WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student RadioHey everyone,
We’ve got some great segments tonight about Neil Armstrong, the Republican National Convention and the Farmer’s Market on campus. Also, we have a very cool interview with the Chancellor airing tonight! Check us out in 5 minutes!
Thanks,
EOT
It is a common belief that the more people you have on stage, the better the performance will be. Dash’s performance at Kings on Friday was probably a testament to that statement, in that upwards of a dozen performers were playing at Kings, complete with instruments of all varieties– but all in the sake of solid tunes. The Wilmington-based group, fueled by support from friends, had a packed show with wholesome fun. Hey Roccio and Rio Brave were great openers to the show, as they provided enough zeal to keep listeners wanting more.
The electronic pop, jumpy rock band had at least five violinists on stage. I was slowly reminiscent of Ra Ra Riot’s temperance to include classical strings to indie favors. Dash’s performance was rife with catchy melodies that had everyone in the audience dancing along, in a crowd where the typical representative only gets “jiggy wit it” at weddings and maybe private indoor functions. “Into the Sounds” the group’s most popular hit (and incidentally one that receives quite some airplay on WKNC) flickered with a slow start, and ignited the whole venue.
In between songs, DASH peppered their set with covers of Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” and Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks”. It is always refreshing to see bands, especially ones that are locally based, to diversify their playlist from things that aren’t exclusively on their set. With only a minor hiccups due to audio capabilities (forgivable for a band that large on stage), DASH were able to recapture the attention and fervor left by their other songs with a classical quartet performance in-waiting. Lead singer David Garcia smirked his way through his set, engaging and captivating as all performers are wont to be. A few head-nods and raised fist-pumps later, concertgo-ers were able to acclaim, that they too, were “into the sounds”.
Raleigh’s Annuals started off the night. With three different kinds of percussion going on all at once, it was immediately an interesting show. They played some new songs and old, each loved just as much by their fans. The coolest part was when the lights would dim almost to blackness and the main drum kit, clear under normal lights, would glow with a green laser pointer. It would go in unison with the beat and created a really awesome effect. The left wall of the Cradle lit up with spirals and the band was illuminated by the main source of sound at this point. Kudos.
I’d only ever seen Holy Ghost Tent Revival at Shakori. Each time they’d been incredible, inviting people up on stage to dance and just looking like they were having in the world. I wondered if playing indoors – away from the mud, grass, ..“grass”.., and hula hoopers – would affect the performance any. Of course, it didn’t.
A guitar string broke during the first song. Instead of having to endure an awkward lull until the guitarist fixed this, the band started to jam and told the crowd to dance until they had it under control. This little jam session was funky – all I could think was how fun their band practices must be. Once the string was replaced, the guitarist just joined back in and started singing “There ain’t no party like a Holy Ghost Tent Revival party cause aHoly Ghost Tent Revival party don’t stop!” That themed continued through the entire show. The band was excited and happy to be there, and that was mirrored by the crowd.
This show was in support of their upcoming release “Sweat Like The Old Days,” out Sept. 4th. The new tracks that they played definitely won’t disappoint. I’m looking forward to hearing the album as a whole. If you did miss this show, the band will play Grey Eagle in Asheville on Aug. 31 and The Whiskey in Wilmington on Sept. 20.
Do you love listening to WKNC? Do you like going to cool places? Do you have a knack for photography? If you answered yes to any, all, or none of those questions, WKNC is hosting a social media contest for listeners to take a cool picture with an 88.1 WKNC sticker at a awesome location to win some sweet merchandise. Maybe take a picture of your sticker at a music festival, a cool spot in downtown Raleigh, or even on top of Mount Mitchell; get as creative as you can!
To register yourself to be included in the contest, and receive a free WKNC sticker to compete, send an email with “STICKER” somewhere in the subject line and with your name and mailing address to promotions@wknc.org, then we will send you a sticker via the mail. After taking your photo, you can send your photograph in via Twitter, Facebook, or to promotions@wknc.org. When taking your photos, make sure there is no profane, explicit, or illegal material in the photograph, WKNC holds the right to refuse unsuitable images. The contest runs from today and ends on October 24th. On that day, the WKNC staff with narrow the selection down to 10 finalists, post them to a Facebook album, and the contestant whose photo receives the most “likes” will win the 1st place prize of a WKNC t-shirt AND Double Barrel Benefit CD and the 2nd place winner will receive a Double Barrel Benefit CD which can be mailed to the provided addresses.
Feel free to get as creative as you want and remember to have fun! If you have and questions feel free to ask us on Facebook, or direct them to promotions@wknc.org.
This WKNC t-shirt could be yours if you enter the contest.
Tonight on the Local Beat we are back to another jam packed program with several local bands releasing new albums.
