For the last three years, the good people at Bull City Headquarters, Durham’s community bicycle co-op/art space/occasional concert venue, has presented the Duo Fest, which showcases a diverse variety of two-person bands. This years Duo Fest was last Saturday, and I must say it was amazing. From the country tinged folk of Sequoya, to the intense sludge metal of Curtains of Night, the one-day festival had a little something for everyone. It was almost too much rock and roll for one day; there were fifteen bands playing for about nine hours. Even though I arrived about an hour late and sadly missed Battle Rockets and most of Sawteeth McTweedy, by the end of this epic day of constant musical stimulation I was totally exhausted. But, it was more than worth it to stick around to the end.
I, not being much of a writer, will not go into great detail on the fantastic show most of you missed, instead I’ll just post a bunch of pictures.
The Promotions Team here with another chance to win Kings of Leon & The Walkmentickets. Both bands are making an appearance at the Booth Amphitheatre in Cary on April 28th. WKNC has been approved for 10 pairs of tickets and we’re going to give them away up until Friday April 24th. Stay tuned all week for your chance to win.
Naming their band after their father, Leon, a Pentecostal preacher who instilled the fear of God in parishioners across the heartland, the Kings of Leon began to embrace music after a devastating divorce that split their family. The boys honed their Southern roots towards a more gritty, garage and secular sound, a style that is considered taboo to their religious upbringings. In late 2006, just before release of Kings’ third album,Because of the Times, the band opened for Bob Dylan and gained them international popularity.
Wow, what a day. We started off the Local Beat with an interview and in-studio performance by one of my favorite bands around, Bombadil. They played previously unreleased “Kate and Kelsey” and were also kind enough to let us spin a few tracks off of their yet-to-be-released album, Tarpits and Canyonlands (see video below) [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/3382352[/vimeo].
We talked about the imminent loss of Stuart, Daniel’s injured hand, the NC State Brickyard preachers, and how none of these things will stop the momentum that Bombadil has with new album to be released soon.
Lastly, they provided a hint as to their concert garb for the evening (see pictures below). Check out the interview.
As Bombadil was leaving the studio, we were shuffling Double Barrel Benefit 6 band Lost in the Trees (2/13 of them, anyway) into the studio. They also played a previously unreleased track called “A Church that Fits our Needs,” a stunningly beautiful song with, as we noted, a touch of folk. We also talked about their upcoming date at the Shakori Hills Festival and some work the band is doing in schools (promoting rock, or pop, or whatever it should be called). Finally, we talked about the band’s next album, which should be released sometime this fall (check the Trekky Records website for more info). They also spoke a little about the show that night at the Lincoln Theatre.
Our last guest of the evening was Ryan Richardson of the Kingsbury Manx, who joined us by phone. We talked about the band’s label, Odessa Records (owned and managed by band member Paul Finn). Odessa was having its “label release” party at Cat’s Cradle that night, which included all 3 bands on the label:
What is one day in the life of a rapper? Mainstream ideas of the life of a rapper show it composed of parties, high-price cars and questionable activities. Napoleon Wright’s documentary, One Day seeks to refute that stereotype. The film follows each member of Kooley High, a local group made up of N.C. State alumni.
One Day will be showing at Witherspoon Cinema on Monday, April 20, starting at 7:30 with DJ sets from DJ J. Wall, DJ Nominal and Kooley High’s own DJ Ill Digitz. The event is a collaboration between WKNC and the UAB. It is free to all students.
Kooley High will open for Wale at the Cat’s Cradle April 16.
For more about the film and quotes from Kooley High’s Tab One, check out the full story here.
1 AMADOU AND MARIAM Welcome To Mali (Nonesuch) 2 TELEKINESIS Telekinesis! (Merge) 3 MIRAH (A)spera (K) 4 WHITE LIES To Lose My Life (Interscope) 5 SOFT TAGS Blue House (Self-Released) 6 BURNING HEARTS Aboa Sleeping (Shelflife) 7 AMERICANS IN FRANCE Pretzelvania (ODESSA) 8 KINETIC STEREOKIDS Kid Moves (Overdraft) 9 POMEGRANATES Everybody Come Outside (Lujo) 10 GRANDCHILDREN Cold Warrior (Self-Released) 11 DEAD HEART BLOOM In Chains (KEI) 12 YEAH YEAH YEAHS It’s Blitz (Interscope) 13 IT HUGS BACK Inside Your Guitar (4AD) 14 GRAY YOUNG Firmament 15 HAMMER NO MORE THE FINGERS Looking For Bruce (Churchkey) 16 DAN DEACON Bromst (Carpark) 17 OBITS I Blame You (SUB POP) 18 THOUGHTS Consider The Bear (Brass Tax Collective) 19 MAX INDIAN You Can Go Anywhere, Do Anything (Self-Released) 20 SHOLI Sholi (Quarterstick) 21 BEN KWELLER Changing Horses (ATO Records) 22 LOVE LANGUAGE The Love Language (Bladen County) 23 SUPERCHUNK Leaves In The Gutter [EP] (Merge) 24 RED RED MEAT Bunny Gets Paid (SUB POP) 25 ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND THE VENUS 3 Goodnight Oslo (Yep Roc) 26 HANDSOME FURS Face Control (Sub Pop) 27 ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND Elvis Perkins In Dearland (XL) 28 VEILS Sun Gangs (Rough Trade) 29 GLISS Devotion Implosion (Rykodisc) 30 THIEVES LIKE US Play Music (Shelflife
Radio Adds: 1 SCREAMING FEMALES Power Move (Don Giovanni) 2 KINGSBURY MANX Ascenseur Ouvert! (ODESSA) 3 HARLEM SHAKES Technicolor Health (Gigantic) 4 METRIC Fantasies (Self Released)
That’s right. We worked our WKNC magic and managed to score extra ticket giveaways for the Dave Matthews Band and Avett Brothers show at Time Warner Cable Pavilion at Walnut Creek April 22nd.
Here’s the catch:
At some point during this week, the daytime deejays will say the lyrics to an Avett Brothers’ or DMB’s song and you must complete the phrase.
Know the rights words, be the first caller, and you’ll find yourself on your way to a great show!
The Magic Babies and The Huguenots will be playing at WKNC’s and Tir Na Nog’s Local Beer Local Band Night this Thursday night at Tir Na Nog. It’s free! See you there!
On this edition of State of State M.C. talks with N.C. State graduate student Matt Robbins, chairman of the Traditions Commission, about Finish the Bell Tower, a student-initiated movement to raise money for a 54-bell carillon for the campus’s famous bell tower.
