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Chainsaw Charts 7/21/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 24, 2026

"This Could Be Heaven" by concealer. (Zegema Beach Records)

Top Metal Albums on WKNC

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	CONCEALER.	This Room Could Be Heaven.	Zegema Beach
2	LETTERSTOYOU	…Maybe Someday Became Today [EP]	Self-Released
3	FJORT	belle époque	Grand Hotel Van Cleef
4	HAIDUK	Archdevil	Self-Released
5	MISERERE LUMINIS	Sidera	Debemur Morti
6	IMMOLATION	Descent	Nuclear Blast
7	HELLRIPPER	Coronach	Century Media
8	VESPERAL	À Double Tranchant [EP]	Self-Released
9	CHALK HANDS	The Line That Shapes the Coast of Us	Dog Knights Productions
10	ENTROPIST	The Vision	Self-Released

Tags concealer., NACC Weekly Charts, this room could be heaven

Afterhours Charts 7/21/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 24, 2026

"140 km/h" by y x o f (Gimmedanger)

Top Electronic Albums on WKNC

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	Y X O F	140km/h	Gimmedanger
2	ALEXANDER NOICE	Perpetually And Forever	Orenda
3	MICHAEL MORGAN	Sea Is for Carpentry	Medium Sundial
4	YOKO.T	La Vida [EP]	Pyramid Blood
5	POMELO	LORELESS	Sad Magic
6	PASSYNTH	Mina’s Sounds of the Sea Tape Vol. 2	business casual
7	BOARDS OF CANADA	Inferno	Warp
8	JUMP SOURCE	Fold	NAFF
9	OBLI	Soft Speak	Anjunachill
10	HOW TO SEE KNOW AND FALL	ECOLOGIES	Adhyâropa

Tags 140km/h, NACC Weekly Charts, y x o f

Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 7/21/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 23, 2026

"Stardust" by Danny Brown (Warp)

Top Hip-Hop Albums on WKNC

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	DANNY BROWN	Stardust	Warp
2	CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON	Patchwork	Stone Woman/XL
3	VYLET PONY	Gonarch’s Lair	Self-Released
4	SLAYR	Half Blood (BloodLuxe)	Self-Released
5	OWELU DREAMHOUSE	Owelu Dreamhouse	Hopestreet
6	CAUTIOUS CLAY	The Hours: Night	Fantasy/Concord
7	KEIYAA	hooke’s law	XL
8	FLAMINGOSIS	Mood Provider 2	Self-Released
9	CARRTOONS	Space Cadet	+1
10	NIGHTMARES ON WAX	Echo45 Sound System	Warp

Top Adds

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	SLAYR	Half Blood (BloodLuxe)	Self-Released
2	PHOENIX JAMES	Teeth [EP]	Plus 1
3	CHUCK STRANGERS	Glory Of The King’s Hand	Lex
4	MAGI MERLIN	POWER HOUSE	ONErpm/Bonsound
5	KELELA	New Avatar	Warp
6	AQUIESTOY	“Si Fueras Tú” [Single]	Self-Released
7	MORMOR	“Like Heaven’ [single]	Promised Land
8	CJ MONET	“4EVR” [Single]	Self-Released

Tags danny brown, Hip-Hop, NACC Weekly Charts, Stardust

Weekly Charts

Sunset Charts 7/21/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 23, 2026

"Indigo Garden" by Black Nile (Mass MoCA Records)

Top Jazz Albums on WKNC

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	BLACK NILE	Indigo Garden	Mass MoCA
2	BEN MARKLEY BIG BAND	Tuesday Morning Feeling	OA2
3	DAVE DAMIANI AND THE NO VACANCY ORCHESTRA	Feels So Good – A Tribute to Chuck Mangione	Hard Knocks
4	HIROMI	Balloon Pop	Telarc
5	NICK FINZER	The Jazz Orchestra Volume 1	Outside In
6	PAUL HECHT	Pyrography II	Self-Released
7	SAM BARSH	Straight08	La Reserve
8	STACEY KENT	A Time For Love	naïve
9	SEAN MASON	A Breath Of Fresh Air	Taylor Christian
10	CHARLES LLOYD	Figure In Blue	Blue Note

