Category: Blog

Guilty Pleasures

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date November 25, 2025

A couple of drinks. Image by Sophia Dutton-Rodkin

When it comes to anything in life, we tend to have our patterns. Whether it is our favorite foods, movies, activities or music, no matter how broad our tastes, there are patterns. That being said, we often have things we enjoy that are outside of our usual patterns. At times, there are things we enjoy for which we might be ashamed.

Some examples of this might be horror movie fans being into wholesome Disney films, science fiction fans liking chick flicks, quiet and calm people loving adrenaline inducing activities and so on.

Tags dj dragonfly, playlists, Pop, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

Movie Review

“Chicago” (2002) – A Review

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date November 24, 2025

"Chicago" 2002 movie poster

CONTENT WARNING: This review, film and/or soundtrack contains themes of sex, murder and infidelity.

I am back with another musical review. This one has a very strong basis on jazz and tells a story of fear of missing out. Let’s get into it.

Background

“Chicago” was originally a play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins in the 1920s. The play was meant to be a satirical interpretation of a pair of unrelated murder cases at the time involving two women who were eventually acquitted. The play was brought to Broadway in 1926 but is now referred to as “Play Ball,” so as to avoid confusion with the more modern musical. About 50 years later, the play was picked up and reimagined for a Broadway musical in 1975. In 2002, the story came to the screens starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah and Richard Gere.

Tags Chicago, dj dragonfly, Musical, review

Concert Review

Concert Review: Rozey and Quadeca

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date November 22, 2025

Motorco sign, photo by Lachlan Vester

On October 24th, I had the opportunity to visit the Motorco Music Hall in Durham, North Carolina, to see artists Rozey and Quadeca. Before this show, I was only really familiar with Quadeca (although I wouldn’t call myself a fan at that stage yet). The whole reason I went was because a friend had asked me to go.

As we got to the show, there was a line forming an hour early at the doors, not just VItickets, but regular general admission ticket holders as well. We got in line by a large tour bus out front of the venue and began our hour-long wait.

Tags concert review, quadeca, rozey, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 11/18/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date November 21, 2025

Chainsaw Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	CLAIRVOYANCE	Chasm of Immurement	Carbonized
2	STARFORCE	Beyond the Eternal Night	Self-Released
3	BLOOD ABSCISSION	I I	Debemur Motri
4	HOODED MENACE	Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration	Season of Mist
5	KARDASHEV	Alunea	Metal Blade
6	KILLING OF A SACRED DEER	A Visage of a Mangled Body	Wax Vessel
7	AGRICULTURE	The Spiritual Sound	The Flenser
8	SCIMITAR	Scimitarium I	Crypt of the Wizard
9	LIFE	My Heart the Dreaming Memory	Self-Released
10	EMMA GOLDMAN	All You Are Is We	Zegema Beach

Chainsaw Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	YELLOW EYES	Confusion Gate	Sibir
2	KOSTNATĚNÍ	Přílišnost (Excess)	Willowtip
3	QRIXKUOR	The Womb of the World	Invictus
4	BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS	The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me	Prosthetic

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

Music Education

Preparing for a Vocal Performance

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date November 21, 2025

Microphone. Image by Studio 7042, licensed CC0 1.0 Universal.

I was recently asked how I prepare for a vocal performance. I realized that there are probably other people who are also looking for tips and tricks to prepare for a vocal performance so here you go.

As my regular readers know, I play in a band in Raleigh. I play rhythm guitar and lead vocals in an alternative rock and grunge band. That being said, I have a variety of vocal styles I have to incorporate. Some noteworthy artists would be Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave, Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries and most recently Leigh Nash of Sixpence None The Richer. As you can see, these four people have vastly different styles. It is also worth noting that I am an alto with a smoother voice but I like to incorporate vocal fries, flips and I’m even learning to scream.

Tags dj dragonfly, Live Performance, SInging, Vocals, WKNC

Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 11/18/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date November 21, 2025

	Artist	Record	Label
1	MACHINE GIRL	PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X	Future Classic
2	INDIGO CYPRESS	The Witness	Self-Released
3	ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER	“Lifeworld” [Single]	Warp
4	PICTUREPLANE	Sex Distortion	Music.Website
5	NIGHT TAPES	portals//polarities	Nettwerk
6	DESTRATA	CDMUSIC013 [EP]	Club Designs
7	SYLVAN ESSO	“WDID” [Single]	Psychic Hotline
8	BIZ	Swim	Self-Released
9	WEVAL	CHOROPHOBIA	Technicolour
10	LYNYN	Ixona	Sooper

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

Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 11/18/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date November 20, 2025

Underground Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	PLANET GIZA	The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 3)	Quiet Note
2	EVIDENCE	Unlearning Vol. 2	Rhymesayers
3	CAUTIOUS CLAY	The Hours: Night	Fantasy/Concord
4	CARRTOONS	Space Cadet	+1
5	MANWOLVES, CRASHPREZ, CRASHWOLVES	it all comes for me [EP]	Manwolves
6	DANNY BROWN	Stardust	Warp
7	DUCKWRTH	All American F*ckboy	Them Hellas
8	HUMAN ERROR CLUB AND KENNY SEGAL	Human Error Club At Kenny’s House	Backwoods Studioz
9	JAYWOOD	Leo Negro	Captured Tracks
10	KEIYAA	hooke’s law	XL

