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Double Barrel Benefit 10 Artists Announcement Coming January 4

We here at WKNC are incredibly excited about the tenth anniversary to our Double Barrel Benefit series, our biggest fundraiser of the year. Each year, we ask artists from all over the area if they are available to help us by providing the triangle with two nights of amazing music. This year will be no different. Double Barrel Benefit is set to take place February 1 and 2 at the Pour House Music Hall in downtown Raleigh, and we would like to invite everyone to come, enjoy some amazing music, and help us stay afloat for another year.

For those anticipating who will be playing this year (get excited, I’ve seen the lineup, and it looks awesome), we will be doing an official rundown of all eight artists this year during the Local Lunch on January 4. Mark your calendars! Join us from Noon until 1 p.m. on January 4 to celebrate the awesome artists that are playing this year’s event.

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Snyp Luciano to Visit 88.1FM WKNC Tonight at 9:30pm

Snyp Luciano will be dropping by the studios of 88.1fm WKNC for an interview with Mir.I.am tonight, December 8th at 9:30 pm. Snyp has been making waves in the rap industry since 2005 as part of Monopolie Records and recently released a new mixtape, The Worst Nightmare.

Find out more about Snyp:

Youtube | Twitter | Facebook | ReverbNation |

Email: Roundtablemusicgroup@gmail.com

Check out the latest video from Snyp, ‘Carry Me Home,’ off The Worst Nightmare.

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GIVEAWAYS!!!! (11/10-11/16)

 (11/10)  Rubblebucket with Reptar @ Southland Ballroom

According to Paste magazine this is going to be one hell  of a “sticky dance riot.”

Reptar

(11/10) The Dirty Guv’nahs with Dark Water Rising @ Cat’s Cradle

(11/10) Schooner with Naked Gods, and Some Army @Kings Barcade

Schooner by Reed Turchi

(11/11) Marco Benevento with Savage Knights @Pour House Music Hall

Marco Benevento

(11/11) Pomegranates with the Hounds Below and The Spacemen @Kings Barcade

Pomegranates

(11/12) Young Prisms @Nightlight

(11/14) Last Year’s Men with Fletcher C. Johnson @Pinhook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2RzIaeb10A

(11/14) Pinback with Solos @Motorco Music Hall

Pinback

(11/15) Dopapod @Motorco Music Hall

(11/16) Delta Rae with Peter Bradley Adams @Carolina Theater

Delta Rae

 (11/16) Hiss Golden Messenger with Phil Cook and His Feat, and Ama Divers @Pinhook Durham

Hiss Golden Messenger

(11/16) Pretty & Nice with Gary B and the Notions, Human Hearts @Motorco Music Hall

Pretty & Nice

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Yung Louie to Visit 88.1FM WKNC Tonight at 9:30 pm

Fayetteville’s own, Yung Louie, will be dropping by the studios of 88.1fm WKNC for an interview with Mir.I.am tonight, November 3rd at 9:30 pm. The rapper is known for his “infectious hooks, straight to the point lyrics, and hypnotic beats.”

Check out the latest video from Louie, ‘Bands,’ which has gained over 1 Million views on Youtube and find the single on iTunes here.

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Single-Day Moogfest and Justice tickets!

Following our giveaway of weekend passes, we are excited to have single-day passes for both Friday and Saturday nights of Moogfest, as well as tickets to see Justice LIVE at the US Cellular Center in Asheville. DJs will be giving them away on-air like crazy leading up to both of these awesome events happening next week, so tune in often to WKNC for your chance to win tickets to both Moogfest and Justice Live!

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Tune in to WKNC for Moogfest 2012 Giveaways!

Moogfest
WKNC is pleased to announce that we will be giving away 2 pairs of General Admission passes to this year’s exciting Moogfest!

Moogfest is the annual festival created in honor of Robert Moog and his immense impact on the course of music. Held annually in Asheville, NC, Moogfest brings together some of the greatest artists from all over the world for an exhilarating two day electronic music festival.

This year’s festival, held on October 26 & 27, includes such great artists as: Primus 3D, Nas, Miike Snow, Explosions in the Sky, Santigold and many more! A full lineup can be viewed here.

For a chance to win these tickets, tune in to 88.1 FM WKNC and, when the DJ asks for it, call in to be entered for your chance to go to this year’s Moogfest!

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GET YO’ GIVEAWAYS! Sept 21-30th

It’s finally Fall, and KNC is still bringing tickets to the shows you want to see in the Triangle this September! Listen to win and call our studio lines at 919-860-0881 or 919-515-2400.

The Henry Clay People @ Kings Barcade (09/22)  – 2 passes remain!

The Bowerbirds @ Haw River Ballroom (09/22) – 1 pass remains!

Cate Le Bon @ Kings Barcade (09/25) – 2 passes remain!

Toro y Moi, The Choir Quit,  Can’t Kids, and Organos @ Motorco Music Hall (09/26) – 1 pass remains!

 

Thanks for listening and keep it locked to 88.1FM!

 

 

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Ben Folds Five Ticket Giveaway

A dozen years after their last worldwide tour, the original members of Ben Folds Five are back on the road for a major tour that includes a Sept. 11 stop at Cary’s Koka Booth Ampitheatre. AC Entertainment has provided us with tickets to share with our loyal listeners and all you have to do is listen for the DJ’s prompt and call in at 919-515-2400 or 860-0881.

The new Ben Folds Five album “The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind,” goes on sale a week after the Cary show, on Tuesday, Sept. 18.

Ben Folds Five press photo

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Listen to win My Morning Jacket tickets

My Morning Jacket closes out their month-long summer tour with Band of Horses Sunday, Aug. 26 at the downtown Raleigh Amphitheater. WKNC listeners will have chances to win tickets all this week, so keep your radio on 88.1 FM.

General admission tickets to the pit area in front of the stage are gone, but tickets for the front two seated sections and the lawn are still available via Live Nation. A dollar of the ticket price will be donated to the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation.

You can get geared up for the show with this new music video for “Outta My System” featuring Wolfpacker Zach Galifianakis as the wizard!

http://youtu.be/oPYQHQ4-kKo

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MoogFest hints at lineup

 

Update: The lineup for this year’s MoogFest will be released on Monday, August 6.

 

The lineup for the 2012 edition of MoogFest was originally due out mid-July. It’s almost August, however, and the lineup is still yet to be released. That should change in the coming weeks, as the festival announced via it’s Facebook page, “The wait is nearly over…the Moogfest 2012 line up and details are in the final stages of being locked down. We can’t wait to share it with you, so just a little more patience and all will be revealed.” Although the lineup release date has been pushed back, the festival seems to be dropping hints of some of the acts that might play the festival. So far, they have posted videos and music from Squarepusher, Richie Hawtin, Pantha du Prince, Julia Holter, and Orbital. In addition, Prefuse 73 mastermind Scott Herren hinted on his Facebook page that he’ll “be somewhere in: Asheville, N.C., with Teebs on: Oct.25/26.2k12.” Thomas Dolby and Primus have also independently confirmed they will be performing at the festival. While it originally seemed that New Order (sans Peter Hook) might be on the bill, with a U.S. tour ending just days before the festival, the fest’s organizers unfortunately announced that “they seem to insisting (sic) on going home a few days before Moogfest.”

For up-to-date information on this year’s festival, check out the official MoogFest website, it’s Facebook page, and Twitter account. Music blog Consequence of Sound has also been keeping track of hints and rumors via the MoogFest page in it’s Festival Outlook section.