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Non-Music News

Oak City Move 17: Suzanne Miller

Local author Suzanne Miller joins Sarah to talk about the process of writing her new book Queen, and reads a selection. Sarah also goes over upcoming events around the triangle.

Listen to Episode 17 Here.

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Local Music Music News and Interviews

Off the Record: Smoke From All the Friction

SMOKE FROM ALL THE FRICTION stop by the studios to talk about how they formed, how they write and record, and where they’ll be playing.

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Radio 200/Indie Rock Charts 8/8/17

1 RATBOYS – GN – Topshelf
2 WAXAHATCHEE – Out in the Storm – Merge
3 KATIE VON SCHLEICHER – Shitty Hits – Ba Da Bing
4 SEE THROUGH DRESSES – Horse of the Other World – Tiny Engines
5 STRANGE RELATIONS – Editorial You – Tiny Engines
6 PALEHOUND – A Place I’ll Always Go – Polyvinyl
7 PALM – Shadow Expert [EP] – Carpark
8 GUERILLA TOSS – GT Ultra – DFA
9 FRUIT AND FLOWERS – Drug Tax [EP] – Little Dickman
10 DION LUNADON – Dion Lunadon – Agitated
11 PEARL EARL – Pearl Earl – Dreamy Life
12 BIG THIEF – Capacity – Saddle Creek
13 REDUCTION PLAN – Somewhere – Maladjusted
14 HAZEL ENGLISH – Just Give In/Never Going Home – Polyvinyl
15 RIDE – Weather Diaries – Wichita
16 ALDOUS HARDING – Party – 4AD
17 JEN CLOHER – Jen Cloher – Milk!/Marathon Artists
18 DASHER – Sodium – Jagjaguwar
19 B BOYS – Dada – Captured Tracks
20 SEXTILE – Albeit Living – Felte
21 INSTITUTE – Subordination – Sacred Bones
22 HONEY JOY – Honey Joy – Infinity Cat
23 KEVIN MORBY – City Music – Dead Oceans
24 THIS IS THE KIT – Moonshine Freeze – Rough Trade
25 AVEY TARE – Eucalyptus – Domino
26 JAPANESE BREAKFAST – Soft Sounds From Another  Planet – Dead Oceans
27 YOWLER – The Offer – Double Double Whammy
28 AMBER ARCADE – Cannonball [EP] – Heavenly/PIAS
29 WARIK – In My Lens [EP] – Self-Released
30 CHAIN AND THE GANG – Best of Crime Rock – In the Red

ADDS:

1 BRIANA MARELA – Call It Love – Jagjaguwar
2 LILY AND HORN HORSE – Next To Me – Ramp Local
3 THE DISTRICTS – Popular Manipulations –  Fat Possum
4 GIRL RAY – Earl Grey – Moshi Moshi
5 DOWNTOWN BOYS – Cost Of Living – Sub Pop
6 SOCCER MOMMY – Collection – Fat Possum
7 VALLEY QUEEN – Destroyer [EP] – Self-Released
8 HAMMYDOWN – Pizzaface – Self-released
9 AVEY TARE – Eucalyptus – Domino

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Local Music Music News and Interviews

Triangle’s own THESE WEAK LIPS in the studio for an interview and set! Great tracks! Fun banter! It’s all here!

Listen here.

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Music News and Interviews

WKNC giveaways this week

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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Non-Music News

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.

Listen to Episode 16 here.

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Non-Music News

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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Non-Music News

No interviews this week, but a quick run-through of some local events worth your time. 

Listen to Episode 15 here.

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Music News and Interviews

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.

Listen here.

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Music News and Interviews

The Local Beat: Gabriel David

Sparrow and Whatsherface return with crooner Gabriel David, who plays a beautiful set.

Listen here.