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Hopscotch 2025: Who is Earl Sweatshirt?

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 4, 2025

"Earl Sweatshirt At Festival" by Knocka via CC 4.0 Share-Alike International License

Earl Sweatshirt is one of a kind in the hip-hop/rap space as an artist who mixes poetic lyricism with impeccable production into a cocktail of vibes.

On his 2023 project “VOIR DIRE”, he works with legendary producer The Alchemist on 11 songs that culminate in a euphoric 26 minutes of listening potential. Standouts from this project include: “Vin Skully”, “Mancala”(feat. Vince Staples), and “Sirius Blac”. The way that the tracks all melt together on “VOIR DIRE” creates a menagerie of sound that feels both experimental and effortless.

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Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 9/2/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 4, 2025

Jazz Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	HIROMI	OUT THERE	Telarc/Concord Jazz
2	DANN ZINN	Two Roads	Ridgeway
3	RENEE ROSNES	Crossing Paths	Smoke Sessions
4	SULLIVAN FORTNER	Southern Nights	Artwork
5	TOM GERSHWIN	“Let Be” [Single]	Self-Released
6	BILL O’CONNELL	Touch	JoJo
7	BUTCHER BROWN	Letters From The Atlantic	Concord Jazz
8	CAILI O’DOHERTY	Bluer Than Blue	Outside In
9	MAVIS PAN	Rising	Self-Released
10	MICHAEL DEASE	Found In Space: The Music Of Gregg Hill	Origin

Jazz Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	KEVIN BRUNKHORST	After The Fire	Calligram
2	LAUREN HENDERSON	Sonidos	Brontosaurus

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Weekly Charts

Top Charts 9/2/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 4, 2025

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	DAUGHTER OF SWORDS	Alex	Psychic Hotline
2	FIND MY FRIENDS	Find My Friends [EP]	Bloody Knuckles
3	SEA LEMON	Diving For A Prize	Luminelle
4	FLORRY	Sounds Like	Dear Life
5	JADE THE MOON	“Dirty John Type” [Single]	Self-Released
6	MAE MARTIN	I’m A TV	Casablanca/Republic
7	MAMALARKY	Hex Key	Epitaph
8	SCOWL	Scowl On Audiotree Live [EP]	Self-Released
9	SUNBATHE	Myself To You	Time Release
10	ANIMAL COLLECTIVE	“Love On The Big Screen” [Single]	Domino
11	APRIL MARCH	“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]	Bong Load
12	AZZECCA	“Who’s That Girl?” [Single]	DGTL
13	BABE HAVEN	Nuisance	Self-Released
14	CABLE.PERCUSSION	XYZ [EP]	Intellitronic Bubble
15	CAUTIOUS CLAY	The Hours: Morning	Fantasy/Concord
16	DJ BEETLEBITCH	Acidtape2024 [EP]	Dirtbag
17	FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE	“This Is Real” [Single]	Saddle Creek
18	FENNEC	Nice Work Volume. 3 [EP]	Self-Released
19	FRANKIE COSMOS	Different Talking	Sub Pop
20	GOOD FLYING BIRDS	good flying birds: talulah’s tape	Rotten Apple
21	GRAHAM HUNT	Timeless World Forever	Run For Cover
22	KAYCIE SATTERFIELD	444 Angels [EP]	Earth Libraries
23	LAVENDER BLUE	The In Between	Ghost Mountain
24	LIGHTHEADED	Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!	Slumberland
25	ME AND MY KIDNEY	Endless Login	Gimmedanger
26	NEGATIVE FEEDBACK	Dream 27	Patchwork
27	NOTION	“After The Break” [Single]	Self-Released
28	PETROV	Petrov	Self-Released
29	PHOEBE RINGS	Aseurai	Carpark
30	SHE’S GREEN	Chrysalis [EP]	Photo Finish

Top Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	GIRLJOCKEY	Girljockey	Helping Hands
2	WINTER	Adult Romantix	Winspear
3	GOOD FLYING BIRDS	good flying birds: talulah’s tape	Rotten Apple
4	WATER FROM YOUR EYES	It’s A Beautiful Place	Matador/Beggars
5	TEETHE	Magic Of The Sale	Winspear
6	SHE’S GREEN	Chrysalis [EP]	Photo Finish
7	ADA LEA	when i paint my masterpiece	Saddle Creek

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Band/Artist Profile Concert Preview

Hopscotch 2025: What is Godspeed You! Black Emperor?

