Shakori Hills Grassroots Spring Festival 2013

Just three weeks away is the much anticipated Spring 2013 Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance. The four-day festival begins April 18 in Chatham County and lasts through April 21. Over 60 bands will be performing on four stages throughout the festival. Some of these scheduled bands include Keller Williams & The Travelin' McCourys, Lizzy Ross Band, Onward, Soldiers, Donna the Buffalo, Solas, and many others!

Advance 4-day tickets are available online and at various locations in North Carolina including Pittsboro, Durham, and Chapel Hill. Students get a $5 discount with day tickets. More information regarding tickets can be found here.

WKNC Daytime Indie Rock Charts and Adds – Mar. 19

Every week, WKNC compiles a list of charts and adds. Here are the Daytime Indie Rock charts for this week. You can tune into our Daytime programming weekdays from 5am to 7pm.

 

Top 5 Adds:

1 PURLING HISS-Water On Mars Drag City

2 DAVID BOWIE-The Next Day-Columbia

3 DUMP-Superpowerless-Morr

4 MARC CARROLL-Stone Beads And Silver-One Little Indian

5 TROPICAL POPSICLE-Dawn Of Delight-Volar

 

Top 30 Radio 200:

1 MOUNT MORIAH- Miracle Temple- Merge

2 PASCAL PINON- Twosomeness- Morr

3 JACCO GARDNER- Cabinet Of Curiosities- Trouble In Mind

4 USELESS EATERS- Hypertension- Jeffrey Drag

5 PARQUET COURTS- Light Up Gold- What's Your Rupture

6 VERONICA FALLS- Waiting For Something To Happen- Slumberland

7 DUCKTAILS- The Flower Lane- Domino

8 TY SEGALL AND MIKAL CRONIN- Reverse Shark Attack- In The Red

9 THE MEN- New Moon- Sacred Bones

10 DOLDRUMS- Lesser Evil- Arbutus

11 STRFKR- Miracle Mile- Polyvinyl

12 FEAR OF MEN- Early Fragments- Kanine

13 THAO AND THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN- We The Common- Ribbon

14 BLUE HAWAII- Untogether- Arbutus

15 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS- Push The Sky Away- Bad Seed

16 GIRLS NAMES- The New Life- Slumberland

17 BEACH FOSSILS- Clash The Truth- Captured Tracks

18 POPSTRANGERS- Antipodes- Carpark

19 GOLDEN GRRRLS- Golden Grrrls- Slumberland

20 LUSINE- The Waiting Room- Ghostly

21 CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING- Chelsea Light Moving- Matador

22 TEGAN AND SARA- Heartthrob- Warner Brothers

23 ICEAGE- You're Nothing- Matador

24 AUTRE NE VEUT- Anxiety- Software

25 YOUTH LAGOON- Wondrous Bughouse- Fat Possum

26 EAT SKULL - III- Woodsist

27 YO LA TENGO- Fade- Matador

28 EX-COPS- True Hallucinations- Other Music

29 FIDLAR- FIDLAR- Mom And Pop

30 OLOF ARNALDS- Sudden Elevation- One Little Indian

Show Review: Bombadil House Show

When you think of a house show, you typically think a grungy basement with beer cans strewn everywhere. This show was quite different. This concert was put on by Common Chord Concerts, a self-proclaimed "network of music-lovers in Charlotte and surrounding communities that share an interest in original acoustic, Americana and folk/rock music." Common Chord has only been in existence for a couple months, but has put on some incredible shows so far with a strong line-up of shows in the coming months.

After walking into the Common Chords founder's wonderful home, I knew this show would be anything but ordinary even by Bombadil's standards. The atmosphere was very light-hearted as show-goers brought snacks to share and mingled with the band members and other fans. The turn-out for the show was quite impressive for this being Common Chords' third event. As 8 o'clock approached, everyone made their way into the living room area where the band had set up their equipment. Some moved to the kitchen and others to the balcony to get a better view as everyone geared up for the concert that was about to take place in the living room.

Everyone cheered as the band members made the transition from socializing to taking the makeshift stage space in their usual eccentric clothes. James announced that it had been a while since they had played a house show and they were really looking forward to the intimate opportunity. This show was to be my first time seeing them as a three-piece since their guitarist Bryan was off finishing his graduate studies and unable to join. They are each incredibly talented songwriters and musicians, so I was interested to see how their show would hold up with the absence of a band member. I was not disappointed. The performances were incredible and the atmosphere made for some great story-telling about the origins of the songs. The narratives made for one of the most intimate shows I had been to as Daniel shared his hardships of trying to continue writing songs while he was suffering from nerve damage several years back. The stories covered everything from sweet tea to cross country unicycle rides as the entire audience listened and laughed along.