On Tuesday Durham band I Was Totally Destroying It released their sixth album, Vexations. The album has been streaming all week in anticipation for their release party tomorrow evening at Motorco Music Hall in Durham and I must admit, I am quite smitten. We will be chatting with the members at 5pm today and while the group has been on the program almost a dozen times now and are always charming and fun, as is their music.
For the second hour we will have the pleasure of being joined in studio by the guys of American Aquarium. Front man BJ Barham has been on the Local Beat many times but this will mark the first that he will be joined by his band mates. American Aquarium has released 7 albums now, including one EP and one live full length, and their newest, Burn. Flicker. Die., is to be released tomorrow evening at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh.
For the last hour of the evening we will be joined for the first time, about half way through by Wilmington electronica group Dash. If you listen to the Local Lunch you will recognize the bands dancey electronic pop song “Into The Sounds” which has been quite a bit of airplay. You might also want to head to Kings Barcade after the interview to check the group out live.
As always, the fun starts at 5 p.m. and will last until 8 p.m.! Be sure to follow the Local Beat on Twitter or Facebook and download tons of free local music on our ReverbNation page!
The Fifth Annual Mystery Roach Covers Show is here! On Saturday, August 25, I’ll be playing original tracks from the 50s, 60s or 70s along with a cover version from any decade and style.
If you have any requests or suggestions, post them here, on the Facebook fan page, or email them to me.
Below are the playlists from the previous four years to give you an idea of what this year’s show will be like.
Tune in to Mystery Roach every Saturday from 8-10am on WKNC for Progressive, Fusion, Psychedelic, Garage and noise from the 60s and 70s. (The 50s are fair game for the cover show as well.)
Cheers.
2011 Show
| Artist | Song |
| Joan Jett And The Blackhearts | Crimson And Clover |
| Tommy James And The Shondells | Crimson And Clover |
| Butthole Surfers | Earthquake |
| The 13th Floor Elevators | Earthquake |
| Modest Mouse | Sleepwalking |
| Santo And Johnny | Sleepwalking |
| David Bowie | Don’t Bring Me Down |
| The Pretty Things | Don’t Bring Me Down |
| Raging Slab | Pot Head Pixies |
| Gong | The Pothead Pixies |
| The Black Keys | Grown So Ugly |
| Captian Beefheart | Grown So Ugly |
| Phish | Peaches En Regalia |
| Frank Zappa | Peaches En Regalia |
| The Ramones | I Can’t Control Myself |
| The Troggs | I Can’t Control Myself |
| Fishbone | Freddy’s Dead |
| Curtis Mayfield | Freddie’s Dead |
| Primus | Silly Putty |
| Stanley Clarke | Silly Putty |
| The Residents | Little Sister |
| Elvis Presley | Little Sister |
| The Clash | Brand New Cadillac |
| Vince Taylor And The Playboys | Brand New Cadillac |
| Tom Waits | Alright With Me |
| Nat King Cole And Ella Fitzgerald | Alright With Me |
| Bangor Flying Circus | Norwegian Wood |
| The Beatles | Norwegian Wood |
2010 Show
| Song | Artist |
| You’re Lost Little Girl | 69 Eyes |
| You’re Lost Little Girl | The Doors |
| Shapes Of Things | Rush |
| Shapes Of Things | The Yardbirds |
| 21st Century Schizoid Man | Maynard James Keenan |
| 21st Century Schizoid Man | King Crimson |
| So Sad About Us | The Breeders |
| So Sad About Us | The Who |
| Dancing In The Moonlight | The Smashing Pumkins |
| Dancing In The Moonlight | Thin Lizzy |
| Bright Lit Blue Skies | Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti |
| Bright Lit Blue Skies | The Rockin Ramrods |
| Tippie-toes | Primus |
| Tippie-toes | The Meters |
| King Kong | Meridian Arts Ensemble |
| King Kong | Frank Zappa |
| America | Yes |
| America | Paul Simon |
| Splash 1 | Bongwater |
| Splash 1 | 13th Floor Elevators |
| Ballad Of Hollis Brown | Iggy Pop and the Stooges |
| Ballad Of Hollis Briwn | Bob Dylan |
| Interstellar Overdrive | Camper Van Beethoven |
| Interstellar Overdrive | Pink Floyd |
2009 Show
| Song | Artist |
| Return Of Jackie And Judy | Tom Waits |
| Judy Is A Punk | Ramones |
| Li’l Red Riding Hood | Meteors |
| Li’l Red Riding Hood | Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs |
| Sinister Exaggerator | Primus |
| Sinister Exaggerator | Residents |
| Sally Go Round The Roses | The Great Society |
| Sally Go Round The Roses | Jaynetts |
