WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student RadioTop spins on WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1 as reported to the North American College & Community Radio Chart
1. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)
2. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor and Tie)
3. Absu – Abraxas Connexus (Candlelight)
4. Arkona – Solvo (Napalm)
5. Chimaira – The Age of Hell (eOne)
6. Opeth – Heritage Sampler (Roadrunner)
7. Mastodon – Black Tongue (Reprise)
8. Kittie – I’ve Failed You (eOne)
9. Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)
10. Dirge Within – Absolution (Big Time)
1. Heads on Sticks – Brutish and Short
2. Tinariwen – Tassili (Anti)
3. Tasseomancy – Ulalume (Out Of This Spark)
4. Little Gold – Weird Freedom (Loud Baby)
5. Wooden Shjips – West (Thrill Jockey)
6. Stepkids – Stepkids (Stones Throw)
7. War On Drugs – Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
8. Gold Leaves – The Ornament (Hardly Art)
9. Implodes – Black Earth (Kranky)
10. Black Lips – Arabia Mountain (Vice)
11. Luke Temple – Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care (Western Vinyl)
12. Toro y Moi – Freaking Out (Carpark)
13. Zomby – Dedication (4AD)
14. Fruit Bats – Tripper (Sub Pop)
15. Portugal. The Man – In The Mountain In The Cloud (Approaching AIRballoons-Atlantic)
16. Yacht – Shangri-La (DFA)
17. Woods – Sun And Shade (Woodsist)
18. Vetiver – The Errant Charm (Sub Pop)
19. Collections of Colonies of Bees – Giving (Hometapes)
20. Pepper Rabbit – Red Velvet Snowball (Kanine)
21. Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs (Moshi Moshi)
22. Lanie Lane – Ain’t Hungry
23. Moonface – Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped (Jagjaguwar)
24. White Denim – D (Downtown)
25. Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves (Domino)
26. Jacuzzi Boys – Glazin’ (Hardly Art)
27. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic (Matador)
28. CSS – La Liberacion (V2-Downtown Cooperative)
29. Black Milk – Brain/Royal Mega (Third Man)
30. Iceage – New Brigade (Dais-What’s Your Rupture)
1. Zomby – Dedication
2. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
3. Yacht – Shangri-La
4. Thievery Corporation – Culture of Fear
5. Com Truise – Galactic Melt
6. Wallpaper – #STUPiDFACEDD
7. Magnetic Man – Magnetic Man
8. Crookers – Dr. Gonzo: Bust Em Up
9. Borgore – Delicious
10. Glitch Mob – We Can Make the World Stop
1. Arkona – Solvo (Napalm)
2. Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)
3. Revocation – Chaos of Forms (Relapse)
4. Opeth – Heritage Sampler (Roadrunner)
5. Mastodon – Black Tongue (Reprise)
6. Chimaira – The Age of Hell (eOne)
7. Monstro – MonstrO (Vagrant)
8. Kittie – I’ve Failed You (eOne)
9. Dir En Grey – Dum Spiro Spero (The End)
10. iwrestledabearonce – Ruining It For Everybody (Century Media)
Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SBTRKT | SBTRKT | XL-Young Turks |
| #2 | MEMORY TAPES | Player Piano | Carpark |
| #3 | MOTOPONY | Motopony | tinyOGRE |
| #4 | BODIES OF WATER | Twist Again | Thousand Tongues |
| #5 | MIDDLE EAST | I Want That You Are Always Happy | Missing Piece |
| #6 | BALKANS | Balkans | Double Phantom |
| #7 | TEAM ME | Team Me | Propeller |
| #8 | BRILLIANT COLORS | Again And Again | Slumberland |
| #9 | BANDANA SPLITS | Mr. Sam Presents The Bandana Splits | |
| #10 | SALLIE FORD AND THE SOUND OUTSIDE | Dirty Radio | Partisan |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | TOXIC HOLOCAUST | Conjure And Command | Relapse |
| #2 | FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE | Agony | Nuclear Blast |
| #3 | ANTHRAX | Worship Music Sampler | Megaforce |
| #4 | SKALMOLD | Baldur | Napalm |
| #5 | DIR EN GREY | Dum Spiro Spero | The End |
| #6 | SVARTSOT | Maledictus Eris | Napalm |
| #7 | EXHUMED | All Guts, No Glory | Relapse |
| #8 | UNKIND | Harhakuvat | Relapse |
| #9 | WORLD UNDER BLOOD | Tactical | Nuclear Blast |
| #10 | DIRGE WITHIN | “Absolution” [Single] | Century Media |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MF DOOM | “Gazillion Ear” [Single] | |
| #2 | CANNIBAL OX | Angels & Insects | |
