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...

Don’t stop now! I know you were out all last weekend at Double Barrel Benefit and the weekend before that at Moving Island but you CANNOT stop now! There will be a record release show for DiggUp...

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...

Saturday, at the Piedmont Biofuel facility in Pittsboro, was the third annual TrkFest put on by Trekky Records.  TrkFest has quickly become one of the most important local music events in the area and...

It has been longer than a month since we have had a live Local Beat, and, since February, we haven’t had a full, three hour show (mostly due to NC State Baseball).  I have spent the past month recovering...

Come down to WKNC and Tir Na Nog’s Local Beer Local Band Night on Thursday, June 24 to see Trekky Records’ Embarrassing Fruits, Charlotte natives Yardwork, and Raleigh’s Whatever Brains! The show...