WKNC presenting Double Barrel Benefit day party & market

This year's WKNC Double Barrel Benefit concert at The Pour House (which you can read more about HERE) is taking a page from the Hopscotch Music Festival playbook by hosting a day party and market.

There will be music at Tir Na Nog on Saturday, February 4 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. with sets by Patrick Phelan (of Luego), Jeff Crawford, Baobab, Magnolia Collective, Driftwood and Juan Huevos. The show is free and open to all ages.

There will also be a market set up at Tir Na Nog featuring art, clothing, jewelry and music from local charities, businesses and artists. There will also be raffles for WKNC merchandise and concert tickets, including tickets for the Hopscotch Music Festival. The market starts an hour before the music, at noon, and will continue until 5 p.m.

Ben Folds Five start work on new album, eyeing spring release

Legendary Chapel Hill piano rock band Ben Folds Five have officially started to work on their first new album since 1999's The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner.

On Wednesday (January 25) Folds' Tweeted a photo of the band at work (which you can see on the right) saying "It's happening fo sho - Day 1 in studio with Robert and Darren through March." If that's not exciting enough, the music is expected out as early as this spring as Folds stated in a later Tweet.

Dinosaur Feathers announces new album & tour, coming to Raleigh

Brooklyn indie band Dinosaur Feathers are gearing up to release their sophomore album on April 10 titled Whistle Tips. Before the album even hits shelves, the band will be on the road which will bring them back to Raleigh (they played the Hopscotch Festival last year; see photos and a review HERE).

Dinosaur Feathers will play Kings Barcade in Raleigh on Saturday, March 3 with Grandchildren. The show is co-presented by Diggup Tapes and tickets will be $3.

Stream the fantastic song "Untrue" from Whistle Tips below.

New music from Superchunk - "Blinders" (slow version)

Local indie mainstays Superchunk have been laying low lately, but they've got a new free song to give away.

The track is "Blinders," which was actually released as a b-side to "Crossed Wires" in 2009, but the new version is slowed down, hence it being dubbed "slow version." Download or stream the song below.

Superchunk doesn't have any shows scheduled right now, but frontman Mac McCaughan will play an intimate solo set at The Cave in Chapel Hill on Saturday, February 11, opening for Tonk.

This Week's Local Band Local Beer: Richard Bacchus, Maldora & Prison Book Club

This week's (January 26) free WKNC Local Band Local Beer show at Tir Na Nog in Raleigh features a trio of rock bands, two from Raleigh and one coming all the way from West Virginia.

Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls will headline with Maldora and Prison Book Club (from Shepherdstown, WV) getting things started. Check out some music from Bacchus below along with a full stream of Prison Book Club's self-title album.

As always, the show is ages 21 and up and the music starts at about 10 p.m.