WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student RadioThis week’s shoegaze edition of Local Beer Local Band Night features Citified and Gray Young. Show starts around 10 at Tir Na Nog and it’s free to get in! Fresh with a new EP “Absence”, the Greensboro collective Citified will be headlining. Make sure you get to Tir Na Nog in time to see Raleigh based Gray Young perform or you’ll miss one of the Triangle’s best. Come out and support the community!
Also, tune in at 5pm today (Thursday) as I will be interviewing Gray Young.
Jax de Leon, a student at Purchase College’s School of Art and Design, has created a series of visualizations of Sufjan Stevens’ Illinoise album.
In an interview with Perfect Laughter, de Leon states:
How did you end up choosing Illinoise? Did you consider any other albums?
Illinois was the inevitable choice for me. I listened to it in the car on the way to my freshman year of college shortly after it was released in 2005, and it’s been my favorite album ever since. It’s such a complete album, not just a series of singles, and I’ve always thought of it as a beautiful piece of art that deserves to be listened to very carefully. I considered various other albums and artists (The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, even The Beatles, my first love) but I always knew I would end up choosing Illinois.
WKNC is giving away some great tickets to some awesome local shows this week including…
Sunday June 14th – Meat Puppets with Retribution Gospel Choir @ Cat’s Cradle
Monday June 15th – Portugal, The Man @ Cat’s Cradle
Monday June 15th – The Constellations with Eula @ The Pour House
Monday June 15th – Zee Avi with Matt Hires presented by Cat’s Cradle @ Nightlight
Thursday June 18th – Future and Milhouse @ The Pour House
Saturday June 20th – Camera Obscura with Anni Rossi @ Cat’s Cradle
Along with tickets to these shows WKNC is also giving away movie passes for the following moives:
Year One starring Jack Black and Michael Cera
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen starrig Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox
Sister’s Keeper starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin
Be sure to tune into 88.1 FM for your chance to win!
Here’s my playlist from today. I hope you guys have enjoyed my show. Chuck will be back for his show next weekend.
Tune in from 8-10 PM this Sunday, June 14 for the Dance Dance Revolution. I’m filling in for Chuck who is having a blast up at Bonnaroo in Tennessee with Caid, Kyle, and others. Put on your blue plastic-rimmed sunglasses, get on your feet, and crack open a PBR because KNC is about to get dancy. Listen on your radio at 88.1 FM or online at wknc.org/listen. Leave your requests
Tonight (Thur 5/11) at Local Beer Local Band Night we have marine-mammal rockers, The Whalewatchers, and experimental jazz group, Starmount. Don’t forget, Tir Na Nog is in downtown Raleigh (218 S. Blount St.) and it’s FREE to get in! Also, I’ll be doing an interview with the Whalewatcher’s arund 5pm today, so make sure you tune in.
Here’s the official Whalewatcher’s music video for the song Pretty Money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8ufspAdTk
See you out there!
Here are the top 30 records at WKNC from the past week, compiled by Daytime Music Director Jenna St. Pierre:
1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
2. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us
3. Veelee – Three Sides
4. St. Vincent – Actor
5. American Folklore – American Folklore
6. Harlem Shakes – Technicolor Health
7. Doves – Kingdom of Rust
8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. Kingsbury Manx – Ascenseur Ouvert
10. Passion Pit – Manners
11. Americans in France – Pretzelvania
12. It Hugs Back – Inside Your Guitar
13. Telekinesis – Telekinesis
14. Lonnie Walker – These Times Old Times
15. Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream
16. Decemberists – Hazards of Love
17. Screaming Females – Power Move
18. Roman Candle – Oh Tall Tree In the Ear
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
20. Metric – Fantasies
21. Akron/Family – Set Em Wild Set Em Free
22. Amadou and Mariam – Welcome to Mali
23. Dirty Projectors – Stillness is the Move
24. Red Collar – Pilgrim
25. White Lies – To Lose My Life
26. Gliss- Devotion Implosion
27. Xu Xu Fang – Seven Days Now
28. Dan Deacon – Bromst
29. Magic Wands – Magic Love and Dreams EP
30. City Center- City Center
The following are albums we’ve recently added to our library, which you can look forward to hearing on the station:
1. Deer Tick – Born on Flag Day
2. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
3. Ha Ha Tonka – Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South
4. Portland Cello Project – The Thao and Justin Powers Sessions
5. Eels – Hombre Lobo
N.C. State’s student radio station earned recognition as one of the best in the Triangle in Independent Weekly’s annual “Best of the Triangle” reader survey. Kyle Robb, the station’s general manager for 2008-2009, accepted the award during his Jun. 10 radio program.
WKNC 88.1 FM, along with Clear Channel’s G105, received finalist honors for Best Radio Station. WUNC 91.5 FM, the NPR-affiliated station from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earned the top award.