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 3, 2025

Photo by Oscar Keys on Unsplash

With Hopscotch Festival right around the corner, I wanted to take some time to write about one of the bands headlining Moore Square on September 5th. That band goes by the unforgettable name of Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Emerging in 1994 from the ever so fertile underground scene in Montreal, GY!BE has carved their own path when it comes to a defining genre. Personally, I would say they’re a mix of post-rock, noise-rock, and drone. Their music while being instrumental (with an occasional audio sample), is so powerful that it defies what you’d expect from protest music, which to me is fast, loud, explicit, etc. instead you get these bleak, ambient, honestly haunting melodies that sound like the entire world is coming to an abrupt fiery end.

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Podcasts

EOT 420 Archives And Upcycling, Interview With Leah Torrey and Virginia Ferris

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 1, 2025

Evie Dallmann interviews Leah Torrey and Virginia Ferris about archives, storytelling, and moral agency. Virginia discusses the importance of representational belonging in archives, emphasizing the need to include diverse voices. Leah highlights the role of pop-up events called “Larks” in fostering community and using foraged materials to promote sustainability. Both stress the significance of zines as accessible, DIY publications for marginalized communities. They also explore the intersections of music, memory, and cultural heritage, noting how personal archives, like playlists, reflect individual histories and community connections.

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Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 8/26/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date August 29, 2025

Chainsaw Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	CHAT PILE	Cool World	The Flenser
2	DEMON BITCH	Master of the Games	Cruz del Sur
3	CALLOUS DAOBOYS, THE	I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven	MNRK Heavy
4	BLAZING TOMB	Singles From The Tomb [EP]	Creator-Destructor
5	BLIND GIRLS	An Exit Exists	Persistent Vision
6	CAVE SERMON	Fragile Wings	Self-Released
7	TENUE	Arcos, Bóvedas, Pórticos	Zegema Beach
8	YELLFIRE	Dear Gods	Self-Released
9	GAEREA	Coma	Season Of Mist
10	AMENRA	De Toorn & With Fang And Claw [EP]	Relapse

Chainsaw Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	TRHÄ	lact’eben	Self-Released
2	TO BE GENTLE	Inner Child Healing	To Be Gentle
3	HELMS DEEP	Chasing The Dragon	Nameless

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Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 8/26/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date August 29, 2025

	Artist	Record	Label
1	ZZKILLME	Lucky Star ✰	Self-Released
2	TURQUOISEDEATH	Guardian	Plantasia
3	MADELINE KENNEY	Kiss From The Balcony	Carpark
4	JAMIE LIDELL	Places Of Unknowing	TODO
5	VYLET PONY	Love & Ponystep	Horse Friends
6	SHHAU	Higher Entropy	Self-Released
7	CLUSTERFUNK	forestry	fakenumberland
8	SHINJONG	Freewillpilled	Self-Released
9	ALIA LAIN	is this the pulse of mechanical ruins	Self-Released
10	IO-NULL (.DRN)	µnerves	Self-Released

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Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 8/26/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date August 28, 2025

Underground Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	AESOP ROCK	Black Hole Superette	Rhymesayers
2	AJ TRACEY	Don’t Die Before You’re Dead	Revenge
3	BISCA RAE	“Honey” [Single]	Basic Bisca
4	BOLDY JAMES AND REAL BAD MAN	Conversation Pieces	Real Bad Man
5	CASH LANSKY	Man Of The House	Mello
6	ELIJAH BLAKE	elijah.	MNRK
7	ERROL EATS EVERYTHING	Errol Eats Everything	Big Chune
8	HANNAH STOKES	“Waste Time” [Single]	Raised Eden
9	KENNY MASON	Angel Eyes	RCA
10	ONEDA	Formula OneDa	Heavenly/PIAS

