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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS: May 12, 2015

Waxahatchee takes the top spot for the second week in a row as Speedy Ortiz moves up to number two.

WKNC RADIO 200
 1. WAXAHATCHEE – Ivy Tripp – Merge
 2. SPEEDY ORTIZ – Foil Deer – Carpark

 3. TORRES – Sprinter – Partisan

 4. CHASTITY BELT – Time To Go Home – Hardly Art

 5. COURTNEY BARNETT – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just  Sit – Mom And Pop

 6. HOP ALONG – Painted Shut – Saddle Creek

 7. RYLEY WALKER – Primrose Green – Dead Oceans

 8. SUFJAN STEVENS – Carrie And Lowell – Asthmatic Kitty

 9. GENGAHR – She’s A Witch [EP] – Transgressive

10. ALEX G – Trick – Lucky Number

11. MY MORNING JACKET – The Waterfall – Capitol

12. MITSKI – Bury Me At Makeout Creek – Don Giovanni

13. PURITY RING – Another Eternity – 4AD

14. MIKAL CRONIN – MCIII – Merge

15. SARAH BETHE NELSON – Fast Moving Clouds – Burger

16.

MOUNTAIN GOATS – Beat The Champ – Merge

17. TORO Y MOI – What For? – Carpark

18. PEACH KELLI POP – III – Burger

19. JEFF ROSENSTOCK – We Cool? – SideOneDummy
20. JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD – Wasted On The Dream – Infinity Cat

21. MATTHEW E. WHITE – Fresh Blood – Domino

22. MOON KING – Secret Life – Last Gang

23. KING KHAN AND BBQ SHOW – Bad News Boys – In The Red

24. BOUQUET – In A Dream [EP] – Self-Released

25. REPTAR – Lurid Glow – Joyful Noise

26. AVA LUNA – Infinite House – Western Vinyl

27. COLLEEN GREEN – I Want To Grow Up – Hardly Art

28. WARM SODA – Symbolic Dream – Castle Face

29. SURFER BLOOD – 1000 Palms – Joyful Noise

30. WEED – Running Back – Lefse

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. ELVIS DEPRESSEDLY – New Alhambra – Run For Cover
2. ESKIMEAUX – O.K. – Double Double Whammy
3. JACCO GARDNER – Hypnophobia – Polyvinyl
4. ICKY BLOSSOMS – Mask – Saddle Creek
5. NOVELLA – Land – Sinderlyn

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS: May 5, 2015

WKNC RADIO 200
 1. WAXAHATCHEE – Ivy Tripp – Merge

 2. CHASTITY BELT – Time To Go Home – Hardly Art

 3. SPEEDY ORTIZ

Foil Deer

Carpark
 4. SUFJAN STEVENS – Carrie And Lowell – Asthmatic Kitty

 5. PEACH KELLI POP

III

Burger
 6. COURTNEY BARNETT – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit – Mom And Pop

 7. REPTAR – Lurid Glow – Joyful Noise

 8. TORRES – Sprinter – Partisan
 9. 

MOUNTAIN GOATS – Beat The Champ – Merge

10. MITSKI – Bury Me At Makeout Creek – Don Giovanni

11. ALEX G – Trick – Lucky Number
12. GENGAHR – She’s A Witch [EP] – Transgressive

13. JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD – Wasted On The Dream – Infinity Cat

14. SARAH BETHE NELSON – Fast Moving Clouds – Burger
15. WEED – Running Back – Lefse

16. RYLEY WALKER – Primrose Green – Dead Oceans

17. PURITY RING – Another Eternity – 4AD

18. COLLEEN GREEN – I Want To Grow Up – Hardly Art

19. TORO Y MOI – What For? – Carpark
20. BOUQUET – In A Dream [EP] – Self-Released
21. MOON KING – Secret Life – Last Gang
22. DAN DEACON – Gliss Riffer – Domino

23. MIKAL CRONIN – MCIII – Merge
24. KING KHAN AND BBQ SHOW – Bad News Boys – In The Red
25. DOLDRUMS – The Air Conditioned Nightmare – Sub Pop
26. SHEER MAG – II [7-inch] – Self-Released
27. BOMBADIL – Hold On – Ramseur
28. MATTHEW E. WHITE – Fresh Blood – Domino

29.

SUUNS AND JERUSALEM IN MY HEART- Suuns And Jerusalem In My Heart – Secretly Canadian
30. 

AVA LUNA – Infinite House – Western Vinyl

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. MY MORNING JACKET

The Waterfall

Capitol
2. WARM SODA

Symbolic Dream

Castle Face
3. HOP ALONG

Painted Shut

Saddle Creek
4. SURFER BLOOD

1000 Palms

Joyful Noise
5. LES BIG BYRD

Stockholm Death Star

A Recordings

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Music News and Interviews

Anthony Hamilton Interview at 2015 Art of Cool Festival

The Crypt’s DJ Soulwood visited the Art of Cool Festival in Durham, North Carolina the weekend of May 1, 2015. American R&B singer-songwriter and producer Anthony Hamilton stopped by the press tent before his headlining performance at the Durham Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon. Listen to his press interview here. (Apologies for the food trucks in the background-Durham is kind of loud.) 

