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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Charts: September 22nd, 2015

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1. BEACH HOUSE – Depression Cherry – Sub Pop
2. LA LUZ – Weirdo Shrine – Hardly Art
3. SODA SHOP – Soda Shop – Velvet Blue
4. MICHAEL STASIS – RIP III – Arbutus
5. MIKE KROL – Turkey – Merge
6. DESTROYER – Poison Season – Merge
7. TAME IMPALA – Currents – Interscope
8. MAC DEMARCO – Another One – Captured Tracks
9. TEEN DAZE – Morning World – Paper Bag
10. STRANGE WILDS – Subjective Concepts – SUB POP
11. HOMESHAKE – Midnight Snack – Sinderlyn
12. WORRIERS – Imaginary Life – Don Giovanni
13. ULTIMATE PAINTING – Green Lanes – Trouble In Mind
14. WIDOWSPEAK – All Yours – Captured Tracks
15. FOALS – What Went Down – Warner
16. WHITE REAPER – White Reaper Does It Again – Polyvinyl
17. GARDENS AND VILLA – Music For Dogs – Secretly Canadian
18. BATTLES – La Di Da Di – Warp
19. LOU BARLOW – Brace The Wave – Joyful Noise
20. PANDA BEAR – Crosswords – Domino
21. SILICON – Personal Computer – Weird World
22. POTTY MOUTH – Potty Mouth EP – Planet Whatever
23. TELEKINESIS – Ad Infinitum – Merge
24. FIDLAR – Too – Mom And Pop
25. ARCS – Yours, Dreamily – Nonesuch
26. SUPERHUMANOIDS – Do You Feel OK? – Innovative Leisure
27. THAYER SARRANO – Shaky – Guildwater
28. WILD ONES – Heatwave – Topshelf
29. SORORITY NOISE – Joy, Departed – Topshelf
30. DERADOORIAN – The Expanding Flower Planet – Anticon

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS

1. ALEX G – Beach Music – Domino
2. YOUTH LAGOON – Savage Hills Ballroom – Fat Possum
3. BALTHAZAR – Thin Walls – Play It Again Sam
4. MORNING HARVEY – Love And Love And. EP – Self-Released
5. AIRCRAFT 7 – Gems From The Sparkling Void – Admirable Traits

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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways of The Week: September 22nd – 28th!

9/22: Pokey Lafarge @ Cat’s Cradle

9/22: Celestial Shore @ The Pinhook

9/23: Gardens & Villa @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

9/23: Dreamboat @ The Pinhook

9/24: TT the Artist @ The Pinhook

9/24: Joyce Manor @ Cat’s Cradle

9/25: Mike Krol @ Cat’s Cradle – Backroom

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Music News and Interviews

Hopscotch Interview: Wahyas 

On our last day broadcasting live from Wristband City, Wahyas stopped by for a quick interview! They talk about their Hopscotch experience, their other musical projects, and playing drums while standing up. 

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Music News and Interviews

Hopscotch 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.

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Music News and Interviews

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. 

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Playlists

Hopscotch Hip Hop Playlist

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

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Music News and Interviews

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.

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS: September 15th, 2015

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

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS: September 15th, 2015

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

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Festival Coverage

Hip Hopscotch 2015

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.