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Weekly Charts

WKNC’s Charts and Top 5 Adds – Sept. 18

Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.

WKNC Radio 200

Rank Artist Recording Label
1 MUSIC TAPES Mary’s Voice Merge
2 WILD NOTHING Nocturne Captured Tracks
3 DEEP TIME Deep Time Hardly Art
4 DREAMSCAPE La-Di-Da Recordings Kranky
5 IAMAMIWHOAMI Kin coop
6 TANGO IN THE ATTIC Sellotape Domicile Crocodile
7 ANTIBALAS Antibalas Daptone
8 ORWELLS Remember When Autumn Tone
9 GRASSCUT Unearth Ninja Tune
10 JUNK CULTURE Wild Quiet Illegal Art
11 MARIA MINERVA Will Happiness Find Me? Not Not Fun
12 ALBERTA CROSS Songs Of Patience ATO
13 MICACHU AND THE SHAPES Never Rough Trade
14 DIIV Oshin Captured Tracks
15 ALLEN STONE Allen Stone ATO
16 DEERHOOF Breakup Song Polyvinyl
17 TURTLE GIANT All Hidden Places [EP] Self-Released
18 FANTASMES Redness Moon Last Bummer
19 FRESH AND ONLYS Long Slow Dance Mexican Summer
20 DAN DEACON America Domino
21 HELIO SEQUENCE Negotiations SUB POP
22 MENOMENA Moms Barsuk
23 CULT OF YOUTH Love Will Prevail Sacred Bones
24 FERGUS AND GERONIMO Funky Was The State Of Affairs Hardly Art
25 HOLOGRAMS Holograms Captured Tracks
26 STAGNANT POOLS Temporary Room Polyvinyl
27 ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Mature Themes 4AD
28 ETERNAL SUMMERS Correct Behavior Kanine
29 VAN SHE Idea Of Happiness Modular
30 TEEN In Limbo Carpark

WKNC Radio 200 Adds

Rank Artist Recording Label
1 UNGDOMSKULEN Secrecy Young Aspiring Professionals
2 SSION Bent Dovecote
3 JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Meat And Bone Mom And Pop-Boombox
4 GRIZZLY BEAR Shields Warp
5 THE XX Coexist XL

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Miscellaneous

WKNC on MTVU!

WKNC is proud to announce that it is a part of this year’s MTVU College Radio Countdown, a showcase of some of the best college radio stations around the nation. Starting today, Tuesday the 18th, through Friday the 21st, WKNC will be airing its spot along with our top ten music video countdown. Be sure to tune in and check us out on mtvU, and also check out the MTVU Tumblr for our “WKNC pick of the day’s.”

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Afterhours’ RPM Charts and Adds – Sept. 17

Each week, WKNC compiles a list of charts and adds.

1 PURITY RING Shrines 4AD

2 KREWELLA Play Hard [EP] Self-Released

3 SCISSOR SISTERS Magic Hour Universal

4 GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER House Instrumentals II Simply Deep

5 LORN Ask The Dust Ninja Tune

6 APOLLO 440 The Future’s What It Used To Be RADIKAL

7 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA “Don’t You Worry Child” [Single] Astralwerks

8 A TRIBE CALLED RED A Tribe Called Red Self-Released

9 NERD REVOLT Nerd Revolt Self-Released

10 TODDLA T Watch Me Dance: Agitated By Ross Orton And Pipes Ninja Tune

Adds:

1 THAVIUS BECK The Most Beautiful Ugly Plug Research

2 HUNDRED WATERS thistle ep

3 SHUTTLE Halo Ninja Tune

4 MICHNA Moving Mountains Ghostly

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Non-Music News

Insect Minute – Cockroaches

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: cockroaches.

If you would like to find out more about cockroaches visit the museum’s website at insectmuseum.org where you also find information about our museum and read our blog where we talk about interesting stuff going on in the world of entomology.

Listen to episode seven.

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Non-Music News

EOT101 Election 2012 9/11/12

Jake’s retrospective of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

Interview with David Lewis, one of the organizers of the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Preview of Herman Cain’s visit to N.C. State.

Soundbytes on whether students are planning to vote in the 2012 election.

Listen to episode 101.

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Non-Music News

Girls Rock NC Fall 2012 Camper Slots Available

Girls Rock NC is a Durham-based nonprofit organization for girls ages 7-15 that focuses on empowering them through creative expression. Through their after school program, girls learn how to play instruments, write songs and attend workshops in body confidence. Fall’s program will include ten sessions, which will be each monday 3:45-5:45PM from September 17-November 19.

