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Band/Artist Profile

06/04/13 Spotlight: Edgar The Beatmaker

Eighteen year old Archy Marshall aka Zoo Kid aka King Krule has been going by yet another moniker. Since January of 2013, the U.K. native has been releasing hip-hop oriented music under the name Edgar the Beatmaker. Marshall has uploaded a small collection of tracks to a Bandcamp page.

Back in 2011, Marshall described himself more as an MC than a vocalist and proclaimed love for East Coast hip-hop acts like D.I.T.C. and Gang Starr. In addition, the Beatmaker has a SoundCloud page which includes more beat-driven and rapping under the name DJ JD Sports.

Stay tuned for the next alias of the king of cool kids, Archy Marshall.

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Music News and Interviews

Tune in to win tickets to see The Postal Service and The National!

All this week, WKNC will be giving away tickets to two LiveNation shows: The Postal Service with Ra Ra Riot on Friday, June 7 and The National with Dirty Projectors on Monday, June 10! Both of these shows will be presented at the Red Hat Amphitheater in downtown Raleigh and are sure to both be great concerts to kick off the summer season. Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it and you and a friend can win a chance to see these awesome shows!

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Weekly Charts

Top 10 Afterhours Albums for 6/03

1 LETHERETTE    "Letherette"    (Ninja Tune)


2 BONOBO    "The North Borders"    (Ninja Tune)


3 LEMONADE    "Perfect Blue"    (self-release)

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

5 AMP LIVE    "Kaleidoscope Theory"    (Plug Research)


6 TARANTULA X    "Tarantula X"    (Pretty Pretty)

7 EL TEN ELEVEN    "Transitions Remixed"    (Fake)


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


9 GAUDI    "In Between Times"    (Six Degrees)

In between times cover art
10 DJ KOZE    "Amygdala"    (Pampa)

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Concert Preview

WKNC Presents: Best Coast with Guards and Lovely Bad Things

Come join us this Saturday, June 1st, as WKNC will be joining Cat’s Cradle in presenting surf rock duo Best Coast with Guards and Lovely Bad Things at Lincoln Theater! Lovely Bad Things, a garage band out of California will be kicking off the night, followed by lo-fi garage pop group Guards. Tickets to this event can be purchased, and be sure to swing by the WKNC merch table when you go!

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Weekly Charts

Top Ten Afterhours Albums for 5/27

1 LETHERETTE     “Letherette”     (Ninja Tune)


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

3 EL TEN ELEVEN    "Transitions Remixed"    (Fake)


4 LEMONADE    "Perfect Blue"    (self-release)

5 MISTER LIES    "Mowgli"    (Lefse)

6 BONOBO    "The North Borders"    (Ninja Tune)


7 MATT SHADETEK    "The Empire Never Ended"    (Dutty Artz)


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


9 TARANTULA X    "Tarantula X"    (Pretty Pretty)

10 KALEIDOSCOPE JUKEBOX     “Infinite Reflection”    (Rhythm and Culture)

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Weekly Charts

Top 10 Afterhours Albums for 5/20

1   EL TEN ELEVEN    “Transitions Remixed”    (Fake)

2    LETHERETTE    “Letherette”    (Ninja Tune)

3    MISTER LIES    “Mowgli”    (Lefse)

4    KALEIDOSCOPE JUKEBOX    “Infinite Reflection”    (Rhythm and Culture)

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

6    AMP LIVE    “Kaleidoscope Theory” [EP]    (Plug Research)

7    MATT SHADETEK    “The Empire Never Ended”    (Dutty Artz)

8    BONOBO    “The North Borders”    (Ninja Tune)

9    DAVID STARFIRE    “Ascend”    (Six Degrees)

10    TARANTULA X    “Tarantula X”    (Pretty Pretty)

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Music News and Interviews

Out! Raleigh Interview

The Out! Raleigh family friendly street festival will take place Saturday, May 4 on Fayetteville Street’s City Plaza in downtown Raleigh. WKNC DJs Jacob and Benny Mac preview the third annual event with two members of the Out! Raleigh festival leadership team: Kellie Burris, Executive Committee & Vendor Relations, and James Miller, LGBT Center of Raleigh Executive Director.

From the Facebook event page:

Out! Raleigh celebrates North Carolina’s LGBT community, families, friends and supporters in a family-friendly atmosphere. The day-long festival will feature a main stage performance area for regional and local musical groups as well as local dignitaries and speakers. A KidsZone will provide free activities and educational entertainment for young children. All of Fayetteville Street from the State Capitol to City Plaza will be closed for the event, allowing businesses and non-profit organizations to set up vendor spaces to interact with the visiting public. Businesses and restaurants in the surrounding downtown area will be encouraged to welcome and support the festival attendees.

Listen here.

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Concert Preview

WKNC Show Picks for the Week

If you’re not being slaughtered by exams, I recommend you check out some of these shows this week. I AM in the slaughter, and I will still be there. Cinco de Mayo has never looked so good y’all.

 

Thursday 05/02: WKNC presents LBLB with DOCO at Tir Na Nog

Friday 05/03: Mandolin Orange/Ryan Gustafson at Kings Barcade

Saturday 05/04: Youth Lagoon at Cat’s Cradle

Saturday 05/04: Oberhofer/Wool at Kings Barcade

Sunday 05/05: Lost in Trees/Loamlands/Love Language at Cat’s Cradle parking lot (DAY show from 4-9 PM)

Sunday 05/05: Telekinesis/Deep Sea Diver at Local 506

Wednesday 05/08: Band of Horses at The Ritz

 

–Cest La Bri

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Non-Music News

EOT118 Chocolate Excursion 4/30/13

Jake and Gene went all around Raleigh, trying some of the city’s best chocolate shops and bakeries for what turned out to be a delicious excursion.

Gene spoke with a rather interesting professor of hers,  a professor in the department of physics, Professor Fortner.

Listen to episode 118.

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Festival Coverage

Mountain Oasis Lineup Announced!

 

The first ever Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit has just announced their lineup for 2013.  The festival takes place in Asheville, NC on October 25th through the 27th.  Mountain Oasis is programmed and produced by AC Entertainment, the company that helped put together MoogFest.  Towards the end of last year, Moog Music and AC Entertainment split up when Moog declined to renew its licensing agreement with AC.  Mountain Oasis now takes the place of MoogFest as AC Entertainment’s presence in North Carolina.  The Mountain Oasis festival will take place the same weekend and location as previous MoogFests.  This however will not be the end of MoogFest.  Moogfest just recently announced a new partnership with Paxahau along with a new logo. Along with it they stated that MoogFest will not be taking place in 2013, but will return April 25th through the 27th in Asheville for MoogFest 2014.

So set aside all your worries, North Carolina will not be losing a music festival.  Instead we will be gaining another one and after looking at the intial lineup announcement, it looks to be a damn good one.  The lineup, despite not being completed yet, is full of some big names and rarities.  Neutral Milk Hotel will be playing one of their first shows in fifteen years together at this year’s festival. Trent Reznor will be playing twice with How to Destroy Angels as well as Nine Inch Nails who are just coming off their hiatus. Other notable artists include Animal Collective, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Chromatics, Tricky, Zola Jesus and JG Thirwell, Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, and Bosnian Rainbows. Many more artists will be announced in the coming future. The festival will also feature talks, seminars, panels, interactive experiences, exhibitions and more by artists and other esteemed members of the musical community. Tickets will go on sale Thursdau, May 2nd at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. Stay tuned for more details as the full lineup will be announced.