Category: Blog

Kitten Forever with Royal Brats and Pie Face Girls

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date August 9, 2016

Since seeing Kitten Forever open for the legendary Jack off Jill at Asheville’s the Orange Peel, I had been eagerly awaiting the fem-punk Trio’s return to North Caroline and finally got my chance this past Sunday. The Minneapolis band consists of bass, vocals and drums, a very unconventional assortment which they make even more unique by rotating instruments every few songs and singing through a telephone shaped mic. The band brought vibrant energy to Ruby Deluxe, where not a head wasn’t bobbing along to their contagious pop infused riot punk sound.

Opening for Kitten Forever was the ever so fitting local activist-punk act Pie Face Girls as well as Royal Brat who is currently touring with Kitten Forever. Each band brought the same high energy as well as messages of the struggle for equality, feminism, and taking a stand against injustices. The show all these bands put on definitely did not disappoint.

-DJ Whatsherface

Tags feminist punk, kitten forever, Pie Face Girls, Raleigh, riot grrl, Ruby Deluxe

Non-Music News

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date August 4, 2016

BRAND NEW EPISODE OF LEGAL WERK! Have you ever thrown a party, only to have the police show up uninvited? It’s scary, man!

Listen to this podcast for all the tips and tricks on how to throw an AWESOME college party with ZERO police presence!

New episodes every other week!

Tags college radio podcast, how to throw a party, legal werk, nc state university, podcast, Raleigh, student legal advice, wknc 881 fm

Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Hip Hop/ Underground Charts 7/26/2016

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 29, 2016

1 C. SHREVE THE PROFESSOR “Fade Away” [Single]
2 DENIRO FARRAR “Fears” [Single]
3 COZZ “Knock The Hustle (Remix)” [Single]
4 LIZZO Big Grrrl Small World Self-Released
5 10ISEE WILLIAMS Gorilla Warfare Self-Released
6 LOGIC Bobby Tarantino
7 ROYCE 5’9" Layers InGrooves-Bad Half
8 LIL WAYNE No Ceilings 2
9 SKYBLEW The Royal Blew Reverie
10 TAB ONE What Happened

Tags c shreve, cmj charts, college radio, deniro farrar, Hip Hop, Raleigh, Underground, WKNC

Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Loud Rock/ Chainsaw Charts 7/26/2016

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 29, 2016

1 DESPISED ICON Beast- Century Media
2 VEKTOR Terminal Redux- Earache
3 TESTAMENT The New Order
4 AVATAR Feathers And Flesh- Entertainment One
5 CARACH ANGREN Death Came Through A Phantom Ship- Maddening
6 SULPHUR AEON Gateway To The Antisphere- Van
7 RIVERS OF NIHIL Monarchy- Metal Blade
8 ARTILLERY Penalty By Perception- Metal Blade
9 HORRENDOUS Ecdysis- Dark Descent
10 NAILS You Will Never Be On Of Us- Nuclear Blast

Top 5 Adds

1 ARMORED DAWN- Armored Dawn
2 BLACK CROWN INITIATE Selves We Cannot Forgive
3 DESTROYING THE DEVOID Paramnesia
4 SCYTHIA Lineage- Self-Released
5 ZODIAC Grain Of Soul

Tags chainsaw, cmj charts, college radio, Despised Icon, loud rock, Metal, Raleigh, WKNC

Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Radio 200/Indie Rock Charts 7/26/2016

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 28, 2016

1 MITSKI Puberty 2- Dead Oceans
2 DEERHOOF The Magic!- Polyvinyl
3 DEATH VALLEY GIRLS Glow In The Dark- Burger
4 JULIE RUIN Hit Reset- Hardly Art
5 WHITNEY Light Upon The Lake- Secretly Canadian
6 BIG THIEF Masterpiece- Saddle Creek
7 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Psychopomp- Dead Oceans-yellow k
8 BLOOD ORANGE Freetown Sound- Domino
9 MUTUAL BENEFIT Skip A Sinking Stone- Mom And Pop
10 AVALANCHES Wildflower- Astralwerks
11 ELVIS DEPRESSEDLY Holo Pleasures/California Dreamin’- Run For Cover
12 MOURN Ha, Ha, He.- Captured Tracks
13 AMAZING Ambulance- Partisan
14 DIARRHEA PLANET Turn To Gold- Infinity Cat
15 CAR SEAT HEADREST Teens Of Denial
16 KILLS Ash And Ice- Domino
17 GLOBELAMP The Orange Glow- Wichita
18 MUSEUM MOUTH Popcorn Fish Guinea Pig- Equal Vision-Rory
19 CERISE Smoke Screen Dreams- Psychic Cats
20 HOT HOT HEAT Hot Hot Heat -Kaw-Liga
21 ANTHONY D’AMATO Cold Snap- New West
22 LET’S EAT GRANDMA I, Gemini- Pias
23 WHYTE HORSES Pop Or Not- CRC
24 WEAVES Weaves- Kanine
25 HOTELIER Goodness- Tiny Engines
26 MOCK ORANGE Put The Kid On The Sleepy Horse- Topshelf
27 ALL THE REAL GIRLS Elk City- Self-Released
28 KWEKU COLLINS Nat Love- Closed Sessions
29 LISA PRANK Adult Teen- Father/Daughter
30 FEA Fea- Blackheart

Top 5 Adds

1 BEATY HEART Till The Tomb- Harvest
2 PWR BTTM “Projection” [Single]- Father/Daughter
3 AVERS Omega/Whatever- EggHunt
4 A CERTAIN SMILE For Ian- ice9collective
5 KLANGSTOFF We Are Your Receiver [EP]- Mind Of A Genius