WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student RadioTonight’s Local Band Local Beer will feature Morning Brigade, Look Homeward, and Kurtzweil.
LBLB is presented by Younger Brother Productions, WKNC 88.1 FM, and Tir na nOg.
9:30pm // FREE // 18+
Tune in today at 5 PM to hear DJ Kataclysm interview the bands prior to their performance.
DRUMSTRONG ANNOUNCES PERFORMER LINEUP FOR 3-DAY RHYTHM & ARTS FESTIVAL
DRUMSTRONG Rhythm & Arts festival, an annual 3-day event in the rolling pastures of Misty Meadows Farm in Weddington, N.C., has confirmed its performer lineup for May 16-18. This yearʼs acts include:
Railroad Earth, Felice Brothers, Kopecky Family Band, Chatham County Line, American Aquarium, Yo Mamaʼs Big Fat Booty Band, Dom Flemons (Formerly of Carolina Chocolate Drops), Joe Pug, HRVRD, Lost in the Trees, The Mantras, The New Familiars, The Love Language, Marley Carroll, Bombadil, Overmountain Men, Junior Astronomers, Dirty Drummer, Elonzo, Ancient Cities, Super Ape, Grown Up Avenger Stuff, Of Good Nature, Replicas, Sinners and Saints, Time Sawyer, Pullman Strike, The Business People, Cairo Fire, Miami Dice and more to be announced
Located just 4 miles south of Charlotte in Weddington, NC, festivities start Friday evening, May 16 with outrageous stage sets, art & food vendors, a craft beer garden, yoga, KidzFun and some “warm-up” drum circle activity. We have on-site drum and yoga instruction, health expo, vendors with drums, food, and unique souvenirs. Come out and play, drum, learn, dance, eat, camp and show your support.
About Drumstrong
DRUMSTRONG events raise awareness and funds for cancer organizations globally through family friendly rhythm gatherings. Since the first 25-hour drum session at Misty Meadows Farm in 2007, DRUMSTRONG has expanded to over 70 cities in 25 countries to help local cancer initiatives.
About CLTure
Founded in 2012, CLTure is a cooperative business collaborative that utilizes the most artistic and creative minds in the area to produce superior media, print, video and web content. As a full service boutique marketing, advertising and entertainment company, CLTure helps businesses market their products through creative interaction with their target market by utilizing their exclusive network of creators. The company is proud to advocate for independent business, music, arts and culture.
WKNC is excited to announce that we have partnered with Moogfest to give away a pair of tickets to this incredible festival. Moogfest has been an elite gathering of electronic musicians since 2004 and, in 2014, Moogfest is expanding its vision by becoming a 5-Day event dedicated to the synthesis of technology, art, and music. This year’s festival includes both an experimental line up of daytime conference programming and landmark nightly performances including artists such as Kraftwerk, Flying Lotus, M.I.A., Giorgio Moroder, and many more! Moogfest takes place April 23-27th in downtown Asheville, NC.
Stay tuned to WKNC all week long for your chance to enter into a drawing for this pair of passes. We will be announcing the winner one week from today, March 26th!
Top 5 Adds:
Rank Artist Recording Label User Supplied Version
1 WAR ON DRUGS Lost In The Dream Secretly Canadian
2 PERFECT PUSSY Say Yes To Love Captured Tracks
3 KEVIN DREW Darlings Arts And Crafts
4 INCAN ABRAHAM Tolerance White Iris
5 TRIN TRAN Far Reaches [EP] Castle Face
Radio 200:
1 ANGEL OLSEN Burn Your Fire For No Witness Jagjaguwar
2 NOTHING Guilty Of Everything Relapse
3 BE FOREST Earthbeat We Were Never Being Boring
4 DUM DUM GIRLS Too True SUB POP
5 SPEEDY ORTIZ Real Hair [EP] Carpark
6 TACOCAT NVM Hardly Art
7 ETERNAL SUMMERS The Drop Beneath Kanine
8 REAL ESTATE Atlas Domino
9 STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS Wig Out At Jagbags Matador
10 BLACK LIPS Underneath The Rainbow Vice
11 BEAR HANDS Distraction Cantora
12 HABIBI Habibi Burger
13 MOGWAI Rave Tapes SUB POP
14 GARDENS AND VILLA Dunes Secretly Canadian
15 THE MEN Tomorrow’s Hits Sacred Bones
16 MARISSA NADLER July Sacred Bones
17 THUMPERS Galore SUB POP
18 WARPAINT Warpaint Rough Trade
19 CEO Wonderland Modular
20 CIBO MATTO Hotel Valentine Chimera
21 AVA LUNA Electric Balloon Western Vinyl
22 AGES AND AGES Divisionary Partisan
23 EAGULLS Eagulls Partisan
24 JUAN WAUTERS N.A.P. North American Poetry Captured Tracks
25 AXXA/ABRAXAS Axxa/Abraxas Captured Tracks
26 SOLIDS Blame Confusion Fat Possum
27 TRUST Joyland Arts And Crafts
28 MODE MODERNE Occult Delight Light Organ
29 UME Monuments Dangerbird
30 TEMPLES Sun Structures Fat Possum
We are back again for the Spring semester to bring FREE music, food, and prizes as part of Fridays on the Lawn! This Friday, March 21, 2014 our first edition of Fridays on the Lawn will take place at 5 PM on Harris Field in front of Witherspoon Student Center on the corner of Dan Allen Drive and Cates Avenue. Parking is available in Dan Allen Deck and all spots marked “C” at and after 5 PM.
