WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student Radio3/31: The Menzingers / Junior Astronomers @ Local 506
4/1: The Delta Saints / The Ends / Thick Modine @ Local 506
4/1: Single Mothers / Dirty Nil / Mantle @ The Pinhook
4/2: Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew / Cottontail @ Local 506
4/4: Sales / Laney Jones / Beloved Binge @ Local 506
4/4: Mates of State / Good Graeff @ The Pinhook
This week, tune into WKNC 88.1 FM and when the DJ asks for it, call the request lines to win tickets to these shows! Good luck and happy listening!
Sometimes living in the Triangle can be a bit overwhelming. Soaking in so many new, hip acts, it’s hard to remember that there’s an entire state’s worth of incredible music to be paying attention to. It leads to some mesmerizing artists flying quietly under the radar in the Triangle’s music scene. However, when you release music as rich and ornate as River Whyless it’s hard not to make people pay attention.
River Whyless has taken the genre of folk music, one that many may feel has been driven into the ground by over-played and super-hyped acts like Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers, and have crafted songs that are as fresh and unique as they are rustic and traditional. Live shows may find the act shouting into violins for melodic textures, using bicycle wheels as percussive instruments, and frequent trade-offs of vocal duties. All of these facets come together to build one surprisingly cohesive but immensely diverse sound.
Throughout the hour, River Whyless performed three new tracks from their recent self-titled EP and discussed how a new approach to recording altered the sound of this release. Listen below for our full conversation and some gorgeous live takes on “Life Crisis,” “Maple Sap” and “Miles of Skyline.”
Jackson Scott
Astro Cowboy
Wilmington’s Deep Ecology plays Local Band Local Beer this week with Absent Lovers and Young Cardinals. Local Band Local Beer is every Thursday at 9:30 p.m. at Tir Na nOg Irish Pub in Raleigh, presented by WKNC 88.1 FM and Younger Brother Productions.
Listen/purchase: Deep Ecology by Deep Ecology
WKNC RADIO 200
1. FATHER JOHN MISTY – I Love You, Honeybear – Sub Pop
2. DAN DEACON – Gliss Riffer – Domino
3. SONNY AND THE SUNSETS – Talent Night At The Ashram – Polyvinyl
4. EULA – Wool Sucking – Self-Released
5. MATTHEW E. WHITE – Fresh Blood – Domino
6. COLLEEN GREEN – I Want To Grow Up – Hardly Art
7. MOUNT EERIE – Sauna – P.W. Elverum And Sun
8. JOSE GONZALEZ – Vestiges And Claws – Mute
9. RADICAL DADS – Universal Coolers – Old Flame
10. RYLEY WALKER – Primrose Green – Dead Oceans
11. JEFF ROSENSTOCK – We Cool? – SideOneDummy
12. SCREAMING FEMALES – Rose Mountain – Don Giovanni
13. JAKE XERXES FUSSELL – Jake Xerxes Fussell – Paradise of Bachelors
14. PURITY RING – Another Eternity – 4AD
15. EX-CULT – Cigarette Machine – Castle Face
16. KRILL – A Distant Fist Unclenching – Exploding In Sound-Double Double Whammy
17. SARAH BETHE NELSON – Fast Moving Clouds – Burger
18. TITLE FIGHT- Hyperview – Anti
19. MOON DUO – Shadow Of The Sun – Sacred Bones
20. SHANA FALANA – Set Your Lightning Fire Free – Team Love
21. KEATH MEAD – Sunday Dinner – Company
22. TOBIAS JESSO JR. – Goon – True Panther
23. SUNFLOWER BEAN – Show Me Your Seven Secrets [EP] – Self-Released
24. HOT SUGAR – God’s Hand – Break World
25. ANDY SHAUF – The Bearer Of Bad News – Tender Loving Empire-Party Damage
26. WAND – Golem – In The Red
27. NATALIE PRASS – Natalie Prass – Startime-Spacebomb
28. LOST BOY ? – Canned – Papercup
29. CHELAN – Equal Under Pressure – Self-Released
30. BOMBADIL – Hold On – Ramseur
WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. COURTNEY BARNETT – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit – Mom And Pop
2. REPTAR – Lurid Glow – Joyful Noise
3. CHASTITY BELT – Time To Go Home – Hardly Art
4. JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD – Wasted On The Dream – Infinity Cat
5. MALE GAZE – Gale Maze- Castle Face
We have tickets to give away this week to see the Tedeschi Trucks Band and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings with special guest Doyle Bramhall II. They will be playing Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 18. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 27 at 10 a.m. at etix.com and the Booth Ampitheatre box office. Listen to WKNC 88.1 FM this week and next for your chance to win tickets!
The North Carolina music scene is an ever-changing beast. Following a natural ebb and flow, we find bands continually dissipate and form anew, boasting a revamped sound and a Frankenstein-ed lineup of local favorites. Such is the case with many of our favorite locals, but every now and then we find acts that stay true to their roots while naturally blossoming into unique, uncharted sonic territory. So goes the story of Wild Fur.
Many folks may be familiar with Wylie Hunter and Nick Jaeger from the plethora of projects they’ve both been involved with like Wylie Hunter & The Cazadores, Roman Candle, Max Indian, and the list goes on. One wouldn’t reasonably expect a new project from these two roots driven artists to sound the way Wild Fur does, a swirling mixture of synths, guitars, drum samples and smooth vocals that’s as rooted in Americana as it is electronic pop. However, Hunter and Jaeger aren’t satisfied with complacency, and that shows in their recent conversation on Carolina Grown.
Prior to their show on Jan. 23 at Local 506 with Floating Action and Dad & Dad, the founding members of Wild Fur joined us in the studio to discuss the band’s origins, songwriting techniques and news on when fans can expect to hear their heavily anticipated full-length. Check out our full conversation below along with the premiere of “Get Up & Go” the newest single from their forthcoming full length.
On Thursday, Go Go Hero dropped by the station before they played Local Band Local Beer for an interview.
You can check them out on Facebook and ReverbNation.
Our first spring Fridays on the Lawn with Jackson Scott and Astro Cowboy is this Friday, March 20 from 5-7 p.m.