Three days of live music can take a lot out of you. This guide will show you how to attend day parties in addition to the festival and still have enough energy to get the most out of your Hopscotch experience. The...

With Hopscotch right around the corner, and WKNC’s Day Party at Legends following closely in its wake– how better to promote both events than by give y'all a lil’ insight into our Day Party Line-up! WKNC’s...

Artist Record Label 1 FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY “The Sea of Tragic Beasts” [Single] Nuclear Blast 2 COUNTERPARTS “Wings of Nightmares” [Single] Pure Noise 3 KNOCKED LOOSE A Different Shade Of Blue Pure...

Artist Record Label 1 BODYWASH Comforter Luminelle 2 OH ROSE While My Father Sleeps Park The Van 3 JAY SOM Anak Ko Polyvinyl 4 CEREMONY In The Spirit World Now Relapse 5 PURPLE MOUNTAINS Purple Mountains...

Artist Record Label 1 TORO Y MOI Outer Peace Carpark 2 LONE “Abraxas” [Single] Ancient Astronauts 3 KAYTRANADA Nothin Like U/Chances [EP] RCA 4 TOURIST Everyday Monday 5 GEORGE CLANTON Slide 100% Electronica 6...

A Different Shade of Blue is the second full length album that Knocked Loose has put out and god damn, its heavy. This hardcore/metalcore or whatever genre you want to put them in, I don’t care. Either...

Lincoln Theatre is an old movie theater converted into a music venue. It is located at 126 E Cabarrus Street which is only one block away from Fayetteville Street, making it a prime venue for Hopscotch!...

As of September 1, 2019 my radio show, 2k Indie, will be a 1 year old show. To commemorate the special occasion I thought I’d look back at what has been played on the show and share some of my favorite...

The Local Beat: Vacant CompanyThe always heavy VACANT COMPANY grace the studios to talk shop and play some cuts from their upcoming LP BLOK.Listen here.

Due to work, I arrived late to the show, causing me to miss the two openers- Smidley (a side project of emo stalwarts Foxing), and the folksy-country group Saintseneca. I came in right as Tigers Jaw took...

Festival season promises a slew of ill-informed and potentially body-shaming, culturally appropriative overviews of acceptable festival fashions. For Hopscotch, or any festival for that matter, attendees...

Since its inception, hip hop has had an internal battle with misogyny that’s made it difficult for female rappers to freely express themselves without being dismissed as too ‘girly.’ There’s been...