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Weekly Charts

Daytime Charts 11/19

Artist Record Label
1 CHASTITY BELT Chastity Belt Hardly Art
2 (SANDY) ALEX G House Of Sugar Domino
3 PEACH PYRAMID Bright Blue Oscar St
4 BARRIE Happy To Be Here (Ext) [EP] Winspear
5 CRUMB Jinx Self-Released
6 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS In the Morse Code Of Brake Lights Concord
7 GRINGO STAR Controlled Burn Baby Robot
8 FRANKIE COSMOS Close It Quietly Sub Pop
9 PIP BLOM Boat Heavenly/PIAS
10 KATE TEAGUE Kate Teague [EP] Muscle Beach
11 METZ Automat Sub Pop
12 MANNEQUIN PUSSY Patience Epitaph
13 STRANGE RANGER Remembering The Rockets Tiny Engines
14 MITSKI Be The Cowboy Dead Oceans
15 ZACK MEXICO The Page The Pope and The Hanged Man Self-Released
16 JULIA SHAPIRO Perfect Version Hardly Art
17 SURF CURSE Heaven Surrounds You Danger Collective
18 TRUTH CLUB Not An Exit Tiny Engines
19 MARIKA HACKMAN Any Human Friend [EP] Sub Pop
20 BABE RAINBOW, THE Today 30th Century
21 BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT At The Party With My Brown Friends Saddle Creek
22 TURNOVER Altogether Run For Cover
23 GUAX EGuaxe OAR
24 BEACH HOUSE Lemon Glow Bella Union
25 CHRISTELLE BOFALE Swim Team [EP ]Father/Daughter
26J AY SOM Anak Ko Polyvinyl
27 GOOD RIDDANCE Thoughts And Prayers Fat Wreck
28 BOY SCOUTS Free Company Anti-
29 SHIKOSWE Back In The Tall Grass Self-Released
30 FLORIST Emily Alone Double Double Whammy

TOP ADDS

1 DARKSOFT Brain Self-Released
2 MARGAUX More Brilliant Is The Hand That Throws The Coin Massif
3 MATT MALTESE Krystal 7476
4 BEAUTIFUL DUDES Radio Mama Bird
5 GREEN BUZZARD Amidst The Clutter And Mess I Oh You
6 HOUG “” [Single] Self-Released
7 DEER, THE Do No Harm Keeled Scales
8 SKINSHAPE Filoxiny Lewis
9 DAYGLOW Fuzzybrain Self-Released
10 RUSSIAN BATHS Deepfake Good Eye

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Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 11/19

Artist Record Label
1 ROBYN “Beach2k20 (Yaeji Remix)” [Single] Konichiwa
2 COWGIRL CLUE Icebreaker Vada Vada
3 SLAYYYTER Slayyyter Self-Released
4 HOT CHIP A Bath Full Of Ecstasy Domino
5 JACQUES GREENE Dawn Chorus Lucky Me
6 BESHKEN Aisle Of Palm Self-Released
7 YEULE Serotonin II Bayonet
8 DEVATA DAUN Pye Luis [EP] Pytch
9 GRACE IVES 2nd Dots Per Inch
10 PEGGY GOU “Starry Night” [Single] Gudu

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Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 11/19

Artist Record Label
1 LEFT BEHIND No One Goes to Heaven Pure Noise
2 COUNTERPARTS Nothing Left To Love Pure Noise
3 DESPISED ICON Purgatory Nuclear Blast
4 LORNA SHORE “Death Portrait” [Single] Century Media
5 KING DIAMOND “Masquerade of Madness” [Single] Metal Blade
6 UNE MISERE Sermon Nuclear Blast
7 KNOCKED LOOSE A Different Shade Of Blue Pure Noise
8 CODE ORANGE “The Hurt Will Go On” [Single] Roadrunner
9 DYING WISH “Enemies in Red” [Single] Self-Released
10 MESHIAAK Mask Of All Misery Mascot

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Miscellaneous

WKNC’s FAKING NEWS

 -Andrew Evans 

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Concert Review

Concert Review: Turnover & Men I Trust (11/14)

Yesterday I made a quick trip down to Cat’s Cradle to catch the Turnover and Men I Trust show. Despite the cold and the rain, there was a huge turnout! 

The opener was an artist named Renata Zeigeur. Having heard nothing by her prior, her set proved to be the unexpected highlight of my night. As her record label writes, her music was “both wonderfully dreamy and strange”. One song especially stood out to me, a new single called “Whack-A-Mole”. As a daytime DJ for the station, it would’ve fit right into one of my sets. Overall her set was a phenomenal, and I plan on introducing her music into the WKNC daytime rotation.

Next up was Men I Trust. I was super excited to see them live for the very first time. I actually found out about them while listening to WKNC…Tailwhip came on the radio in my car, and ever since then I’ve been a fan. With the recent release of their 2019 album, Oncle Jazz, I knew we’d be in for a treat getting to hear lots of new music. My favorite song they performed was “All Night” off of Oncle Jazz. They were amazing live, and I hope I can see them again some time soon. 

