WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student RadioHopscotch Interview: Hotline
Raleigh locals Hotline sat down with Granma Kara and Jake from State Farm at Wristband City to discuss their new album, their transition from Oulipo, and their super tight friendship. The lively quartet shared their favorite Hopscotch moments and who they were excited to see take stage this year.
Hopscotch Interview: SMLH
Before their Friday night set at Tir Na Nog, Sam and Kevin stopped by WKNC’s Live broadcast table at City Plaza. They talked about past Hopscotch experiences, pros and cons of “dumb rock music,” and the shows they were most excited to see.
Already wanting to relive last weekend’s rap showcases? Stand in front of a subwoofer and turn this playlist up!
Falcons ft. Goldlink & Chaz French – Aquafina
Le1f – Hey
Father – Young Hot Ebony
Pusha T – Millions
Goldlink – Dance On Me
Lizzo – Lizzie Borden
Moonbase Commander & Cakes Da Killa – Serve It Up
Skyblew – Pucture That
Listen to Hip Hopscotch 2015 by Charles on @AppleMusic.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/hip-hopscotch-2015/idpl.4cedfe832a22492396587ba0a136499f
Hopscotch Interview: Wild Honey
Baltimore’s shoegaze/alternative pop band Wildhoney was a show not to miss at hopscotch music festival. You’ll find yourself wanting to groove to their shoegazey sound while their dream-like songs will take you elsewhere.
Yvonne and I sat down and interviewed the band after their Thursday night performance at Kings and before their Friday evening day show. We talked about new tracks, recording a new album and what’s up next for the soon touring band.
1. BEACH HOUSE – Depression Cherry – Sub Pop
2. LA LUZ – Weirdo Shrine – Hardly Art
3. SODA SHOP – Soda Shop – Velvet Blue
4. TAME IMPALA – Currents – Interscope
5. MAC DEMARCO – Another One – Captured Tracks
6. DESTROYER – Poison Season – Merge
7. MIKE KROL – Turkey – Merge
8. MICHAEL STASIS – RIP III – Arbutus
9. WORRIERS – Imaginary Life – Don Giovanni
10. STRANGE WILDS – Subjective Concepts – SUB POP
11. WHITE REAPER – White Reaper Does It Again – Polyvinyl
12. ULTIMATE PAINTING – Green Lanes – Trouble In Mind
13. TITUS ANDRONICUS – The Most Lamentable Tragedy – Merge
14. TEARJERKER – Stay Wild – Self-Released
15. TEEN DAZE – Morning World – Paper Bag
16. GARDENS AND VILLA – Music For Dogs – Secretly Canadian
17. VINYL WILLIAMS – Into – Company
18. SORORITY NOISE – Joy, Departed – Topshelf
19. LOU BARLOW – Brace The Wave – Joyful Noise
20. WIDOWSPEAK – All Yours – Captured Tracks
21. PANDA BEAR – Crosswords – Domino
22. WILD ONES – Heatwave – Topshelf
23. SILICON – Personal Computer – Weird World
24. POTTY MOUTH – Potty Mouth EP – Planet Whatever
25. THAYER SARRANO – Shaky -Guildwater
26. STOLEN JARS – Kept – Self-Released
27. MATILDE DAVOLI – I’m Calling You From My Dreams – Loyal To Your Dreams
28. MYNABIRDS – Lovers Know – Saddle Creek
29. FIDLAR – Too – Mom And Pop
30. JACKSON BOONE – Natural Changes – Stay Lonesome
WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. BATTLES – La Di Da Di – Warp
2. TELEKINESIS – Ad Infinitum – Merge
3. HOMESHAKE – Midnight Snack – Sinderlyn
4. SHANNON AND THE CLAMS – Gone By Dawn – Hardly Art
5. JACUZZI BOYS – Happy Damage [EP] – Family Artists-Mag Mag
WKNC RPM CHARTS
1. ODESZA – “Light” [Single] – Counter
2. JAMIE XX – In Colour – Young Turks
3. MARIBOU STATE – Portraits – Counter
4. HOWLING – Sacred Ground – Counter
5. NOCTURNAL SUNSHINE – Nocturnal Sunshine – I/AM/ME
6. SEVEN DAVIS JR. – Universes – Ninja Tune
7. SHLOHMO – Dark Red – True Panther Sounds-WeDidIt
8. LAPALUX – Lustmore – Brainfeeder
9. GEORGE FITZGERALD – Fading Love – Domino
10. SKYLAB – Skylab No. 1 And Skylab No. 2 – Tummy Touch
Whoever curated Hopscotch’s hip hop lineup did a great job this year. On top of that, every rapper that performed at the festival deserved to be there, especially rising local stars like Skyblew and Ace Henderson. If you were a Hip Hop head at Hopscotch, there was more than enough material to keep your head nodding and your hands in the air.
