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Concert Preview

FOTL Spotlight: Jenny Besetzt & Some Army

If you live in the Triangle and don’t already know Jenny Besetzt, it’s about time you did. Jenny Besetzt is a five piece band from Greensboro making a name for themselves spinning dreamy trails of melodic melancholy shoegaze.

Case and point: Jenny Besetzt – Teenage Lions

Jenny Besetzt press photo by Sarah Martin

If you missed Jenny Besetzt’s shining set at Hopscotch 2012, or on tour with No Age and Memoryhouse, bring a blanket at 6 p.m. to Harris Field at NCSU.

Also check out Some Army from Chapel Hill-Carrboro. This band’s first official pop-folky release was featured in Paste Magazine’s “List of 12 North Carolina Bands You Should Listen To Now” and we here at WKNC definitely agree!

I can’t believe it’s free y’all. But it is.

 

 

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Concert Preview

Fridays on the Lawn 10/12/12

Come out this Friday, October 12th and join all of us here at WKNC for October’s Fridays on the Lawn, an outdoor concert in front of the Witherspoon Student Center on NC State’s campus! This month’s concert features two great local artists: Some Army and Jenny Besetzt, as well as FREE PIZZA provided graciously by Marco’s Pizza on Hillsborough Street.

As always it will be a great deal of fun, so bring a blanket and some friends to enjoy local music, free pizza, and enter in to our giveaway raffle.

A big thank you to Student Government and the Inter-Residence Council for their continued support!

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Weekly Charts

WKNC’s Charts and Top 5 Adds – Oct. 8

Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.

 

 

Top 5 Adds:


1 TY SEGALL Twins Drag City

2 TAME IMPALA Lonerism Modular

3 BLACK MARBLE A Different Arrangement Hardly Art

4 MOUNTAIN GOATS Transcendental Youth Merge

5 LUYAS Animator Dead Oceans

Top 30 :


1 WILD NOTHING Nocturne Captured Tracks

2 ALT-J An Awesome Wave Canvasback

3 CORIN TUCKER BAND Kill My Blues Kill Rock Stars

4 JENNIFER CASTLE Jennifer Castle

5 MUSIC TAPES Mary’s Voice Merge

6 GRIZZLY BEAR Shields Warp

7 THE XX Coexist XL

8 DUM DUM GIRLS End Of Daze SUB POP

9 DJANGO DJANGO Django Django Ribbon

10 ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Mature Themes 4AD

11 HELIO SEQUENCE Negotiations SUB POP

12 POOR MOON Poor Moon SUB POP

13 MENOMENA Moms Barsuk

14 SEAPONY Falling Hardly Art

15 SOFT PACK Strapped Mexican Summer

16 MOUNT EERIE Ocean Roar P.W. Elverum And Sun

17 FRESH AND ONLYS Long Slow Dance Mexican Summer

18 JENS LEKMAN I Know What Love Isn’t Secretly Canadian

19 ORWELLS Remember When Autumn Tone

20 DEEP TIME Deep Time Hardly Art

21 MARIA MINERVA Will Happiness Find Me? Not Not Fun

22 IAMAMIWHOAMI Kin coop

23 MICACHU AND THE SHAPES Never Rough Trade

24 BAND OF HORSES Mirage Rock Brown-Columbia

25 STARS The North ATO

26 JUNK CULTURE Wild Quiet Illegal Art

27 TANGO IN THE ATTIC Sellotape Domicile Crocodile

28 ANTIBALAS Antibalas Daptone

29 ALLEN STONE Allen Stone ATO

30 FERGUS AND GERONIMO Funky Was The State Of Affairs Hardly Art

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Non-Music News

Jam-packed Eye on the Triangle!

Hey Everyone,

Our show if filled to the brim with content for you all. Of course, we are bringing updates on the election, with an interview with Young Americans for Liberty. Third Party Candidates have increasing importance in this year’s election, so we’ve got more coverage on them as well. Also, we have a story dealing with women’s Orgasms and a bit of Weird Science. All that, plus Eye on the Arts and Holidays of the Week. It’s gonna be a great show tonight.

Thanks,

EOT

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Non-Music News

EOT104 Early Voting 10/2/12

Anyone who receives the campus crime alert emails is no doubt used to seeing the emails in their inbox. However, in the past several weeks, the emails have detailed more serious crimes than our campus is used to. Deondre’ has more.

Tomorrow marks the first of three presidential debates between contenders Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. With just over a month to go, the candidates are in the home stretch to make themselves heard. Here’s Jake with what we can expect over the next month in terms of early voting and the presidential election.

Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney… in our polarized two party system, third party candidates are rarely get the attention that they might deserve. Andrew thought it might be interested to take focus on these overlooked candidates, in the first of a multi part series exploring the third party candidates running in this election.

Listen to episode 104.

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Afterhours’ RPM Charts and Adds – Oct. 8

Each week, WKNC compiles a list of charts and adds.

