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Weekly Charts

WKNC’s top 30 Daytime albums from the past week

This week’s top 30 albums of Daytime rock, compiled by Daytime Music Director Jenna St. Pierre:

1. Various Artists – Hear Hear: The Triangle
2. Light Pines – The Light Pines EP
3. Generationals – Con Law
4. YACHT – See Mystery Lights
5. Motel Motel – New Denver
6. Antlers – Hospice
7. Fiery Furnaces – I’m Going Away
8. Holiday Shores – Columbus’d the Whim

9. Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
10. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
11. Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine
12. HEALTH – Get Color
13. Nomo – Invisible Cities
14. Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer [EP]
15. Liam Finn and Eliza Jane – Champagne in Seashells
16. Miike Snow – Miike Snow
17. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below
18. Megafaun – Gather, Form and Fly
19. Portugal. The Man – The Satanic Satanists
20. You and Your Effects – Wire Sharks
21. Still Life Still – Girls Come Too
22. Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Band
23. Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies – EP II
24. Bowerbirds – Upper Air
25. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
26. Lightning Dust – Infinite Light
27. Dead Weather – Horehound
28. Darlings – Yeah, I Know
29. Bronzed Chorus – I’m The Spring
30. Timber Timbre- Timber Timbre

Albums added to our library this week:
1. Polvo – In Prism
2. Mew – No More Stories

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Music News and Interviews

Ticket Giveaways!!

Be sure to listen in to WKNC 88.1 this week for your chance to win  tickets to these up-coming shows:

Hot Tuna Electric @ Cat’s Cradle Tuesday Sept 1st

Badfish @ Lincoln Theatre Sept 2nd

Jack Ross Show @ Nightlight Sept 4th

Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band @ Cat’s Cradle  Sept 4th

Carolina Chocolate Drops @ Cat’s Cradle  Sept 5th

Down with The Melvins @ The Fillmore in Charlotte  Sept 5th

Check out these local shows and other shows in your area on The Rock Report and listen in for your chance to win tickets!

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Non-Music News

EOT02 Hillsborough Street 8/31/09

If you missed Monday’s episode of Eye on the Triangle, no need to fret!

Here’s a brief rundown of the segments for the week with a link for the podcast at the end (although you should definitely tune in live from here on out to listen to some exclusives like music clips throughout the show).

VIP:
This week, Adam Compton interviewed Nina Szlosberg from the Hillsborough Street Partnership about the renovations project. For more information on the renovations, you can follow ninaszlosberg on Twitter.

Saja Hindi also interviewed Kevin Jennings, owner of Urban Food Group and of Frazier’s and Porter City Tavern on Hillsborough Street, about how the construction has been impacting the businesses during this already tough economic time.

HEAR THIS:

Rachel Sloan interviewed an employee from Schoolkids Records, Eric Tschudi, about how the business is faring with the decline in record sales, even after its move on Hillsborough Street. Kelly Reid also previews Monday night’s Old Bricks show at Slim’s.

COMMUNITY CANVAS:

Mike Alston interviewed visual artist Ryan Cummings about his work, especially on the Hear Here compilation CD cover.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK:

This week, we featured Logan Sayles, senior in graphic design and co-president of the Design Council. Sayles talked about the life of a design student, the projects he’s worked on and the notorious design school Halloween Bash. Also, check back here for photos Wednesday.

SOUNDBYTES:

Caitlin Cauley interviewed students around campus and brought you audio clips of their answers to this week’s question: Do you use Twitter, and what do you think of it? The answers may be surprising to some.

And, as always, send in your comments, suggestions, gripes and complaints to publicaffairs@wknc.org. We may even read your response live if you so desire.

Don’t forget to tune in again next Monday to WKNC 88.1 for Eye on the Triangle from 7 – 8 p.m. EST or listen online at wknc.org.

Listen to episode two.

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Music News and Interviews

Schoolkids Records: When State Wins, YOU Win!

And this is why we love independently owned neighborhood music shops:
Schoolkids Records in Raleigh has announced a brand new program titled: “When State Wins, You Win”.  Says Schoolkids:

When an NC State team wins, you get $2 off any new or used CDs, records, or DVDs (priced $7.99 or higher) you buy the day after they win. For instance, when State sticks it to South Carolina this Thursday, walk across the street and come in on Friday and present your student ID and you’ll get $2 off any new or used CD, record, or DVD you buy priced $7.99 or higher. You can do this for multiple items, too. This isn’t just the football team; this will count for State’s basketball team (men’s or women’s), baseball team, softball team, and soccer team (men’s or women’s). So, it’s a win-win. Sweet!

Sweet indeed Schoolkids.  I will see you Friday morning.  Go Wolfpack!

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Music News and Interviews

Alcazar Hotel To Give Out Free Music

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Chapel Hill rock group, The Alcazar Hotel, is giving out free CDs to anyone who wants them!  Between now and December 31, just contact jimmy@fiveheadentertainment.com and let them know how you want the CD sent to you.  The band said today:

“We want you to help spread the word about the Alcazar Hotel!  Burn the CD for a friend or your cousin and tell them about the band.  Know five folks who you think would dig the tunes?  Let us know – we’ll send you 5 CDs…pass ‘em on to those five folks, along with our myspace info & show schedule”

Songs from the free CD include select tracks from the band’s newest album, Come ON! Dig The Unified Theory, as well as recently recorded for Cytunes & the Mark Sandman Music Project.