Kelly Reid, known as Mz. Kelly to WKNC listeners, was a finalist for Best Radio DJ. She is one of three WKNC staff recognized as among the Best in the Triangle in recent years. Tom Wharton was voted Best Radio DJ in 2006 and Sam McGuire received a finalist nod in 2007.
Mike Alston, who took over for Robb as general manager in April, thanked the listeners for their loyalty. “We are honored to be finalists,” he said. “We can’t compete with larger stations in terms of resources, but we have a dedicated staff and dedicated listener base.”
“The fact that a group of students can earn this kind of recognition year after year shows the value the student media have to N.C. State University,” Jamie Lynn Gilbert, the station’s advisor, said.
More than 3,000 people filled out the 2009 Best of the Triangle ballot, voting on everything from best pet specialty store to best comfort food.
Independent Weekly voted WKNC Best Radio Station in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The station was named Best College Radio in 2004 and 2005, as well as Best Radio for Music in 2005. WKNC also earned top awards from Spectator in 2001 and 2002.
That’s right guys Bonnaroo is THIS WEEK!! June 11th- June 14th! Check out the Bonnaroo website because tickets are still on sale and the website has tons of cool stuff to help you prepare for a great Bonnaroo time like the Artist Lineup and Activities and Attractions!!
So, I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t wait to see Phish, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snoop Dogg, Beastie Boys, Grizzly Bear, White Rabbits, Andrew Bird, TV on the Radio, Animal Collective, MGMT, and Girl Talk.
Bad news is it may be impossible to catch all the acts you are dying to see. But, don’t worry it is pretty much going to be a blast either way.
Ok, first step to go to Bonnaroo –> get a ticket somehow someway!
Next –> Look at the lineup and stages and make an estimated list of MUST SEEs.
Then –> Well get together with your Bonna Buds and make a Bonna Checklist.
HERE are some of the things I plan on taking! If you have any MUST SEE or Checklist Suggestions make sure to leave it in comment style on the blog!
*Tent and other camping equipment
*Hat/Bandanna
*Non-perishable food
*Water
*Cooler
*SunScreen
*Deodorant
*Baby Wipes
*Money
*Camping Chair
*Walking Shoes
*Nalgene Bottle
*Rain Gear
*Bug Spray
*Portable Lantern
*Batteries
*Sunglasses
*Something to Shade the Campsite
*Toilet Paper
*Alcohol
*And Whatever Else Will Make the Trip Complete
The Bonnaroo Website also has great lists to check out before you make your trip!
The count down to Bonnaroo is ON! SO great ready everyone it’s gonna be a crazy ride!!!!
–Liztopia
As someone who has worked more than a dozen on-air fundraisers, practically begging for the telephone to ring, I wholeheartedly agree that the best way to raise money is through a rocking concert. WKNC does it through our annual Double Barrel Benefit and so does Band Together NC, a local non-profit whose mission is “to raise funds and awareness for select charities through events that showcase and support musical talent.” Since its formation in 2001, Band Together has raised more than $635,000 for Triangle charities.
Band Together’s latest effort took place Saturday, June 6 with Chatham County Line, The Rosebuds and Rusted Root performing on the Lincoln Theatre Street Stage. Band Together alumni HOBEX closed out the evening with a set inside the Lincoln. MyNC.com reports the Band Together committee presented a $108,000 check to the Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood just before Rusted Root took the stage.
Chatham County Line took the stage at 6 p.m. I could hear the beginning notes of “The Carolinian” as I rushed to the blocked off area of Cabarrus Street between Blount and Wilmington in downtown Raleigh. The Lincoln Theatre street stage was against the Wilmington Street side, with the Silent Auction area, requisite Budweiser beer line and Southern Season Catering trailer leading to Blount.
With the banjo, mandolin and guitar players crowded around the microphone and the bassist two steps behind, the mic stand could have just as easily read WSM as Chatham Co Line. The Raleigh-based quartet makes appearances on Americana, Blues and Co. as well as during our daytime format, with their album IV. The set list included newer tunes “Chip of a Star” and “Whipping Boy” and older ones like “Route 23.” The crowd was a little thin when the band began, but filled in as the set wore on, prompting one of the band members to compliment the crowd for being much better than the one there 15 minutes prior.
Indie pop rockers The Rosebuds were the evening’s second act. Guitarist Ivan Howard led the crowd in a sing-a-long on “Nice Fox,” encouraging the crowd to yell so loud they could be heard in Fuquay. The decibel level didn’t get quite that high, but the crowd seemed genuinely engaged, swaying as they repeated “and it don’t mean nothing at all.” The Raleigh duo has a sparse performance schedule this summer, but will be at the Duke Gardens this Wednesday, June 10th.