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Elvis Depressedly
While most artists move on from their solo projects to produce more publicly accepted music, Mat Cothran saw his lo-fi indie pop band Elvis Depressedly as a space to experiment without worry of his audience. Maybe that’s where the undeniable rawness of each release comes from. The songs’ inconsequential lyrics are paired with drum machines and ethereal keyboards that make you forget you’re singing about death.
Originally from South Carolina, Cothran moved to Asheville last summer where he hoped to feel more accepted in what he called the “growing artistic community.” Cothran and his bandmates did multiple tours last year with acts including Alex G of Sandy and Told Slant. The band is releasing their first full length titled “New Alhambra” in early March under Run for Cover Records.
With heart melting lyrics like, “I want to find you, a way out of your head. Snow is falling inside you, let it love you to death,” you’ll definitely want to take your lover to see Elvis Depressedly this Valentine’s Day.
– Kaanchee Gandhi, WKNC Deputy Promotions Director and Graphic Designer
Now that the full line up for #dbbdozen has been revealed learn some more about all the artists playing! We’ll be posting a profile of each artist throughout the week right here!
Body Games
On the first night of Hopscotch 2013, a fledgling Body Games garnered some word-of-mouth attention as one of the local acts to catch before moving on to the touring bands later in the night. Being made up of local music veterans, as well as being supported by psychedelic visuals, attracted a dense crowd to The Pour House Music Hall.
Before long, the crowd was entranced by their ambient soundscapes that gave way to simple poppy hooks. The set climaxed in the room clapping and singing along to a Michael Jackson cover that went over so well, frontman Dax Beaton felt obliged to clarify that it was a cover.
The group has grown in the time since, performing at the next year’s Hopscotch, as well as Phuzz Phest and landing an impressive spot at Moogfest. They were also featured on a track on last year’s long-awaited T0W3RS LP on the track “Raise The Gate.”
Body Games will kick off a night of loving on Feb. 14 at Cat’s Cradle. Whether you’re already a fan or experiencing them for the first time, Body Games will be sure to make you their Valentine.
– Walt Lilly, WKNC Program Director
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It was a fun time in the studio Dec. 18 with Shampoo. The band performed three live songs during their interview with Phian: “Hanging Up On You,” “Boys” and “Shy Guy.”
WXDU’s Top 65 NC Releases of 2014
Based on airplay by all of our DJs during the 2-month period each album was on playlist. I’m pretty sure I’ve never had the same band back-to-back in the top 5 before.
1 – John Howie Jr & the Rosewood Bluff – Everything Except Goodbye
2 – T0W3RS – TL;DR
3 – See Gulls – 2 Songs
4 – Hiss Golden…
Hint 1: At least two bands on this list will be performing at WKNC’s #DBBDozen on Feb. 7 and 14. Hint 2: At least one of those bands is Spider Bags. #DBBRumors
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Atlanta’s Semicircle chatted with Phian before their Dec. 18 performance at Local Band Local Beer. The group brought along their instruments and performed live versions of the songs “Movement is Calm,” “Underground River of Glass” and “Mechanism of Erasure.” All three songs are also available on their new album “Blown Breeze, Grown Grass and We are Part of the Earth.”
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Zack Mexico, who WKNC fans will remember from our Oct. 3 Fridays on the Lawn, performed with Strange Faces and Dad & Dad at Dec. 11’s Local Band Local Beer. The gang stopped by the studios to chat with Phian before the show.
Listen in to their conversation, which begins with the song “Meric Clanson” and also includes the tracks “Apocalypse,” “Lucy” and “Fun Fun."
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Dad & Dad’s Saman Khoujinian talked with Phian before their show Dec. 11 at Local Band Local Beer. Click below to hear the conversation along with the songs “All Sys Gehen” and “Doldrums.”
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WKNC’s Best of 2014 !
