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1 ROYCE DA 5’9" “Layers”- Bad Half
2 QNC “At The Same Time" [Single]- Ill Adrenaline
3 MAGNIF “The Last” [Single]
4 NAPPY ROOTS “The 40 Akerz Project”- Nappy Roots Entertainment
5 METHOD MAN “Blackout!”
6 PROFESSOR TOON “Take Notes”- Cardigan
7 LOGIC “Flexicution” [Single]
8 TORAE “EntitledInternal Affairs”
9 DENIRO FARRAR “Fears” [Single]
10 HORSESHOE GANG “Anti-Trap Music”
1 JULIE RUIN Hit Reset- Hardly Art
2 MITSKI Puberty 2- Dead Oceans
3 LUNCH DUTCHESS My Mom Says I Have A Rich Inner Life
4 SNEEZE ATTACK Fever
5 DEATH VALLEY GIRLS Glow In The Dark- Burger
6 FIELD MOUSE Episodic- Topshelf
7 HOCKEY DAD Boronia- Kanine
8 FOXTAILS Foxtails
9 AMBER ARCADES Fading Lines- Heavenly-Pias
10 ANGRY ANGLES Angry Angles- Goner
11 AVERS Omega/Whatever- EggHunt
12 WYE OAK Shriek (Deluxe Edition)- Merge
13 AND THE KIDS Friends Share Lovers- Signature Sounds
14 MALE GAZE King Leer- Castle Face
15 MINOR VICTORIES Minor Victories- Fat Possum
16 KLANGSTOFF We Are Your Receiver [EP]- Mind Of A Genius
17 EMILY WELLS Promise- Thesis And Instinct
18 SWIVS Gringo Landfill- Self-Released
19 HUDSON BELL Yerba Buena
20 DEERHOOF The Magic!- Polyvinyl
21 HEAVEN FOR REAL Kill Your Memory
22 MARGARET GLASPY Emotions And Math- ATO
23 HALEY BONAR Impossible Dream- Thirty Tigers
24 ANCIENT CITIES Supermoon Blackout
25 MUSEUM MOUTH Popcorn Fish Guinea Pig- Equal Vision-Rory
26 BIG THIEF Masterpiece- Saddle Creek
27 MUTUAL BENEFIT Skip A Sinking Stone- Mom And Pop
28 KATIE DEY Flood Network- Joy Void
29 MOURN Ha, Ha, He.- Captured Tracks
30 FEWS Means- Pias
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1 KATIE DEY Flood Network- Joy Void
2 DEAD GAZE Easy Travels- Ernest Jenning
3 EROS AND THE ESCHATON Weight Of Matter- Bar None
4 OF MONTREAL “It’s Different For Girls” [Single]- Polyvinyl
5 SLOW CLUB One Day All Of This Won’t Matter Anymore- Moshi Moshi
1 OLD MAN’S CHILD Born Of The Flickering- Hot
2 NILE What Should Not Be Unearthed- Nuclear Blast
3 HAVOK Unnatural Selection- Candlelight
4 ISELIA II: Dawn- Cardigan
5 FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE King- Nuclear Blast
6 ANTHRAX For All Kings- Megaforce
7 HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY III: Trauma
8 CHROME DIVISION Booze, Broads And Beelzebub- Nuclear Blast
9 DISSECTION The Somberlain: Special Edition- The End
10 BELPHEGOR Blood Magick Necromance- Nuclear Blast
Top Adds
1 SABATON The Last Stand- Nuclear Blast
2 SYNERGI Despite- Eclipse
3 TERRA TENEBROSA The Reverses
4 DELAIN Moonbathers- Napalm
5 PANZIE Take Off Your Mask
Your guide to local artists who will be featured at Hopscotch for the first time!
