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Non-Music News

WKNC Has An App!

We just released the new NC State Student Media App today!  We are really excited about this great new feature.  It is easy to use and looks incredible.  The app is available to download for free to both your Apple and Android devices.  This app gives you the ability to stream WKNC, check out recently played songs, and request songs easily from your mobile device!   It also features amazing content content from the Technician, the Agromeck, the Windhover, and the Nubian Message.  Be sure to download the app for another easy way to listen to WKNC.

 

WKNC App

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Festival Coverage

Hopscotch Road Shows

Hopscotch Music Festival just recently announced their upcoming Hopscotch Road Shows shown above. Several other music festivals such as Bonnaroo have begun to do this. This is Hopscotch’s first attempt to bring some of their past festival favorites on the road to some new areas to try and spread their influence. Hopscotch is now going into its fourth year of existence, and it continues to grow. Hopscotch 2013 takes place September 5th-7th all across downtown Raleigh. While the line-up has not been announced yet, they just recently revealed that the co-founder of The Velvet Underground, John Cale, will be performing at this year’s festival. The rest of the line-up will be announced in late April. With the additional effort being to put into road shows and the success of past years, this year’s festival promises to be the best yet.

Each of the road shows host an incredibly strong line-up. All of these bands have performed either at past festivals or at day parties. Most of these acts hail from North Carolina and are no stranger to putting on incredible live shows. With each show only being $5, there is no way that you have any better to do on these nights. So be sure to check out the road show nearest you and stay tuned for the full line-up announcement for Hopscotch 2013 in late April!

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Band/Artist Profile Local Music

March’s Local Artist of the Month: Birds & Arrows

Birds and Arrows began back in 2007 as a husband and wife duo.  Andrea Connolly wielded the guitar as Pete commanded the drums.  On appearance, most people might have shrugged off the music.  With two people who are stuck together for better or worse, how much could their music really have to offer?  Their first batch of EPs easily dismissed these notions.  The instrumentation seemed to amount to so much more than just a couple on stage.  Their vocals complemented each other perfectly and made the music so much stronger than bands who enlist a whole army on stage.  In 2009, cellist Josh Starmer joined the line-up adding a whole other dimension to their already incredible sound.  His cello lines swimming in and out of the music along with their sweet, melodic voices.  Their calming breed of chamber indie-folk is an incredibly refreshing sound to fans of any type of music.

Since their inception, they have toured heavily throughout the Carolinas as well as several stints up and down the east coast. They have performed at several WKNC events including last year’s Double Barrel Benefit as well as Local Band Local Beer.  In their six years of existence, they have perfected their live show engaging a wide variety of audiences.  They make those who have no experience with folk music sway with their beautifully arranged music and their smooth, infectious melodies.  Their third full length Coyotes, is due out March 19th.  This album promises to be their best effort to date.  They recently released the music video for their first single “Firefly” from the upcoming album in Shuffle Magazine.  Be sure to check them out Thursday, March 14 at 6pm as we interview them live at WKNC for our Local Artist of the Month segment!

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Non-Music News

EOT116 Raleigh Economy 2/26/13

In honor of N.C. State’s  anniversary, the university hosted different speakers and scholars on spurring innovation in the workplace here in the Triangle area, and the role that N.C. State plays in spurring growth.

Recently, a controversy has broken out over the alleged mishandling of cases of reported rape and other sexual assault crimes on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Deondre’ Jones did a little research into this worrying problem.

Listen to episode 116.

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Daytime Indie Rock Charts and Adds – Feb. 26

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 5 Adds: 

1 EAT SKULL-  III- Woodsist

2 MOUNT MORIAH- Miracle Temple- Merge

3 POPSTRANGERS- Antipodes- Carpark

4 DARWIN DEEZ- Songs For Imaginative People- Lucky Number

5 CY DUNE- No Recognize [EP]- Family Tree

 

 

Top 30 Radio 200:

1 USELESS EATERS- Hypertension- Jeffrey Drag

2 DUCKTAILS- The Flower Lane- Domino

3 PARQUET COURTS- Light Up Gold- What’s Your Rupture

4 VERONICA FALLS- Waiting For Something To Happen- Slumberland

5 DOLDRUMS- Lesser Evil- Arbutus

6 FOXYGEN- We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic- Jagjaguwar

7 BEACH FOSSILS- Clash The Truth- Captured Tracks

8 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS- Push The Sky Away- Bad Seed

9 FEAR OF MEN- Early Fragments- Kanine

10 THAO AND THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN- We The Common- Ribbon

11 TY SEGALL AND MIKAL CRONIN- Reverse Shark Attack- In The Red

12 JACCO GARDNER- Cabinet Of Curiosities- Trouble In Mind

13 ICEAGE- You’re Nothing- Matador

14 AIRSTRIP- Willing- Holiday For Quince

15 MISTER LIES- Mowgli- Lefse

16 TORO Y MOI- Anything In Return- Carpark

17 TEGAN AND SARA- Heartthrob- Warner Brothers

18 FIDLAR- FIDLAR- Mom And Pop

19 PSYCHIC ILLS- One Track Mind- Sacred Bones

20 RA RA RIOT- Beta Love- Barsuk

21 CHRISTOPHER OWENS- Lysandre- Fat Possum

22 RUBY SUNS- Christopher- Sub Pop

23 GROWLERS- Hung At Heart- Everloving

24 DARKSTAR- News From Nowhere- Warp

25 JENNY O- Automechanic Thirty Tigers-Holy Trinity

26 ADAM GREEN AND BINKI SHAPIRO- Adam Green And Binki Shapiro Concord-Rounder

27 GUARDS- In Guards We Trust- Black Bell

28 WIDOWSPEAK- Almanac- Captured Tracks

29 EX-COPS- True Hallucinations- Other Music

30 MICE PARADE- Candela- FatCat

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Concert Preview

Damaged City Fest

For those of you who have no idea about modern punk bands, there’s an insane fest coming up that definitely destroys most punk shows I’ve seen popping up recently. Damaged City Fest is a huge fest taking place in DC (get it?) on April 12th and 13th at St. Stephen’s Church. And coolest of all, Double Negative (Raleigh hardcore) is playing.

