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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways for the Week: October 13th – 19th

10/16: Chuck Johnson / Daniel Bachman @ Pinhook

10/16: Colossus / The Beggars @ King’s Barcade

10/16: The Secret Sisters @ Haw River Ballroom

10/16: tUnE-yArDs / James Tillman @ Cat’s Cradle

10/17: The War On Drugs / Peter Matthew Bauer @ Cat’s Cradle

10/18: Twin Peaks / Tweens @ Pinhook

10/18: The Radio Reds / Bad Luck / Youma @ Nice Price 

10/18: Surfer Blood / Eternal Summers @ King’s Barcade

10/18: Warpaint / Liam Finn @ Cat’s Cradle

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!

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Concert Review

Fridays on the Lawn 10/03/14- Flesh Wounds and Zack Mexico

Flesh Wounds

Zack Mexico

OCTOBER 3

In spite of a little bit of trouble from the rain, the last Fridays on the Lawn was great! Flesh Wounds and Zack Mexico killed it. Come out for the next one on Friday, November 14th for some more awesome music and free food!

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS: October 7, 2014

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1 ALEX G – DSU – Lucky Number
2 FLYING LOTUS – You’re Dead – Warp
3 USELESS EATERS – Bleeding Moon – Castle Face
4 ALLO DARLIN’ – We Come From The Same Place – Slumberland
5 NICHOLAS KRGOVICH – On Sunset – NK World Service

WKNC RADIO 200
1 PERFUME GENIUS – Too Bright – Matador
2 BRONCHO – Just Enough Hip To Be Woman – Dine Alone
3 KING TUFF – Black Moon Spell – SUB POP
4 TOPS – Picture You Staring – Arbutus
5 MERCHANDISE – After The End – 4AD
6 SHE KEEPS BEES – Eight Houses – Future Gods
7 TY SEGALL – Manipulator – Drag City
8 WAND – Ganglion Reef – God?
9 BAHAMAS – Bahamas Is Afie – Brushfire
10 LAST YEAR’S MEN – Underwhelmed
11 WHIRR – Sway – Graveface
12 AVI BUFFALO – At Best Cuckold – SUB POP
13 LVL UP – Hoodwink’d – Double Double Whammy
14 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER – Lateness Of Dancers – Merge
15 GENERATIONALS – Alix – Polyvinyl
16 RENTALS – Lost In Alphaville – Polyvinyl
17 GROWLERS – Chinese Fountain – Everloving
18 LIA ICES – Ices – Jagjaguwar
19 ALLAH-LAS – Worship The Sun – Innovative Leisure
20 SONDRE LERCHE – Please – Mona
21 LITERATURE – Chorus – Slumberland
22 EX HEX – Rips – Merge
23 VAN ALLEN BELT – Heaven On A Branch – Nonstop Everything
24 KAREN O – Crush Songs – Cult
25 MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND – This Is My Hand – Asthmatic Kitty
26 DRUMS – Encyclopedia – Minor
27 IN THE VALLEY BELOW – The Belt – Caroline
28 HOLY GHOST TENT REVIVAL – Right State Of Mind  
29 BUDOS BAND – Burnt Offering – Daptone
30 WHITE VIOLET – Stay Lost – Normaltown

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Music News and Interviews

Hopscotch 2014 ended a full month ago, so today we give you our 21st and final interview. Here’s Wing Dam!

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Music News and Interviews

When you’ve got an area as firmly entrenched in tradition as North Carolina is, you’re guaranteed to have a slew of bluegrass aficionados. Folks like Hank Smith and Lindsey Tims are proof of this, two musicians who are doing their damndest to expand the horizons of a genre that many may pigeonhole as a niche, or static genre. Throughout our hour long conversation, we covered a wide array of topics ranging from the recent IBMA Festival in Raleigh, the evolution of the bluegrass genre and where their traditional roots have taken them as musicians.

Hank and Lindsey are two incredibly busy musicians that have a penchant for wide-reaching tunes, that’d explain their Flecktones tribute band alongside their work in The Morning After, the occasional Barefoot Manner show, and their new duo performances. Whether they’re churning out bluegrass iterations of Icelandic tunes or a sprawling yet simplistic arrangement of a Flecktone favorite, they’re always putting on clinicals, showing that two men with acoustic instruments can produce much more than meets the eye.

Check out our full conversation with Hank and Lindsey including a few in-studio performances and a handful of tracks from The Morning After, Barefoot Manner and the duo’s most recent release Impulse.

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Miscellaneous

WKNC Spotify Soundclash

WKNC is proud to announce its participation in Spotify’s Soundclash, “A playlist battle to end all playlist battles.” Here’s how it works: You, loyal listener, go over to Spotify and type WKNC in the search bar. Down under playlists you will see “WKNC 88.1 FM: North Carolina State University”  (or just follow this link). Then follow the playlist.

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WKNC is one of 270+ 20+ campus clubs and organizations across the United States that have created a 15-song playlist. Since we love local music so much, we picked lots songs from Kooley High, Sylvan Esso, Future Islands, Polvo and other North Carolina favorites.

The organization with the most playlist followers in the next 13 days gets $5,000: half for us and half to share with a non-profit organization through DonorsChoose.org.

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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways for the Week: October 6th – 12th

10/8: Lia Mice / Horizontal Hold / Body Games @ Pinhook

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10/10: Steve Gunn / Mary Lattimore / Jeff Zeigler / Wowolfol @ Pinhook

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10/10: Snowmine / Nightbox @ King’s Barcade

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10/10: Perfume Genius / Matteah Baim @ Cat’s Cradle

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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!

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Music News and Interviews

Body Games from Chapel Hill talked with DJs Coyote and Trillian during our 24-hour live broadcast from the Hopscotch Music Festival.

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Music News and Interviews

Durham’s Toon and the Real Laww helped kick off the 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival with their performance opening for De La Soul at City Plaza. Listen to their conversation with Walter-Ego before the big show.

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Music News and Interviews

DJs Trillian and Coyote talked with Paperhaus during Hopscotch 2014. Check out the interview below and on our iTunes podcast!

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