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WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS September 23, 2014

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS September 23, 2014

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS

1. KING TUFF – Black Moon Spell –  SUB POP

2. PURLING HISS –  Weridon – Drag City

3. WHIRR – Sway – Graveface

4. LVL UP – Hoodwink’d – Double Double Whammy

5. PERFUME GENIUS – Too Bright – Matador

WKNC RADIO 200

1. TOPS – Picture You Staring – Arbutus

2. TY SEGALL – Manipulator – Drag City

3. BAHAMAS – Bahamas Is Afie – Brushfire

4. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER – Lateness Of Dancers – Merge

5. J MASCIS – Tied To A Star – SUB POP

6. AVI BUFFALO – At Best Cuckold – SUB POP

7. LITERATURE – Chorus – Slumberland

8. MERCHANDISE – After The End – 4AD

9. SHE KEEPS BEES – Eight Houses – Future Gods

10. ABIGAILS – Tundra – Burger

11. WAND – Ganglion Reef – God?

12. BRONCHO – Just Enough Hip To Be Woman – Dine Alone

13. GROWLERS – Chinese Fountain – Everloving

14. EDJ – EDJ – Easy Sound

15. MUSEUM MOUTH – Alex I Am Nothing – Self Aware

16. RENTALS  – Lost In Alphaville – Polyvinyl

17. ALLAH-LAS – Worship The Sun – Innovative Leisure

18. RAVEONETTES – Pe’ahi – Beat Dies

19. WYTCHES – Annabel Dream Reader – Partisan

20. SPOON – They Want My Soul  – Loma Vista

21. TWIN PEAKS – Wild Onion – Grand Jury

22. DAVID KILGOUR AND THE HEAVY EIGHTS – End Times Undone –  Merge

23. JENNY LEWIS – Voyager – Warner

24. KAREN O  – Crush Songs – Cult

25. DANIEL BACHMAN  – Orange Co. Serenade – Bathetic

26. NAOMI PUNK – Television Man – Captured Tracks

27. MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND – This Is My Hand – Asthmatic Kitty

28. DRUMS – Encyclopedia – Minor

29. SW/MM/NG – Feel Not Bad – Old Flame

30. NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – Brill Bruisers – Matador

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WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS September 16, 2014

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS September 16, 2014

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS

1. BRONCHO – Just Enough Hip To Be Woman – Dine Alone

2. SHE KEEPS BEES – Eight Houses – Future Gods

3. GROWLERS – Chinese Fountain – Everloving

4. DRUMS – Encyclopedia – Minor

5. GOAT – Commune – Sub Pop

WKNC RADIO 200

1 TY SEGALL Manipulator Drag City

2 LITERATURE Chorus Slumberland

3 J MASCIS Tied To A Star SUB POP

4 BAHAMAS Bahamas Is Afie Brushfire

5 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER Lateness Of Dancers Merge

6 MUSEUM MOUTH Alex I Am Nothing Self Aware

7 AVI BUFFALO At Best Cuckold SUB POP

8 MERCHANDISE After The End 4AD

9 TWIN PEAKS Wild Onion Grand Jury

10 ADEBISI SHANK This Is The Third Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank Sargent House

11 TOPS Picture You Staring Arbutus

12 ABIGAILS Tundra Burger

13 RUBBLEBUCKET Survival Sounds Communion

14 WHITE FENCE For The Recently Found Innocent Drag City

15 JENNY LEWIS Voyager warner

16 NAOMI PUNK Television Man Captured Tracks

17 DAVID KILGOUR AND THE HEAVY EIGHTS End Times Undone Merge

18 EDJ EDJ Easy Sound

19 WAND Ganglion Reef God?

20 RAVEONETTES Pe’ahi Beat Dies

21 WYTCHES Annabel Dream Reader Partisan

22 SPOON They Want My Soul Loma Vista

23 RENTALS Lost In Alphaville Polyvinyl

24 MATT KIVEL Days Of Being Wild Woodsist

25 DANIEL BACHMAN Orange Co. Serenade Bathetic

26 SW/MM/NG Feel Not Bad Old Flame

27 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Brill Bruisers Matador

28 ALLAH-LAS Worship The Sun Innovative Leisure

29 MOTEL BEDS These Are The Days Gone By Misra

30 FLOATING ACTION Body Questions New West

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WKNC Charts September 9, 2014

WKNC Charts September 9, 2014

Rank-Artist-Recording-Label

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS:
1- MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND- This Is My Hand- Asthmatic Kitty 
2- HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER- Lateness Of Dancers- Merge 
3- DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979- The Physical World- Warner Brothers 
4- KAREN O- Crush Songs- Cult 
5- BALLET SCHOOL- The Dew Lasts An Hour- Bella Union

