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WKNC 88.1 FM Charts: November 3rd, 2015

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date November 3, 2015

1. ALEX G – Beach Music – Domino
2. DILLY DALLY – Sore – Partisan
3. THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE – Harmlessness – Epitaph
4. PALEHOUND – Dry Food – Exploding In Sound
5. SHOPPING – Why Choose- Fat Cat
6. SPENCER RADCLIFFE – Looking In – Run For Cover
7. DEERHUNTER – Fading Frontier – 4AD
8. CAR SEAT HEADREST – Teens Of Style – Matador
9. PWR BTTM – Ugly Cherries – Miscreant-Father/Daughter
10. COKE WEED – Mary Weaver – Beyond Beyond Is Beyond
11. JULIA HOLTER – Have You In My Wilderness – Domino
12. BEACH HOUSE – Depression Cherry – Sub Pop
13. SODA SHOP – Soda Shop – Velvet Blue
14. BOYTOY – Grackle – Papercup
15. U.S. GIRLS – Half Free – 4AD
16. WAND – 1,000 Days – Drag City
17. PROTOMARTYR – The Agent Intellect – Hardly Art
18. PURE BATHING CULTURE – Pray For Rain – Partisan
19. BEACH SLANG – The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us – Polyvinyl
20. TEEN DAZE – Morning World – Paper Bag
21. GIRLS NAMES – Arms Around A Vision – Tough Love
22. HELVETIA – Dromomania – Joyful Noise
23. BABES – Untitled (Five Tears) – Barsuk
24. ALL THEM WITCHES – Dying Surfer Meets His Maker – New West
25. PETAL – Shame – Run For Cover
26. HOMESHAKE – Midnight Snack – Sinderlyn
27. POTTY MOUTH – Potty Mouth EP – Planet Whatever
28. BOOGARINS – Manual – Other Music
29. SAINTSENECA – Such Things – Anti
30. DESTROYER – Poison Season – Merge

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS

1. KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD – Paper Mache Dream Balloon – ATO
2. MADE OF OAK – Penumbra [EP] – Partisan
3. BEACH HOUSE – Thank Your Lucky Stars – Sub Pop
4. SLAUGHTER BEACH – Love/Venice EP – Brilliance
5. SPORTS – All Of Something – Father/Daughter

WKNC RPM CHARTS

1. MADE OF OAK – Penumbra [EP] – Partisan
2. CARAVAN PALACE – Robot – Le Plan
3. SPORTING LIFE – 55 – 5s
4. HEALTH – Death Magic – Loma Vista
5. CLAPTONE – Charmer – Pias-Different
6. MONOKLE – Rings – Ki
7. HECTA – The Diet – Merge
8. BOB MOSES – Days Gone By – Domino
9. ODESZA – In Return (Deluxe Edition) – Counter
10. BIG GRAMS – Big Grams EP – Epic

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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways of the Week: November 2nd – 8th!

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date November 2, 2015

11/2: Joanna Gruesome @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

11/3: Youth Lagoon @ Cat’s Cradle

11/4: Minus the Bear @ Cat’s Cradle

11/5: DIIV @ Cat’s Cradle

11/5: Murs @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

11/6: Birds and Arrows @ Kings

11/6: Copeland @ Cat’s Cradle

11/7: Animal Weapon @ Kings

11/7: The Foreign Exchange @ Cat’s Cradle

11/8: Deafheaven @ Cat’s Cradle

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Concert Review

NO BS Brass Band Throws Down at Cat’s Cradle Back Room

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date October 27, 2015

True to form, NO BS Brass Band threw down at the Cat’s Cradle Back Room in Carrboro, NC last Friday night. In front of a solid but very green NC jazz crowd, NO BS introduced the Cat’s Cradle musicgoers to their very vibrant and dynamic brand of Richmond, VA brass music. Their music serves as a powerful combination of Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, and New Orleans brass band mixed with a little bit of dynamite and salt in the wound to make you scream WOOHOO and dance around till your feet fall off.

NO BS Brass Band

I absolutely love this band and am excited to see them making big moves in the past twelve months to finally making it on the national stage. After a huge northeastern and midwest tour, NO BS finally returns to the mid-atlantic in order to prepare for their next album release, Brass Knuckles, on Novemeber 20th. Stay tuned for more on that!

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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways of the Week: October 26th – November 1st!

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date October 26, 2015

10/26: Mikky Ekko @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

10/27: The Underachievers @ Cat’s Cradle

10/28: Peaches @ Cat’s Cradle

10/28: Nikki Lane @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

10/28: Blistered @ Kings

10/29: July Talk @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

10/30: Bedowyn @ King’s

10/31: Kings’ Halloween Bash

10/31: The Districts @ Cat’s Cradle

11/1: Day of the Dead @ Kings

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Charts: October 20th, 2015

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date October 21, 2015

1. ALEX G – Beach Music – Domino
2. BEACH HOUSE – Depression Cherry – Sub Pop
3. DILLY DALLY – Sore – Partisan
4. SODA SHOP – Soda Shop – Velvet Blue
5. MIKE KROL – Turkey – Merge
6. LA LUZ – Weirdo Shrine – Hardly Art
7. HOMESHAKE – Midnight Snack – Sinderlyn
8. DESTROYER – Poison Season – Merge
9. MICHAEL STASIS – RIP III – Arbutus
10. PALEHOUND – Dry Food – Exploding In Sound
11. WIDOWSPEAK – All Yours – Captured Tracks
12. TEEN DAZE – Morning World – Paper Bag
13. SHOPPING – Why Choose – Fat Cat
14. THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE – Harmlessness – Epitaph
15. FIDLAR – Too – Mom And Pop
16. U.S. GIRLS – Half Free – 4AD
17. MORNING HARVEY – Love And Love And. EP – Self-Released
18. JULIA HOLTER – Have You In My Wilderness – Domino
19. TELEKINESIS – Ad Infinitum – Merge
20. TAME IMPALA – Currents – Interscope
21. FOALS – What Went Down – Warner
22. POTTY MOUTH – Potty Mouth EP – Planet Whatever
23. BOYTOY – Grackle – Papercup
24. GIRLS NAMES – Arms Around A Vision – Tough Love
25. COKE WEED – Mary Weaver – Beyond Beyond Is Beyond
26. SILICON – Personal Computer – Weird World
27. CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye – Glassnote
28. OBERHOFER – Chronovision – Glassnote
29. MENACE BEACH – Super Transporterreum [EP] – Memphis Industries
30. THAYER SARRANO – Shaky – Guildwater

