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Jazz Charts 9/23/25
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RENEE ROSNES | Crossing Paths | Smoke Sessions |
| 2 | FIEVEL IS GLAUQUE | Rong Weicknes | Fat Possum |
| 3 | GOTTS STREET PARK | On The Inside | Blue Flowers |
| 4 | BOB SCHLESINGER | Falling From Earth | Self-Released |
| 5 | ANDY MILNE AND UNISON | Time Will Tell | Sunnyside |
| 6 | MICHAEL WOLFF | Sunny Day | Sunnyside |
| 7 | STEVEN FEIFKE | The Role Of The Rhythm Section, Volume II | La Reserve/Bandstand Presents |
| 8 | SILVANO MONASTERIOS | The River | Self-Released |
| 9 | NICK FINZER | The Jazz Orchestra Volume 1 | Outside In |
| 10 | SAMANTHA SCHMUTZ AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | Samantha E Adrian | Linear Labs |
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Top Charts 9/23/25
Top Charts
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | “Love On The Big Screen” [Single] | Domino |
| 2 | DOUBLE WISH | Double Wish | Hit The North |
| 3 | GOOD FLYING BIRDS | good flying birds: talulah’s tape | Rotten Apple |
| 4 | CLEOPATRICK | Fake Moon | Nowhere Special/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | FLORRY | Sounds Like | Dear Life |
| 6 | GRAHAM HUNT | Timeless World Forever | Run For Cover |
| 7 | NATIVE SUN | Concrete Language | TODO |
| 8 | SEA LEMON | Diving For A Prize | Luminelle |
| 9 | STEREOLAB | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Warp/Duophonic |
| 10 | APRIL MARCH | “Surfing Castafiore” [Single] | Bong Load |
| 11 | ATLAS | Zone Complex “Ideus” [EP] | Self-Released |
| 12 | CAMERON STENGER | Lighter | Hearing Aid |
| 13 | CLUSTERFUNK | forestry | fakenumberland |
| 14 | COSINEVI | Tales From The Rainbowlands | Tree Critters |
| 15 | DANIBREAKS | NXIETY [EP] | Self-Released |
| 16 | DREAMLESS VEIL | Every Limb Of The Flood | Relapse |
| 17 | FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE | “This Is Real” [Single] | Saddle Creek |
| 18 | FOXWARREN | 2 (Two) | Anti- |
| 19 | HIRAETHTRASH | [Untitled] [EP] | Self-Released |
| 20 | HYPERBOREA32X | Lowkey [EP] | Self-Released |
| 21 | INTRA | I’ll Survive For You | Doki Doki Beats |
| 22 | JADE THE MOON | “Dirty John Type” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 23 | JUNKMAIL! | Learn Chinese – Goodbye | Junkmailian |
| 24 | KEVIN ABSTRACT | Blush | Juno/X8 |
| 25 | LEAVING FOR ARIZONA | PB Special | SpiceHouse |
| 26 | MAMALARKY | Hex Key | Epitaph |
| 27 | MOMMA | Welcome To My Blue Sky | Polyvinyl |
| 28 | MUDDYOUSH | 23 | Self-Released |
| 29 | PETROV | Petrov | Self-Released |
| 30 | QWILT | QWILT [EP] | Self-Released |
Top Adds
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GANSER | Animal Hospital | felte |
| 2 | NO JOY | Bugland | Hand Drawn Dracula |
| 3 | LOTS OF HANDS | into a pretty room | Fire Talk |
| 4 | ACOPIA | Blush Response | Scenic Route |
Under her alias Kitty Craft, Pamela Valfer crafts light, airy electronic works that create a truly ethereal and one-of-a-kind listening experience. Her discography explores a variety of different styles, ranging from trip-hop to slacker-rock, with electronic elements. Valfer has never failed to produce a piece that feels purely nostalgic. Currently, Valfer finds herself listening to a lot of jazz, making note of Pharoah Sanders’ album “Pharoah”, along with listening to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” by Vince Guaraldi during the winter.
“Lost Tapes”
“Lost Tapes”, released in 2020, comprises catchy, uplifting beats, airy background vocals, a plethora of intriguing samples, along with Valfer’s own vocals. Valfer explores the coming-of-age moments of transitioning into adulthood from one’s youth, to heartbreak, to bringing light to the confusion often felt during this period of life.
Personal Favorite: 17 is such a Drag
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How to Start a Band
I am willing to bet that many of my readers who love music and love playing music have thought about making music themselves. Some of you are likely to go the solo artist route but many likely have an interest in starting a band.
