WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student Radio1 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)
10 DJ KOZE "Amygdala" (Pampa)
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!
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)
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)
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.
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
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.
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.
Tuesday night at The Maywood was a totally killer show. Featured on the bill were Abuse. (Raleigh’s own power violence trio), Child Support (Raleigh hardcore – first show), Pennsylvanian straight edge-cool-dudes Hounds of Hate, and U.K.’s straight edge punks Violent Reaction.
Child Support were not bad at all for it being their first show. They definitely ruled and brought a decent mosh! Probably the coolest first show I’ve ever seen. The vocalist is a high school kid who goes nuts running around, pushing everyone violently away as he rushes through the crowd. Definitely looking forward to future shows.
After Child Support were Violent Reaction, a straight edge hardcore punk band from the UK with a hint of Oi!. Glad to see a band bringing a taste of their homeland sound over to the States. This band ruled!
Violent Reaction – Photo by Will Butler, used by permission
After Violent Reaction were Hounds of Hate. These dudes bring a fresh sound to oldschool 90’s NYHC. Reminded me a lot of Cro-Mags or Sick of It All. They have their new self-titled LP out on Painkiller records. Check it out!
Last but not least was Abuse. These dudes always put on a great show, pumping out song after song of brutal, unforgivable power violence. Abuse. just put out a 7" on Hygiene Records, owned by Jordan of Priapus. Be sure to check that out!
-Possessed
WKNC’s DJ Jacob had the opportunity to sit down in studio with Nathan Price, co-founder of DiggUp Tapes, on Friday, April 19. The two discussed forming the band The Mark Tobeys, DiggUp’s cassingles series, DiggUp on tour, Record Store Day on April 20, and what’s next for the record label/show promotion company.