Things started well on Thursday night when Lizzo took the stage at CAM. She may be one of the best artists I’ve ever seen on stage, and actually made me feel happy inside while she was performing. Maybe it was the sugar from the cookies she tossed out to her fans during the performance of her most popular single, “Batches & Cookies.” Either way she sang, rapped, and danced her way through her performance with swag for days, and kicked things off with a bang.
Friday at Lincoln Theatre was maybe one of the best nights at a music festival that I’ve ever experienced. Skyblew started off the night in front of a sparse crowd, but brought great energy with his jazzy backpack rap style. Then Chaz French took the stage and switched the vibe to a totally different pole by turning the treble down, and the bass way the f@$k up. He moshed his way through a set that landed himself in the middle of the audience, getting down with his fans (myself included), and setting the house on fire. He was followed by Father, who seemed like he had better things to do than rock with Raleigh folks, but the crowd got even thicker, and even rowdier with his presence.
Then Pusha T came out and conquered the festival. There was so much love in the building for King Push and it made me exceedingly proud as a hip hop head to be a part of it. If any veteran rapper deserves it, it’s him. Thanks for that Raleigh. Pusha T appreciated it too by tweeting: “Murdered #Hopscotch15 no fans, just family… love”
After the extreme energy of Friday night, Cakes Da Killa and Goldlink had some big shoes to fill at CAM on Saturday. Both of them rose to the occasion with amazing stage presence. Cakes Da Killa went through his set, cracking jokes with the crowd, and getting down into the audience to get crazy on the floor. Literally. Goldlink came out with equal amounts of energy and performed his set way longer than he was even scheduled to.
My only issue with Hopscotch, was with how Hip Hop was scheduled. All the fire was used on Friday night. Don’t get me wrong, Saturday night was DOPE, but the crowd wasn’t as hype, and not much was done to get it there. In my opinion, Friday night’s lineup should have been Saturday’s and vice versa. I know that artists’ touring schedules have a lot to do with how they’re scheduled at festivals like this, but a little more attention to detail could have been used to keep the heads ringing to the end of the road.
Hopscotch Interview: River Whyless
DJ Duchess and Curlz MT interviewed the group River Whyless Saturday,
September 12th for WKNC as a part of Hopscotch, live in Wristband City. The band, from Asheville, NC, shared some of their best experiences together, as well as their craziest. Listen here to learn more about their recent releases and upcoming album.
9/16: Tony Lucca @ Cat’s Cradle Backroom
9/16: Weather Warlock @ The Pinhook
9/17: Little Wings @ The Pinhook
9/18: Langhorne Slim @ Cat’s Cradle
9/19: MikeD, Sponge Bath, etc. @ The Pinhook
9/19: David Liebe Hart @ Kings
9/19: Vacationer @ Cat’s Cradle Backroom
9/19: Kodaline @ Cat’s Cradle
9/20: Breathers @ Pinhook
Some people have been at a loss of what to do now Hopscotch 2015 has come to a close. But fear not music and festival lovers! For there are many upcoming events in North Carolina that can quench your hunger until next years Hopscotching Season.
WKNC Friday’s On The Lawn
As always, WKNC will be hosting our Friday’s On The Lawn with local bands on NC State’s campus. Come join us on Harris Lawn in front of Witherspoon September 25th. Like us on facebook to see other upcoming Friday’s on the Lawn events.
Carrbrro Music Fest
If you really can’t wait, if you need a music festival NOW look no further that right down the road from downtown Raleigh. September 27th is the Carrboro Music Fest.
WKNC Double Barrel Benefit
Everyone who is anyone who knows anybody or has heard of good music will be there. The artists haven’t been announced, but last year’s DDB was a blast, featuring bands like Museum Mouth, Body Games, Elvis Depressedly, and many more. This two weekend mini-fest is put on by your favorite radio station every year, and helps us raise most of our funds. This event is held two weekends in February.
Moogfest 2016
This music festival has moved from Asheville, NC to Bull City (Durham, NC). Come on out if you want to see what the great city of Durham has to offer, as well as the great experimental, electronic, and pop-artists that will be playing the event. The artists haven’t been announced yet, but keep a lookout for the event which occurs May 19-May 22 2016.
Other than that, try not to go into too much Hopscotch withdrawal, a year will be up before you know it.