Underground Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	DANNY BROWN	Stardust	Warp
2	PLANET GIZA	The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 3)	Quiet Note
3	KEIYAA	hooke’s law	XL
4	YUKIMI	Yume [EP]	Ninja Tune
5	ALFA MIST	Roulette	Sekito
6	SHUNGU	Faith in the Unknown	Lex
7	GABRIEL JACOBY	gutta child [EP]	Pulse/Concord
8	ANAKA	Crisis Of The Concrete	AKTIV8
9	QUADECA	Vanisher, Horizon Scraper	X8
10	SAMPA THE GREAT	“CAN’T HOLD US” feat. Mwanjè [Single]	Loma Vista/Concord

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

Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 11/18/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date November 20, 2025

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	KASAN BELGRAVE	Dual Citizen	Tribe
2	HIROMI	OUT THERE	Telarc/Concord Jazz
3	BUTCHER BROWN	Letters From The Atlantic	Concord Jazz
4	KENNY BARRON	Songbook	Artwork
5	RENEE ROSNES	Crossing Paths	Smoke Sessions
6	SASHA BERLINER	Fantome	Outside In
7	SULLIVAN FORTNER	Southern Nights	Artwork
8	TAKUYA KURODA	Everyday	PPK
9	GABRIEL ALEGRIA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTET	El Muki	Saponegro
10	HOT 8 BRASS BAND	Big Tuba	Tru Thoughts

Jazz Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	COCHEMEA	Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros	Daptone
2	KENNY BARRON	Songbook	Artwork
3	RAFAEL ENCISO	Crossfade	Contagious

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

Weekly Charts

Top Charts 11/18/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date November 20, 2025

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	MEI SEMONES	Kurayami/Get Used To It + Itsumo [EP]	Bayonet
2	NATIVE SUN	Concrete Language	TODO
3	ACOPIA	Blush Response	Scenic Route
4	DOUBLE WISH	Double Wish	Hit The North
5	FLORRY	Sounds Like	Dear Life
6	FOXWARREN	2 (Two)	Anti-
7	GANSER	Animal Hospital	felte
8	HATCHIE	Liquorice	Secretly Canadian
9	JOYER	On The Other End Of The Line…	Julia’s War
10	LOTS OF HANDS	into a pretty room	Fire Talk
11	MAMALARKY	Hex Key	Epitaph
12	ROCKET	R Is For Rocket	Transgressive
13	SUNBATHE	Myself To You	Time Release
14	ABIGAIL DOWD	Saints & Warriors	Self-Released
15	AMENRA	De Toorn & With Fang And Claw [EP]	Relapse
16	ANIMAL COLLECTIVE	“Love On The Big Screen” [Single]	Domino
17	APRIL MARCH	“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]	Bong Load
18	BANGZZ	Maybe She’s Born with it Maybe it’s a Trauma Response	Self-Released
19	CAMERON STENGER	Lighter	Hearing Aid
20	DISCUS	To Relate To	Sun Rom
21	FENNEC	Nice Work Volume. 3 [EP]	Self-Released
22	FILLERHOOK	Apricity	Self-Released
23	FIND MY FRIENDS	Find My Friends [EP]	Bloody Knuckles
24	GOOD FLYING BIRDS	Talulah’s Tape	Carpark
25	HALLOWEEN	Shadow House	Funeral Party
26	LIGHTHEADED	Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!	Slumberland
27	HAZEN JAMES	No One Knows My Range	Sawdust
28	JULE ROSER	moongore	Self-Released
29	ONCE BELOW JOY	Realm Beyond the Skyline	Self-Released
30	OZZY	“Amber” [Single]	Self-Released

Top Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	H PRUZ	Red Sky At Morning	Mtn Laurel
2	HATCHIE	Liquorice	Secretly Canadian
3	DAZY	Bad Penny [EP]	Lame-O
4	JORDANA	Jordanaland [EP]	Grand Jury/Sound On

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

Movie Review

Ten Great Movies from the First Half of 2025

Post author By Mythos
Post date November 19, 2025

Characters from "Black Bag", "Sinners", "Sorry, Baby", "The Phoenician Scheme", and "Friendship," promotional images used.

It’s hard to believe we’re already nearing the end of 2025. In the world of movies, the second half of the year is always chock full of holiday releases, bound to deliver dozens of fall festival hits primed for double digit Oscar nominations. Oft forgotten, though, are the smaller, quieter films released in the first half of the year. I want to reflect on these early bloomers and give them a spotlight they deserve. In alphabetical order, here are ten of my favorite films released before July 1, 2025.

Tags Baby Invasion, Black Bag, Bring Her Back, Drop, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Friendship, Movie Review, Sinners, Sorry Baby, The Phoenician Scheme, Universal Language, WKNC, WKNC 88.1