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS

1. PURE BATHING CULTURE – Pray For Rain – Partisan
2. NEON INDIAN – Vega Intl Night School – Mom And Pop
3. BABES – Untitled (Five Tears) – Barsuk
4. SUNWOLF – Follow The Dreamers – Self-Released
5. ALEX BLEEKER AND THE FREAKS – Country Agenda – Sinderlyn

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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways of the Week: October 19th – 25th!

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date October 19, 2015

10/19: Caspian @ Kings

10/20: Protomartyr @ Kings

10/20: Cannibal Ox @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

10/21: Widowspeak @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

10/22: The Devil Makes Three @ Cat’s Cradle

10/23: Rasputina @ Cat’s Cradle

10/23: No BS! Brass Band @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

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Concert Review

SHOW REVIEW: WAXAHATCHEE @ CAT’S CRADLE

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date October 16, 2015

A few minutes into her set, after blazing through “Under a Rock” and “Misery over Dispute”, frontwoman Katie Crutchfield noticed the visibly positive crowd reaction and remarked “I guess I should keep coming back”. That Tuesday night was the third time Waxahatchee has visited the Triangle in the past year; one previous show at Cat’s Cradle and one at this year’s Hopscotch Festival. Crutchfield’s songwriting is versatile, ranging from the haunting low-fi ballads of her debut American Weekend to grungy 90’s rock of her first Merge release from earlier this year, Ivy Tripp. In contrast to her solo acoustic set at Hopscotch, this show leaned heavily towards the latter. Neither Crutchfield nor her bandmates touched an acoustic guitar for the duration of the set.

The high point of the show was a rearrangement of the somber American Weekend highlight “Grass Stain” to fit into the sound and attitude of the new record. Many of the lyrics, such as “I don’t care that I’m too young to be unhappy” felt more rebellious than melancholy in this new context. While I would not have complained if more of the gorgeous acoustic songs of Waxahatchee’s early work were performed, Crutchfield showed how capable and confident she at delivering this new sound. Closing the show with a performance of my favorite Cerulean Salt track “Dixie Cups and Jars”, she displayed the powerful lyrics and great guitar riffs that make her such a fantastic songwriter.

The opening acts Weyes Blood and Try the Pie also put on solid performances. Try the Pie’s upbeat and straightforward rock music to get the night rolling was contrasted by the wistful atmospheric sound and winding vocal melodies brought by Weyes Blood. Natalie Mering of Weyes Blood showed up for her set alone, bringing just an acoustic guitar, effects pedals, and an iPhone. The guitar was run through a variety of pedals that are more often paired with an electric setup, and the iPhone was used to supply airy synths and percussion. It was an unusual but hypnotizing performance that provided a great segue into the main act.

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Music News and Interviews

NC Strong at the BET Cyphers

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date October 15, 2015

The BET Cyphers haven’t been the same since Kendrick Lamar burned them down in 2013. Seriously, there should have been a charity event for the families of all the rappers killed at once that night (we will never forget *praying hands*). But if you watched the Cyphers on Tuesday night, you might have noticed a very bold statement made. It was subtle, but important, especially if you were watching in North Carolina.

The North Clack was well represented this year, with impressive performances by Jackie Spade from Kinston, Rain910 from Fayetteville, T-Top of Fuquay-Varina, and Raleigh’s own King Mez. Unless you’ve only been paying attention to Drake for the past year, you know that the North Carolina Hip Hop scene has been on the rise. T-Top has been making waves on BET’s Ultimate Rap League, dismantling MCs in the battle circuit; and King Mez was heavily featured on Dr. Dre’s latest album “Compton.”

The Cyphers don’t have a good track record for creating stars individually, but the fact that the state was represented so extensively, shows that NC’s strength in the game is finally being appropriately recognized.

Check out this year’s Cyphers here:

http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/cypher.html

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Music News and Interviews

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date October 14, 2015

K.A.A.N Interview

If you’re a fan of bars over bullsh*t rap, look no further than one of the DMV area’s most promising up-and-comers, K.A.A.N. The 24 year old Maryland native is a student of the greats, like Big L, 2Pac, and Big Pun, but unlike the hoards of wannabe rappers that claim the same thing, you can here their influences echoing in his extraordinarily complex and high octane raps. Go to his Soundcloud page, listen to “Kaancepts,” and try not to jump out of your chair screaming. Not gonna happen. He blesses the classic “Deep Cover” beat in a multi-syllabic double time flow that definitely has Pun smiling up in heaven.

Recently, K.A.A.N. put out a mixtape EP where he flows on the Golden Era’s most classic beats, like “Shook Ones,"Flava In Ya Ear,” and more. The EP is called “1/12/199?” and definitely worth peeping. He plans on putting out his first full project with original production some time next year, so stay tuned on his progress because I have a feeling that his name is going to ring bells sooner than later.

Listen here.