WKNC RADIO 200:
1- TY SEGALL- Manipulator- Drag City 
2- MATT KIVEL- Days Of Being Wild- Woodsist 
3- MUSEUM MOUTH- Alex I Am Nothing- Self Aware 
4- DAVID KILGOUR AND THE HEAVY EIGHTS- End Times Undone- Merge 
5- SPOON- They Want My Soul- Loma Vista 
6- JENNY LEWIS- Voyager- warner 
7- LITERATURE- Chorus- Slumberland 
8- NAOMI PUNK- Television Man- Captured Tracks 
9- TWIN PEAKS- Wild Onion- Grand Jury 
10- J MASCIS- Tied To A Star- SUB POP 
11- SPIDER BAGS- Frozen Letter- Merge 
12- RUBBLEBUCKET- Survival Sounds- Communion 
13- AMAZING SNAKEHEADS- Amphetamine Ballads- Domino 
14- BEAR IN HEAVEN- Time Is Over One Day Old- Hometapes-Dead Oceans 
15- FIELD MOUSE- Hold Still Life- Topshelf 
16- WHITE FENCE- For The Recently Found Innocent- Drag City 
17- ADEBISI SHANK- This Is The Third Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank- Sargent House 
18- MIREL WAGNER- When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day- SUB POP 
19- ABIGAILS- Tundra— Burger 
20- EDJ- EDJ- Easy Sound 
21- WYTCHES- Annabel Dream Reader- Partisan 
22- MERCHANDISE- After The End- 4AD 
23- RENTALS- Lost In Alphaville- Polyvinyl 
24- DANIEL BACHMAN- Orange Co. Serenade- Bathetic 
25- SW/MM/NG- Feel Not Bad- Old Flame 
26- NEW PORNOGRAPHERS- Brill Bruisers- Matador 
27- HOLLOW BOYS- Believe In Nothing- Modern Radio 
28- MOTEL BEDS- These Are The Days Gone By- Misra 
29- FLOATING ACTION- Body Questions- New West 
30- AVI BUFFALO- At Best Cuckold- SUB POP

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WKNC made College Music Journal’s “Chart Discovery” list last week with the inclusion of WKNC Lounge artist Wing Dam on its weekly Radio 200 charts.

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Old Crow Medicine Show along with special guests, Shovels & Rope, will be coming to the Red Hat Amphitheatre on August 20th. WKNC will be giving away tickets for the show until Tuesday, August 19th. All you have to do is be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it and you could win yourself a night of great music. So don’t miss this golden opportunity! All of your friends will think you are so cool once you tell them you won free tickets from WKNC. That girl/guy will be highly impressed by your resourcefulness and finally agree to go out on a date with you. Basically, these tickets will change your life.

Old Crow Medicine Show is a bluegrass/americana band from Harrisonburg Virginia. They were discovered by bluegrass legend Doc Watson while the band was performing out on the streets of Boone, North Carolina. The band brings a classic, folk rock sound to the table that warms your heart and makes ya’ feel rightcha at home in ol’e North Caka-Laka. Old Crow Medicine Show makes me think of what southern country music should sound like. Plenty of harmonica solos, lots of banjo pickin’, a big upright bass, and overall great tunes. Even if you don’t like americana music, it’s hard not to like Old Crow Medicine Show’s sound. And with songs like “Down Home Girl” and “Caroline” you can’t help but admire the musical talent behind the music. But you know what they say, “Americana sound’s best when heard live”. I think that’s an ancient chinese proverb. Maybe not. But who knows, right? What is for certain is that you won’t regret a night with Old Crow Medicine Show!

(P.S. If you’ve gone to any NC State sponsored/related event you’ve probably heard Old Crow Medicine Show’s song Wagon Wheel “heeeeeeeeey mama rock me”)

Shovels & Rope is an Americana duo from Charleston, South Carolina. Their music is filled with mellifluous vocal harmonies, palpitating drums, and dulcet acoustic guitars. A little less bluegrass than Old Crow Medicine Show but still an excellent example of southern americana rock. Check out their song Birmingham to hear a great example of my (fancily worded) description for the band.

So be on the listen for DJs giving away these tickets all week!

Good luck!

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Concert Preview

It’s that time of the year again! WKNC will be presenting its annual Concert On The Lawn on August 18th on Harris Field (in front of Witherspoon) from 5-7pm! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the series, Concert On The Lawn is WKNC’s big concert to start off the school year. The Concert On The Lawn is basically the biggest (and first) of our bi-weekly “Fridays on the Lawn” concert series which goes on throughout the school year. We only have the best local bands play for The Concert On The Lawn and this year our performers are none other than Durham’s own Hammer No More The Fingers (http://hnmtf.com) and Beauty World (http://beautyworld.bandcamp.com). This is also a great time to check out WKNC if you’ve never been to a WKNC event and/or want to learn more about the station and how to get involved.

