WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student RadioOn September 17th, Phian interviewed The Charming Youngsters before they played at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub for Local Band Local Beer. They featured four tracks during the interview: Resourcerer, Sentinels, Brave Me, and Black Birds. If you want to find out more about The Charming Youngsters, check out there Facebook Page.
Local Band Local Beer: Durty Dub
Last Thursday, DJ Dilemma interviewed Durty Dub before they played at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub for Local Band Local Beer. They discussed the origins of the band and the group’s affiliation with the larger African beats community. If you like what you hear, you can check out more at Durty Dub’s Facebook page.
WKNC’s weekly public affairs show “Eye on the Triangle” will air a special Diversity Education Week themed episode on Tuesday, Oct. 13 as part of NC State’s 6th Annual Diversity Education Week. The hour-long program will feature interviews about minority students and faculty at NC State, interviews with female faculty in underrepresented STEM majors, and other local news and features concerning diversity in education. “Eye on the Triangle” with hosts Ian Grice and Mirtha Donastorg airs Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on 88.1 FM and wknc.org/listen. Previous shows can be found on the WKNC blog and through our iTunes podcast.
1. ALEX G – Beach Music – Domino
2. BEACH HOUSE – Depression Cherry – Sub Pop
3. MICHAEL STASIS – RIP III – Arbutus
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. TEEN DAZE – Morning World – Paper Bag
10. PALEHOUND – Dry Food – Exploding In Sound
11. WIDOWSPEAK – All Yours – Captured Tracks
12. GARDENS AND VILLA – Music For Dogs – Secretly Canadian
13. BATTLES – La Di Da Di – Warp
14. THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE – Harmlessness – Epitaph
15. FIDLAR – Too – Mom And Pop
16. REATARDS – Grown Up Fucked Up (Reissue) – Goner
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. LOU BARLOW – Brace The Wave – Joyful Noise
24. WORRIERS – Imaginary Life – Don Giovanni
25. COKE WEED – Mary Weaver – Beyond Beyond Is Beyond
26. SILICON – Personal Computer – Weird World
27. ARCS – Yours, Dreamily – Nonesuch
28. OBERHOFER – Chronovision – Glassnote
29. MENACE BEACH – Super Transporterreum [EP] – Memphis Industries
30. THAYER SARRANO – Shaky – Guildwater
WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. WAVVES – V – Ghostramp-WBR
2. PROTOMARTYR – The Agent Intellect – Hardly Art
3. SHOPPING – Why Choose – Fat Cat
4. AUTRE NE VEUT – Age Of Transparency – Downtown
5. BOULEVARDS – Boulevards EP – Don’t Funk With Me
WKNC RPM CHARTS
1. HEALTH – Death Magic – Loma Vista
2. ODESZA – In Return (Deluxe Edition) Counter
3. SPORTING LIFE – 55 – 5s
4. JAMIE XX – In Colour – Young Turks
5. MONOKLE – Rings – Ki
6. HECTA – The Diet – Merge
7. SEVEN DAVIS JR. – Universes – Ninja Tune
8. MARIBOU STATE – Portraits – Counter
9. LA PRIEST – INJI – Domino
10. DJ PAYPAL – “Awakening” [Single] – Brainfeeder
10/6: Emancipator Ensemble @ Lincoln Theatre
10/7: Teen Daze @ Kings
10/8: Destroyer @ Cat’s Cradle
10/8: Pure Bathing Culture @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom
10/10: Noah Gundersen @ Cat’s Cradle
10/11: The Growlers @ Cat’s Cradle
10/12: Smallpools @ Cat’s Cradle
The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance will hold its 12th annual fall festival from Thursday, Oct. 8 to Sunday, Oct.11, 2015. The festival will feature more than 50 bands and performers on two big outdoor stages, a large Dance Tent, and an intimate Cabaret Tent. Located on 72 beautiful farmland acres in Chatham County, North Carolina, just down the road from Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham, Burlington, and Greensboro. The festival also features local crafts, delicious food, various children’s activities, healing arts practitioners, dancing and music workshops, environmental sustainability forums, and much more in a family-friendly setting.
WKNC is giving away 1-day passes for this event on air this week!
More info at http://www.shakorihillsgrassroots.org/!
