WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student RadioTune into WKNC this evening at 7:00 to hear Riff Raff & Sweet D interview The Manimals!
The boys are playing this Thursday at King’s Barcade with The Hell No and Virgin Lung. Doors at 8:30, show starts at 9:00. The event is all ages, so bring your little sister for some serious rock & roll.
More info about the event can be found here.
WKNC 88.1 FM will hold its eleventh annual Double Barrel Benefit concert Friday, Feb. 7 at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro and Friday, Feb. 14 at Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh. Cat’s Cradle will host The Love Language to kick off the festival with Hammer No More the Fingers, T0W3RS, and GHOSTT BLLONDE supporting. Lincoln Theatre will feature Mount Moriah for the final night along with special guests to be announced, Loamlands, and Daniel Bachman.
“The goal is to bring the established bands we’ve always loved to work with and promote the best new bands that we really believe in,” Bri Aab, general manager, said. “As a station, we want to help cultivate a community in which musicians can thrive. The Triangle has a deep local music history, and we hope to strengthen that relationship of music and the area.”
Because of the interconnected nature of the Triangle, WKNC is holding the first night of the festival at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, a Double Barrel first, and keeping the second night at Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh. The station’s signal is also 25,000 watts, which puts the entire Triangle in its coverage pattern.
“WKNC has grown a lot over the past 10 years of Double Barrel, and this year we are changing it up to illustrate that,” Michael D’Argenio, program director, said. “I’m excited to be bringing this event to larger venues across the Triangle to expose more people to the great local music we have to offer.”
The idea for Double Barrel Benefit, a two-night event to raise money for station operations, came from former general manager Jamie Proctor in 2003. It has become a staple in the music community of North Carolina, and has dually served to promote great local musicians while also benefiting WKNC.
“It’s crazy to have both The Love Language and Mount Moriah this year,” Walt Lilly, station production manager and co-creator of “The Lounge” video series, said. “These are two incredible acts that have a national presence while staying rooted in the Triangle, and we are glad to have their homecoming at Double Barrel.”
“Not only is DBB a great platform to see already established artists in a unique way, it also pairs these acts with our favorite up and coming performers in the area.” John Kovalchik, operations manager, said. “We are very excited about the possibilities that this year’s event has in store.”
Tickets are on sale now at http://wknc.org/dbb11. Prices are $12 in advance and $14 at the door for each night and all proceeds benefit WKNC. Two-night passes are available for $22. The event is 18+. Doors for each show open at 8 p.m. with music at 9 p.m.
Matthew E. White “Big Love” // WKNC’s The Lounge
Richmond songwriter Matthew E. White paid a visit to WKNC before his December show at King’s to perform an alternate version of “Big Love,” a cut off his debut album Big Inner. This is the forth session of The Lounge, which has been described by Indy Week as “a good way to hear tunes you might know in a different context."
Matthew E. White, founder of Spacebomb Records in Richmond, Virginia, is also head of the jazz band Fight the Big Bull and was also a member of rock group The Great White Jenkins. Big Inner, which was released in 2012, can best be described from the following excerpt via his website: " Whether you’re a woman or man, White’s mournful, get-it-on voice may be all you can hear: I don’t want to live a day longer than you, so let’s meet the Lord together. You can call it soul music if you want. It’s his soul and it’s his music.” Big Inner is composed of seven songs and is the first release from Spacebomb Records.
Matthew E. White has also collaborated with Justin Vernon, Sharon Van Etten, Megafaun, and The Mountain Goats.
We may not have a CMJ chart for local music, but that doesn’t mean we can’t let you know which local artists are getting the most spins on WKNC! Every two weeks we’ll be sharing the top five North Carolina-based artists that we play on WKNC. So keep checking back to see which artists are rising up the ranks, and perhaps your requests can send a few underrated folks into our top 5!
1. Mount Moriah
2. The Love Language
3. Future Islands
4. Bombadil
5. Hiss Golden Messenger
This Thursday, January 23rd, Local Band Local Beer will be featuring Henbrain, Vannevar, and Vanguard Party. As always, LBLB takes place at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in downtown Raleigh at 9:30pm every Thursday. This is a free event, so come and jam out to some local tunes!
Be sure to tune in Thursday evening at 5pm with DJ Kataclysm to hear her interview the bands before their performance!