The DJ’s at WKNC share some of their musical and non-musical highlights of 2014 …
DJ Iron Mic’s Top 5 Rap Tracks from the 4th Quarter of 2014
1. Ghostface Killah – Battlefield – 36 Seasons
2. Joey Bada$$ – No. 99
3. Yelawolf – Down
4. Big K.R.I.T. – Soul Foods
5. Run the Jewels – Blockbuster Night Pt. I
DJ Cancel: Latino Music, Canto De Lobos
Best New Albums
1. MultiViral : Calle 13
2. 3.0 – Marc Anthony
3. Posada – Gaby Moreno
4. Formula Vol. 2 – Romeo Santos
5. Corazon – Santana
Best Songs
1. Asi De Grande Son las Ideas – Calle 13
2. Bailando – Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer Bueno
3. Hasta Que Salga el Sol – Banda los Recoditos
4. Yo Tambien – Romeo Santos ft. Marc Anthony
5. Peces en El Rio – Gaby Moreno
English Soccer/ That Emo Show
1. Joyce Manor – Never Hungover Again
2. Tiny Moving Parts- Pleasant Living
3. You Blew It!- Award of the Year Award
4. Pianos Become The Teeth- Keep You
5. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan- Birdman Presents: Rich Gang Tha Tour Part 1
(And hoping for a Kanye West Christmas Day Release album)
Rory: afterhours
1. Museum Mouth: Alex I Am Nothing
2. The Drums: Encyclopedia
3. ILoveMakonnen: I Love Makonnen
4. Perfume Genius: Too Bright
5. Phantogram: Voices
Slaughterhome: Chainsaw Rock
1. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2
2. clipping.: CLPPNG
3. Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden
4. Open Mike Eagle: Dark Comedy
5. Code Orange: My World
tfw the metal md has 3 hip-hop albums in his top 5 oops
Big Fat Sac: Both Kinds Radio (classic country and western swing)
1. Sturgill Simpson – “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music”
2. T’OW3RS – “Tl;dr”
3. Run the Jewels – “Run the Jewels 2”
4. Billy Joe Shaver – “Long in the Tooth”
5. Spoon – “They Want My Soul”
Space Captain Walrus: Indie Rock
1. Todd Terje: It’s Album Time
2. Eno & Hyde: High Life
3. Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal
4. Caribou: Our Love
5. Adult Jazz: Gist Is
Can I put a top local album? It’d be Flesh Wounds: S/T
trash can: Undreground Hip Hop
1. Busdriver – Perfect Hair
2. clipping. – CLPPNG
3. Open Mike Eagle – Dark Comedy
4. Xiu Xiu – Unclouded Sky
5. Sisyphus – Sisyphus
Magic Kaanch: Daytime Indie
1. Alex G: DSU
2. Illuminating Daydream: Alone
3. Cold Foamers: All Cold Everything
4. High Pop: holy smokes!
5. Iceage: Plowing Into the Field of Love
Black Dalia: Indie Rock
1. Kauai – Childish Gambino
2. This Is All Yours – Alt-J
3. Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
4. Listen – The Kooks
5. Lazaretto – Jack White
The Chlobert Report: Indie Rock
1. TV On The Radio: Seeds
2. Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso
3. Die Antwoord: Donker Mag
4. Tobacco: Ultima II Massage
5. Manchester Orchestra: HOPE
Approximately Normal: Indie Rock
1. Mac Demarco: Salad Days
2. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
3. Caribou: Our Love
4. TOPS: Picture You Staring
5. Warpaint: Warpaint
Zack Ufland (DJ Z): Indie Rock
1. Mac Demarco: Salad Days
2. Real Estate: Atlas
3. Dum Dum Girls: Too True
4. The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream
5. The Griswolds: Be Impressive
Muta: Afterhours
1. Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso
2. Amp Live: Headphone Concerto
3. ODESZA: In Return
4. Porter Robinson: World
5. St. Vincent: St. Vincent
Green Man: Indie Rock
1. Matt Kivel-Days of Being Wild
2. Alex G – DSU
3. The Antlers- Familiars
4. Kissing Party- looking back it was romantic but at the time i was suffocating
5. Baths – Ocean Death
DJ CJ: Americana, Blues, & Co., Local Lunch
1. Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
2. Hiss Golden Messenger: Lateness of Dancers
3. Nickel Creek – A Dotted Line
4. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream
5. Ryley Walker: All Kinds of You
Top 5 Foods I Ate For the 1st Time In 2014
1. The Fat Darrell, R U Hungry, New Brunswick, NJ
2. Zapps Voodoo Chips, available at Wawa and elsewhere
3. Streak o’ Lean Biscuit, Farmer’s Market Restaurant, Raleigh, NC
4. Smelt, a fish from the Great Lakes
5. The Twinx, State Fair, Raleigh, NC
JB: Indie Rock
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata
2. Mac Demarco – Salad Days
3. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
4. Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
5. Real Estate – Atlas
The Crypt’s New Jazz Top 5
1. The Last Southern Gentleman – Delfeayo Marsalis
2. Bad Self Portraits – Lake Street Dive
3. Snarky Puppy – We Like It Here
4. Slow Down – The North
5. Kekko Fornarelli Trio – Outrush
Dave Samuels: Afterhours
1. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
2. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead
3. Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers
4. Aphex Twin – Syro
5. Dorian Concept – Joined Ends
DJ Salinger: Local Lunch
1. Old Hours: Even in the Sun
2. Hiss Golden Messenger: Lateness of Dancers
3. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For no Witness
4. Museum Mouth: Alex I am Nothing
5. Hurray for the Riff Raff: Small Town Heros
DJ Nasty Nate: Indie Rock, Emo
1. The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There
2. Joyce Manor – Never Hungover Again
3. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) – You Will Eventually Be Forgotten
4. The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers
5. The Weatherbox – Flies In All Directions
Top Shows:
1: The White Octave @ Hopscotch
2: FEST! Mineral, The Hotelier, twiabp, Circle takes the Square, more @ Gainesville, FL
3: CUDDLEFEST! @ The Mattress Fort (RIP)
4: The New Pornographers @ Cat’s Cradle
5: Into It. Over It. w/ TWIABP & A Great Big Pile of Leaves @ The Local 506
JRRT: Indie Rock
1. Aphex Twin: Syro
2. Courtney Barnett: The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
3. Gardens & Villa: Dunes
4. Ty Segall: Manipulator
5. Tinariwen: Emmaar
EXTRA BONUS 6TH ALBUM!!!!
6. Daniel Bachman: Orange Co. Serenade
Uncle Jemima: nothing as of right now
TOP FIVE NICKNAMES FOR YOUR LEGS
1. Your getaway sticks
2. Your tubthumpers (see also: your chumbawambas)
3. Your dungaroos
4. Your Young Thugs
5. Your bottom-arms
DJ From Full House: Indie Rock, Local Lunch
1. Alvvays: “Alvvays”
2. BadBadNotGood: III
3. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Pinata
4. Big Ups: Eighteen Hours of Static
5. Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal
Jake Phillips (Jake from State Farm): Indie Rock, Local Lunch
1. Alvvays: Alvvays
2. Naked Naps: Ok, Bye
3. Ghostt Bllonde: Demos and Discord
4. Taco Cat: NVM
5. Black Santa: Sorry if This is Weird
Alex the Great: Indie Rock
1. Elbow: The Takeoff and Landing of Everything
2. Kishi Bashi: Lighght
3. Singles: Future Islands
4. Childhood: Lacuna
5. Spoon: They Want My Soul
Movies:
1. Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Gone Girl
3. Interstellar
4. The Drop
5. 22 Jump Street
natty bumpo ; independent rock and roll
1; ariel pink – pom pom
2; mac demarco – salad days
3; half japanese – overjoyed
4; deerhoof – la isla bonita
5; parquet courts – sunbathing animal
Walter-Ego (Walt Lilly) Daytime Indie
5. Future Islands – Singles
4. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream
3. Swans – To Be Kind
2. King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard – I’m In Your Mind Fuzz
1. Flesh Wounds – Flesh Wounds
I love the rock and roll music
The Mattador: Indie Rawk
1. Tacocat: NVM
2. The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers
3. Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso
4. Alvvays: Alvvays
5. Hospitality: Trouble
OVERALL TOP 5 BASED ON NUMBERS
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Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
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Mac Demarco – Salad Days
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Alvvays – Alvvays
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Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
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The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream
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Mark O’Connor and Ryan Barnum from Raleigh’s Strange Faces stopped by the WKNC studios to talk with Phian before their Thursday, Dec. 11 performance at Local Band Local Beer.
The interview also includes four songs: Above the Waves, Back of Your Mind, Pale Horse and Wasteland.