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Weekly Charts

Top Charts 5/13/25

Top Charts

ArtistRecordLabel
1CASINO HEARTSA Walk In The Grass [EP]Self-Released
2FOXWARREN“Listen2me” [Single]Anti-
3MAE MARTINI’m A TVCasablanca/Republic
4MEI SEMONESAnimaruBayonet
5PINK MUSTPink Must15 love
6SAMANTHA CRAINGumshoeReal Kind
7SCOWLAre We All AngelsDead Oceans
8SUNBATHEMyself To YouTime Release
9APRIL MARCH“Surfing Castafiore” [Single]Bong Load
10DAISY THE GREAT“Ballerina” [Single]S-Curve
11FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE“This Is Real” [Single]Saddle Creek
12GLARESunset FuneralDeathwish
13GREAT GRANDPAPatience, MoonbeamRun For Cover
14GREERBig SmileEpitaph
15JADE THE MOON“Dirty John Type” [Single]Self-Released
16JAPANESE BREAKFASTFor Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Dead Oceans
17LAEL NEALEAltogether StrangerSub Pop
18PANCHIKOGinkgoNettwerk
19PICTORIA VARKNothing SticksGet Better
20SBTRKT“Turn Your Heart Around” [Single]Save Yourself
21KICKBACK, THEHit PieceBig Lie
22WETTwo Lives30SF
23ADRIAN QUESADA“Ojos Secos” feat. Cuco [Single]ATO
24ALEXANDRA SAVIOR“Unforgivable” [Single]RCA
25ALLIE KENNY“Soft Crash” [Single]Self-Released
26ART D’ECCOSerene DemonPaper Bag
27BLOOD INCANTATIONAbsolute ElsewhereCentury Media
28BYE2My Wife Is Drink PaintKitty On Fire
29CANUT DE BONno esperan por nadieSello Cototo
30CARLITASentimentalCounter

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ArtistRecordLabel
1PHOEBE RINGS“Fading Star” [Single]Carpark
2FULL BODY 2infinity signature [EP]Year0001
3FULL BODY 22020initialsequence2022Year0001
4THE VON TRAPPS“Go With Me” [Single]Self-Released
5WISHYPlanet Popstar [EP]Winspear
6ARCY DRIVEThe PitAWAL
7BLACK POLISH“Be With You” [Single]BMG
8MONTCLAIRHeart Is Alive!NBD
9FELICITYYou Take Me To Dinner But You’ll Never Feed My Soul [EP]Self-Released
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New Album Review

Album Review: Grand Voyage

“Grand Voyage” is the second album by French electropop group Tapeworms. In this follow up to their 2020 debut “Funtastic”, the already-unique band has gotten even more experimental. While the previous album also contains electronic elements, the influence of shoegaze is abundant on “Funtastic”. “Grand Voyage” is harder to pin down. 

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Band/Artist Profile

Neggy Gemmy come to Charlotte

I buried you under the stairs with your cool art you couldn’t fit on

Limerence Girl Summer

Love lost, droning on, disillusioned and whiny. Neggy Gemmy (Negative Gemini) synchronizes seduction, synthetic dreams and grainy whines.

Building momentum through disintegration, synths and drums, she echoes, copes and coils around a departure in ‘You Weren’t There Anymore’ but plays with a release in ‘You Never Knew.”

Her collaborations with George Clanton and TV Girl further build this world of beautiful fever dreams.

Her “Bad Baby” EP works around reverb-heavy dream pop and Americana of Mazzy Star mixed with grime of Tove Lo, experimentation of Grimes, bounces like Charli XCX, themes of MARINA, and grunge gaze of bands like Glixen, Sweet93 and Wisp.

Brooklyn-brewed and southern-created, Baton Rouge, Virginia, Houston, Louisville and Kentucky to New York and California, she blends these inspirations and experiences into her eclectic dreamscape.

Inspired by John Maus, Part Time and Ariel Pink, Neggy plays with these experimental auditory collages, layering and imagining an atmosphere, executed in her music videos playing with tropes like cheerleaders and love triangles.

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Band/Artist Profile

Play “Party 4 U”

party for you party on you party for you party on you party for you

Mementos and cultural signposts, Charli XCX’s discography maps and envelopes previous and evolving cultural contexts, it was “it girl,” “Von Dutch” and “365” “party girl” last summer, now returning nostalgically to a more ghostly melody.

“Party 4 U” falls into a Gatsby-ian trope — a yearning for the specific observer and impact; performative vulnerability. She plays with interchangeability, evolution and tonal shift of ‘party for you’ to ‘party on you’ and the weight of unreciprocated devotion.