There seemed to be no real set list as they continuously called out songs to each other as well as asking the audience for requests. They played a good mix of songs that spanned their entire career. From "Jellybean Wine" and "Johnny" to new songs such as "Have Me" and "Boring Country Song" from their upcoming album Metrics of Affection due out July 23rd. Everyone in attendance was singing along and enjoying the incredible performance. To make the night even more personal, they relocated to the kitchen to perform an a cappella version of "Get to Getting On." At one point, Daniel made Stuart perform his new solo piano song "What Does It Mean" as he joined the crowd in the rows of folding chairs and couches. Although they seemed to have played every song in their repertoire, the show ended all too quickly with an extraordinary performance of "Honeymoon." They barely finished bowing before someone in the kitchen started chanting encore. As a form of payback, Stuart then joined the ranks of chairs as he made Daniel give a stirring rendition of "Marriage" as everyone sang along. After the applause faded, they took their places at their instruments one last time for the song "We Were Meant to Be." After thanking the audience and the hosts, the house once again transitioned from venue to house party as everyone milled around and socialized after the mutual experience. Although it was not quite your typical concert, the unique atmosphere made for one amazing night with the always impressive Bombadil.

WKNC Has An App!

We just released the new NC State Student Media App today!  We are really excited about this great new feature.  It is easy to use and looks incredible.  The app is available to download for free to both your Apple and Android devices.  This app gives you the ability to stream WKNC, check out recently played songs, and request songs easily from your mobile device!   It also features amazing content content from the Technician, the Agromeck, the Windhover, and the Nubian Message.  Be sure to download the app for another easy way to listen to WKNC.

 

Hopscotch Road Shows

Hopscotch Music Festival just recently announced their upcoming Hopscotch Road Shows shown above. Several other music festivals such as Bonnaroo have begun to do this. This is Hopscotch's first attempt to bring some of their past festival favorites on the road to some new areas to try and spread their influence. Hopscotch is now going into its fourth year of existence, and it continues to grow. Hopscotch 2013 takes place September 5th-7th all across downtown Raleigh. While the line-up has not been announced yet, they just recently revealed that the co-founder of The Velvet Underground, John Cale, will be performing at this year's festival. The rest of the line-up will be announced in late April. With the additional effort being to put into road shows and the success of past years, this year's festival promises to be the best yet.

Each of the road shows host an incredibly strong line-up. All of these bands have performed either at past festivals or at day parties. Most of these acts hail from North Carolina and are no stranger to putting on incredible live shows. With each show only being $5, there is no way that you have any better to do on these nights. So be sure to check out the road show nearest you and stay tuned for the full line-up announcement for Hopscotch 2013 in late April!

March’s Local Artist of the Month: Birds & Arrows

 

Birds and Arrows began back in 2007 as a husband and wife duo.  Andrea Connolly wielded the guitar as Pete commanded the drums.  On appearance, most people might have shrugged off the music.  With two people who are stuck together for better or worse, how much could their music really have to offer?  Their first batch of EPs easily dismissed these notions.  The instrumentation seemed to amount to so much more than just a couple on stage.  Their vocals complemented each other perfectly and made the music so much stronger than bands who enlist a whole army on stage.  In 2009, cellist Josh Starmer joined the line-up adding a whole other dimension to their already incredible sound.  His cello lines swimming in and out of the music along with their sweet, melodic voices.  Their calming breed of chamber indie-folk is an incredibly refreshing sound to fans of any type of music.

 
Since their inception, they have toured heavily throughout the Carolinas as well as several stints up and down the east coast. They have performed at several WKNC events including last year's Double Barrel Benefit as well as Local Band Local Beer.  In their six years of existence, they have perfected their live show engaging a wide variety of audiences.  They make those who have no experience with folk music sway with their beautifully arranged music and their smooth, infectious melodies.  Their third full length Coyotes, is due out March 19th.  This album promises to be their best effort to date.  They recently released the music video for their first single "Firefly" from the upcoming album in Shuffle Magazine. Their tour dates for their upcoming east coast tour are here.  Be sure to check them out Thursday, March 14 at 6pm as we interview them live at WKNC for our Local Artist of the Month segment!

 

http://birdsandarrows.com
http://www.facebook.com/birdsandarrowsmusic

 

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