Listen to 88.1 WKNC this week and you might win tix to see Live Nation presents Umphrey’s McGee with Aqueous – Friday, Aug. 11 at Red Hat Ampitheater.
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Oak City Move 16: Purr Cup Cat Cafe
Sarah and Arthur of the Purr Cup mobile cat cafe stop by the studios to chat about their fundraiser to lease a permanent location. They also discuss their work with the Meow House Cat Rescue, to help find shelter cats loving homes.
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Gen Ed 6: PM Hesham Qandil
Notable Alumni is a series of short profiles on interesting, powerful, or otherwise unusual NC State graduates. The first installation focuses on irrigation engineer Hashem Qandil, who went on to become Prime Minister of Morsi’s Egypt.
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No interviews this week, but a quick run-through of some local events worth your time.
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DJ Whatsherface is solo this week, but the studio is jampacked! Raleigh stalwarts GHOSTT BLLONDE, surf punkers THE DEAD BEDROOMS, and the easy, breezy, beautiful SEABREEZE DINER are all interviewed about just about everything you can imagine.
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The Local Beat: Gabriel David
Sparrow and Whatsherface return with crooner Gabriel David, who plays a beautiful set.
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Justin’s Favorite Album of 2017
Colin Stetson’s All This I Do For Glory
Odd, chilling, and trance-like, this album gives additional height to the distinguished instrumentalist Colin Stetson. I like this album because its theme is clear, yet riddled with questions. Each track has a looped melody, but the listener gets to hear all of the intricacies and imperfections of a wind player in what would normally be pre-programmed. The heavily distorted, slow sounds of the baritone saxophone are integrated with melodic jumps, making the slightest change hardly noticeable.
Stetson tries to answer where the saxophone belongs in the age of electronic music. The saxophone, for the most part, has struggled to coexist with the synthesizer, electric guitar, and keyboard, and has yet to find a solidified part amongst the biggest players. Though electronic ensembles such as Syrinx, GRiZ, and Moon Hooch have made their contributions to incorporating the saxophone into electronic music, Colin Stetson seems to bridge the sonic barrier between the fundamental differences between the synthesizer and the saxophone. With his creative use of extended technique, he transforms his sound into something that could be played alongside the computer musicians of today.
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The Local Beat: Vacant Company
The always heavy VACANT COMPANY grace the studios to talk shop and play some cuts from their upcoming LP BLOK.
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Goldi’s Best Music of 2017 Thus Far
Now that half the year is over people are looking forward to the end of it. But, as important it is to look forward, it’s also important to reflect. So with that idea in mind here are (in my opinion) the best albums of 2017 thus far…
1. Ctrl by SZA
2. PEAK by Choker
3. Saturation by BROCKHAMPTON
4. Process by Sampha
5. Drunk by Thundercat
6. Faye Webster by Faye Webster
7. This Old Dog by Mac DeMarco
8. Ecosystem by Courtney John
9. DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
10. Steve Lacy’s Demo EP – Steve Lacy
Honorable Mentions:
- Crawl Space by Tei Shi
- Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples
- Yours Conditionally by Tennis
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Oak City Move 14: Polarity Showcase
Sarah and Jenaye sit down with the organizers of the Polarity Showcase. The showcase will explore the dichotomy between the synthetic and organic, and will be open July 7-9 at the Assembly Downtown.