Finally, the main act. I had seen Turnover at Cat’s Cradle a few years ago, but that didn’t make me any less excited to see them again. They opened the show with “Still in Motion” from their new album Altogether. Although people sing along with every song, at every show, (this one included), the crowd goes insane when they play songs from their older albums. I survived the mosh pit for “New Scream” another year. I was happy because they also played “Pure Devotion”, one of my favorite songs off their 2017 album, Good Nature. I always think it’s funny how the crowd can go from moshing to one song to standing completely still for the next one, and the whole time the members of the band stay completely chill and act as if nothing changed. 

This concert had quite the lineup, and I’m glad I was able to go! Every act was great, and if you haven’t heard any of their music you should definitely check all the artists out. If you’re too lazy to look them up yourself, don’t worry, because I’ll be playing them all on WKNC daytime hours. 

-miss monet

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Miscellaneous

Let’s Talk Music: Genres

 

Music genres have gone from helping categorize music to confusing the life out of most people, including myself. Sub genres seem to be bigger than ever these days and I find it’s sometimes hard to keep up. What I find most interesting about genres is that they are meant to help you understand what something will sound like before you listen, but with so much variety in music these days it really isn’t that straight forward anymore. 

Now don’t get me wrong, I definitely think this is a good thing, but it makes me question the necessity and accuracy of the role that genres play in music today. Indie isn’t the only genre that’s become hard to define and has A LOT of variety within the genre, every genre has aspects of that now. I don’t think any genre is really that straight forward anymore. 

I just think this is worth thinking about a little when listening to new music or when creating. It seems there are no limits anymore so artists are free to do as they please, even within a specific genre, and I think that’s a great thing. 

I see a lot of similarities between this and the way music changed in the twentieth century. Not to get all nerdy-music on anyone, but there was that whole ‘freedom of the dissonance’ movement that was meant to change people’s concept on music and challenge what was the norm, and I think that idea never really went away and is making a huge comeback these days. No one let’s genre hold them back and bands sometimes even experiment with multiple genres at once, whether it be in a song, album or through their career. 

So I guess I’m just posing a few questions for thought, what is the role that genres should play (if any)? Are they really that necessary, and if so why? Should we have so many sub genres? And does it matter to define music when it stops fitting into these genres? Do you think people should be more conscious of the genre they are in?

Definitely let me know if you have any thoughts, or if you think this really doesn’t matter.

– DJ Psyched

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Playlists

Songs to fit the vibe

 

Music really hits differently based on your mood, so I’d talk about some songs to fit an uplifting vibe. I’ve made about a hundred different playlists for pick-me-up songs, from ‘Hype Music’ to ‘I love these songs with everything in me’. It’s like one of those youtube compilation videos you watch that have oddly specific titles but somehow fit your mood just right, anyhow without further or do here are some of my favorite pick-me-up tunes

  • Natural Supersoul by Superfood

    • If any song could make me feel like the coolest thing it would be this song, the vibe is so mellow it makes you kinda grove along, but the lyrics really always get me feelin like a Nat-ur-al Sup-er-soul

  • Younger by A Great Big World

    • Nothing quite like a throwback song to make you remember the good old times of childhood life

  • Hanna’s Theme by The Chemical Brothers

    • This song has no lyrics, it’s just really nice humming, call me crazy but I find this song so peaceful and relaxing I used to listen to it every night while falling asleep

  • One Day by Matisyahu

    • This song is just beautiful, and I think the message is really powerful

  • Something Good Can Work by Two Door Cinema Club

    • I’ve never made a good vibes playlist without this one, it’s a must to me, if you ever feel like things never workout this is the song to put on, because it’s a nice reminder that something good can work

What are some of your top good vibes songs?

– DJ Psyched

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Podcasts

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Local Music New Album Review

Album Review: Thirsty Curses – Thirsty Curses

Thirsty Curses self-titled album

BEST TRACKS: VHS Release, Red Marks, I Want to Wreck Your Car

FCC Violations: VHS Release, Smash-Hit, Slice of Paradise, You Don’t Have to Tell Me That You Love Me,

Recommended if you like: PUP, The Fratellis, The Front Bottoms

Thirsty Curses pummels the scene once again with a new, label debut album. Thirsty Curses is a local four-piece rock and roll band straight out of our own beloved city of Raleigh, NC. Their latest album, which is self-titled, was released last Friday! I had the privilege of listening to this album before it was released on streaming platforms and I was blow away by the raw energy and deep cutting lyrics encompassed in this release. I am so excited for you guys to finally be able to listen to it. There was also a record release show at School Kids Records last Friday and while I wasn’t able to make it (I had a Biochemistry test that I had to cram for ☹), I heard that it kicked ass and that the album was received phenomenally well. I wouldn’t have expected anything different from Thirsty Curses. They’ve been putting out good stuff since 2017.

There is some phenomenal songwriting on this album. In every song, the lyrics flow and swing together extremely harmoniously, creating a sense of continuity and balance that lets you just sink deep into the music. My favorite song on this album is track 1, VHS Release. Packed into this short, 2 minute 39 second song are several punky riffs, lighthearted drums, and some creative similes that outline heavy themes of being anxious and dissatisfied with your mediocre life, feeling lost about what to do next, and craving a clean start.

If you like drinking beer or if you’ve ever dressed up like a pirate for Halloween, you’ll probably like this album.

I feel hopeful whenever a local band comes out with an album this fresh and amazing. It shows that we don’t have to look far beyond our own backyards to find incredible talent. Fight the corporate machine, keep supporting local music.

-Safia