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Music News and Interviews

GET YO’ GIVEAWAYS! Sept 21-30th

It’s finally Fall, and KNC is still bringing tickets to the shows you want to see in the Triangle this September! Listen to win and call our studio lines at 919-860-0881 or 919-515-2400.

The Henry Clay People @ Kings Barcade (09/22)  – 2 passes remain!

The Bowerbirds @ Haw River Ballroom (09/22) – 1 pass remains!

Cate Le Bon @ Kings Barcade (09/25) – 2 passes remain!

Toro y Moi, The Choir Quit,  Can’t Kids, and Organos @ Motorco Music Hall (09/26) – 1 pass remains!

 

Thanks for listening and keep it locked to 88.1FM!

 

 

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Non-Music News

EOT102 Engineers Without Borders 9/18/12

Many might not have heard about this next story in the pop news minute, but a large British bank is currently under investigation for banking with iran through their New York offices. It is, of course, illegal to do business with the state of Iran. It’s a juicy scandal for the ages. Will has more.

Deondre’ spoke with members of the Creative Food Drive, an organization here in North Carolina that tries to provide food to the needy through some rather… unconventional means.

Last week, Deondre’ got into a discussion with some of our eot contributors about whether or not women wearing leggings as pants are ok. Deondre’ said nay, Jasmine and Gene said yay. We became curious as to what the wolfpack thinks, so we decided to find out. And, well… the answers might surprise you.

Engineers Without Borders is a group striving to do good in the world, and can kind of be considered an engineer’s answer to the organization doctors without borders. This week, Gene spoke with members of Engineers Without Borders to find out a little more of what they’re all about.

If you are a fan of bad movies, then perhaps you might have heard of this movie. Jake now has some thoughts on the two thousand three “blockbuster” The Room.

Listen to episode 102.

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Weekly Charts

WKNC’s Charts and Top 5 Adds – Sept. 18

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

WKNC Radio 200

Rank Artist Recording Label
1 MUSIC TAPES Mary’s Voice Merge
2 WILD NOTHING Nocturne Captured Tracks
3 DEEP TIME Deep Time Hardly Art
4 DREAMSCAPE La-Di-Da Recordings Kranky
5 IAMAMIWHOAMI Kin coop
6 TANGO IN THE ATTIC Sellotape Domicile Crocodile
7 ANTIBALAS Antibalas Daptone
8 ORWELLS Remember When Autumn Tone
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 ALLEN STONE Allen Stone ATO
16 DEERHOOF Breakup Song Polyvinyl
17 TURTLE GIANT All Hidden Places [EP] Self-Released
18 FANTASMES Redness Moon Last Bummer
19 FRESH AND ONLYS Long Slow Dance Mexican Summer
20 DAN DEACON America Domino
21 HELIO SEQUENCE Negotiations SUB POP
22 MENOMENA Moms Barsuk
23 CULT OF YOUTH Love Will Prevail Sacred Bones
24 FERGUS AND GERONIMO Funky Was The State Of Affairs Hardly Art
25 HOLOGRAMS Holograms Captured Tracks
26 STAGNANT POOLS Temporary Room Polyvinyl
27 ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Mature Themes 4AD
28 ETERNAL SUMMERS Correct Behavior Kanine
29 VAN SHE Idea Of Happiness Modular
30 TEEN In Limbo Carpark

WKNC Radio 200 Adds

Rank Artist Recording Label
1 UNGDOMSKULEN Secrecy Young Aspiring Professionals
2 SSION Bent Dovecote
3 JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Meat And Bone Mom And Pop-Boombox
4 GRIZZLY BEAR Shields Warp
5 THE XX Coexist XL

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Miscellaneous

WKNC on MTVU!

WKNC is proud to announce that it is a part of this year’s MTVU College Radio Countdown, a showcase of some of the best college radio stations around the nation. Starting today, Tuesday the 18th, through Friday the 21st, WKNC will be airing its spot along with our top ten music video countdown. Be sure to tune in and check us out on mtvU, and also check out the MTVU Tumblr for our “WKNC pick of the day’s.”

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Afterhours’ RPM Charts and Adds – Sept. 17

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

1 PURITY RING Shrines 4AD

2 KREWELLA Play Hard [EP] Self-Released

3 SCISSOR SISTERS Magic Hour Universal

4 GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER House Instrumentals II Simply Deep

5 LORN Ask The Dust Ninja Tune

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

7 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA “Don’t You Worry Child” [Single] Astralwerks

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

9 NERD REVOLT Nerd Revolt Self-Released

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

Adds:

1 THAVIUS BECK The Most Beautiful Ugly Plug Research

2 HUNDRED WATERS thistle ep

3 SHUTTLE Halo Ninja Tune

4 MICHNA Moving Mountains Ghostly

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Non-Music News

Insect Minute – Cockroaches

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: cockroaches.

If you would like to find out more about cockroaches visit the museum’s website at insectmuseum.org where you also find information about our museum and read our blog where we talk about interesting stuff going on in the world of entomology.

Listen to episode seven.

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Non-Music News

EOT101 Election 2012 9/11/12

Jake’s retrospective of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

Interview with David Lewis, one of the organizers of the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Preview of Herman Cain’s visit to N.C. State.

Soundbytes on whether students are planning to vote in the 2012 election.

Listen to episode 101.

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Non-Music News

Girls Rock NC Fall 2012 Camper Slots Available

Girls Rock NC is a Durham-based nonprofit organization for girls ages 7-15 that focuses on empowering them through creative expression. Through their after school program, girls learn how to play instruments, write songs and attend workshops in body confidence. Fall’s program will include ten sessions, which will be each monday 3:45-5:45PM from September 17-November 19.

The programming this year will be headed up by Heather McEntire (Bellafea, Mount Moriah, founder of Holidays for Quince Records) and Collier Reeves (co-founder of Homegrown City Farms), both veteran GRNC staff.

If you’ve aged out  of the camper range and still want to get involved, visit GirlsRock.org for ways to volunteer and donate.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Girls-Rock-NC/351736201514929

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Non-Music News

Eye on the Triangle!

Hey Everyone,

Tonight, we’ve got a diverse lineup of stories for you all. Our contributors have brought coverage of the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention, as well as Herman Cain’s appearance on campus tomorrow. We’ve also got Soundbytes from the Brickyard about Voting. Phillip Farms are hosting a corn maze for Charity that is also Haunted, which Deondre’ has more news about. We’ve also got Eye on the Arts and a September 11th dedication. Tune in in 5 minutes.

Thanks,

EOT

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Afterhours’ RPM Charts and Adds

Each week, WKNC compiles a list of the top ten charted Afterhours songs and adds.

Top 10:

1 PURITY RING Shrines 4AD

2 LORN Ask The Dust Ninja Tune

3 KREWELLA Play Hard [EP] Self-Released

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

5 NO DOUBT “Settle Down” [Single] Columbia

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

7 SCISSOR SISTERS Magic Hour Universal

8 GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER House Instrumentals II Simply Deep

9 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA “Don’t You Worry Child” [Single] Astralwerks

10 BT Laptop Symphony Black Hole

Adds:

1 NERD REVOLT Nerd Revolt Self-Released

2 FLYING LOTUS “See Thru To U” [Single] Warp

3 THE KNOCKS The Feeling Remix EP A&M/Octone