WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student RadioSorry for the confusion everyone!!
Although we’d love to see IWTDI play this Thursday we’ll have to wait and see them another time.
As for this Thursday we’ll have The T’s and Antibubbles!
It will be eventful for sure. 10 p.m. 21 and up. FREE.
And… We’re Back!
On January 6, Tir Na nOg and WKNC bring you the first show of the New Year. I Was Totally Destroying It and special guests that are TBA. This week’s band is deliciously pop punk. If you haven’t heard them, check their website listen to the songs. “My Favorite Haunt” has always been a favorite of mine. I Was Totally Destroying It is also an old time friend of Tir Na nOg. They’ve even done special tribute nights at the pub doing U2 covers (I Was Totally Destroying U2).
[The above has been corrected in another post. We extend our apologies for this miscommunication.]
The show is 21 and up, FREE, and music starts at 10 p.m.
As for other news… Between semesters Local Beer Local Band Night has been going through some changes. Now the event is bound to be better than ever. What to expect for the new year:
Love you all! See you this Thursday. I’ve missed you!
The year is winding down, and the end of another year provides an influx of best of lists. In an attempt to help all of you out there sift through the huge amount of lists, I decided to have one place to find everybody’s lists. Below I’ve added a ton of the best of lists from a variety of music publications and sites below. In an effort to keep it nice an concise I’ve only put their top five, but if you would like to see their entire lists I have a link to view it as well. Enjoy!
Rolling Stone
1. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. The Black Keys– Brothers
3. Elton John and Leon Russell- The Union
4. Arcade Fire– The Suburbs
5. Jamey Johnson- The Guitar Song
1. These New Puritans– Hidden
2. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
3. Beach House– Teen Dream
4. LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening
5. Laura Marling– I Speak Because I Can
Spin
1. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Deerhunter– Halcyon Digest
3. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
4. LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening
5. Jamey Johnson- The Guitar Song
Pitchfork
1. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening
3. Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
4. Big Boi– Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
5. Beach House- Teen Dream
1. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
3. Beach House- Teen Dream
4. Sufjan Stevens– The Age of Adz
5. Robyn- Body Talk
Paste
1. LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening
2. Janelle Monae- The ArchAndroid
3. Mumford and Sons– Sigh No More
4. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Titus Andronicus– The Monitor
Spinner
1. Beach House- Teen Dream
2. The National- High Violet
3. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
5. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
Cokemachineglow
1. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Big Boi- Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
3. Beach House- Teen Dream
4. Flying Lotus– Cosmogramma
5. Frog Eyes– Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
Another year is practically in the books, and with it comes time to recapture our favorite moments in music from the past year. I sought to get a large number of Daytime deejays to give us their favorite albums of the past year. And what a year it was! Below is the collection of great albums as decided by a great deal of Daytime deejays. See you next year!
1. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
2. Beach House – Teen Dream
3. Future Islands – In Evening Air
4. Caribou – Swim
5. Sharon Van Etten – Epic
1. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
2. Beach House – Teen Dream
3. Vampire Weekend– Contra
4. Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt
5. Twin Shadow – Forget
1. Bob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings
2. The Black Angels – Phosphene Dream
3. Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go
4. Spoon – Transference
5. Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune
1. Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues
2. Various Artists – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: The Songs of John Prine
3. John Prine – In Person & On Stage
4. Megafaun – Heretofore
5. Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
1. Cotton Jones – Tall Hours in the Glowstream
2. Y La Bamba – Lupon
3. Breathe Owl Breathe – Magic Central
4. Casiokids – Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar
5. Harlem – Hippies
1. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
2. The National – High Violet
3. Ratatat – LP4
4. Bassnectar – Timestretch
5. Jaga Jazzist – One-Armed Bandit
1. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
2. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
3. The Black Keys – Brothers
4. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
5. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
1. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening
2. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
3. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles II
4. Warpaint – The Fool
5. Phantogram – Eyelid Movies
1. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
2. Owen Pallett – Heartland
3. The Books – The Way Out
4. Beach House – Teen Dream
5. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
1. Peggy Sue – Fossils and Other Phantoms
2. Tallest Man on Earth – Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird
3. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
4. Bonnie “Prince” Billy and the Cairo Gang – Wonder Show of the World
5. Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas – Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas
1. The National – High Violet
2. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
3. The Black Keys – Brothers
4. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
5. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
1. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
2. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
3. Caribou – Swim
4. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
5. Twin Shadow – Forget
1. The National – High Violet
2. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
3. Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks
4. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
5. Ra Ra Riot – The Orchard
1. Beach House – Teen Dream
2. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
3. Sharon Van Etten – Epic
4. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
