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Double Barrel Benefit 11: Full Lineup Announcement

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!

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Charts: 1/21/2014

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

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Music News and Interviews

The Strokes Awaken From the Dead!

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.

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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. 

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Music News and Interviews

Perfect Pussy Interview

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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.

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Concert Preview

The Great Cover Up at King’s Barcade // January 16-18, 2014

This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, King’s Barcade will be presenting The Great Cover Up. 

This three day event will feature 20+ secret bands. Proceeds will benefit InterAct, KidZNotes, and SPCA of Wake County. 

Doors will open at 8pm on Thursday and Saturday due to the number of participants this year! The show will start at 8:45 on both of these nights.

Friday’s doors will be at 9pm, promptly following the conclusion of The Dangling Loafer comedy show. The show starts at 9:30 on this night!

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Local Band Local Beer: January 16, 2014

Come out to Tir na Nog Irish Pub tonight, January 16, 2014, for Local Band Local Beer presented by WKNC! This week we are featuring Lowland Hum, Birds and Arrows, and  Small Town Gossip. 

As always, this is a FREE event and it starts at 9:30pm. 

Be sure to tune in at 5pm tonight to hear DJ Kataclysm interview the bands prior to their performance!

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Charts: 1/14/2014

Radio 200:

1            NO JOY            Pastel And Pass Out [EP]            Mexican Summer           

2            LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO            Pop Obskura            Long Branch           

3            HISTORY OF APPLE PIE            Out Of View            Marshall Teller           

4            SWEARIN *            Surfing Strange *            *           

5            GHOST DANCE            Ghost Dance            Rough Beast           

6            DUCKTAILS            Wish Hotel [EP]            Domino           

7            THEE OH SEES            Singles Collection, Volume 3            Castle Face           

8            WIDOWSPEAK            The Swamps [EP]            Captured Tracks           

9            HIGH HIGHS            Open Season Deluxe Edition            fine time           

10            MALES            Run Run Run/MalesMalesMales            Fishrider           

11            CASS MCCOMBS            Big Wheel And Others            Domino           

12            DESTROYER            Five Spanish Songs            Merge           

13            SKY FERREIRA            Night Time, My Time            Capitol           

14            LOS CAMPESINOS!            No Blues            Wichita           

15            SALLIE FORD AND THE SOUND OUTSIDE            Summer [EP]            Partisan           

16            MUTUAL BENEFIT            Love’s Crushing Diamond            Other           

17            BLACK HEARTED BROTHER            Stars Are Our Home            Slumberland           

18            NOBUNNY            Secret Songs: Reflections From The Ear Mirror            Goner           

19            CUT COPY            Free Your Mind            Modular-Loma Vista           

20            POLICA            Shulamith            Mom And Pop           

21            THROWING MUSES            Purgatory/Paradise            IT Books-Harper Collins           

22            LINNEA OLSSON            Ah!            Gotterfunk           

23            BLOOD ORANGE            Cupid Deluxe            Domino           

24            STATIC JACKS            In Blue            Fearless           

25            MIDLAKE            Antiphon            ATO           

26            SON LUX            Lanterns            Joyful Noise           

27            GORIES            The Shaw Tapes: Live From 1988            Third Man           

28            BARDO POND            Peace On Venus            Fire           

29            MOONFACE            Julia With Blue Jeans On            Jagjaguwar           

30            COSMONAUTS            Persona Non Grata            Burger

Top 5 Adds:

1            PAINTED PALMS            Forever            Polyvinyl           

2            BOY AND BEAR            Harlequin Dream            Nettwerk           

3            NICK WATERHOUSE            Holly            Innovative Leisure           

4            BURIAL            Rival Dealer            Hyperdub           

5            TOY            Join The Dots            Heavenly           

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New Album Review

New Daytime Music

Linnea Olsson: “Ah!”
This album consists solely of Olsson’s beautiful soft voice, and all the impressive sounds that she can produce with her cello. Linnea is certainly full of a lot of talent and she shows it in this album. 

Milosh: “Jetlag”
Straight out of Canada, Milosh produces minimal electronic beats combined with soft mysterious vocals. Don’t be fooled though, there are other subtle dimensions that make it give the feel of what ‘jetlag’ may be like if put into sound.

Kramies: “The Wooden Heart”
Although the cover of this album looks like a picture from the Pirates of the Caribbean, it is actually full of many soothing soft rock components, soft vocals, and nice synths. I highly recommend this if you’re looking for a slower listen. 

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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways for the week of 1/13 – 1/19

Keep it tuned to WKNC all week long for your chance to win tickets to any of these great shows below! Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it, and you and a friend could be hitting up some of the coolest local acts around.

Tuesday, January 14 – Against Me! with The Sidekicks @ Cat’s Cradle
Saturday, January 18 – Solar Halos with Irata @ Cat’s Cradle Back Room

Sunday, January 19 – Reggie and the Full Effect with Dads @ Local 506

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Concert Review

Show Review: Mandolin Orange for PineCone Jan. 10th

It was one of those evenings that left you dreaming of lying in an overgrown field, soaking in the sun’s rays. Yes, folks, it’s all due to the harmonious sounds of our Chapel Hill friends, Mandolin Orange.

Thanks to the PineCone, Piedmont Council of Traditional Music Inc., Mandolin Orange was the duo of the night on January 10th as part of a series of Down Home Concerts featuring other local favorite bluegrass and folk artists. PineCone was originally founded in 1984 as a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving, presenting and promoting traditional music dance and other folk art.

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Commencing their New Year at the classy and cozy Fletcher Opera Theatre in downtown Raleigh, Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin justified a sold out show since their CD-release party at Cat’s Cradle back in August of 2013.  The duo took to the stage, him matching her orange and blue dress- of which she probably made herself, as she’s known to flourish in her hand-made frocks.  The band began the evening with the favorite “House of Stone,” a track from their recent record This Side of Jordan.  Accompanying the laidback duo was accomplished musician Robbie Link on bass and cello, who is known across the state for his talent with the string family.  The duo covered all the corners, performing songs reaching back to their first record Quiet Little Room to the most recent.  Marlin and Frantz seemed very at ease and comfortable to be performing, cracking jokes and sweet banter as well as even reminiscing about Andrew’s attempt at ‘flying’ off the Haw River spillway, an incident that later led to a broken pelvis and a stunt in the hospital that inspired the track “Morphine Girl.” From favorites like “Turtle Dove & The Crow,” a song dedicated to Marlin’s father, to “These Old Wheels,” the duo even covered a number of songs, like Garry Harrison’s “Red Prairie Dawn” and “All I Have To Do Is Dream” by the Everly Brothers, in memoriam of the late Phil Everly. A personal favorite was the band’s cover of Tim O’Brien’s “I’ve Endured,” of which Marlin showcased his natural knack for the mandolin.  The evening concluded with Frantz showing off her true talent for the fiddle with Marlin matching her on the mandolin.  

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After being named one of NPR’s top ten folk and Americana albums of 2013, the duo proved that ‘their side of Jordan’ was a pretty sweet side to be on.  This was a crowd that was there to appreciate authentic bluegrass and country, and that’s exactly what the evening entailed.  It’s cozy concerts like these that the audience is privy to authentic music; inside your heart will be warm and ears will be happy.

– DJ Zaps