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Afterhours Charts 1/27/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 30, 2026

Afterhours Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	SHUGOREI	Memories of Magic—魔法の記憶—Mahō no Kioku	4000
2	FKA TWIGS	EUSEXUA Afterglow	Young/Atlantic
3	GIRL BRUTAL	“Asteroids” [Single]	Self-Released
4	RAMONPANG	“Mystery Dungeon” [Single]	Tabula Rasa
5	HELADO NEGRO	The Last Sound On Earth [EP]	Big Dada
6	GORPOPAP	“Grainy Screams” [Single]	Self-Released
7	HARVEY SUTHERLAND	Debt	Clarity/The Orchard
8	HAAI	Humanise	Mute
9	ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER	Tranquilizer	Warp
10	POLYANA	Pollyanna	Self-Released

Afterhours Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	GIRL BRUTAL	“Asteroids” [Single]	Self-Released
2	RAMONPANG	“Mystery Dungeon” [Single]	Tabula Rasa

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

Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 1/27/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 29, 2026

Underground Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	DANNY BROWN	Stardust	Warp
2	DEMAE	Deep Dive [EP]	FAMM
3	VENNA	MALIK	Cashmere Thoughts
4	OLIVER NIGHT	Between The Lines	Tru Thoughts
5	MADISON MCFERRIN	SCORPIO	MadMcFerrin
6	MCKINLEY DIXON	Magic, Alive!	City Slang
7	STACY EPPS	Flowheart	RE:Source Collab
8	MANWOLVES, CRASHPREZ, CRASHWOLVES	it all comes for me [EP]	Manwolves
9	KELLY MOONSTONE	New Moon	Self-Released
10	7XVETHEGENIUS	Self 7xve 3	Broadband Sound

Underground Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	SAMM HENSHAW	It Could Be Worse	Dorm Seven/AWAL
2	DUMAMA	“No Abiding City” [Single]	Soundway
3	ANA TIJIOUX	Vida	Altafonte

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

Music News and Interviews

What It’s Like to Be a Woman in a Band

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date January 29, 2026

The band Ajena. Image provided by Ajena, image by Nyshita Ramadugu.

Many of my regular readers know that I am a woman and that I play in a band here in Raleigh. If you are someone who regularly attends shows, small or large, you know that there is a distinct shortage of women. I have decided to call upon some of the women in the community to help me describe what it’s like on the other side of the microphone for us.

Tags bands, dj dragonfly, gender, Interviews, local, WKNC, Women in Bands, women in music

Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 1/27/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 29, 2026

Jazz Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	45 TRIO	“#Tenorio c/w Nebulosa” [Single]	Bloom
2	COCHEMEA	Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros	Daptone
3	HIROMI	OUT THERE	Telarc/Concord Jazz
4	TOM GERSHWIN	“Let Be” [Single]	Self-Released
5	WEB WEB	Plexus Plexus	Compost
6	SASHA BERLINER	Fantome	Outside In
7	ART HIRAHARA	Peace Unknown	Posi-Tone
8	ALABASTER DEPLUME	A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole	International Anthem
9	DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER AND BILL CHARLAP	Elemental	Mack Avenue
10	DAVE DAMIANI AND THE NO VACANCY ORCHESTRA	Feels So Good – A Tribute to Chuck Mangione	Hard Knocks

Jazz Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	LANCE FERGUSON	Rare Groove Spectrum, Vol. 3	Tru Thoughts
2	OLIVER NIGHT	Between The Lines	Tru Thoughts
3	OLYMPIANS, THE	“Strawberry Kiwi” [Single]	Daptone
4	45 TRIO	“#Tenorio c/w Nebulosa” [Single]	Bloom