I could use this space to describe what this album sounds like and drop a bunch of band names, but I think it’s more apt to describe how the music of TWIABP and their contemporaries has had an effect on me. I don’t think I’ve listened to any one side of a record more than I’ve listened to TWIABP’s side of the “Are Here to Help You” full-length split. From the first few seconds of “I Will Be Okay Everything,” when the synthesizer swells, you know that you are about to experience something big. Their music has always had the sense that it’s reaching for something. Their lyrics tend towards introspection and a sense of wonder induced by the physical world, much like writers from the Romantic period of literature. When I first encountered this quality in their lyrics, it caught me off-guard. With the song “Wait… What?” I don’t think I have ever heard anyone speak so fondly about touring life. The lyrics tend to the abstract: “Missing exits, missing people, recognizing geometric shapes.” In those few words, a sense of community is present that the band carries so well.
My first exposure to TWIABP was hearing “Formlessness” back in late 2010. I was at a very instable point in my life, and for that reason the very-much-present music of the “emo revival” affected me in a huge way. Bands like Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) and Snowing, along with more classic emo bands like Jimmy Eat World and Saves the Day, hit home.
When it comes to “Harmlessness,” more is more. The World Is use maximalist ideas to battle states of depression and idleness. The music is immediate, but unconventional in structure. The band doesn’t tend to a singular sound, but displays a wide array of influences and inspirations. Aptly, the album begins with a response to one of the bands earliest songs, “Walnut Street Is Dead,” and even throughout the album there are references to the band’s past (and more than one instance of grabbing an old chorus and reworking it). With the last three tracks, The World Is come into their own more than they ever have. The songs flow seamlessly from one to the next, and with “Mount Hum” it all ends on a calming and uplifting note reminiscent of “Wait… What?”
What The World Is have created here is surely memorable. I’ve yet to figure out if the vice grip that this brand of overbearing music can put you in has changed my life for the better or for the worse, but one thing’s for certain: it makes me feel more, and that has to be worth something, right?
Key Tracks: “January 10th, 2014”, “Mental Health”, “Haircuts for Everybody”, “I Can Be Afraid of Anything”
-DJ Nasty Nate
Fridays on the Lawn, our regular free shows on campus, are back! The first one of the semester is this Friday, October 2nd, featuring local bands Look A Ghost and Natural Causes! There will be catering by Dickey’s BBQ and a small raffle. Our rain location is 210 Park Shops- so you have no excuse to not come and hang! See you there!
Beach House is number one for the third week in a row!
1. BEACH HOUSE – Depression Cherry – Sub Pop
2. SODA SHOP – Soda Shop – Velvet Blue
3. MICHAEL STASIS – RIP III – Arbutus
4. MIKE KROL – Turkey – Merge
5. LA LUZ – Weirdo Shrine – Hardly Art
6. DESTROYER – Poison Season – Merge
7. TAME IMPALA – Currents – Interscope
8. HOMESHAKE – Midnight Snack – Sinderlyn
9. TEEN DAZE – Morning World – Paper Bag
10. ALEX G – Beach Music – Domino
11. MAC DEMARCO – Another One – Captured Tracks
12. WIDOWSPEAK – All Yours – Captured Tracks
13. FOALS – What Went Down – Warner
14. GARDENS AND VILLA – Music For Dogs – Secretly Canadian
15. WORRIERS – Imaginary Life – Don Giovanni
16. FIDLAR – Too – Mom And Pop
17. BATTLES – La Di Da Di – Warp
18. LOU BARLOW – Brace The Wave – Joyful Noise
19. ARCS – Yours, Dreamily – Nonesuch
20. POTTY MOUTH – Potty Mouth EP – Planet Whatever
21. PANDA BEAR – Crosswords – Domino
22. YOUTH LAGOON – Savage Hills Ballroom – Fat Possum
23. TELEKINESIS – Ad Infinitum – Merge
24. ULTIMATE PAINTING – Green Lanes – Trouble In Mind
25. MORNING HARVEY – Love And Love And. EP – Self-Released
26. SILICON – Personal Computer – Weird World
27. REATARDS – Grown Up Fucked Up (Reissue) – Goner
28. WILD ONES – Heatwave – Topshelf
29. THAYER SARRANO – Shaky – Guildwater
30. SUPERHUMANOIDS – Do You Feel OK? – Innovative Leisure
WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. JULIA HOLTER – Have You In My Wilderness – Domino
2. COKE WEED – Mary Weaver – Beyond Beyond Is Beyond
3. WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE – Harmlessness – Epitaph
4. PALEHOUND – Dry Food – Exploding In Sound
5. MENACE BEACH – Super Transporterreum [EP] – Memphis Industries
9/29: FIDLAR @ Cat’s Cradle
10/1: Willie Watson @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom
10/4: Seoul @ Local 506
10/5: MC Lars @ Cat’s Cradle
