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Off the Record: Brazen Youth
Author: WKNC Admin
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Daytime Charts 11/12
Artist Record Label
1 PEACH PYRAMID Bright Blue Oscar St
2 CHASTITY BELT Chastity Belt Hardly Art
3 (SANDY) ALEX G House Of Sugar Domino
4 BARRIE Happy To Be Here (Ext) [EP] Winspear
5 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS In the Morse Code Of Brake Lights Concord
6 MANNEQUIN PUSSY Patience Epitaph
7 BABE RAINBOW, THE Today 30th Century
8 TURNOVER Altogether Run For Cover
9 FRANKIE COSMOS Close It Quietly Sub Pop
10 CRUMB Jinx Self-Released
11 ERTHLINGS Indigo [EP] Future Classic
12 BODYWASH Comforter Luminelle
13 GREAT GRANDPA Four Of Arrows Double Double Whammy
14 JULIA SHAPIRO Perfect Version Hardly Art
15 SARAH BETHE NELSON Weird Glow Burger
16 A BEACON SCHOOL Cola Grind Select/House Arrest
17 FRENCH VANILLA How Am I Not Myself? Danger Collective
18 SURF CURSE Heaven Surrounds You Danger Collective
19 CLAUD Sideline Star [EP] The Orchard
20 GRINGO STAR Controlled Burn Baby Robot
21 NIGHT SINS Portrait In Silver Funeral Party
22 NATHAN BAJAR Playroom In Real Life
23 SNAIL MAIL Habit [EP] Matador
24 PINEGROVE Marigold [Advance Tracks] Rough Trade/Beggars
25 B BOYS Dudu Captured Tracks
26 GREBES House Creatures Broken Circles
27 BOY SCOUTS Free Company Anti-
28 PALEHOUND Black Friday Polyvinyl
29 DIASPOURA Demonstrations Self-Released
30 PEAER A Healthy Earth Tiny Engines
TOP ADDS
1 CHASTITY BELT Chastity Belt Hardly Art
2 GREAT GRANDPA Four Of Arrows Double Double Whammy
3 TURNOVER Altogether Run For Cover
4 RICHARD SHIRK Arcadia Self-Released
5 WILCO Ode To Joy dBpm
6 BASEMENT REVOLVER Wax And Digital [EP] Sonic Unyon
7 BEGINNER’S MIND, THE Ego Death 13 ‘O’ Clock
8 LANDON ELLIOTT Domino American Paradox
9 GEOWULF My Resignation PIAS
10 DESERT SESSIONS Vol. 11 & 12 Matador/Beggars
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Pack Is Life 58: 10/17/19-10/24/19
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Underground Charts 11/12
Artist Record Label
1 DENZEL CURRY Zuu Loma Vista/Concord
2 SK, THE NOVELIST Baggage Self-Released
3 NONAME Room 25 Self-Released
4 MIKE War in my Pen 10k, Lex
5 RICO NASTY Anger Management Atlantic
6 BONES LivingSucks Self-Released
7 TIERRA WHACK “Unemployed” [Single] Self-Released
8 BUDDY Harlan & Alondra Star Trak Entertainment, RCA, Interscope, I Am Other
9 BROCKHAMPTON Ginger Question Everything/RCA
10 BIG L The Big Picture Rawkus, Columbia, Sony Entertainment, Priority
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Pack Is Life 57: 10/7/19-10/16/19
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Afterhours Charts 11/12
Artist Record Label
1 KAYTRANADA Nothin Like U/Chances [EP] RCA
2 TORO Y MOI Soul Trash Carpark
3 KEDR LIVANSKIY Your Need 2MR
4 MALL GRAB How the Dogs Chill, Vol. 1 [EP] Looking For Trouble
5 ROBYN “Beach2k20 (Yaeji Remix)” [Single] Konichiwa
6 18 CARAT AFFAIR Spent Passions 2 Self-Released
7 CARIBOU “Home” [Single] Merge
8 GRACE IVES 2nd Dots Per Inch
9 SLAYYYTER Slayyyter Slayyyter
10 HUSH HUSH Thinkin Bout You [EP] Self-Released
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Chainsaw Charts 11/12
Artist Record Label
1 DESPISED ICON Purgatory Nuclear Blast
2 I DECLARE WAR Downcast [EP] Self-Released
3 COUNTERPARTS Nothing Left To Love Pure Noise
4 CATTLE DECAPITATION “One Day Closer to the End of the World” [Single] Metal Blade
5 VAMACHARA Hereafter [EP] Closed Casket Activities
6 SHAME SPIRAL “A Remanufactured Fear” [Single] Self-Released
7 EDGE OF PARADISE Universe Frontiers
8 CREEPING DEATH Wretched Illusions e One
9 JINJER Macro Napalm
10 THY ART IS MURDER Human Target Nuclear Blast
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Concert Review // Omni
This past Sunday I got to go to see the band Omni at Kings and it was a pretty amazing show. I (thought) I first heard the band a couple of weeks ago while I was at work. I’m the daytime music director here at WKNC so I get albums to listen to pretty frequently, but I definitely remember first getting their new album and listening to it. I immediately figured it would end up on air from the first listen because I really enjoyed it (and from what I saw online under their music video a lot of people feel that way too). The band is from Atlanta Georgia and they seem like really cool guys. After the show I spoke to the lead singer, just to tell him that I really liked his album, and he was super nice and chill about it all. Looking online they are categorized as ‘Alternative Indie’ and ‘Rock’. That’s pretty accurate, but there’s also a pretty classic and kind of old school style about them that really made them stand out to me. My favorite tracks off of the new record are ‘Sincerely Yours’ and ‘Skeleton Key’.
To get back to an earlier point, I thought this was my first time hearing the band but when listening to my Ultimate Indie playlist I realized I had their song ‘Wire’ in there. That track is amazing and I definitely recommend listening to it if you haven’t heard it yet. The show was also amazing and made me like the band and new album even more. The opening acts were Blacker Server and Moonland and they really helped set up the scene, it was quite the show the entire time and I’m really glad I was able to go.
– DJ Psyched
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October Tunes
Another month is over and again some more real good music was released. This month I want to highlight three albums that I really enjoyed. In no particular order…
Networker by Omni
Networker is the third full length album by the band and it’s sound is very classical older-school indie rock. The thing that really made this album stand out to me was the guitar and bass work, the riffs are incredibly ear catching and the vocals just match so well that it feels like it was made for the genre. I would recommend Sincerely Yours, Courtesy Call and Skeleton Key first. These anthems have been on repeat since I first heard them.
Friends by Future Crib
Another album that really caught my attention for its guitar work. I think this album is exactly what I think when I hear ‘indie’ and I absolutely love it. I feel like this music would be so nice to listen to live. There isn’t much more to say then you should start with Astronaut, Pocket and Alone.
Heavy Lifter by Hovvdy
I was instantly hooked when I first heard the song Mr. Lee. I am a sucker for catchy intros, and the higher pitched vocals really fit the vibe this song has. I feel like I could sit outside and listen during the day or chilling in my bed at 3am and it would hit so different but so right both times. It’s hard to describe the sound this album has but it’s very indie and kind of dreamy feeling to me. I would also recommend So Brite and Cathedral.
– DJ Psyched
