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Weekly Charts

Top 10 Afterhours Albums for 7/01

1 GOLD PANDA    ”Half Of Where You Live”    (Ghostly)


2 MAJOR LAZER    ”Free The Universe”    (Secretly Canadian)

3 RUXPIN    ”This Time We All Go Together”    (n5MD)

4 EL TEN ELEVEN “Transitions Remixed”    (Fake)

5 HECTIC ZENITHS    "Hectic Zeniths"    (Self-Released)

6 A TRIBE CALLED RED    ”Nation II Nation”    (Tribal Spirits-Pirates Blend)


7  THOMAS BLONDET AND SECOND SKY    ”The Remixes”

8 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS    "Legend Remixed"    (Tuff Gong-UME-Island)

9 LETHERETTE    ”Letherette”    (Ninja Tune)


10 JON HOPKINS    ”Immunity”    (Domino)

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Non-Music News

EOT120 SPB Resignation 6/25/13

Some very big changes took place on the student leadership front on campus, leaving us with a new student body president and plenty of unanswered questions. Deondre seeks to answer a few of those in this next story.

N.C. State students are constantly doing really big things in this world. This week, Andrew got the privilege of interviewing Christina Hammock,  an N.C. State alum who now works for NASA. We are sorry for the quality of the phone call, please understand that Christina was calling from the island of Samoa, reception is a little weird over there.

Our last story highlights the growing nonprofit drive here in Raleigh, starting with our university’s nonprofit studies minor. Deondre’ has more.

Listen to episode 120.

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Festival Coverage

Hopscotch Schedule Announced!

While the line-up has been published for some time now, the official schedule has just been posted.  Now its time to get out that pen and paper and start banging your head into the wall to decide if you want to see Kurt Vile and the Violators or Matthew Dear more.  With this year’s stellar line-up there is sure to be much debate over who to see as well as a lot of running around to maximize the number of sets you see.  Hopscotch has been posting a number of useful Hopscotch Handbooks that break down different bands to help make your decision process a bit easier.  As always, stay tuned to WKNC as we continue to bring you some artists to look forward to at this year’s festival.  So pin your Hopscotch handbooks and schedules on the wall, it’s time to pull out the red string and tacks and start mapping your Hopscotch 2013 adventure!

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Weekly Charts

Top 10 Afterhours Albums for 6/24

1 LETHERETTE    ”Letherette”    (Ninja Tune)


2 A TRIBE CALLED RED    ”Nation II Nation”    (Tribal Spirits-Pirates Blend)


3 THOMAS BLONDET AND SECOND SKY    ”The Remixes”

4 GOLD PANDA    "Half Of Where You Live"    (Ghostly)


5 MAJOR LAZER    ”Free The Universe”    (Secretly Canadian)

6 GAUDI    "In Between Times"    (Six Degrees)

7 MISTER LIES    "Mowgli"    (Lefse)

8 EL TEN ELEVEN “Transitions Remixed”    (Fake)

9 DJ KOZE    ”Amygdala”    (Pampa)

10 BONOBO    ”The North Borders”     (Ninja Tune)

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Concert Review

Show Review: Twin Shadow w/ Elliphant

On a muggy evening in June, there really is no escape like being swept into the swampy and synthy sounds of a band like Twin Shadow. A laid-back crowd filed in out of the heat, but numbers were still small for what I consider to be a well-known band.

Opener Elliphant (featuring an M.I.A-esque singer and her dj) worked hard to get the crowd out of their sun-addled stupor, and by all consideration succeeded in impressing them. However, it was obvious that this group of spectators had one agenda, and after a nice long break between sets, lead singer George Lewis Jr., drummer, bassist, and synth emerge to a enthusiastic round of whoops and applause.

Immersed in a black and white kaleidoscope light-show, the band set straight to work. Starting with a couple lesser-known tracks, the group quickly got to their hit “5 Seconds,” after which it was apparent that the crowd was less than energetic, which in my opinion can kill the mood of any show. I will say, however, that I’ve never seen a band work so hard, each person was obviously giving it their all and that made all the difference. They took a cold room and worked it, which is the key. Slowly the bodies started moving and those die-hard fans panned their good vibes throughout the room, and a mass of bobbing heads and waving arms formed. We were in a good place, now. I left the concert quite satisfied with what I had heard and seen, and ready to wake up the next day and revisit the moment with a review of the album, as I’m sure many others did, as well.

All in all it was a great start to my personal summer concert series. Can’t ask for more than that.