You may recognize Hammer No More The Fingers as one of the headlining bands at WKNC’s latest Double Barrel Benefit Concert. You may also recognize them because they’re freakin’ awesome and make some of the best edgy indie rock in the triangle. The trio has garnered much musical acclaim since forming in early 2007, and their work has progressed into local NC music fame. Their melodic riffs of rocking and rolling are bound to keep you grooving for the whole set. Rumor has it that Jeff Stickley will drum with hammers instead of drumsticks. He will then proceed to change his last name to Hammerley. Not really.

Beauty World is a power duo also hailing from Durham, NC who recently released their self-titled EP, “Beauty World”. The band consists of Duncan Webster of Hammer No More The Fingers, and Leah Gibson (former member of Lost In The Trees). The two met when Leah Gibson accompanied Hammer No More The Fingers on stage during the 2010 Hopscotch music festival. Soon after, Webster and Gibson started making their own music and playing shows together. Beauty World brings us music that shows influences of both Hammer No More The Fingers’ rock&roll and Lost In The Trees’ indie folk, while creating a unique sound of their own.

So mark your calendars for Monday, August 18th at 5-7pm. Come on down and enjoy some great free music! Don’t forget this is also a perfect time to learn more about WKNC, how to get involved with WKNC, and college radio in general. P.S. also a wonderful time to get your free WKNC swag: stickers, bottle openers, koozies. Ya’ know, all that good stuff. 

 

See you there!

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Concert Review

Every Local Band Local Beer in July brought something new and the July 31st show was no exception.

Cat Be Damned(first photo) started off the night. Typically a full band, only one member was performing tonight. While simple with only vocals and a guitar, the lyrics were fun and catchy.

Following up was another solo act, TOW3RS(middle two photos). TOW3RS put on a dramatic and well rehearsed performance. This guy has got some dance moves! I look forward to seeing his Hopscotch performance as he will be performing with a full band.

Wesley Wolf(bottom three photos) brought the rock to an otherwise tranquil night.

A special thanks to French Broad Brewery and Lazer Dan for all the delicious samples provided in July!

-Muta

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Music News and Interviews

WKNC is giving away tickets for Slightly Stoopid w/ special guest Stephen Marley and G Love & Special Sauce at Red Hat Amphitheater on August 8th. Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it, and you could win yourself some free tickets!

Slightly Stoopid truly has a unique sound which the band describes as, “A fusion of folk, rock, reggae, and blues with hip-hop, funk, metal and punk.“ This may sound hard to believe, but after listening to a few of their songs it is clear that Slightly Stoopid really do have an eclectic sound that’s bound to keep you entertained all night long.

Stephen Marley is the son of Bob Marley and, like his father, he has had much success with his reggae career, already earning 5 Grammy awards for his work in his brother’s band, Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers. Stephen has been involved with reggae for his whole life, and now it is your chance to experience his work live. Who else better to hear reggae from than the son of Bob Marley, right?!

G. Love & Special Sauce is another band that brings a unique sound to the stage. It’s often classified as alternative, hip-hop, and blues. Their edgy riffs and laid back style will probably leave you saying, “Dude, these dudes are gnnnarly.”

So be on the listen for DJs giving away these tickets!

Good Luck!

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Music News and Interviews

David Gray will be coming to The Red Hat Amphitheater in downtown Raleigh on August 11, and WKNC has tickets for you! Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it, and you could win yourself a night of great music. David Gray has been rocking out for over two decades now with successful albums like “White Ladders” and “Life In Slow Motion”. With much critical acclaim, Gray has become known as one of the best singer-songwriters in popular music.

Recently, David Gray released his new album “Mutineers”, which shows off his gift and experience in making music. There are plenty of great indie/soft rock melodies overlaid by the unmistakable voice of David Gray. Definitely give this album a listen if you haven’t already, OR even better, win some tickets and hear it live! So, Please Forgive Me if I missed anything. Don’t Sail Away to Babylon before you get a chance to win these tickets. If you want to stop hearing these horribly bad puns, then you better stop reading this post and you better start listening for WKNC DJs giving away these tickets!

For more info on David Gray and his new album Mutineers visit:

http://davidgray.com/

Good Luck! 

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On Wednesday, July 23, Dave Matthews Band will be coming to The Walnut Creek Amphitheater and WKNC has tickets for you to win! This show is part of “A Very Special Evening With Dave Matthews Band” concert series, in which the band plays an acoustic set and an electric set. Seeing this performance is truly an unique experience; this may be the only time DMB has an acoustic/electric split concert!

DMB has also partnered with The Bama Green Project to set up food drives at every show. Drop off your non-perishables in the designated bins outside the main gates of the amphitheatre and the donated food will be distributed to local food banks. The most requested donation items include peanut butter, soup, pasta, baby food, tuna, rice, and pasta sauce. Fans can also make cash donations to the Farm-to-Family Program at the Eco-Village

So if you enjoy donating food to people in need and if you enjoy the funk rock sound of Dave Matthews Band (a sound that is meant to be heard live), then be on the listen for WKNC DJs giving away these tickets!

Good Luck!