Listen here.

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Anthony Hamilton Press Photo

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Festival Coverage

Artsplosure Music Schedule

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WKNC is proud to once again be a media sponsor of Artsplosure, the Raleigh arts festival. Check out their great music lineup!

Friday, May 15

Main Stage | City Plaza on Fayetteville Street

Saturday, May 16

Main Stage | City Plaza on Fayetteville Street

  • 2 p.m. ChoroBop
  • 4 p.m. The Town Heroes
  • 6 p.m. Jarekus Singleton
  • 8 p.m. Elvin Bishop

North Carolina Stage | Fayetteville Street (State Capitol end, Morgan Street)

Sunday, May 17

Main Stage | City Plaza on Fayetteville Street

North Carolina Stage | Fayetteville Street (State Capitol end, Morgan Street)

  • 12 p.m. Fairmont Gospel Revue
  • 2 p.m. Triangle Community Orchestra
  • 3 p.m. The Mantras (sponsored by WKNC)
  • 5 p.m. The Congress
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Music News and Interviews

Delta Rae will be performing back home in the Triangle at the Ritz on Saturday, May 9 and WKNC has your chance to win tickets starting today!

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Music News and Interviews

Sidewalk Chalk visits with WKNC

Chicago-based hip hop, funk, jazz group Sidewalk Chalk called in to WKNC to talk with DJ Soulwood after their performance at the Durham, North Carolina Art of Cool jazz festival. Their creative blend of hip hop, rap, jazz and funk brought the house down at the Durham Armory Saturday evening. If you were unable to make it out to the festival, please listen to their interview here

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Above: Sidewalk Chalk Press Photo

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Festival Coverage

Photo highlights from this year’s Phuzz Phest in Winston Salem. Featured act’s are (from left to right) Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Human Eyes, Nest Egg, ET Anderson, Protomartyr, and Blursome

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Phuzz Phest

Sunday night at Phuzz Phest this year was definitely one for the books. Kicking off the night at Krankies Coffee with the Tender Fruit, the crowd was treated with an unplugged performance that left chills down the spine and hearts full of emotion. After this great start to the night, I knew the rain and storms outside would not put a damper on all of the great musicians that were still to be seen. After leaving Krankies, I trekked through the rain to see Family Bike at the Garage. With their first full album on the way, many (all) of the songs consisted of what is to be expected with the anticipated release with songs that are dedicated to bands like TOOL and people like Carson Daly.

After Family Bike finished their thirty minute set, I rushed next door to the Millennium Center to see one of my favorite local groups, River Whyless, who is out of Asheville, NC. All in all, River Whyless had the most breathtaking vocals of the entire festival. Together Ryan O’Keefe (guitars, vocals), Halli Anderson (violin, vocals), Alex McWalters (drums, percussion) and Daniel Shearin (bass, vocals, harmonium, cello, banjo) all come together to harmonize folk songs that illustrate rustic settings of woodsheds and the making maple syrup. From the Millennium Center, I walked back across town in the pouring down rain and secured my spot indoors at the cozy Reanimator Records where Lowland Hum played to a packed house that overflowed to a crowd that stood in the rain just to hear the beautiful music of Daniel and Lauren Goans who are originally from the neighboring Triad city of Greensboro, NC. With lyric books in tow, everyone hung on to every word that was sung from their new self-titled album that released earlier in the month.

With every performance up to this point absolutely breathtaking, I expected nothing less from the last performer of the night- Hamilton Leithauser (of The Walkmen, and The Recoys). My expectations of Hamilton were met above and beyond as himself and his band performed a perfect mixture of fast and slow paced rock songs that pulled at the heart strings every single time. Growing up a huge fan of The Walkmen, Hamilton’s solo act confirmed all of my preconceived notions about what it means to be a rock band based out of New York- professional with the perfect amount of madness to go along. 

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Music News and Interviews

Brandon Flowers Giveaways!

Thanks to our friends at Live Nation, we have 5 pairs of tickets to
see Brandon Flowers of the Killers! He’ll be playing at the
Ritz on August 14. Just be the correct caller when the
DJ asks for it and you could win yourself a pair of tickets! Tickets for
Brandon Flowers go on sale on Friday, April 24 at 10am at RitzRaleigh.com, TicketMaster.com, The Ritz Raleigh box office, and all Ticketmaster outlets!

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Music News and Interviews

Old Crow Medicine Show Giveaways!

Thanks to our friends at Outback Concerts, we have 5 pairs of tickets to see Old Crow Medicine Show and Sturgill Simpson! They’ll be playing the Koka Booth Amphitheatre on May 2. Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it and you could win yourself a pair of tickets! Tickets for Old Crow Medicine Show and Sturgill Simpson are available at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre, through etix.com, or via phone at (800) 514-3849.