You can ask for mp3s, mp4s, or CDs through snail mail or “carrier pigeon”.

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Concert Preview Local Music

LBLB For September

New Raleigh has beaten us to the punch announcing this month’s Local Beer Local Band, but we are just excited as everyone else.  This could possibly be the best month’s lineup yet, and features three extra dates not on Thursday!  Check it out:

Every week WKNC interviews our Local Beer Local Band bands, so be sure to check back to the blog for dates and times of live, on-air, interviews.

Also, don’t forget that every week the Hear Here compilation will be on sale at Tir Na Nog!

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Music News and Interviews

Kooley Is High Music Video

Brand new video from Kooley High:

Kooley High – Kooley is High (prod. by DeLa) from BECAUSEUS on Vimeo.

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Music News and Interviews

New Music From Schooner

Carrboro folk band Schooner has just released 6 brand new tunes to the internet masses from their unreleased “Duck Kee Sessions” EP.  Look for them to premiere the new songs on the radio sometime this week on WKNC! (we are crossing our fingers)

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Playlists

Top 10 tracks selected by Brian Corum of Lonnie Walker

Brian Corum, front- man for everyone’s favorite Lonnie Walker, has graciously given us his top song list this week.

Make sure to check out Lonnie Walker September 5 at Local Beer Local Band at Tir Na Nog with Americans in France and Anti Bubbles.

“I couldn’t put any kind of order to this list so these are just 10 of my favorite jams right now,” Corum writes.

1. Future Islands – Pinnochio

“I love these guys with my heart deepness. Their new songs keep getting better and better and Sam’s lyrics and his lyrical placements are something I look up to.”

2. Girls – Lust for Life
“This song is ridiculously catchy and the first line is a guy singing, ‘oh I wish I had a boyfriend’ which I’ve caught myself singing out loud before and in turn have gotten some strange looks from people.”

3. Fleetwood Mac – Not that Funny
“It’s got this weird tone that comes in and out of the mix and I really like the snarl in Buckingham’s vocal delivery.”

4. The Rentals – Sweetness and Tenderness
“I hadn’t really listened to the Rentals much since high school, but I played the album Return of the Rentals the other day while driving and was over-flooded with sweet memories.”

5. Americans in France – Nose Job
“I really like the snotty nose brat aesthetic that this band does so well – and they are local. I got the album Pretzelvania, and I think it’s great. We’re playing together on Sept. 5 at Tir Na Nog too, along with a new band called AntiBubbles. I’m real excited about this show!”

6. Gillian Welch – By the Mark
“The best song about Jesus Christ, ever. So pure, and her voice. I love her voice.”

7. Talking Heads– Animals
“Super paranoia – this song is pretty strange even for the Talking Heads. It’s filled with a bunch of jagged rants about how the animals are laughing at the human condition.”

8. Angelo Badalamenti – The Straight Story Soundtrack
“The Straight Story is one of my favorite David Lynch films. It’s tame compared to a lot of his stuff, but you can still tell Lynch made it. The score fits so great, too.”

9. Magnetic Fields – Kiss Me Like You Mean It
“The line, ‘come here baby and kiss me like you mean it,’ sounds like it should be an old Humphrey Bogart quote.”

10. Cluster – Zum Wohl
“The album Sowiesoso was playing at Schoolkids one day while I was looking around and I ended up buying it instead of everything else. It’s a super warm sounding electronic album, great to work to, and I thank Brad for talking me into buying it.”

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Non-Music News

EOT01 Introduction 8/24/09

Eye on the Triangle, WKNC’s weekly public affairs program, made its debut Aug. 24. The show is split up into several segments – a news rundown for the week, VIP interviews, local music, local arts, student of the week, and soundbytes. The following is a break-down of each of the segments and what they featured last week. Be sure to listen to the podcasts of the segments if you missed out last week, and don’t forget to tune in tomorrow from 7-8 p.m. for another episode!

  • VIP: Public Affairs Director Saja Hindi and VIP Correspondent Adam Compton interview Chancellor Jim Woodward and Provost Warwick Arden to discuss topics ranging from the officials’ vision for the University to budget cuts to a day in the life of their respective posts.
  • Hear This: Local Music Director Adam Kincaid interviews Audio Production Consultant Mikey Perros on Hear Here!, the new local music compilation featuring brand new songs from 17  bands from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
  • Community Canvas: General Manager Mike Alston interviews Sarah Schroth with the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University about the Picasso and the Allure of Language” exhibition on view from Aug. 20 through Jan. 10, 2010. To hear more about Picasso’s 60 works from 1900 to 1969, tune in tonight!
  • Student of the Week: Lianne Gonsalves speaks about her experience in Honduras this summer, interning for the State Department. You can also click to see some of the pictures from her trip below.

  • Soundbytes: Correspondent Caitlin Cauley interviews people around campus about how the Hillsborough Street construction is affecting them.If you have any comments, suggestions or questions, don’t hesitate to shoot us an e-mail at publicaffairs@wknc.org

Listen to EOT01.