| Ready-Mades | Yo La Tengo |
| Ready-Mades | Bonzo Dog Band |
| Chunga’s Revenge | Frank Zappa |
| Chunga’s Revenge | Grotan Project |
| Love Buzz | Nirvana |
| Love Buzz | The Shocking Blue |
| You Don’t Own Me | Rasputina |
| You Don’t Own Me | Lesley Gore |
| Good Guys Don’t Wear White | Minor Threat |
| Good Guys Don’t Wear White | The Standells |
| Farmer John | Neil Young And Crazy Hourse |
| Farmer John | The Premiers |
| Masculine Intuition | Rocket From The Crypt |
| Masculine Intuition | The Music Machine |
| Mushroom | Jesus And Mary Chain |
| Mushroom | Can |
| Cross-eyed Mary | Iron Maiden |
| Cross-eyed Mary | Jethro Tull |
| 21st Century Schizoid Man | April Wine |
| 21st Century Schizoid Man | King Crimson |
2008 Show
| Song | Artist |
| The Dolphins | Beth Orton |
| The Dolphins | Fred Neil |
| Here She Comes Now | Nirvana |
| Here She Comes Now | Velvet Underground |
| China Girl | David Bowie |
| China Girl | Iggy Pop |
| People Are Strange | Twiztid |
| People Are Strange | The Doors |
| Sympathy For The Devil | Brian Ferry |
| Sympathy For The Devil | Rolling Stones |
| Happy Together | Frank Zappa |
| Happy Together | The Turtles |
| War Pigs | Alice Donut |
| War Pigs | Black Sabbath |
| Have A Cigar | Primus |
| Have A Cigar | Pink Floyd |
| Steppin Stone | Minor Threat |
| Steppin Stone | The Monkees |
| Pictures Of Matchstick Men | Camper Van Beethoven |
| Pictures Of Matchstick Men | Status Quo |
| Happiness Is A Warm Gun | The Breeders |
| Happiness Is A Warm Gun | The Beatles |
| I Fought The Law | The Clash |
| I Fiought the Law | The Bobby Fuller Four |
| Ring Of Fire | Social Distortion |
| Ring Of Fire | Johnny Cash |
| I Put A Spell On You | CCR |
| I Put a Spell on You | Screamin Jay Hawkins |
| Higer Ground | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder |
Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.
Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.
Radio 200 Adds
1 JHEREK BISCHOFF Composed Brassland
2 A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS Worship Dead Oceans
3 DEEP SEA ARCADE Outlands Ivy League
4 DOSEONE G Is For Deep Anticon
5 JEANS WILDER Totally Everloving
6 HOT CHIP In Our Heads Domino
7 MAGIC TRICK Ruler Of The Night Hardly Art
8 WIZARDS OF TIME Will The Soft Curse Plague On? Hidden Shoal
9 ECHO LAKE Wild Peace Slumberland
10 GRASS WIDOW Internal Logic HLR
11 DELICATE STEVE Positive Force Luaka Bop
12 JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD Hypnotic Nights Warner Brothers-Infinity Cat
13 DIRTY PROJECTORS Swing Lo Magellan Domino
14 ALLEN STONE Allen Stone ATO
15 ANDREW BIRD Break It Yourself Mom And Pop
16 PEAKING LIGHTS Lucifer Mexican Summer
17 SANTIGOLD Master Of My Make Believe Atlantic
18 DAN DEACON "True Thrush" [Single] Domino
19 THE YOUNG Dub Egg Matador
20 TWIN SHADOW Confess 4AD
21 DELETED SCENES Young People’s Church Of The Air Park The Van
22 SLEEPMAKESWAVES …And So We Destroyed Everything Bird’s Robe
23 GUIDED BY VOICES Class Clown Spots A UFO GBV
24 MARISSA NADLER The Sister [EP] Self-Released
25 LEMONADE Diver True Panther
26 TY SEGALL BAND Slaughterhouse In The Red
27 LOST SOUNDS Lost Lost Goner
28 ERIC COPELAND Limbo Underwater Peoples
29 DIIV Oshin Captured Tracks
30 JACK WHITE Blunderbuss Columbia
Radio 200 Charts
It’s official, summer is over. Back to school. But before we hang up our swim trunks up for the year, let’s take one last look at the Wolfpack’s Summer 2012.
Packapalooza! Probably N.C. State’s biggest party of the year, meant to kick off the school year with a bang! This year was absolutely no exception.
Andrew went out recently in search of how N.C. State students feel about having a Chik-Fil A restaurant right on our campus. Good? Bad? You decide.
Last Friday was N.C. State’s largest blood drive, and Jake, who had never given blood before, decided it was something worth trying.
Caitlin Cauley is a representative of the Wake County Board of Elections, here to dispel some common misconceptions and to enlighten us on our right to vote.
Hey Everyone,
This show, we’ll be airing several stories that feature words from everyday students here at State. Every student is different in their own way. We’ll be hearing different opinions on Chik-Fil-A, what some students spent their summer doing, and final thoughts on Packapalooza and welcome week. In addition, we’ve got news about the 1250 pint Blood Drive that took place on the 17th!
Thanks,
EOT