Underground Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	LUPE FIASCO	“SOS” [Single]	1st And 15th Too/Thirty Tigers
2	CARRTOONS	“Thursday Disco” feat. Haile Supreme [Single]	+1
3	CARRTOONS	“Cascade” feat. Wiki, Rae Khalil, The Kount [Single]	+1
4	EVIDENCE	Unlearning Vol. 2	Rhymesayers
5	MURS	Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)	Mello
6	STACY EPPS	Flowheart	RE:Source Collab

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Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 8/26/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date August 28, 2025

	Artist	Record	Label
1	DANA AND ALDEN	Speedo	Concord Jazz/Concord
2	GOTTS STREET PARK	On The Inside	Blue Flowers
3	SHAREL CASSITY	Gratitude	Sunnyside
4	WALTER SMITH III	Three Of Us Are From Houston And Reuben Is Not	Blue Note
5	RENEE ROSNES	Crossing Paths	Smoke Sessions
6	CARLOS MENA	Con Personas (With The People)	Pinch
7	RYAN KEBERLE AND COLLECTIV DO BRASIL	Choro Das Águas	Alternate Side
8	JOHN ROSEBORO	Fools	Public Confession Art House
9	NANAMI HARUTA	The Vibe	Origin
10	PAUL CORNISH	You’re Exaggerating!	Blue Note

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Weekly Charts

Top Charts 8/26/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date August 28, 2025

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	DOUBLE WISH	Double Wish	Hit The North
2	MEI SEMONES	Animaru	Bayonet
3	BUG CRUSH	Somehow I Go In Circles All The Time [EP]	Self-Released
4	GRAHAM HUNT	Timeless World Forever	Run For Cover
5	JADE THE MOON	“Dirty John Type” [Single]	Self-Released
6	SASAMI	Blood On The Silver Screen	Domino
7	SCOWL	Scowl On Audiotree Live [EP]	Self-Released
8	STEREOLAB	Instant Holograms On Metal Film	Warp/Duophonic
9	ANIMAL COLLECTIVE	“Love On The Big Screen” [Single]	Domino
10	APRIL MARCH	“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]	Bong Load
11	DAUGHTER OF SWORDS	Alex	Psychic Hotline
12	DISCUS	To Relate To	Sun-Rom
13	FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE	“This Is Real” [Single]	Saddle Creek
14	FIND MY FRIENDS	Find My Friends [EP]	Bloody Knuckles
15	FOXWARREN	2 (Two)	Anti-
16	FRANKIE COSMOS	Different Talking	Sub Pop
17	JADE BIRD	Who Wants To Talk About Love?	Glassnote
18	LIGHTHEADED	Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!	Slumberland
19	MAE MARTIN	I’m A TV	Casablanca/Republic
20	PHOEBE RINGS	Aseurai	Carpark
21	SUBSONIC EYE	Singapore Dreaming	Topshelf
22	SUNBATHE	Myself To You	Time Release
23	BEATRICE MELISSA	Secret	Midnight Special
24	BLUE CACTUS	Believer	Sleepy Cat
25	CABLE.PERCUSSION	XYZ [EP]	Intellitronic Bubble
26	CANUT DE BON	no esperan por nadie	Sello Cototo
27	CARIBOU	Honey	Merge
28	CAVE SERMON	Fragile Wings	Self-Released
29	DANIBREAKS	NXIETY [EP]	Self-Released
30	DJ PYTHON	“Besos Robados” [Single]	XL

Top Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	WINTER	Adult Romantix	Winspear
2	WATER FROM YOUR EYES	It’s A Beautiful Place	Matador/Beggars
3	GOOD FLYING BIRDS	good flying birds: talulah’s tape	Rotten Apple
4	SHE’S GREEN	Chrysalis [EP]	Photo Finish
5	TEETHE	Magic Of The Sale	Winspear

Tags charts, college radio, NACC Weekly Charts, rock, WKNC, WKNC 88.1