88.1 WKNC Pick of the Week 2/8/11, written by DJ Switch, WKNC deejayYou never think your kid’s ugly. Well, at least you never tell your kid you think they’re ugly. My parents never did. They...

There’s still time to get your own little piece of Double Barrel Benefit 8, while also supporting your local independent record store!Compilations are $7, and are now available at Schoolkids Records...

Get your socks on!  The 28th and 29th is going to be a music packed weekend! A new warehouse for music and art is opening up in downtown Raleigh called Moving Island. Moving Island is a community education...

Night two of Double Barrel Benefit 8 features Kid Future, HaLo, King Mez, Yardwork and Hammer No More the Fingers.Kid Future(Kieran Moreira, WKNC Program Director)Kid Future could possibly be one of...

Come down to WKNC and Tir Na Nog’s Local Band Local Beer on Thursday 11/18 to see Embarrassing Fruits, Kid Future, and Americans In France! The show is free! 10 p.m. 21+. Embarrassing Fruits These...

This week we have three awesome acts playing at Tir Na nOg: Jenna Smith, Kid Future and Midtown Dickens! Thursday nights at Tir Na nOg are always partnered with WKNC, is FREE FREE FREE and of course, 21...

Last Friday’s Local Beat was slammed full of live local music. We welcomed a new group to the scene, an old one getting back together, and announced some new local releases all in three hours. All the...

Tomorrow Local Beat is jammed full of great local bands and musicians who will be playing plenty of live tracks for us! At 5 p.m. I will be joined by Raleigh-based band Kid Future, a relatively new group...

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Photographs taken by WKNC photographer Katie HillKid FutureCreated with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.The Light PinesCreated with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Here on NC State’s campus, the atmosphere is pretty dreary right now, with exams looming overhead like ash from Eyjafjallajokull. (Too soon?)  This being the week before dead week, we’re all...

The semester is winding down here at NC State, and what better of a time to celebrate then this Thursday at Tir Na Nog and WKNCs Local Beer Local Band night? This week’s lineup is first-rate, with performances...