This week we have TOW3RS and The White Cascade!
TOW3RS is the local one-man project of Derek Torres who consistently delivers a highly energetic and engaging performance.
His sound can be described as a super eclectic mix of psychedelic sounds with folk inspirations.
TOW3RS performed at our first night of Double Barrel Benefit 11 at Cat’s Cradle just last month.
You can also watch TOW3RS perform the song “The Situation” in our online video series, The Lounge.
The White Cascade is a local band from Raleigh. They performed for WKNC just last month as part of our weekly Local Band Local Beer.
The band describes themselves as having an ambient, dream-pop, experimental, shoe-gaze sound. They provide a great post rock show.
Our very own Double Barrel Benefit artist and North Carolina natives, Future Islands, had a string of great performances at this year’s SXSW. This is one of WKNC’s favorite local bands and they made us so proud down in Austin.
The first performance was at The Spotify House
Next was their performance at the Spin Magazine day party
Hospitality performing at the Merge Records showcase at The Parish
The Orwells at the Spin Magazine day party
Temples at the Spin Magazine day party
Warpaint held it down through their technical difficulties and delivered an amazing set
Cloud Nothings killing it at the Spin Magazine day party
Closing out the north stage at the Spin Magazine day party was Against Me!
Some of our WKNC family is currently down in Austin for this year’s SXSW. Here are some highlights from their experience so far:
The Black Lips playing at Mellow Johnny’s for the KEXP day party
EX HEX performing at the Pitchfork day party
Betsy Wright of Ex Hex with our General Manager, Cest la Bri
Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz
Perfect Pussy performing at the Pitchfork day party.
Cashmere Cat taking the stage after Perfect Pussy’s performance
Coachwhips at the Pitchfork day party at French Legation
Cest la Bri with John Dwyer of Coachwhips and Thee Oh Sees.
La Luz takes the stage at the Gypsy Lounge
Estrangers is a five-piece hailing from Winston-Salem, NC consisting of Philip Pledger on vocals and guitar, Mike Wallace on Guitar, David-Todd Murray on keyboards, Nathan H. Bedsole on bass, and Drew Braden on drums. The fuzz-pop quintet formed in the summer of 2011. By November, they had released their debut effort Black Ballroom and had opened for Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Titus Andronicus. Their bright, washed-out pop was reminiscent of older days. After a period of indecision and a few lineup changes, they were back with their follow-up Sunmelt EP. This effort found them exploring more into a psychedelic side of their lo-fi pop sound.
Their latest LP, Season of 1000 Colors, was released last summer as their first release of their newly founded label Phuzz Records. This album really finds Estrangers nailing down their sound. Season features more polished production then their last two outings, but still maintains their earnest, fuzzy pysch-pop tunes. The album is a melodic wash of bright pop comprised of huge melodies, complimented by fuzzy guitars and synths grounded by thundering drums and bass. Through and through, their first full-length is a brilliant album that picks you up on the first listen and has enough layers to keep bringing you back.
Philip Pledger not only serves as the singer and guitarist of Estrangers but also as the founder and co-director of Phuzz Phest. Phuzz Phest is an annual music festival that is now in its 4th year that takes place in downtown Winston-Salem. The festival works to bring some of the best local acts as well as some great local acts in for a weekend long festival. This year during the first weekend in April, Phuzz Phest brings No Age, Kool Keith, Jessica Lea Mayfield, White Fence, Diarrhea Planet, Mount Moriah, Ex Hex, The Love Language and over 40 more incredible acts to Winston-Salem for an insane weekend that will now also feature a coffee conference and afterparties. Check out their website for the full schedule and more information.
With Phuzz Phest right around the corner, Estrangers is hitting the road again with some new songs before they return home to play Phuzz Phest. Tune in to WKNC at 7pm on Wednesday March 12th to hear an interview with the band before their show at Kings that night!
Check out their video for “Cape Fear" here!
3/12 Kings Barcade (Raleigh) with Eston & The Outs, Flash Car
3/13 The Gold Bar (Baltimore) with Infinite Honey, Joy Classic
3/14 The Gutter (Brooklyn) with IYEZ
4/04 Phuzz Phest (Winston-Salem)
WKNC has not one but two “win-them-before-you-can-buy-them” giveaways going on this week thanks to our friends at Live Nation.
Vampire Weekend will play Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater on June 12. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 14 at 10 a.m.
Ray LaMontagne with special guests The Belle Brigade will be at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh on July 26. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 14 at noon.
If you aren’t one of our lucky winners, pick up your tickets at LiveNation.com, via the Live Nation mobile app, the Belk Box Office at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre and Duke Energy Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.