At the top of the poster is legendary hardcore punk band Negative Approach, whose song ‘Ready To Fight’ has been covered by literally half of the good bands I’ve seen in my life, if that says anything. Dropdead sits at the top as well – their plain-looking logo says nothing about how brutal the band is. Last time I saw Dropdead was in DC with Magrudergrind – they definitely play harder than most younger dudes.

Double Negative (Raleigh’s own hardcore outfit) earns a top spot as well on the poster. Their psyched-out style of hardcore has earned them a much-deserved, worldwide reputation.

Prisoner Abuse, a band that has been receiving a lot of hype recently, is playing as well, featuring the vocalist from Think I Care. Other bands I’m definitely looking forward to are Sick Fix, Tenement, and Ilsa.

This fest is being put on by cool dudes for cool dudes, so if you’re a cool dude, it would only make sense if you went and supported the Raleigh and DC scenes.

-Possessed

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Non-Music News

Raleigh Rock Camp for Girls to be held at Saint Mary’s School!

Girls Rock North Carolina is a nonprofit organization focused on empowering girls and women to become confident and engaged members of their community through creative expression. The program uses music as a way to build community and self-esteem by centering around creativity, confidence, and collaboration. The organization’s biggest program is Rock Camp for Girls. The camp is a one week summer event in which campers between the ages 9-16 are instructed in an instrument of their choice, form bands, and write original music with their peers. This year the event is the week of July 22nd at Saint Mary’s School. Activities between band practices include attending workshops on songwriting, self defense, DIY, zine making, deejaying, body confidence, and more. During their time at camp, the girls are mentored by musicians, educators, and activists. The week concludes with a showcase at King’s in downtown Raleigh on Friday, July 26th at 6:00 pm.

 

 

 

 

No musical background or instrument are necessary to participate! If you sign up your girls before March 1st, then the $10 registration fee is waived!

To register follow this link!

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Afterhours’ RPM Charts and Adds – Feb. 26

Each week, WKNC compiles a list of charts and adds.  Here are the Afterhours charts for this week.  You can tune into Afterhours programming Tuesday and Wednesday nights starting at 8pm.

 

TOP TEN:

1 IAN POOLEY- What I Do- Plant Music

2 GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER- The Big Chill II- Simply Deep

3 GOLD PANDA- Trust Ghostly- International

4 MISTER LIES- Mowgli- Lefse

5 KRIS MENACE- Features- Compuphonic

6 TENSNAKE- In The House- Defected

7 DJ SUN- One Hundred- Soular

8 LUSINE- The Waiting Room- Ghostly

9 DOBIE- We Will Not Harm You- Big Dada

10 ROBERT DELONG- Just Movement- Glassnote

 

RPM Adds

1 DAVID STARFIRE- Ascend- Six Degrees

2 SHLOHMO- Laid Out- Friends Of Friends

3 DISCLOSURE- “White Noise” [Single]- Co-Op-PMR

4 VISION- Life [EP]- Big Dada

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Music News and Interviews

Ticket Giveaways for the week of 2/25 – 3/3

Tune in to WKNC all this week for your chance to win tickets to awesome local shows! Just be the correct caller (919-515-2400) when the DJ asks for it to when a pair of tickets to the following local shows:

Tuesday, May 14 – Alkaline Trio with Bayside @ Cat’s Cradle (Tickets went on sale Friday!)

Monday, February 25 – Ra Ra Riot with Pacific Air @ Cat’s Cradle

 

Tuesday, February 26 – Some Army with Small Houses and Onward, Soldiers @ The Pinhook

 

Wednesday, February 27 – Lotus with Moon Hooch @ Cat’s Cradle

 

Wednesday, February 27 – Bruce Cockburn @ Fletcher Opera Theater

 

Thursday, February 28 – The Lollipops with White Laces, The Dave Fell Band, and Djingis @ Kings Barcade

Saturday, March 2 – Bombadil with Christy Smith (of The Tender Fruit) and Magician Michael Casey

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Afterhours’ RPM Charts and Adds – Feb. 19

Each week, WKNC compiles a list of charts and adds.  Here are the Afterhours charts for this week.  You can tune into Afterhours programming Tuesday and Wednesday nights starting at 8pm.

 

TOP TEN:

1 OFFSHORE Bake Haus Big Dada

2 TENSNAKE In The House Defected

3 LUSINE The Waiting Room Ghostly

4 GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER The Big Chill II Simply Deep

5 ROBERT DELONG Just Movement Glassnote

6 GOLD PANDA Trust Ghostly International

7 FALTYDL Hardcourage Ninja Tune

8 DJ SUN One Hundred Soular

9 KRIS MENACE Features Compuphonic

10 DOBIE We Will Not Harm You Big Dada

 

ADDS

1 IAN POOLEY What I Do Plant Music

2 MISTER LIES Mowgli Lefse

3 AMBULAUNZ In Waves Self-Released