Top Adds

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	MICHAEL ECKROTH MINAS MESSENGERS	New Paths	TRR
2	CHRIS MCCARTHY	Too Late To Quit	La Reserve
3	SAM BARSH	Straight08	La Reserve

Tags Black Nile, Indigo Garden, jazz, NACC Weekly Charts

Weekly Charts

Top Charts 7/21/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 23, 2026

Album cover for "Run, Run Pure Beauty" by Francis of Delirium

Top 30 Albums on WKNC

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM	Run, Run Pure Beauty	Dalliance
2	METRIC	Romanticize The Dive	Thirty Tigers
3	WALKING BLUE	“Stardust Spin Kick” [Single]	L&L
4	BIG SPECIAL	O’JOY! [EP]	SO/Silva Screen
5	DOTTIE ANDERSSON	“Marlow First” [Single]	Royal Mountain
6	ECCA VANDAL	LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW	Loma Vista/Concord
7	EXITER	Temporary Empty	Spirit Goth
8	JOBI RICCIO	Face The Feeling	Yep Roc
9	KIWI JR	“Pure Michigan” [Single]	Perennial
10	SEAN SOLOMON	The World Is Not Good Enough	Anti-
11	SPORTS BOYFRIEND	Slice Of Life	Self-Released
12	VIOLET GROHL	Be Sweet To Me	Republic
13	AMERICAN FOOTBALL	American Football (LP4)	Polyvinyl
14	CLARION	Blue Fairy [EP]	Broke
15	DAKOTA PROCTOR	“Gimmie a Sign!” [Single]	Plastic Repeater
16	DEAD//BETTY	“R U SORRY” [Single]	VINTERA
17	DEER TICK	Coin-O-Matic	ATO
18	GEORGIA MOOD AND THE WRONG BAND	Linger Longer [EP]	Self-Released
19	JULIA JACKLIN	“Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)” [Single]	4AD
20	KEEGAN POWELL	“Long Way Through Doom” [Single]	Real Rumpus
21	L’RAIN	“soulless cycle” [Single]	Mexican Summer
22	NOTHING	a short history of decay	Run For Cover
23	TEEN SUICIDE	Nude Descending Staircase Headless	Run For Cover
24	KEVIN AND THE BIKES	The Right to be Happy	Self-Released
25	AMINO	Devouring Gold	Crow’s Nest
26	BANFF	Flood [EP]	Self-Released
27	CHARM	Minor Thing(s)	Bean Farm
28	COFFIN HUNTERS	“Skeleton Key” [Single]	Self-Released
29	DIAL 0	Fall Apart	Self-Released
30	DINING DEAD	“Wavelength” [Single]	Self-Released

Top Adds

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	THOMAS DOLLBAUM	Birds Of Paradise	Dear Life
2	SWAPMEET	Mount Zero	Winspear
3	PAPER POOLS	Everything	Self-Released
4	HOLY WAVE	i’m DADA	Suicide Squeeze
5	SUNDAYCLUB	sundayclub	Paper Bag
6	DOC RHOMBUS	Into the Soundstorm	Self-Released
7	PETE YORN	“All The Beauty” [Single]	Shelly
8	THE MENZINGERS	Everything I Ever Saw	Epitaph

Tags Francis of Delirium, NACC Weekly Charts, Run Run Pure Beauty

Playlists

DJ Starburst’s June 2026 chart

Post author By dj starburst
Post date July 18, 2026

Wow, it’s July already? I feel like June went by so fast, and now we’ve already passed July 4th (happy 250th birthday to America; I travelled to D.C., it was pretty cool to see the fireworks). New month means a new chart, though, and, well, you can see it just above.