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

Weekly Charts

Top Charts 1/27/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 29, 2026

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	ANIMAL COLLECTIVE	“Love On The Big Screen” [Single]	Domino
2	FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE	“This Is Real” [Single]	Saddle Creek
3	FOXWARREN	2 (Two)	Anti-
4	HEMLOCK	Orange Streak Glow [EP]	Self-Released
5	LOTS OF HANDS	into a pretty room	Fire Talk
6	MEI SEMONES	Kurayami/Get Used To It + Itsumo [EP]	Bayonet
7	MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER	Unclouded	Domino
8	NATIVE SUN	Concrete Language	TODO
9	PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE	Taurus	Topshelf
10	APRIL MARCH	“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]	Bong Load
11	DAFFO	Where The Earth Bends	Concord
12	DOUBLE WISH	Double Wish	Hit The North
13	FIND MY FRIENDS	Find My Friends [EP]	Bloody Knuckles
14	GANSER	Animal Hospital	felte
15	GOOD FLYING BIRDS	Talulah’s Tape	Carpark
16	JOYER	On The Other End Of The Line…	Julia’s War
17	LIGHTHEADED	Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!	Slumberland
18	NO JOY	Bugland	Hand Drawn Dracula
19	PHOEBE RINGS	Aseurai	Carpark
20	POT-POT	Warsaw 480km	felte
21	ROCKET	R Is For Rocket	Transgressive
22	SEA LEMON	Diving For A Prize	Luminelle
23	SHARP PINS	Balloon Balloon Balloon	K/Perennial
24	STEREOLAB	Instant Holograms On Metal Film	Warp/Duophonic
25	SUNBATHE	Myself To You	Time Release
26	ABIGAIL DOWD	Saints & Warriors	Self-Released
27	BLONDSHELL	Another Picture	Partisan
28	CAMERON STENGER	Lighter	Hearing Aid
29	CANUT DE BON	no esperan por nadie	Sello Cototo
30	DINING DEAD	Is This A House?	Self-Released

Top Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	IRIS CALTWAIT	Again, For The First Time	777
2	CONSTANT SMILES	Moonflowers	felte
3	KEN PARK	“Shatter” [Single]	TODO

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

Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 1/20/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 23, 2026

Chainsaw Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	THE ACACIA STRAIN	You Are Safe from God Here	Rise
2	CALLOUS DAOBOYS, THE	I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven	MNRK Heavy
3	AGRICULTURE	The Spiritual Sound	The Flenser
4	CATHARSIS	Hope Against Hope	Crimethinc.
5	CLAIRVOYANCE	Chasm of Immurement	Carbonized
6	GREYHAVEN	Keep It Quiet	Solid State
7	IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT	Goldstar	Century Media
8	SIEGE COLUMN	Sulphur Omega	Self-Released
9	WHITECHAPEL	Hymns In Dissonance	Metal Blade
10	BAAN	Neumann	Self-Released

Chainsaw Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	LYCHGATE	Precipice	Debemur Morti

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

Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 1/20/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 23, 2026

Afterhours Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	SHUGOREI	Memories of Magic—魔法の記憶—Mahō no Kioku	4000
2	FKA TWIGS	EUSEXUA Afterglow	Young/Atlantic
3	HELADO NEGRO	The Last Sound On Earth [EP]	Big Dada
4	GORPOPAP	“Grainy Screams” [Single]	Self-Released
5	HARVEY SUTHERLAND	Debt	Clarity/The Orchard
6	HAAI	Humanise	Mute
7	ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER	Tranquilizer	Warp
8	POLYANA	Pollyanna	Self-Released
9	MACHINE GIRL	PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X	Future Classic
10	PICTUREPLANE	Sex Distortion	Music.Website

Afterhours Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	SHUGOREI	Memories of Magic—魔法の記憶—Mahō no Kioku	4000
2	FKA TWIGS	EUSEXUA Afterglow	Young/Atlantic
3	GORPOPAP	“Grainy Screams” [Single]	Self-Released

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

Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 1/20/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 22, 2026

