Category: Blog

Steering into the Skid

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date June 8, 2025

Forget-me-not flower clusters. Image by Sophia Dutton-Rodkin

We all have our good and bad days. Some days, you feel like skipping down the street or singing in the shower while others make you feel like the whole world is against you.

Oftentimes when I’m feeling the former, I like to listen to happy and upbeat music. I like to be embraced and supported by similar energies. A good example of this would be “Walking On Sunshine” by Katrina & The Waves.

When it comes to feeling the latter, what should one listen to? If someone is sad and down in the dumps, should they listen to “Washing Machine Heart” by Mitski? Likewise if someone is upset or angry, should they listen to “Bleed the Freak” by Alice in Chains? Would it be better to listen to someone happy and upbeat to facilitate that emotion?

Tags dj dragonfly, Emotion, music, WKNC

Miscellaneous

Music and Language

Post author By dj dragonfly
Post date June 6, 2025

Two classic Russian books, "Dunno on the Moon" and "Alice in Wonderland." Image by Sophia Dutton-Rodkin

Whether English or Spanish or Swahili or Japanese, learning a new language is always going to be a challenge. One of the best ways to help with language learning is to immerse oneself in media content with that language being the primary.

Tags dj dragonfly, language, language learning, WKNC

Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 6/3/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date June 6, 2025

Chainsaw Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	KARDASHEV	Alunea	Metal Blade
2	IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT	Goldstar	Century Media
3	PHRENELITH	Ashen Womb	Dark Descent
4	CAVE SERMON	Fragile Wings	Self-Released
5	TEITANBLOOD	From the Visceral Abyss	Self-Released
6	SMIQRA	Rgyaġdźé!	Self-Released
7	GOD COMPLEX	He Watches in Silence [EP]	Sharp Tone
8	DEAFHEAVEN	Lonely People With Power	Roadrunner
9	DORMANT ORDEAL	Tooth and Nail	Self-Released
10	SCIMITAR	Scimitarium I	Crypt of the Wizard

Chainsaw Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	CALLOUS DAOBOYS, THE	I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven	MNRK Heavy
2	EMMA GOLDMAN	All You Are Is We	Zegema Beach
3	STRATFORD RISE	Gunshow	Self-Released
4	CAVE SERMON	Fragile Wings	Self-Released
5	DORMANT ORDEAL	Tooth and Nail	Self-Released
6	SCIMITAR	Scimitarium I	Crypt of the Wizard
7	KARDASHEV	Alunea	Metal Blade
8	BLOOD ABSCISSION	I I	Debemur Motri

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

Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 6/3/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date June 6, 2025

Afterhours Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	DREXGOD	self rehabilitation	Self-Released
2	MARUMARI	Hidden Tracks And Rarities 2001-2005	Carpark
3	WAVETAPPER	Stardust	SVPACYBERIA
4	MISO EXTRA	Earcandy	Transgressive/PIAS
5	KATIE MCBRIDE	THE ANGELS ARE CALLING	Pyramid Blood
6	ALIGHTED	Willow’s Apothecary [EP]	Wandering Astray
7	MARC MELIA	Pieces Monophoniques	VLEK
8	NASANIERU	myfrequency [EP]	Self-Released
9	YEULE	Evangelic Girl Is A Gun	Ninja Tune
10	SALAMI ROSE JOE LOUIS	Lorings	Brainfeeder

Afterhours Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	MARUMARI	Hidden Tracks And Rarities 2001-2005	Carpark
2	ALIGHTED	Willow’s Apothecary [EP]	Wandering Astray
3	MARC MELIA	Pieces Monophoniques	VLEK

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

Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 6/3/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date June 6, 2025

Underground Charts

	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	“Crush” feat. Jorja Smith [Single]	Revenge
4	BUTCHER BROWN	Letters From The Atlantic	Concord Jazz
5	9LIVES	“UP FREESTYLE” feat. Odetari [Single]	Pulse/Concord
6	DUCKWRTH	All American F*ckboy	Them Hellas
7	FLY ANAKIN	(The) Forever Dream	Lex
8	JOONY	“Dopa(MINE)” [Single]	Self-Released
9	LUKE TITUS	From What Was Will Grow A Flower	Sooper
10	BRIAN NASTY	Anywhere, But Here With You	Big Dada

Underground Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	AESOP ROCK	Black Hole Superette	Rhymesayers
2	PAN AMSTERDAM	Confines	Heavenly/PIAS
3	KOKOROKO	“Closer To Me” [Single]	Brownswood
4	BAMBII	“Blue Sky” feat. LYZZA & SadBoi [Single]	Because
5	CHEW	“Horseheads” feat. Day Tripper [Single]	CorpoRAT
6	MURS	“This Aint That” [Single]	Mello

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

Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 6/3/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date June 6, 2025

Jazz Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	GOTTS STREET PARK	On The Inside	Blue Flowers
2	DANYA STEPHENS	Hopium	Contagious
3	EMPRESS, THE	Square One	Cellar
4	RICHARD BARATTA	Looking Back	Savant
5	SHARADA SHASHIDHAR	Soft Echoes	Leaving
6	STAN HARRISON	Some Poor Soul Has A Fire	Adhyaropa
7	CLARK TERRY QUARTET	In Orbit (Reissue)	Craft / Concord
8	CNY JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE	If A White Horse From Jerusalem	CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
9	BEN MARKLEY	Tell The Truth	OA2
10	RODNEY WHITAKER	Mosaic: The Music Of Gregg Hill	Origin