2014 marks the eleventh year for WKNC’s annual fundraiser, Double Barrel Benefit. We are breaking tradition this year by venturing outside of Raleigh to include more of the Triangle! Our first night will be hosted at Carrboro’s Cat’s Cradle on February 7th and the second night will take place at WKNC’s home in Raleigh at Lincoln Theatre on February 14th. This will make for a special Valentine’s Day celebration for you to bring your loved ones to sway to some local jams. Stay tuned to win tickets we’ll be raffling away, which will feature four tickets for both nights of DBB11.
A few weeks back, we announced our two headliners: The Love Language and Mount Moriah. Be sure to tune into the Local Lunch this Friday, January 24th with DJ C’est la Bri from 12:00-1:00pm to hear the full lineup for DBB11.
In the past, we’ve had Polvo, Lonnie Walker, Bowerbirds, Lost in the Trees, Schooner, The Mountain Goats, Megafaun, Spider Bags, Midtown Dickens, and Future Islands. This year, we’ve got some great artists that will make you proud of what North Carolina has to offer! We’ll see you in February!
Radio 200:
Rank Artist Recording Label User Supplied Version
1 PAINTED PALMS Forever Polyvinyl
2 HISTORY OF APPLE PIE Out Of View Marshall Teller
3 LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO Pop Obskura Long Branch
4 SWEARIN’ Surfing Strange Salinas
5 NO JOY Pastel And Pass Out [EP] Mexican Summer
6 HIGH HIGHS Open Season Deluxe Edition fine time
7 MALES Run Run Run/MalesMalesMales Fishrider
8 DESTROYER Five Spanish Songs Merge
9 DUCKTAILS Wish Hotel [EP] Domino
10 THEE OH SEES Singles Collection, Volume 3 Castle Face
11 LOS CAMPESINOS! No Blues Wichita
12 WIDOWSPEAK The Swamps [EP] Captured Tracks
13 SALLIE FORD AND THE SOUND OUTSIDE Summer [EP] Partisan
14 SKY FERREIRA Night Time, My Time Capitol
15 POLICA Shulamith Mom And Pop
16 BLACK HEARTED BROTHER Stars Are Our Home Slumberland
17 MUTUAL BENEFIT Love’s Crushing Diamond Other
18 NOBUNNY Secret Songs: Reflections From The Ear Mirror Goner
19 MIDLAKE Antiphon ATO
20 STATIC JACKS In Blue Fearless
21 LINNEA OLSSON Ah! Gotterfunk
22 SON LUX Lanterns Joyful Noise
23 BOY AND BEAR Harlequin Dream Nettwerk
24 BLOOD ORANGE Cupid Deluxe Domino
25 CUT COPY Free Your Mind Modular-Loma Vista
26 SEBASTIEN GRAINGER Yours To Discover Last Gang
27 BARDO POND Peace On Venus Fire
28 COSMONAUTS Persona Non Grata Burger
29 MILOSH Jetlag Deadly-eOne
30 GORIES The Shaw Tapes: Live From 1988 Third Man
Top 5 Adds:
Rank Artist Recording Label User Supplied Version
1 DOG BITE Tranquiliizers Carpark
2 WARPAINT Warpaint Rough Trade
3 MOGWAI Rave Tapes SUB POP
4 HABIBI Habibi Burger
5 VARIOUS ARTISTS Sweetheart 2014 Concord
It’s been a little over two years since their last live performance in November 2011 in Brazil, but The Strokes are back for a much anticipated performance at this year’s Governor’s Ball Music Festival. Julian Casablancas will also be performing a separate show during the festival.
The band released their fifth album, Comedown Machine, in 2013 but no tour came along with the new release.
Other headliners for the Governor’s Ball music festival in New York City include Outkast, Jack White, and Vampire Weekend along with performances from Phoenix, TV on the Radio, Broken Bells, Neko Case, Sleigh Bells, Grimes, Washed Out, Earl Sweatshirt, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Wild Belle, Tanlines, among others.
On January 9th, Perfect Pussy came to Raleigh to blow the roof off of King’s with Whatever Brains and Davidians. Before that, they dropped by the studio and sat down with DJ Phian to discuss sabotaging soda factories, the new Beyoncé album, and navigating around the rules of the FCC when the name of your band is Perfect Pussy. Listen here.