Underground Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	DANNY BROWN	Stardust	Warp
2	MCKINLEY DIXON	Magic, Alive!	City Slang
3	ALFA MIST	Roulette	Sekito
4	BILLY DEAN THOMAS	MX	Self-Released
5	PRESERVATION AND GABE ‘NANDEZ	Sortilège	Backwoodz Studioz
6	TOKIMONSTA	Eternal Reverie	Young Art
7	MURS	Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)	Mello
8	JAYWOOD	Leo Negro	Captured Tracks
9	KELLY MOONSTONE	New Moon	Self-Released
10	QUADECA	Vanisher, Horizon Scraper	X8

Underground Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	MAVI	The Pilot	Loma Vista/Concord
2	JOHAN LENOX	Full Speed Nowhere	Self-Released
3	OLIVER NIGHT	Between The Lines	Tru Thoughts
4	STOVE GOD COOKS	“Goat Stamp” [Single]	Babygrande
5	MARCEY YATES	House Rules	Culxr House

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

Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 1/20/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 22, 2026

	Artist	Record	Label
1	ALABASTER DEPLUME	A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole	International Anthem
2	BILL O’CONNELL	Touch	JoJo
3	JOE MARCINEK BAND	The Groove Session	Vintage League
4	LAKECIA BENJAMIN	Phoenix	Whirlwind
5	OUT OF/INTO	Motion II	Blue Note
6	RACHEL THERRIEN	Mi Hogar II	Lulaworld
7	RIN SEO COLLECTIVE	City Suite	Cellar
8	SASHA BERLINER	Fantome	Outside In
9	SULLIVAN FORTNER	Southern Nights	Artwork
10	PETE MCGUINNESS JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE	Mixed Bag	Summit

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

Weekly Charts

Top Charts 1/20/26

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date January 22, 2026

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	ANIMAL COLLECTIVE	“Love On The Big Screen” [Single]	Domino
2	FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE	“This Is Real” [Single]	Saddle Creek
3	FOXWARREN	2 (Two)	Anti-
4	HEMLOCK	Orange Streak Glow [EP]	Self-Released
5	LOTS OF HANDS	into a pretty room	Fire Talk
6	MEI SEMONES	Kurayami/Get Used To It + Itsumo [EP]	Bayonet
7	MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER	Unclouded	Domino
8	NATIVE SUN	Concrete Language	TODO
9	PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE	Taurus	Topshelf
10	APRIL MARCH	“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]	Bong Load
11	DAFFO	Where The Earth Bends	Concord
12	DOUBLE WISH	Double Wish	Hit The North
13	FIND MY FRIENDS	Find My Friends [EP]	Bloody Knuckles
14	GANSER	Animal Hospital	felte
15	GOOD FLYING BIRDS	Talulah’s Tape	Carpark
16	JOYER	On The Other End Of The Line…	Julia’s War
17	LIGHTHEADED	Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!	Slumberland
18	NO JOY	Bugland	Hand Drawn Dracula
19	PHOEBE RINGS	Aseurai	Carpark
20	POT-POT	Warsaw 480km	felte
21	ROCKET	R Is For Rocket	Transgressive
22	SEA LEMON	Diving For A Prize	Luminelle
23	SHARP PINS	Balloon Balloon Balloon	K/Perennial
24	STEREOLAB	Instant Holograms On Metal Film	Warp/Duophonic
25	SUNBATHE	Myself To You	Time Release
26	ABIGAIL DOWD	Saints & Warriors	Self-Released
27	BLONDSHELL	Another Picture	Partisan
28	CAMERON STENGER	Lighter	Hearing Aid
29	CANUT DE BON	no esperan por nadie	Sello Cototo
30	DINING DEAD	Is This A House?	Self-Released

Top Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	RIVER SINCLAIRE	four friends say nothing	Guilt Ridden Pop
2	GLADIE	“Future Spring” [Single]	Get Better

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