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Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 5/6/25

Chainsaw Charts

ArtistRecordLabel
1CHAT PILECool WorldThe Flenser
2PHRENELITHAshen WombDark Descent
3GIGANAnomalous Abstractigate InfinitessimusWillowtip
4ABHORRATIONDemonolatryInvictus
5BLACK CURSEBurning in Celestial PoisonSepulchral Voice
6DECEASEDChildren of the MorgueHells Headbangers
7DELIRANTThoughteaterSentient Ruin
8DEMON BITCHMaster of the GamesCruz del Sur
9HIGH ON FIRECometh The StormMNRK
10MAYHEMICTobaSepulcharal Voice

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ArtistRecordLabel
1MESSAThe SpinMetal Blade
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Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 5/6/25

Afterhours Charts

ArtistRecordLabel
1MAGITECHRootkit VulturesGimmedanger
2MOUSETRAPPINGI’VE ALWAYS HATED THE INTERNETSelf-Released
3FULL BODY 2infinity signature [EP]Year0001
4TAPEWORMS Grand VoyageMusic_Website
5DJ BEETLEBITCHAcidtape2024 [EP]Dirtbag
6OUT THE BLUEAcid Fog [EP]Self-Released
71-800-BRKLYN!The Upper Atmosphere / Elysium [EP]BRN1NG BRA1N SOUND INDUSTRIES
8KENTUCKY FRIED BITCH COLLECTION VOL. 3VARIOUS ARTISTSCheapskape
9SEXCORP.Sexo, Violencia, Rio & Sao PauloSelf-Released
10TAYLOR ARTFalling Out Of OrbitSelf-Released

Afterhours Adds

ArtistRecordLabel
1MAGITECHRootkit VulturesGimmedanger
2MOUSETRAPPINGI’VE ALWAYS HATED THE INTERNETSelf-Released
3FULL BODY 2infinity signature [EP]Year0001
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Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 5/6/25

ArtistRecordLabel
1JESHIAirbag Woke Me UpBecause
2PRO-TEENS, THEMF Teen: Your Concernence In The Above Is AssumedCollege Of Knowledge
3JAE SKEESEGround LevelDrumwork/Equity
4MICHIDirty TalkStones Throw
5FLY ANAKIN(The) Forever DreamLex
6TOKIMONSTAEternal ReverieYoung Art
7WRETCH 32“Feels” [Single]Self-Released
8WAHIDTHEY ALL GO MAD! [EP]Innovative Leisure
9KURIOUSMajicianRhymesayers/Metalface
10LYRICS BORNGoodbye, Sticky RiceMobile Home
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Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 5/6/25

ArtistRecordLabel
1RICHARD BARATTALooking BackSavant
2RODNEY JORDANMemphis BlueBaxter
3DAVE ROBBINS BIG BANDHappy FacesCellar
4TAKUYA KURODAEverydayPPK
5EMPRESS, THESquare OneCellar
6BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTETBelongingBlue Note
7RACHEL THERRIENMi Hogar IILulaworld
8HIROMIOUT THERETelarc/Concord Jazz
9RODNEY WHITAKER Mosaic: The Music Of Gregg HillOrigin 
10NANAMI HARUTAThe VibeOrigin
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Weekly Charts

Top Charts 5/6/25

Top Charts

ArtistRecordLabel
1DAISY THE GREAT“Ballerina” [Single]S-Curve
2FOXWARREN“Listen2me” [Single]Anti-
3STEREOLAB“Aerial Troubles” [Single]Warp
4KICKBACK, THEHit PieceBig Lie
5CASINO HEARTSA Walk In The Grass [EP]Self-Released
6GREAT GRANDPAPatience, MoonbeamRun For Cover
7GREERBig SmileEpitaph
8JADE BIRD“Dreams” [Single]Glassnote
9JAPANESE BREAKFASTFor Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Dead Oceans
10LAEL NEALEAltogether StrangerSub Pop
11MAE MARTINI’m A TVCasablanca/Republic
12MAMALARKYHex KeyEpitaph
13PANCHIKOGinkgoNettwerk
14DISCUSTo Relate ToSun-Rom
15FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE“This Is Real” [Single]Saddle Creek
16FRANKIE COSMOS“Vanity” [Single]Sub Pop
17GLARESunset FuneralDeathwish
18MOMMAWelcome To My Blue SkyPolyvinyl
19PICTORIA VARKNothing SticksGet Better
20PINK MUSTPink Must15 love
21SASAMIBlood On The Silver ScreenDomino
22SUNBATHEMyself To YouTime Release
23BUG CLUB, THE“Jealous Boy” [Single]Sub Pop
24MEDIUM, THESports! [EP]Earth Libraries
25WETTwo Lives30SF
26AGREDSt. Vlntn’sSelf-Released
27AMYL AND THE SNIFFERSCartoon DarknessB2B
28ANTHONY PEARS“Let’s Dance” [Single]AenT
29BACCHAENext TimeGet Better
30BATHEInside Voice(s)MNRK

Top Adds

ArtistRecordLabel
1MEI SEMONESAnimaruBayonet
2SAMANTHA CRAINGumshoeReal Kind
3INDIGO DE SOUZA“Heartthrob” [Single]Loma Vista/Concord
4RILO KILEYThe Execution Of All ThingsSaddle Creek
5MAMALARKYHex KeyEpitaph
6SAHARA GRIMFableSelf-Released
7SUNFLOWER BEANMortal PrimetimeLucky Number
8MAIA FRIEDMAN“In A Dream It Could Happen” [Single]Last Gang
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Concert Preview

Locals Only! for May

Another year, another Local’s Only! A collaboration between WKNC and Neptunes to show off and show up for local bands returns later on Thursday, May 8. Featuring two indie bands from right here in Raleigh, North Carolina, you’re not going to want to miss it. Let’s take a look at the bands.