Top:

1 A TRIBE CALLED RED A Tribe Called Red Self-Released

2 NERD REVOLT Nerd Revolt Self-Released

3 TODDLA T Watch Me Dance: Agitated By Ross Orton And Pipes Ninja Tune

4 GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER House Instrumentals II Simply Deep

5 LORN “Weigh Me Down” [Single] Ninja Tune

6 APOLLO 440 The Future’s What It Used To Be RADIKAL

7 FLYING LOTUS Until The Quiet Comes Warp

8 BLACKBURNER Planet Earth Attach Cleopatra

9 KREWELLA Play Hard [EP] Self-Released

10 PURITY RING Shrines 4AD

Adds:

1 KONTRAVOID Kontravoid Self-Released

2 VARIOUS ARTISTS Halo 4: Xbox 360 Remixes Microsoft Studios

3 TWO FINGERS Stunt Rhythms Big Dada

4 SOUNDS FROM THE GROUND Widerworld Waveform

5 BASTINADO The Hard Six

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Afterhours’ RPM Charts and Adds – Oct. 1

Each week, WKNC compiles a list of charts and adds.

 Top 10 Charts:

1 A TRIBE CALLED RED A Tribe Called Red Self-Released

2 NERD REVOLT Nerd Revolt Self-Released

3 LORN “Weigh Me Down” [Single] Ninja Tune

4 APOLLO 440 The Future’s What It Used To Be RADIKAL

5 TODDLA T Watch Me Dance: Agitated By Ross Orton And Pipes Ninja Tune

6 GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER House Instrumentals II Simply Deep

7 KREWELLA Play Hard [EP] Self-Released

8 PURITY RING Shrines 4AD

9 NO DOUBT “Settle Down” [Single] Columbia

10 SCISSOR SISTERS Magic Hour Universal

Adds:

1 SAVOY Supertrail EP Self-Released

2 SQUAREPUSHER Ufabulum Warp

3 FINK Fear Is Like Fire Mixes Ninja Tune

4 FLIGHT FACILITIES Flight Facilities EP Future Classic

5 FLYING LOTUS Until The Quiet Comes Warp

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Weekly Charts

WKNC’s Charts and Top 5 Adds – Oct. 1

Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.

 

Top 5 Adds:


1 MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Melody’s Echo Chamber Fat Possum

2 DUM DUM GIRLS End Of Daze SUB POP

3 DARK DARK DARK Who Needs Who Supply And Demand

4 FLYING LOTUS Until The Quiet Comes Warp

5 UNNATURAL HELPERS Land Grab Hardly Art

Top 30:

1 WILD NOTHING Nocturne Captured Tracks

2 MUSIC TAPES Mary’s Voice Merge

3 DEEP TIME Deep Time Hardly Art

4 GRIZZLY BEAR Shields Warp

5 TANGO IN THE ATTIC Sellotape Domicile Crocodile

6 THE XX Coexist XL

7 ANTIBALAS Antibalas Daptone

8 IAMAMIWHOAMI Kin coop

9 GRASSCUT Unearth Ninja Tune

10 JUNK CULTURE Wild Quiet Illegal Art

11 MARIA MINERVA Will Happiness Find Me? Not Not Fun

12 ALBERTA CROSS  Songs Of Patience ATO

13 MICACHU AND THE SHAPES Never Rough Trade

14 DIIV Oshin Captured Tracks

15 DEERHOOF Breakup Song Polyvinyl

16 ALLEN STONE Allen Stone ATO

17 FRESH AND ONLYS Long Slow Dance Mexican Summer

18 FANTASMES Redness Moon Last Bummer

19 DAN DEACON America Domino

20 HELIO SEQUENCE Negotiations SUB POP

21 MENOMENA Moms Barsuk

22 ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Mature Themes 4AD

23 ETERNAL SUMMERS Correct Behavior Kanine

24 VAN SHE Idea Of Happiness Modular

25 FERGUS AND GERONIMO Funky Was The State Of Affairs Hardly Art

26 CULT OF YOUTH Love Will Prevail Sacred Bones

27 STAGNANT POOLS Temporary Room Polyvinyl

28 HOLOGRAMS Holograms Captured Tracks

29 ORWELLS Remember When Autumn Tone

30 TURTLE GIANT All Hidden Places [EP] Self-Released

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Non-Music News

Eye on Triangle Tonight!

Hey Everyone,

So tonight, we’ve got cool stories for everyone to enjoy. Campus Crime has been recurring lately, so we’ve got some tips on how to stay safe. Next, a story on the upcoming Presidential Debate, and a very interesting piece on Third Party Candidates. As usual, we are also bringing Soundbytes from the Pack, Holidays of the Week and Community Calender.

Thanks,

EOT

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Music News and Interviews

Tune in to WKNC for Moogfest 2012 Giveaways!

Moogfest
WKNC is pleased to announce that we will be giving away 2 pairs of General Admission passes to this year’s exciting Moogfest!

Moogfest is the annual festival created in honor of Robert Moog and his immense impact on the course of music. Held annually in Asheville, NC, Moogfest brings together some of the greatest artists from all over the world for an exhilarating two day electronic music festival.

This year’s festival, held on October 26 & 27, includes such great artists as: Primus 3D, Nas, Miike Snow, Explosions in the Sky, Santigold and many more! A full lineup can be viewed here.

For a chance to win these tickets, tune in to 88.1 FM WKNC and, when the DJ asks for it, call in to be entered for your chance to go to this year’s Moogfest!