Pinhook
12/13 – Mutoid Man / Bedowyn / Dogs Eyes @ Local 506
12/13 – Collapsis @ Back Room
12/14 – Museum Mouth / Wailin Storms / Body Games @ Local 506
12/14 – The Blow @ Pinhook
This week, tune into WKNC 88.1 FM and when the DJ asks for it, call the request lines to win tickets to these shows! Good luck and happy listening!