They all went to NC State and have been working to build the local hip hop community. Kooley High is a hip hop collective from Raleigh. Indigo de Souza is an Asheville based garage rock band.ģ:30 p.m. It’s one of 10 artist curated stages at the festival this year. The legendary hip hop is not only reuniting for this year’s festival but they also helped curate the stage on Saturday. – Indigo de Souza open an afternoon that was curated by Durham’s Little Brother. Her chillingly confident song “Wasted Youth” was a big hit on WUNC Music.Ģ:30 p.m. As an adult she’s done music fulltime, first with the indie rock band Rilo Kiley and more recently under her own name. As a kid, she appeared in movies like Troop Beverly Hills. – Jenny Lewis is a child actress turned remarkable songwriter. He was 52 when he died earlier this month.Ĩ:40 p.m. Hopscotch organizers are working on a way to celebrate Berman’s life and work during this slot. Berman’s new band Purple Mountains was scheduled to headline the evening. He’s perhaps best known for his hugely influential work with the group Silver Jews. There’s a huge hole in the Hopscotch schedule on Friday night left by the unexpected death of singer/songwriter David Berman. He writes thoughtful, dense songs that are driven by his intricate guitar work.ħ:00 p.m. – Tyler Ramsey has been writing songs, making music, and raising his family in Asheville since leaving the group Band of Horses. The band is fronted by singers and guitarists Carrie Brownstein (of Portlandia fame) and Corin Tucker (formerly of Heavens to Betsy) and are still making incredibly vital, relevant and noisy indie rock.ĥ:50 p.m.

– Sleater-Kinney came together towards of the end of the riot grrl movement nearly 25 years ago in the Pacific Northwest. His rich, lo-fi sound will fit perfectly with our late summer humidity.ĩ:45 p.m. – Kurt Vile is a remarkable songwriter who’s been releasing music under his own name since leaving the band The War on Drugs a decade ago. She had the office at NPR Music nodding along to her aggressively sleepy sound.ħ:45 p.m. She was invited to play NPR’s Tiny Desk soon after graduating from high school. Snail Mail is the breakout indie rock project of singer/songwriter Lindsey Jordan. Their rowdy brand of rock and roll will remind you of 70’s era Stones.Ħ:30 p.m. After a couple years of gigging around the area, they piled into a van, hit the road, and haven’t looked back since. The Nude Party all met as students in Boone, North Carolina.

Here’s a preview of the broadcast:ĥ:30 p.m. On Saturday, the coverage begins at 2 p.m. WUNC Music is broadcasting live from Hopscotch on Thursday and Friday nights and all day Saturday afternoon at.

Credit Bryan Regan Hopscotch Music Festival

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