| #3 | JEDI MIND TRICKS | Put Em In The Grave | |
| #4 | PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH | “I Get Physical” [Single] | |
| #5 | ACTUAL PROOF | “Get It Done” [Single] | |
| #6 | BIG L | “Put It On” [Single] | |
| #7 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Swerve The Reeping Of All That Is Worthwhile | |
| #8 | SHANE ELI | I Can Do Better | |
| #9 | SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND | Hello Cruel World | Fake Four |
| #10 | MEDIAN | Median’s Relief | Halftooth |
Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ACTUAL PROOF | “Get It Done” [Single] | |
| #2 | 9TH WONDER FT. STRANGE FRUIT PROJECT | Special | |
| #3 | MEDIAN | Median’s Relief | Halftooth |
| #4 | BIG L | “Put It On” [Single] | |
| #5 | SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND | Hello Cruel World | Fake Four |
| #6 | P-FUNK THE KING | Fall Classic | |
| #7 | SHANE ELI | I Can Do Better | |
| #8 | REEK DA VILLIAN | Fall In Line | |
| #9 | DJ MUGGS AND ILL BILL | Secrets Worth Dying For | |
| #10 | ONCUE | “Walk With Me” [Single] |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MASTODON | “Black Tongue” [Single] | Reprise |
| #2 | PSYCHOSTICK | Space Vampires Vs Zombie Dinosaurs In 3D | Rock Ridge |
| #3 | TOXIC HOLOCAUST | Conjure And Command | Relapse |
| #4 | SVARTSOT | Maledictus Eris | Napalm |
| #5 | DIR EN GREY | Dum Spiro Spero | The End |
| #6 | UNKIND | Harhakuvat | Relapse |
| #7 | DYING FETUS | History Repeats… | Relapse |
| #8 | EXHUMED | All Guts, No Glory | Relapse |
| #9 | WORLD UNDER BLOOD | Tactical | Nuclear Blast |
| #10 | FAIR TO MIDLAND | Arrows And Anchors | E1 |
Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ALL SHALL PERISH | This Is Where It Ends | Nuclear Blast |
| #2 | TOMBS | Path Of Totality | Relapse |
| #3 | ENDSTILLE | Infektion 1813 | Season Of Mist |
| #4 | SUICIDE SILENCE | The Black Crown | Century Media |
| #5 | EXHUMED | All Guts, No Glory | Relapse |
| #6 | A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH | And Hell Will Follow Me | SPV |
| #7 | BOOK OF BLACK EARTH | The Cold Testament | Prosthetic |
| #8 | DRACONIAN | A Rose For The Apocalypse | Napalm |
| #9 | PESTILENCE | Doctrine | Mascot |
| #10 | STREAM OF PASSION | Darker Days | Napalm |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks-XL |
| #2 | FRIENDLY FIRES | Pala | XL |
| #3 | WASHED OUT | Within And Without | Sub Pop |
| #4 | ZOMBY | Dedication | 4AD |
| #5 | MAGNETIC MAN | Magnetic Man | Star Time |
| #6 | YACHT | Shangri-La | DFA |
| #7 | FM BELFAST | Don’t Want To Sleep | Morr |
| #8 | BORGORE | Delicious [EP] | |
| #9 | FIORA | Blue Muse | |
| #10 | THIEVERY CORPORATION | Culture Of Fear | ESL |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | AMAD JAMAL | Hood Tales | |
| #2 | SHANE ELI | I Can Do Better | |
| #3 | EL DA SENSEI & THE RETURNERS | GTO 2: Nu World | Asfalt |
| #4 | JAYLIB | Champion Sound: Deluxe | Stones Throw |
| #5 | SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND | Napoleon | |
| #6 | KING MEZ | King’s Khrysis | |
| #7 | CITIZEN AIM | As Just Cause Cries | Humble Beast |
| #8 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Swerve… The Reeping Of All That Is Worthwhile | |
| #9 | IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE | “No Me Importa” [Single] | |
| #10 | SHAD | “Telephone” [Single] |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Gardens & Villa | Gardens & Villa | Secretly Canadian |
| #2 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum |
| #3 | Motopony | Motopony | tinyOGRE |
| #4 | Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art |
| #5 | Balkans | Balkans | Double Phantom |
| #6 | Sbtrkt | Sbtrkt | XL-Young Turks |
| #7 | 1, 2, 3 | New Heaven | Frenchkiss |
| #8 | Bella Ruse | Kuhzoo | Self-Released |
| #9 | Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark |
| #10 | Vaccines | What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? | Columbia |
Motopony returns to the top three this week, with Unknown Mortal Orchestra holding on to the number two slot for the second week and Gardens & Villa nudging up from number three to number one.
