The NC State Fair
photos by Evie Dallman


The NC State Fair
photos by Evie Dallman


| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DANA AND ALDEN | Speedo | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 2 | RIN SEO COLLECTIVE | City Suite | Cellar |
| 3 | BRAD MEHLDAU | Ride Into The Sun | Nonesuch |
| 4 | CHRIS ROTTMAYER | Playing Favorites | Pilars |
| 5 | RAFIQ BHATIA | Environments | Anti- |
| 6 | VANISHA GOULD | She’s Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth | Cellar Group |
| 7 | DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER AND BILL CHARLAP | Elemental | Mack Avenue |
| 8 | SHAREL CASSITY | Gratitude | Sunnyside |
| 9 | SHELLY YOELLIN – GABRIEL DATCU QUINTET | Rojo | Self-Released |
| 10 | JAMES ZITO | Zito’s Jump | Self-Released |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GANSER | Animal Hospital | felte |
| 2 | FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE | “This Is Real” [Single] | Saddle Creek |
| 3 | GOOD FLYING BIRDS | Talulah’s Tape | Carpark |
| 4 | LOTS OF HANDS | into a pretty room | Fire Talk |
| 5 | MEI SEMONES | Kurayami/Get Used To It + Itsumo [EP] | Bayonet |
| 6 | POT-POT | Warsaw 480km | felte |
| 7 | AMELIA RIGGS | CREATURE | Horse Complex |
| 8 | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | “Love On The Big Screen” [Single] | Domino |
| 9 | DISCUS | To Relate To | Sun Rom |
| 10 | DOUBLE WISH | Double Wish | Hit The North |
| 11 | FIND MY FRIENDS | Find My Friends [EP] | Bloody Knuckles |
| 12 | FLORRY | Sounds Like | Dear Life |
| 13 | HOMEOSTASIS | “Golden Eyes” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 14 | LIGHTHEADED | Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! | Slumberland |
| 15 | NATIVE SUN | Concrete Language | TODO |
| 16 | ROCKET | R Is For Rocket | Transgressive |
| 17 | SNOWBLINDER | “Drowning Tutorial” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 18 | SPELL OF LEAVES | “Old Fort Loops” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 19 | STEREOLAB | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Warp/Duophonic |
| 20 | SUBSONIC EYE | Singapore Dreaming | Topshelf |
| 21 | SUNBATHE | Myself To You | Time Release |
| 22 | ACOPIA | Blush Response | Scenic Route |
| 23 | AVA ROSE | confessions, dreams, & unresolved feelings | Self-Released |
| 24 | CAMERON STENGER | Lighter | Hearing Aid |
| 25 | CANUT DE BON | no esperan por nadie | Sello Cototo |
| 26 | DRAWN AND QUARTERED | Lord Of Two Horns | Nuclear Winter |
| 27 | FOXWARREN | 2 (Two) | Anti- |
| 28 | HATCHIE | Liquorice | Secretly Canadian |
| 29 | HELMS DEEP | Chasing The Dragon | Nameless Grave |
| 30 | LEAVING FOR ARIZONA | PB Special | SpiceHouse |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | H PRUZ | Red Sky At Morning | Mtn Laurel |
| 2 | HATCHIE | Liquorice | Secretly Canadian |
| 3 | JORDANA | Jordanaland [EP] | Grand Jury/Sound On |
| 4 | DAZY | Bad Penny [EP] | Lame-O |
It’s finally October and sadly it’s coming to an end. With that comes the next monthly “DJ Dragonfly’s Favorites.”
I know that I am not alone in saying that this month has been a rough one. With all the midterms, fall activities and the sun setting earlier and earlier, tensions have been high. I have personally been falling back on comfort and so many of my favorites this month have been repetitive of the last couple months. That being said, I tried to compile a list of songs that I think accurately measure my favorites this month, excluding repeats. Some of these songs have explicit content, so fair warning to everyone.
This month, I feel I have a dichotomy of nu metal or heavy distortion and indie or high reverb feel in my playlist. I like to think there is a gradient especially with all the Halloween playlists I have been working on lately. I believe a couple of the songs in the playlist are kind of Halloween-esque, such as “Oh Klahoma” by Jack Stauber.
I have a couple other songs that I had recently been reminded of and haven’t been able to stop listening to. One example would be “Deceptacon” by Le Tigre. The other night, I was taking my lovely dog Daphne out and I overheard a car passing by with this song blasting. I hadn’t heard the song in ages and decided I needed to listen to it right then and there. Thus, the song has become one of DJ Dragonfly’s October Favorites.
Another example might be “Suffragette City” by David Bowie. I was also reminded of this song as it was playing in a TV show I was watching. I couldn’t just let that song slide. I needed to start listening to it again. That honestly led to a spiral of Bowie songs which of course led me to now want to rewatch “Labyrinth” from 1986. I suppose I have my evening plans. I hope everyone enjoys this months’ selections.
Daylight savings time has come to its timely close, on Halloweekend no less. While I’m sure many of us enjoyed and appreciated that extra hour Saturday night, there are many more changes still to come.
The days are colder and the nights are longer. The sun is setting earlier and earlier every day and with that comes many an annual affliction. Aside from the flu and getting paler, seasonal depression comes a-knockin’.
Officially referred to as seasonal affective disorder, this silent criminal of good feelings is not an all or nothing affair. There are many ways to combat the seasonal sadness most tend to feel around this time of year and so I have decided to compile a list for anyone in need.
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | VILE APPARITION | Malignity | Me Saco Un Ojo |
| 2 | SPITE | The Third Temple | Invictus |
| 3 | BLOOD ABSCISSION | I I | Debemur Motri |
| 4 | INTERCOURSE | How I Fell In Love With The Void | Brutal Panda |
| 5 | PHRENELITH | Ashen Womb | Dark Descent |
| 6 | SIEGE COLUMN | Sulphur Omega | Self-Released |
| 7 | CALLOUS DAOBOYS, THE | I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven | MNRK Heavy |
| 8 | TOWER | Let There Be Dark | Cruz Del Sur |
| 9 | CATHARSIS | Hope Against Hope | Crimethinc. |
| 10 | CAVE SERMON | Fragile Wings | Self-Released |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SUFFERING HOUR | Impelling Rebirth [EP] | Profound Lore |
| 2 | INTERCOURSE | How I Fell In Love With The Void | Brutal Panda |
I googled something once
The value of the humanities can be described in a multitude of ways, one in which I’ve adopted is the notion that engaging with culture, communities and the arts, interrogating their forms, can help us better interrogate our own lives in this same manner as the classics and the acclaimed.
So I was crying over the death of Socrates studying for my ancient Mediterranean history class and something stood out to me.