Tags charts, dj starburst, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 7/14/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 17, 2026

Album cover for "Under the Under" by GROWTH

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	GROWTH	Under the Under	Wild Thing
2	NEUROSIS	An Undying Love For A Burning World	Neurot
3	LETTERSTOYOU	…Maybe Someday Became Today [EP]	Self-Released
4	VESPERAL	À Double Tranchant [EP]	Self-Released
5	BAAN	Neumann	Self-Released
6	BURNING HAND	Jawbreaker [EP]	Self-Released
7	CAVE SERMON	Fragile Wings	Self-Released
8	VEILBURNER	Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy	Transcending Obscurity
9	KAUAN	Wayhome	Artoffact
10	VOIDCEREMONY	Abditum	20 Buck Spin

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

Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 7/14/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 17, 2026

"140 km/h" by y x o f (Gimmedanger)

Afterhours Charts

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	Y X O F	140km/h	Gimmedanger
2	ALEXANDER NOICE	Perpetually And Forever	Orenda
3	MICHAEL MORGAN	Sea Is for Carpentry	Medium Sundial
4	YOKO.T	La Vida [EP]	Pyramid Blood
5	POMELO	LORELESS	Sad Magic
6	PASSYNTH	Mina’s Sounds of the Sea Tape Vol. 2	business casual
7	BOARDS OF CANADA	Inferno	Warp
8	JUMP SOURCE	Fold	NAFF
9	OBLI	Soft Speak	Anjunachill
10	HOW TO SEE KNOW AND FALL	ECOLOGIES	Adhyâropa

Afterhours Adds

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	Y X O F	140km/h	Gimmedanger

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

Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 7/14/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 17, 2026

"Stardust" by Danny Brown (Warp)

Underground Charts

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	DANNY BROWN	Stardust	Warp
2	LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON	As Of Now	Lex
3	OWELU DREAMHOUSE	Owelu Dreamhouse	Hopestreet
4	VYLET PONY	Gonarch’s Lair	Self-Released
5	NIGHTMARES ON WAX	Echo45 Sound System	Warp
6	LORD SKO	ELEVATOR MUSIC	Uptown Sh!t/Stimulated
7	CAUTIOUS CLAY	The Hours: Night	Fantasy/Concord
8	CARRTOONS	Space Cadet	+1
9	GENA	The Pleasure Is Yours	Lex
10	ELUCID AND SEBB BASH	I Guess U Had To Be There	Backwoodz Studioz

Underground Adds

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	SLAYR	Half Blood (BloodLuxe)	Self-Released
2	PHOENIX JAMES	Teeth [EP]	Plus 1
3	CHUCK STRANGERS	Glory Of The King’s Hand	Lex
4	MAGI MERLIN	POWER HOUSE	ONErpm/Bonsound
5	KELELA	New Avatar	Warp
6	AQUIESTOY	“Si Fueras Tú” [Single]	Self-Released
7	MORMOR	“Like Heaven (feat. Celeste)” [Single]	Promised Land
8	CJ MONET	“4EVR” [Single]	Self-Released

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

Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 7/14/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 17, 2026

Album cover for "Torch Bearers" by Brian Lynch

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	BRIAN LYNCH	Torch Bearers	Hollistic MusicWorks
2	CHARLES CHEN	The Long Way Home	Cellar
3	KELLY GREEN	Corner Of My Dreams	La Reserve
4	LAUREN HENDERSON	Sonidos	Brontosaurus
5	MICHAEL DEASE	Flow	Posi-Tone
6	MICHAEL MAYO	Fly (Deluxe Edition)	Mack Avenue
7	PAUL CORNISH	You’re Exaggerating!	Blue Note
8	RODNEY JORDAN	Memphis Blue	Baxter
9	TYREEK MCDOLE	Everyday I Have The Blues	Artwork
10	YOKO YATES	Eternal Moments	Banka

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