5. Julian Lynch – Mare
1. Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt
2. The Black Keys – Brothers
3. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
4. The National – High Violet
5. Blair – Die Young
1. Tame Impala – Inner Speaker
2. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo
3. MGMT – Congratulations
4. Spoon – Transference
5. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
1. Crooked Still – Some Strange Country
2. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
3. Steeldrivers – Reckless
4. Chatham County Line – Wildwood
5. Darren Hanlon – I Will Love You At All
1. The Tender Fruit – Flotsam and Krill
2. Future Islands – In Evening Air
3. Sharon Van Etten – Epic
4. Beach House – Teen Dream
5. Sleigh Bells – Treats
1. The Love Language – Libraries
2. Future Islands – In Evening Air
3. Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
4. Phantogram – Eyelid Movies
5. MGMT – Congratulations
1. Future Islands – In Evening Air
2. Beach House – Teen Dream
3. The Morning Benders – Big Echo
4. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
5. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
1. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
2. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo
3. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
4. Bear Hands – Burning Bush Supper Club
5. Four Tet – There Is Love in You
1. Future Islands – In Evening Air
2. Beach House – Teen Dream
3. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
4. Caribou – Swim
5. Four Tet – There is Love in You
1. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
2. LCD SoundSystem – This is Happening
3. Beach House – Teen Dream
4. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
5. Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt
1. Matt and Kim – Sidewalks
2. Suckers – Wild Smile
3. Future Islands – In Evening Air
4. Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner
5. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
1. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening
2. Broken Bells – Broken Bells
3. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
4. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Maximum Balloon – Maximum Balloon
1. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
2. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
3. Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
4. Vampire Weekend – Contra
5. Broken Bells – Broken Bells
1. Salem – King Night
2. Beach House – Teen Dream
3. The National – High Violet
4. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
5. Zola Jesus – Stridulum/Valusia
1. Superchunk – Majesty Shredding
2. Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone
3. Free Electric State – Caress
4. Various Artists – Scott Pilgrim VS the World
5. Royal Baths – After Death
What are some of your favorite albums of 2010? Leave your comments in the comment section below.
A band’s music is available to everyone. But what goes on behind the scenes can change their reputation, for better or worse.“Wind and Willow,” or Mark Tillman and Sarah Peters are getting married this month, a fact that is hard not to see when they’re performing live. While boy/girl duos are nothing new, “Wind and Willow” has a story that’s pretty unique. Mark met Sarah while working in Canada, and since then they’ve been exchanging music and talking, a lot, on Skype. Divided by two countries, it’s only been within the past few months that Sarah could move to Raleigh. Since then the duo has been able to really develop a mature sound, with each member contributing a vital, but incomplete part without the other. Sarah’s powerful voice can give a song its intensity at times, and it’s sweetness in others. Mark’s impressive assortment of instruments gives each song it’s unique character that Mark exhibits himself, both on and offstage. Both"Wind and Willow" as well as Mark and Sarah, have a lot to look forward to, though it may be a while before we see them onstage again.
If you are anything like me you love this time of the year with the lights, food, family, and music! I personally am a huge fan of Christmas music and any holiday related tune I can get my hands on is put into my non-stop playlist for the month of December.
That is why I am excited to announce the Local Beat Christmas Special. This coming Friday December 24th the Local Beat is dedicating all three programming hours to local Christmas music. Instead of interviews and talking this week we are only playing Christmas and holiday tunes recorded by North Carolina musicians. In total we should have around 50 different holiday songs by North Carolina artists. Some may be traditional but we are mostly shooting for original material.
Be sure to tune in whether you are driving to visit family, at a tacky sweater party, or roasting chestnuts over and open fire!
As always the Local Beat starts at 5 p.m. and runs through 8 p.m. every Friday evening on WKNC. Listen live here and be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and ReverbNation!
1. Don Van Vliet, more popularly known as the iconic experimental rocker Captain Beefheart, passed away on December 17 due to complication from multiple sclerosis. The Michael Warner Gallery that represented his work as a painter officially announced his death, and in a statement said, “Don Van Vliet was a complex and influential figure in the visual and performing arts.” He was 69 years old. (via Rolling Stone)
2. Singer-guitarist of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, has announced plans to work on a solo album. The album, which will be produced by Beck, is titled “Benediction” and will be released on Matador Records. (via Philadelphia Weekly)
3. Das Racist was recently detained and deported from the United Kingdom after being stopped at customs. The group has claimed that they were detained for over eight hours after problems with paperwork. Following their wait, they were sent back to Switzerland. (via DasRacist.net)
4. After completing a song for an upcoming movie, in an interview with Pitchfork, The National’s Aaron Dessner has mentioned a collaboration between the band and singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten. The band is currently working with her in the early stages of an upcoming record that is in its earliest of stages. (via Pitchfork)
5. Peter Bjorn and John have announced their next record. The follow-up to 2009’s “Living Things” is titled “Gimme Some” and will be released March 29. (via Pitchfork)
Some hell-acious wintery mix ‘n such got in the way a couple weeks ago, so the final night of The Pinhook’s second annual Band Swap featuring Cassis Orange, Hog, Mosadi Music, and Embarrassing Fruits, will be this Saturday, December 18th. Cover is $5 and the joint starts at 9pm.