“this charming man”, this charming man you say…
Acclaimed artistry, The Smiths. As I grow up I move from listening to them in nostalgia for my mother’s taste and her adolescent soundscape and now nuzzle my way into the songs.
It’s quite odd to grow with a song, to fit yourself, your narrative and snapshots slot into anothers lyrics, someone else’s life.
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MACHINE GIRL | PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X | Future Classic |
| 2 | INDIGO CYPRESS | The Witness | Self-Released |
| 3 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | “Lifeworld” [Single] | Warp |
| 4 | PICTUREPLANE | Sex Distortion | Music.Website |
| 5 | NIGHT TAPES | portals//polarities | Nettwerk |
| 6 | DESTRATA | CDMUSIC013 [EP] | Club Designs |
| 7 | SYLVAN ESSO | “WDID” [Single] | Psychic Hotline |
| 8 | BIZ | Swim | Self-Released |
| 9 | WEVAL | CHOROPHOBIA | Technicolour |
| 10 | LYNYN | Ixona | Sooper |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MACHINE GIRL | PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X | Future Classic |
| 2 | PICTUREPLANE | Sex Distortion | Music.Website |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TOKIMONSTA | Eternal Reverie | Young Art |
| 2 | MANWOLVES, CRASHPREZ, CRASHWOLVES | it all comes for me [EP] | Manwolves |
| 3 | DELIVERY BOYS | MUD | Self-Released |
| 4 | DEMAE | Deep Dive | FAMM |
| 5 | EVIDENCE | Unlearning Vol. 2 | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Self 7xve 3 | Broadband Sound |
| 7 | GOLDFORD | Space Of The Heart [EP] | GoldFord |
| 8 | HUMAN ERROR CLUB AND KENNY SEGAL | Human Error Club At Kenny’s House | Backwoods Studioz |
| 9 | JAYWOOD | Leo Negro | Captured Tracks |
| 10 | MURS | Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation) | Mello |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CAUTIOUS CLAY | The Hours: Night | Fantasy/Concord |
| 2 | MID CENTURY MODERN | Biorhythms | MADK |
| 3 | BILLY DEAN THOMAS | MX | Self-Released |
| 4 | LEX LEOSIS | i’m a little sensitive [EP] | Distorted Muse |
| 5 | ELIAS RONNENFELT | Speak Daggers | Escho |
| 6 | LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON | “So You Really Don’t Miss Me?” [Single] | Lex |
| 7 | SHUNGU | “Stay Alive” [Single] | Lex |
| 8 | TOBI AND REAL BAD MAN | “When I’m Home” [Single] | Real Bad Man |
While I was walking around campus listening to this album, it began to color my perception. With all the impact of a soundtrack on a movie scene, “Do You Feel This Way Sometimes?” By LEEVAI made me feel like I was walking through a dream.
My favorite track off this album was “Professional Passenger”. This track begins with looping synths that immediately triggered nostalgia in me. The loops have a dimension to them that reminds me of the way speakers on a Nintendo DS. The slightest grain washed over the song. It made think of those tiny DS speakers trying to allow out a volume too big for them. The song made me feel like a little kid booting up a Legend of Zelda game. This nostalgia made for a great hook. It opened my attention and held me there with precision.