Artist Album Label
#1 Gardens & Villa Gardens & Villa Secretly Canadian
#2 Unknown Mortal Orchestra Unknown Mortal Orchestra Fat Possum
#3 Motopony Motopony tinyOGRE
#4 Seapony Go With Me Hardly Art
#5 Balkans Balkans Double Phantom
#6 Sbtrkt Sbtrkt XL-Young Turks
#7 1, 2, 3 New Heaven Frenchkiss
#8 Bella Ruse Kuhzoo Self-Released
#9 Memory Tapes Player Piano Carpark
#10 Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Columbia
#11 Cults In The Name Of Columbia
#12 Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside Dirty Radio Partisan
#13 Brilliant Colors Again And Again Slumberland
#14 Tiger Darrow Tiger Darrow You Know Who You Are
#15 Little Dragon Ritual Union Peacefrog
#16 Bodies of Water Twist Again Thousand Tongues
#17 Vetiver The Errant Charm SubPop
#18 Arctic Monkeys Suck It And See Domino
#19 Washed Out Within and Without Sub Pop
#20 When Saints Go Machine Konkylie !K7
#21 Fruit Bats Tripper Sub Pop
#22 Foster the People Torches Columbia
#23 Bon Iver Bon Iver Jagjaguwar
#24 Thee Oh Sees Castlemania In The Red
#25 Friendly Fires Pala XL
#26 San Cisco Golden Revolver Self-Released
#27 FM Belfast Don’t Want To Sleep Moor
#28 Middle East I Want That You Are Always Happy Missing Piece
#29 Black Lips Arabia Mountain Vice
#30 Gruff Rhys Hotel Shampoo Wichita
Here are the WKNC’s Top 10 loud rock albums reported to CMJ this week. Illustrator and film concept artist Warren Flanagan (known for his work on “X-Men: The Last Stand,” “Watchmen” and the new “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) is the mastermind behind the amazing art on Symphony X’s Iconoclast.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Exhumed | All Guts, No Glory | Relapse |
| #2 | Symphony X | Iconoclast | Nuclear Blast |
| #3 | Devin Townsend Project | Deconstruction | Inside Out |
| #4 | Sepultura | Kairos | Nuclear Blast |
| #5 | Suicide Silence | The Black Crown | Century Media |
| #6 | Decapitated | Carnival Is Forever | Nuclear Blast |
| #7 | August Burns Red | Leveler | Solid State |
| #8 | Paper Thin Disaster | Feed The Machine | MyPixo |
| #9 | Draconian | A Rose For The Apocalypse | Napalm |
| #10 | Morbid Angel | Illud Divinum Insanus | Season Of Mist |
This week back in 2004, the CMJ New Music Report listed Wilco’s A Ghost is Born as the number one album. This week at WKNC, the top slot belongs to Cults.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cults | In The Name Of | Columbia |
| #2 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum |
| #3 | Gardens & Villa | Gardens & Villa | Secretly Canadian |
| #4 | Vaccines | What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? | Columbia |
| #5 | Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art |
| #6 | Amor De Dias | Street Of The Love Of Days | Merge |
| #7 | Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark |
| #8 | Bodies of Water | Twist Again | Thousand Tongues |
| #9 | Motopony | Motopony | tinyOGRE |
| #10 | Balkans | Balkans | Double Phantom |
| #11 | Elected | Bury Me In My Rings | Vagrant |
| #12 | 1, 2, 3 | New Heaven | Frenchkiss |
| #13 | Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside | Dirty Radio | Partisan |
| #14 | Bella Ruse | Kuhzoo | Self-Released |
| #15 | Sbtrkt | Sbtrkt | XL-Young Turks |
| #16 | The Donkeys | Born With Stripes | Dead Oceans |
| #17 | Tiger Darrow | Tiger Darrow | You Know Who You Are |
| #18 | Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Peacefrog |
| #19 | Friendly Fires | Pala | XL |
| #20 | Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge |
| #21 | Yacht | Shangri-La | DFA |
| #22 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| #23 | Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop |
| #24 | Foster the People | Torches | Columbia |
| #25 | FM Belfast | Don’t Want To Sleep | Moor |
| #26 | Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop |
| #27 | Arctic Monkeys | Suck It And See | Domino |
| #28 | Vetiver | The Errant Charm | SubPop |
| #29 | Liam Finn | FOMO | Yep Roc |
| #30 | Nodzzz | Innings | Woodsist |