Tuskha: Chill and catchy R&B influenced pop solo project by Phil Moore of Bower Birds
Listen here: https://tuskha.bandcamp.com/
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 5:50pm @ City Plaza
Konvoi: Asheville, NC post-punk
Listen here: https://konvoinc.bandcamp.com/
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 11:30pm @ Slim’s
Pie Face Girls: Raleigh activist punk band that will make you move
Listen here: https://piefacegirlsband.bandcamp.com/releases
For fans of: Bikini Kill, Babes in Toyland
Where at Hopscotch: Thursday, 11:00pm @ Kings
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers: Fierce Country out of Pittsboro
Listen: http://sarahshookthedisarmers.bandcamp.com
For fans of: Mount Moriah
Where at Hopscotch: Friday, 10:30pm @ Slim’s
S.E. Ward: Emotion packed, indie folk solo project
Listen here: http://seward.bandcamp.com
For fans of: Sharon van Etten
Where at Hopscotch: Friday, 9:00pm @ Nash Hall
Al Riggs: Chapel Hill folk rock
Listen here: http://alriggs.bandcamp.com
For fans of: Kurt Vile
Where at Hopscotch: Friday, 9:00pm @ Deep South Bar
No One Mind: Dark Psych rock featuring members of Birds of Avalon, Lilac Shadows, Grogh, and more.
New 7″ “Born Again” b/w “Baron Gain” here: http://www.noonemind.com/blog/2016/7/18
For fans of: Birds of Avalon, Black Mountain
Where at Hopscotch: Friday, 11:00pm @ Deep South Bar
Rainbow Kitten surprise: Soulful and groovy Indy-pop out of Boone
Listen here: https://rainbowkittensurprise.bandcamp.com/
For fans of: Twin Shadow
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 11:30pm @ The Pour House
Crete: Raleigh punk
For fans of: No Love
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 9:30pm @ Slim’s
Lacy Jags: Chapel Hill garage rock/ psych rock
Listen here: https://lacyjagsnc.bandcamp.com/releases
For fans of: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Where at Hopscotch: Thursday, 10:00pm @ Kings
Oak City Slums: Raleigh Hip-hop influenced electronic
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/oakcityslums
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 9:30pm @ CAM
Hotline: Raleigh 80’s influenced Indy-pop
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/hotline4you
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 9:30pm @ The Pour House
The Wyrms: Garage punk from Carrboro
Listen here: https://thewyrms.bandcamp.com/releases
For fans of: together PANGEA
Where at Hopscotch: Friday, 9:30pm @ CAM
Weird Pennies (of Raleigh): Raleigh-based (hence the band name) indie pop
Listen here: https://weirdpenniesofraleigh.bandcamp.com/
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 9:00pm @ Deep South Bar
Zensofly: Hip hop out of Raleigh
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/zensofly
Where at Hopscotch: Thursday, 9:30pm @ Kings
Jodi: Rap out of Raleigh
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/youthfulrecords/freestyle-yungxanhoe-remix-jodi
Where at Hopscotch: Friday, 9:00pm @ Kings
Necrocosm: Death metal from Raleigh
Listen here: http://necrocosm666.bandcamp.com/
For fans of: Morbid Angel
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 10:00pm @ Kings
The Charming Youngsters: Raleigh/Durham shoegaze/ indy noise-pop
Listen here: http://thecharmingyoungsters.com/
For fans of: Eternal Summers
Where at Hopscotch: Friday, 9:30 @ Slim’s Downtown
Treee City: Durham electronic
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/treee-city
Where at Hopscotch: Thursday, 10:30pm @ Neptunes
Bad Friends: Durham heavy queer punk
Listen here: https://badfriendsnc.bandcamp.com/
For fans of: Circle Takes the Square
Where at Hopscotch: Saturday, 8:30pm @ Lincoln Theater
Other Local acts: Sylvan Esso, Wye Oak, The Dead Tongues, Kooley High, Grogh, Blursome, Dynamite Brothers. Not new to the festival but definitely worth checking out.
–DJ Whatsherface
Local Band Local Beer Foxture
DJ Whatsherface sat down with Foxture for an interview before their Local Band Local Beer show on August 11 at the Pour House.
DJ Nasty Nate, English Soccer, and Heavy Liquid headed down to Atlanta, GA last week for The Wrecking Ball festival. Check out pics below! Photos courtesy of DJ Nasty Nate.
American Football
Deafheaven
Hey Mercedes
Joyce Manor
Knapsack
Lemuria
Motion City Soundtrack
Piebald
Rainer Maria
Thursday
Tigers Jaw
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Foxture
Local Band Local Beer Tomato Dodgers
DJ Whatsherface sat down with Tomato Dodgers before their Local Band Local Beer show on August 4th at the Pour House.
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Tomato Dodgers