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Weekly Charts

Top 10 Afterhours Albums for 6/17

1 BONOBO    "The North Borders"     (Ninja Tune)


2 MAJOR LAZER    "Free The Universe"    (Secretly Canadian)

3 A TRIBE CALLED RED    "Nation II Nation"    (Tribal Spirits-Pirates Blend)


4 LETHERETTE    "Letherette"    (Ninja Tune)

5 EL TEN ELEVEN “Transitions Remixed”    (Fake)

6 DJ KOZE    "Amygdala"    (Pampa)

7 THOMAS BLONDET AND SECOND SKY    "The Remixes"


8 TARANTULA X    "Tarantula X"    (Pretty Pretty)

9 AMP LIVE    "Kaleidoscope Theory [EP]“    (Plug Research)

10 JON HOPKINS    "Immunity”    (Domino)

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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways for the week of 6/17 – 6/23

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, June 18 – Reptar with Casual Curious, and The Brand New Life @ Kings

Thursday, June 20 – Two Gallants with Broncho @ Motorco

Friday, June 21 – Grandchildren with Wool and The Fleeting Ends @ Kings

Saturday, June 22 – Mike Cooley @ Local 506

Sunday, June 23 – Shana Falana with Prisms, and Drag Sounds @ Pinhook

Sunday, June 23 – Kendrick Lamar with Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock@ Red Hat Amphitheater

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Non-Music News

EOT119 Cameron Village 6/11/13

Packapalooza is a giant family NC State tradition that is on the rise. Here is my interview with the former student body president about this year’s Packapalooza.

Cameron Village has a bit of hidden side to it. Do you know about the old Cameron Village?

Campus is abuzz right now with the sounds of heavy machinery and loud drilling. I sat down with transportation to figure the whats and whys of summer construction.

Listen to episode 119.

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Daytime Indie Rock Charts – June 10

Every week, WKNC compiles a list of charts and adds. Here are the Daytime Indie Rock charts for this week. You can tune into our Daytime programming weekdays from 5am to 7pm.

TOP ADDS:

1 SONNY AND THE SUNSETS Antenna To The Afterworld Polyvinyl

2 BRAIDS In Kind/Amends [EP] Arbutus

3 PRIMAL SCREAM More Light IGNITION

4 GOLD PANDA Half Of Where You Live Ghostly

5 ALEX BLEEKER AND THE FREAKS How Far Away Woodsist

TOP 200:

1 ALPINE A Is For Alpine Votive

2 WAMPIRE Curiosity Polyvinyl

3 GRANDCHILDREN  Golden Age Earnest Jenning

4 DEERHUNTER Monomania 4AD

5 BIBIO Silver Wilkinson Warp

6 NATIONAL Trouble Will Find Me 4AD

7 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Modern Vampires Of The City XL

8 WILD NOTHING Empty Estate Captured Tracks

9 SHANNON AND THE CLAMS Dreams In The Rat House Hardly Art

10 ADULT. The Way Things Fall Ghostly

11 MAJICAL CLOUDZ Impersonator Matador

12 PURE X Crawling Up The Stairs Acephale

13 SMALL BLACK  Limits Of Desire Jagjaguwar

14 BEACON The Ways We Separate Ghostly

15 MIKAL CRONIN MCII Merge

16 PASTELS Slow Summits Domino

17 BNLX BNLX Susstones

18 IRON AND WINE Ghost On Ghost Nonesuch

19 CLUB 8 Above The City Labrador

20 FRONT BOTTOMS Talon Of The Hawk Bar/None

21 AM AND SHAWN LEE La Musique Numerique Park The Van

22 LAURA MARLING Once I Was An Eagle Domino-Ribbon

23 W-H-I-T-E III Aagoo

24 VIOLETA VIL Lapidas Y Cocoteros Young Cubs

25 PHOENIX Bankrupt! Glassnote

26 COCOROSIE Tales Of A Grasswidow Self-Released

27 WIRE Change Becomes Us Pink Flag

28 THERMALS Desperate Ground Saddle Creek

29 MOON KING Obsession II One Big Silence

30 DAUGHTER If You Leave Glassnote

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Weekly Charts

Top 10 Afterhours Albums for 6/10

1 BONOBO    "The North Borders"    (Ninja Tune)


2 MAJOR LAZER     “Free The Universe”    (Secretly Canadian)

3 TARANTULA X    "Tarantula X"    (Pretty Pretty)

4 RUXPIN    "This Time We All Go Together"    (n5MD)

5 DJ KOZE    "Amygdala"    (Pampa)

6 AMP LIVE    "Kaleidoscope Theory"    (Plug Research)

7 A TRIBE CALLED RED    "Nation II Nation"    (Tribal Spirits-Pirates Blend)


8 THOMAS BLONDET AND SECOND SKY    "The Remixes"

9 LETHERETTE    "Letherette"    (Ninja Tune)


10 EL TEN ELEVEN    "Transitions Remixed"    (Fake)