Each band on the bill will be incorporating covers of the other acts into their set, and yours truly along with Shorty Shorts will be filling the time in between and after with sweet, sensual jams.
Be thar!
WKNC Pick of the Week, December 2, 2010
By John Gomes, WKNC Daytime deejay
It’s that lovely time of the year where we put up Christmas lights, enjoy egg nog shakes at Cook Out and look back on the year that was. 2010 proved to be an eventful year, despite all the terrible moments – earthquakes, oil spills, that bad call in the Maryland football game – this year saw the release of some good albums. I highly recommend my personal Top Five list for your listening pleasure over break.
1) Yeasayer—Odd Blood
The sophomore release from this eclectic group is a warm, pop-infused masterpiece—a curious departure from the darkness of their 2007 debut album. Yeasayer introduces huge, pulsing synths and primal rhythms into their sound, resulting in some infectiously upbeat and organic numbers. Odd Blood isn’t one-dimensional, however. The album features a couple of heavier, darker tracks to balance out the pop sound. Yeasayer remains experimental as ever, exploring everything from R&B to Middle Eastern dance music. The end result is a well-rounded, highly enjoyable album. (Bonus points for the band self-producing it.)
2) Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Possibly the most anticipated album of the year, Arcade Fire’s third release garnered universal praise. Like Odd Blood, The Suburbs represents a new sonic direction for Arcade Fire—gone are the Baroque sounds and grand crescendos that defined the band’s sound. Instead, the album maintains a latent energy throughout every song, steadfast rhythms layered with rich textures and tones. These elements form the perfect vehicle for the album’s main concept – innocence and coming-of-age set in the backdrop of suburbia. Poignant and poised, The Suburbs is Arcade Fire’s best release yet.
Though many artists are doing the retro surf-rock thing nowadays, Best Coast does it best. The group is led by Bethany Cosentino, whose approach is refreshingly simple – reverb-heavy guitars, easy chord progressions and honest lyrics about boys, her cat or getting high. Sure, it seems like a third-grader can write these songs – “One day I’ll make him mine / And we’ll be together all the time” – but there is beauty in the simplicity. The songs on Crazy For You are little pieces of pop perfection – they’re sweet, short, and will stay in your head for days. Put this album on and you’ll feel like you’re on a beach.
4) Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
Broken Social Scene is a rather apt name for the group whose massive lineup continuously changes. With so many band members playing so many instruments and adding so many sounds and textures, Forgiveness Rock Record is inevitably orchestral and grandiose. Each song exhibits a different dimension of beauty, from the majestic climaxes of “World Sick” to the melodic angularity of “Art House Director.” Though not as cohesive as previous albums, Forgiveness Rock Record is still classic Broken Social Scene – lush, resplendent and larger than life.
Dan Snaith, who operates under the name Caribou, is an electronica artist and British mathematician. Naturally, you wouldn’t expect those two things to go together. Swim evokes the same reaction with its out-of-left-field collection of tracks. Flip-floppy synths, divine bell chimes, and even jazzy flute flourishes all coalesce atop powerful, danceable grooves while whispery vocals echo and modulate in and out of your consciousness. This is not your father’s electronica album. Each and every song evolves into something surreal at the end, with elements of rock, jazz and psychedelica thrown in the mix. Out of all the albums on this list, Swim sounds the most transcendental.
88.1 WKNC Pick of the Week is published in every Friday in the print edition of Technician, as well as online at technicianonline.com and wknc.org.
| Artist | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | CLOUD NOTHINGS | Turning On | Carpark |
| #2 | KISSES | The Heart of the Nightlife | Surrounded by Sound |
| #3 | NO JOY | Ghost Blonde | Mexican Summer |
| #4 | BOTANY | Feeling Today | Western Vinyl |
| #5 | PARTING GIFTS | Strychnine Dandelions | In the Red |
| #6 | EUX AUTRES | Broken Bow | Bon Mots |
| #7 | DEMON’S CLAWS | The Defrosting of… | In the Red |
| #8 | JESSICA HERNANDEZ AND THE DELTAS | Weird Looking Women in to Many Cloths | self-released |
| #9 | ARTICHOKE | Bees | self-released |
| #10 | PS I LOVE YOU | Meet Me at the Muster Station | Paper Bag |