The programming this year will be headed up by Heather McEntire (Bellafea, Mount Moriah, founder of Holidays for Quince Records) and Collier Reeves (co-founder of Homegrown City Farms), both veteran GRNC staff.

If you’ve aged out  of the camper range and still want to get involved, visit GirlsRock.org for ways to volunteer and donate.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Girls-Rock-NC/351736201514929

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Non-Music News

Eye on the Triangle!

Hey Everyone,

Tonight, we’ve got a diverse lineup of stories for you all. Our contributors have brought coverage of the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention, as well as Herman Cain’s appearance on campus tomorrow. We’ve also got Soundbytes from the Brickyard about Voting. Phillip Farms are hosting a corn maze for Charity that is also Haunted, which Deondre’ has more news about. We’ve also got Eye on the Arts and a September 11th dedication. Tune in in 5 minutes.

Thanks,

EOT

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Weekly Charts

WKNC Afterhours’ RPM Charts and Adds

Each week, WKNC compiles a list of the top ten charted Afterhours songs and adds.

Top 10:

1 PURITY RING Shrines 4AD

2 LORN Ask The Dust Ninja Tune

3 KREWELLA Play Hard [EP] Self-Released

4 TODDLA T Watch Me Dance: Agitated By Ross Orton And Pipes Ninja Tune

5 NO DOUBT “Settle Down” [Single] Columbia

6 APOLLO 440 The Future’s What It Used To Be RADIKAL

7 SCISSOR SISTERS Magic Hour Universal

8 GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER House Instrumentals II Simply Deep

9 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA “Don’t You Worry Child” [Single] Astralwerks

10 BT Laptop Symphony Black Hole

Adds:

1 NERD REVOLT Nerd Revolt Self-Released

2 FLYING LOTUS “See Thru To U” [Single] Warp

3 THE KNOCKS The Feeling Remix EP A&M/Octone

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Festival Coverage

Hopscotch Day 2!!!

First off, last night was great.  I got to catch the tail end of Phil Cook’s set, most of Young Magic, Deerhoof, and Thee Oh Sees.  They all were pretty interesting, and Thee Oh Sees absolutely killed.

Back to the matter at hand…tonight!

As with yesterdays post, here’s some bands that I think would be really cool for you all to see:

ALL THE CITY PLAZA SHOWS:  You’ve got Nick Zammuto from the Books, Built to Spill and fucking Jesus & Mary Chain.  This one’s a no-brainer.

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Zack Mexico at CAM: I’ve heard rumors that there’s going to be a synthesizer crucifixion…don’t you wanna see that?!  Also, I was bit apprehensive about what the sound was going to be like at CAM, but last night showed me that was unwarranted.

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Odonis Odonis at Lincoln:  The only context I know this band in is a split they did with Lotus Plaza (Lockett Pundt of Deerhoof), but that split is amazing so, I’m going to this one.

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Hiss Golden Messenger at Fletcher: I got to see their release show for their most recent album in Chapel Hill earlier this year…and if they bring just a portion of what they brought to that, it’s gonna be great.  It doesn’t hurt that the sound at Fletcher is probably the best among all Hopscotch venues this year.

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Yo La Tengo at Memorial Auditorium:  I haven’t had a chance to see Yo La Tengo before, but I’m sure it’s going to be stellar.  Hope they play something from Summer Sun, cause it’s one of the only albums that’s ever made me cry on multiple occasions.

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Zola Jesus at Lincoln:  I’ve seen Zola Jesus about three times, and every single one she has amped up some aspect of her live show.  I’m excited to see what she brings to Hopscotch.

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Ital at Five Star: Crazy psych beat-maker from DC, affiliated with the fantastic LA collective Not Not Fun.  While I’ve not been in the mood to see electronic stuff this weekend, for whatever reason, I’m making an exception here.

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Dan Deacon at Pour House:  With the recent America, Dan Deacon is sure to bring it…if you’re of legal drinking age.  Unfortunately

 

Have fun and stay safe,
John

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Music News and Interviews

Ben Folds Five Ticket Giveaway

A dozen years after their last worldwide tour, the original members of Ben Folds Five are back on the road for a major tour that includes a Sept. 11 stop at Cary’s Koka Booth Ampitheatre. AC Entertainment has provided us with tickets to share with our loyal listeners and all you have to do is listen for the DJ’s prompt and call in at 919-515-2400 or 860-0881.

The new Ben Folds Five album “The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind,” goes on sale a week after the Cary show, on Tuesday, Sept. 18.

Ben Folds Five press photo