Jazz Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	JACKIE MYERS	What About The Butterfly	577
2	SPIKE POLITE AND MICHELLE SHOCKED	“Your Robot Took My Job” [Single]	Solid Bass
3	KANDACE SPRINGS	Lady In Satin	SRP
4	JAMIE SHEW	Spicy, Classy (and a little) Sassy	Self-Released
5	PETE MCGUINNESS JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE	Mixed Bag	Summit

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

Weekly Charts

Top Charts 6/3/25

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date June 6, 2025

Top Charts

	Artist	Record	Label
1	FRANKIE COSMOS	“Vanity” [Single]	Sub Pop
2	JADE THE MOON	“Dirty John Type” [Single]	Self-Released
3	MEI SEMONES	Animaru	Bayonet
4	BUG CRUSH	Somehow I Go In Circles All The Time [EP]	Self-Released
5	CLEOPATRICK	Fake Moon	Nowhere Special/Thirty Tigers
6	DAISY THE GREAT	“Ballerina” [Single]	S-Curve
7	DISCUS	To Relate To	Sun-Rom
8	FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE	“This Is Real” [Single]	Saddle Creek
9	FLORRY	Sounds Like	Dear Life
10	FOXWARREN	2 (Two)	Anti-
11	GREER	Big Smile	Epitaph
12	JAPANESE BREAKFAST	For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)	Dead Oceans
13	LAEL NEALE	Altogether Stranger	Sub Pop
14	MAMALARKY	Hex Key	Epitaph
15	PANCHIKO	Ginkgo	Nettwerk
16	PHOEBE RINGS	“Fading Star” [Single]	Carpark
17	SAMANTHA CRAIN	Gumshoe	Real Kind
18	STEREOLAB	Instant Holograms On Metal Film	Warp/Duophonic
19	SUNBATHE	Myself To You	Time Release
20	9LIVES	“UP FREESTYLE” feat. Odetari [Single]	Pulse/Concord
21	ALCEST	Les Chants De L’Aurore	Nuclear Blast
22	ALLIE KENNY	“Soft Crash” [Single]	Self-Released
23	APRIL MARCH	“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]	Bong Load
24	AZZECCA	“Who’s That Girl?” [Single]	DGTL
25	BEATOX	Been A Long Time	Moonlite
26	BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD	Forever Howlong	Ninja Tune
27	BLAZING TOMB	Singles From The Tomb [EP]	Creator-Destructor
28	BLOOD	Loving You Backwards	Ramp Local
29	BROOKLISH	LOLA.FM	BT Worldwide
30	CASINO HEARTS	A Walk In The Grass [EP]	Self-Released

Top Adds

	Artist	Record	Label
1	SEA LEMON	Diving For A Prize	Luminelle
2	COLIN MILLER	Losin’	Mtn Laurel
3	FIND MY FRIENDS	Find My Friends [EP]	Bloody Knuckles
4	MOONDADDY	“Bystander” [Single]	Silver Girl
5	CASH LANGDON	“Lilac Whiskey Nose” [Single]	Seasick/We

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

Concert Review

Concert Review: The Crane Wives

Post author By DJ Sharkbite
Post date June 5, 2025

A playful and spooky lantern prop put on the stage for The Crane Wives. (Photo by Emily Heiges)

On May 13th, 2025, The Crane Wives played at The Ritz, Raleigh, as part of their “Beyond, Beyond, Beyond” tour. The tour is named for the band’s latest album, which was released in September of last year. “Beyond, Beyond, Beyond” is the band’s fifth studio album. The Crane Wives have been releasing music since 2011, during the heyday of indie folk.

Tags concert, concert review, Indie, indie folk

Miscellaneous

Nostalgia, Fashion, and Music

Post author By DJ Sharkbite
Post date June 3, 2025

Nostalgia and Fashion

Nostalgia for the past is by no means a new thing. It isn’t just kids these days who believe they were born in the wrong generation, because culture has always been cyclical to a degree. The style of the 00s making a comeback with the “Y2K aesthetic” craze is no surprise at all. Many fashion scholars reference the idea of a 20 year cycle. The 50s heavily borrowed from the style of the 1930s, which borrowed in turn from the 1900s. Despite this, nostalgia today feels different somehow.

Walking into clothing stores is jarring, with the most chic decade changing from rack to rack. 60s style babydoll dresses hang right next to a bedazzled tank top right out of an early 2000s pop music video. Right next to that rack is a shelf of neatly folded sweaters with orange and brown stripes, which makes my mom cringe. “I haven’t seen that color combo since the 70s,” She says.

Tags commentary, nostalgia, Opinion

Music News and Interviews

gaze, race and rock

Post author By esdallma
Post date June 2, 2025

“[I]t’s what happened to your fore parents and other people. And that’s what makes the blues.”
John Lee Hooker

Last year I went to Pond’s concert in Asheville, the day after in a town over we told a barista and he asked if they are ‘like shoegaze’; I said yeah thinking ‘shoegaze’ was the band Slowdive.

A year later I’ve delved into shoegaze and most notably grunge gaze, a la Wisp opening at Slowdive, interviewing New York’s Glimmer, reddit acclaimed shoegaze No Joy and listening to California’s Midrift, Arizona’s Glixen and Connecticut’s Ovlov.

These genre evolutions from Rock, with its roots respectively in Blues, Country and Folk, reflect conversations between industrialization and balance with nature and distortions organic and synthetic as well as personal and collective struggles.

Tags appropriation, blues, country, folk, Glimmer, industrialization, No Joy, race, rock, shoegaze