I know that when I was first musing on the idea, I was daunted by the task of finding members. So, I thought I’d make a guide for people who don’t fully know how to go about doing so.
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A Soundtrack to Fall
The leaves are turning, the air is chilling and people are wearing sweaters again. Out with the flip-flops and in with the fuzzy socks, it’s time for Fall.
I love Fall. I love Fall so much I wish it could be Fall all the time. Sadly, that’s not possible here in the great NC. That being said, I have decided to make a playlist full of Fall favorites (not a Halloween playlist) to make the season just right. **Warning: This playlist may contain adult material.**
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Chainsaw Charts 9/16/25
Chainsaw Charts
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DECEASED | Children of the Morgue | Hells Headbangers |
| 2 | DEMON BITCH | Master of the Games | Cruz del Sur |
| 3 | GAEREA | Coma | Season Of Mist |
| 4 | CAVE SERMON | Fragile Wings | Self-Released |
| 5 | OSTRACA | Disaster | Skeletal Lightning |
| 6 | SMIQRA | Rgyaġdźé! | 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 | HYPERDONTIA | Harvest of Malevolence | Dark Descent |
| 10 | MAYHEMIC | Toba | Self-Released |
Chainsaw Adds
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ESOCTRILIHUM | Döth-Dernyàlh | I, Voidhanger |
| 2 | KILLING OF A SACRED DEER | A Visage of a Mangled Body | Wax Vessel |
| 3 | CATHARSIS | Hope Against Hope | Crimethinc. |
| 4 | HOODED MENACE | “Pale Masquerade” [Single] | Season Of Mist |
Copenhagen’s Shinyhunt, interviewed by eviedall for WKNC
On making music as a couple
Frederik
“we started making music together because we make it in our home and listening to each other’s songs, we started adding stuff to each other’s songs, and then ‘Joyland Grow in Me’ became a really explorative record for us, because we didn’t know what sound we wanted to explore further, then we found it on that record. ‘Sea Salt Ice Cream’ is kind of like an an extension of what sound resonated the most between us from that record.”
Signe
“it has been another kind of language to have with each other, a way of getting to know each other and finding a deeper way of communicating with each other.”
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Afterhours Charts 9/16/25
Afterhours Charts
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CALLASOILED | Machine Flex | Self-Released |
| 2 | FROST CHILDREN | SISTER | True Panther/Dirty Hit |
| 3 | PEARLY DROPS | The Voices Are Coming Back | Music.Website |
| 4 | NINAJIRACHI | I Love My Computer | NLV |
| 5 | ISAAC SHERMAN | A Pasture, Its Limits | Self-Released |
| 6 | GNB CHILI | RND | Self-Released |
| 7 | MACHINE GIRL | “Come On Baby, Scrape My Data” [Single] | Future Classic |
| 8 | LUA TRILOGY! | おやすみシューゲイザー (Goodnight Shoegazer!) | Self-Released |
| 9 | ZZKILLME | Lucky Star ✰ | Self-Released |
| 10 | TURQUOISEDEATH | Guardian | Plantasia |
Afterhours Adds
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CALLASOILED | Machine Flex | Self-Released |
| 2 | FROST CHILDREN | SISTER | True Panther/Dirty Hit |
| 3 | PEARLY DROPS | The Voices Are Coming Back | Music.Website |
| 4 | ISAAC SHERMAN | A Pasture, Its Limits | Self-Released |
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Underground Charts 9/16/25
Underground Charts
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AESOP ROCK | Black Hole Superette | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | CJ MONET | Catharsis [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | ATMOSPHERE | Triple X Years In The Game | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | MBLOADED | Kayotic Love [EP] | The Loaded Family |
| 5 | JIM LEGAXCY | black british music (2025) | XL/Beggars |
| 6 | EVIDENCE | Unlearning Vol. 2 | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | RITCHIE | Triple Digits | AWAL |
| 8 | MURS | Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation) | Mello |
| 9 | DELIVERY BOYS AND LOST BOY | “camp lazlo” [Single] | Delivery! |
| 10 | BRASSIOUSMONK | blackeyedP [EP] | BrassExpansion |
Underground Adds
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HARD MAYBE | More Of The Usual Stuff | Self-Released |
| 2 | KASSA OVERALL | CREAM | Warp |
| 3 | VENNA | MALIK | Cashmere Thoughts |
| 4 | SHAD | “K.I.S.S.” feat. Jon Kabongo b/w “Islands” feat. TLO [Single] | Secret City |
| 5 | CARDIGAN | Birthyear. | cigarette sweater / khamadi brown |
| 6 | HO99O9 | Tomorrow We Escape | Last Gang |