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Top Charts 7/22/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 24, 2025

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	CASINO HEARTS	A Walk In The Grass [EP]	Self-Released
2	DISCUS	To Relate To	Sun-Rom
3	FLORRY	Sounds Like	Dear Life
4	JAPANESE BREAKFAST	For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)	Dead Oceans
5	SAMANTHA CRAIN	Gumshoe	Real Kind
6	APRIL MARCH	“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]	Bong Load
7	BUG CRUSH	Somehow I Go In Circles All The Time [EP]	Self-Released
8	CLEOPATRICK	Fake Moon	Nowhere Special/Thirty Tigers
9	DAUGHTER OF SWORDS	Alex	Psychic Hotline
10	DOUBLE WISH	Deeper Ecstasy [EP]	Hit The North
11	FOXWARREN	2 (Two)	Anti-
12	GRAHAM HUNT	Timeless World Forever	Run For Cover
13	JADE THE MOON	“Dirty John Type” [Single]	Self-Released
14	MAE MARTIN	I’m A TV	Casablanca/Republic
15	MAMALARKY	Hex Key	Epitaph
16	PHOEBE RINGS	Aseurai	Carpark
17	STEREOLAB	Instant Holograms On Metal Film	Warp/Duophonic
18	SUBSONIC EYE	Singapore Dreaming	Topshelf
19	ALCANTARA	“Gaslight” [Single]	Death
20	ALLIE KENNY	“Soft Crash” [Single]	Self-Released
21	ARCY DRIVE	The Pit	AWAL
22	AZZECCA	“Who’s That Girl?” [Single]	DGTL
23	CULTS	To The Ghosts	Cults/Imperial
24	ENTREZ VOUS	Antenna Legs Hear Everything	Self-Released
25	FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE	“This Is Real” [Single]	Saddle Creek
26	FENNEC	Nice Work Volume. 3 [EP]	Self-Released
27	FIND MY FRIENDS	Find My Friends [EP]	Bloody Knuckles
28	FRANKIE COSMOS	Different Talking	Sub Pop
29	GLACIAL TOMB	Lightless Expanse	Prosthetic
30	JADE BIRD	“Dreams” [Single]	Glassnote

Top Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	HORSEPOWER	Horsepower [EP]	Rose Garden
2	SMUT	Tomorrow Comes Crashing	Bayonet
3	LIGHTHEADED	Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!	Slumberland
4	GREET DEATH	Die In Love	Deathwish
5	ANIMAL COLLECTIVE	“Love On The Big Screen” [Single]	Domino

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

Miscellaneous

AI in Music

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date July 22, 2025

Robot playing the trumpet. Image by Marufish, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 Generic.

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AI: one of the biggest taboos in the creative world today.

Whether it is between friends or an ice breaker question from one of my music professors, there is always a question of how we feel about using AI for our music.

I think that my opinion is very simple. I do not believe in plagiarizing art even if who you are plagiarizing from isn’t a person. I do not believe that it is okay for me to ask AI to write me a song with lyrics and melody and everything else and slap my name on it.

That being said, I do believe that AI is a tool that can be used in the process of making music. Maybe you find yourself in a rut and have no ideas for lyrics. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to use AI to help you brainstorm.

Tags AI, dj dragonfly, WKNC

Music Education

Cover Bands: Varieties of Setlist

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date July 20, 2025

Guitar and amplifier. Image licensed CC0 1.0 Universal.

There are generally two types of bands: bands that play covers and bands that play originals. What these types have in common is they both usually start out with covers.

Tags Cover bands, dj dragonfly, WKNC

Classic Album Review

“Shadowglow” (2022) by Flipturn: A Review

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date July 19, 2025

"Shadowglow" (2022) album cover.

Content Warning: This album contains some explicit language.

Personal Favorites:

“Playground”
“Sad Disco“
“Halfway”
“Goddamn”
“Burn”
“Weepy Woman”

About the Album

Have you ever thought about what the snow melting into spring sounds like? To me, “Shadowglow” by Flipturn is exactly what that would sound like.

Tags Album Review, dj dragonfly, Flipturn, WKNC

Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 7/15/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 18, 2025

	Artist	Record	Label
1	CANUT DE BON	no esperan por nadie	Sello Cototo
2	CAVE SERMON	Fragile Wings	Self-Released
3	DORMANT ORDEAL	Tooth And Nail	Willowtip
4	UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN	Häxan Sabaoth	Iron Bonehead
5	BLOOD ABSCISSION	I I	Debemur Motri
6	DEAFHEAVEN	Lonely People With Power	Roadrunner
7	BLACK CURSE	Burning in Celestial Poison	Sepulchral Voice
8	HYPERDONTIA	Harvest of Malevolence	Dark Descent
9	VESPERAL	La mort de l’âme	Self-Released
10	JULIE CHRISTMAS	Ridiculous and Full of Blood	Red Cree

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

Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 7/15/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 18, 2025

	Artist	Record	Label
1	ALIA LAIN	is this the pulse of mechanical ruins	Self-Released
2	IO-NULL (.DRN)	µnerves [EP]	Self-Released
3	NAMISOUP	Fern [EP]	Pyramid Blood
4	DANIBREAKS	NXIETY [EP]	Self-Released
5	DREXGOD	self rehabilitation	Self-Released
6	MARUMARI	Hidden Tracks And Rarities 2001-2005	Carpark
7	ALIGHTED	Willow’s Apothecary [EP]	Wandering Astray
8	MARC MELIA	Pieces Monophoniques	VLEK
9	WAVETAPPER	Stardust	SVPACYBERIA
10	MISO EXTRA	Earcandy	Transgressive/PIAS

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

Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 7/15/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 18, 2025

	Artist	Record	Label
1	MXNXSTXR AND DESTRUCTO	“What You Need” feat. Thundercat & Channel Tres [Single]	All My Friends
2	AESOP ROCK	Black Hole Superette	Rhymesayers
3	AJ TRACEY	Don’t Die Before You’re Dead	Revenge
4	BAMBII	Infinity Club II [EP]	Because
5	BUTCHER BROWN	Letters From The Atlantic	Concord Jazz
6	CHEW	“Horseheads” feat. Day Tripper [Single]	CorpoRAT
7	DUCKWRTH	All American F*ckboy	Them Hellas
8	FLY ANAKIN	(The) Forever Dream	Lex
9	KOKOROKO	Tuff Times Never Last	Brownswood
10	LORD SKO	PIFF	Stimulated

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

Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 7/15/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 18, 2025

Jazz Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	MIKE CASEY	Valencia	Self-Released
2	MAFALDA MINNOZZI	Riofonic	MPI
3	JEFF RUPERT	It Gets Better	Rupe
4	VANISHA GOULD	She’s Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth	Cellar
5	KANDACE SPRINGS	Lady In Satin	SRP
6	LEON ANDERSON	Live At Snug Harbor	Outside In
7	HIROMI	OUT THERE	Telarc/Concord Jazz
8	SILVANO MONASTERIOS	The River	Self-Released
9	RODNEY JORDAN	Memphis Blue	Baxter
10	OJT	Ground Level	Jazz Daddy

Jazz Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	DANA AND ALDEN	Speedo	Concord Jazz/Concord
2	ROBERT GLASPER	Let Go	Concord
3	TOM GERSHWIN	“Let Be” [Single]	Self-Released
4	TYREEK MCDOLE	Open Up Your Senses	Artwork
5	LAKECIA BENJAMIN	“Noble Rise” [Single]	Ropeadope
6	TESSA SOUTER	Shadows And Silence: The Erik Satie Project	Noanara

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

Weekly Charts

Top Charts 7/15/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date July 18, 2025

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	JADE BIRD	“Dreams” [Single]	Glassnote
2	GRAHAM HUNT	Timeless World Forever	Run For Cover
3	MAMALARKY	Hex Key	Epitaph
4	STEREOLAB	Instant Holograms On Metal Film	Warp/Duophonic
5	SUBSONIC EYE	Singapore Dreaming	Topshelf
6	APRIL MARCH	“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]	Bong Load
7	CASINO HEARTS	A Walk In The Grass [EP]	Self-Released
8	CLEOPATRICK	Fake Moon	Nowhere Special/Thirty Tigers
9	DAUGHTER OF SWORDS	Alex	Psychic Hotline
10	DISCUS	To Relate To	Sun-Rom
11	FLORRY	Sounds Like	Dear Life
12	MEI SEMONES	Animaru	Bayonet
13	PANCHIKO	Ginkgo	Nettwerk
14	PHOEBE RINGS	Aseurai	Carpark
15	SASAMI	Blood On The Silver Screen	Domino
16	SCOWL	Scowl On Audiotree Live [EP]	Self-Released
17	AMENRA	De Toorn & With Fang And Claw [EP]	Relapse
18	AMERICAN AQUARIUM	The Fear Of Standing Still	Losing Side
19	BACCHAE	Next Time	Get Better
20	BEAU	Girl Cried Wolf	Immortal
21	BICEP	CHROMA Singles [EP]	Chroma
22	BKTHERULA	“Adult Swim” [Single]	Warner
23	BLACK CURSE	Burning in Celestial Poison	Sepulchral Voice
24	BONE HAUS	In Mourning	Self-Released
25	BUG CRUSH	Somehow I Go In Circles All The Time [EP]	Self-Released
26	CAMP COPE	Running with the Hurricane	Poison City
27	CANUT DE BON	no esperan por nadie	Sello Cototo
28	CASH LANGDON	Dogs	Seasick/Well Kept Secret
29	CASSIE RAMONE	Sweetheart	CD-R
30	CAVE SERMON	Fragile Wings	Self-Released

Top Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	ANIMAL COLLECTIVE	“Love On The Big Screen” [Single]	Domino
2	SPRINTS	“Descartes” [Single]	Sub Pop
3	GREET DEATH	Die In Love	Deathwish
4	SMUT	Tomorrow Comes Crashing	Bayonet
5	HORSEPOWER	Horsepower [EP]	Rose Garden

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

Miscellaneous

I went to Ocracoke Island

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date July 17, 2025

Sand dunes of Ocracoke Island, NC. Image licensed PDM 1.0 Universal.

Ocracoke Island – the death place of the one and only Captain Blackbeard.

I had the privilege of spending the 4th of July week in Ocracoke Island, NC. There, I got to enjoy the beach, local artisanal shops, tourist trap shops, some of the local restaurants, and even the holiday parade.

Tags dj dragonfly, July 4th, Ocracoke Island, vacation, WKNC

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