Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | FLY ANAKIN | Frank | Lex |
2 | JPEGMAFIA | LP! | EQT |
3 | HIATUS KAIYOTE | Mood Valiant | Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune |
4 | SAMM HENSHAW | Untidy Soul | Dorm Seven/AWAL |
5 | AUDREY NUNA | A Liquid Breakfast | Arista |
6 | DENZEL CURRY | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista/Concord |
7 | MILAN RING | I’m Feeling Hopeful | Astral People/PIAS |
8 | REDVEIL | learn 2 swim | Self-Released |
9 | SKIIFALL | “Bloodclarrt Business” [Single] | XL |
10 | AJ TRACEY | Flu Game | Revenge |
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Afterhours Charts 5/10
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | MACHINEDRUM | Psyconia [EP] | Ninja Tune |
2 | MAGDALENA BAY | Mercurial World | Luminelle |
3 | ADULT | Becoming Undone | Dais |
4 | ANZ | All Hours [EP] | Ninja Tune |
5 | ARCA | KicK iii | XL |
6 | BALTRA | Ambition | Local Action |
7 | FOXES | The Kick | PIAS |
8 | ISQ | Requiem for the Faithful 2.0 : The Remixes | CP |
9 | JULES | Delta Ajax [EP] | Happy Life |
10 | KEDR LIVANSKIY | Liminal Soul | 2MR |
Chainsaw Charts 5/10
# | Artist | Record | Label |
1 | ACCEPT | Blood of the Nations | Nuclear Blast |
2 | AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED | Agorapocalypse | Relapse |
3 | ALL OUT WAR | Condemned to Suffer | Victory |
4 | ANTHRAX | Among the Living | Megaforce |
5 | BITTER END | Illusions of Dominance | Deathwish Inc. |
6 | BLACK SABBATH | Sabotage Reissue | Rhino |
7 | BORIS | No | Third Man |
8 | CANNIBAL CORPSE | Violence Unimagined | Metal Blade |
9 | CARTHAGODS | The Monster in Me | Darkside |
10 | COALESCE | oxep [EP] | Relapse |
Chainsaw Adds
# | Artist | Record | Label |
1 | THE OKLAHOMA KID | Tangerine Tragic | Arising Empire |
2 | DEVIL MASTER | Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night | Relapse |
3 | THE HALO EFFECT | “Days Of The Lost” [Single] | Nuclear Blast |
4 | KREATOR | “Strongest Of The Strong” [Single] | Nuclear Blast |
5 | ABYSMAL HELLSTORM | Reigniting Hellfire | Witchhammer Productions |
6 | CANDY | “Human Condition Above Human Opinion” [Single] | Relapse |
Underground Charts 5/3
# | Artist | Record | Label |
1 | BREANNA | Epiphany | Self-Released |
2 | JPEGMAFIA | LP! | EQT |
3 | REDVEIL | learn 2 swim | Self-Released |
4 | SAMM HENSHAW | Untidy Soul | Dorm Seven/AWAL |
5 | SEEYOUSOON | VIDÉ | Self-Released |
6 | SKIIFALL | WOIIYOIE TAPES Vol. 1 [EP] | Self-Released |
7 | EVIDENCE | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
8 | HIATUS KAIYOTE | Mood Valiant | Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune |
9 | LITTLE SIMZ | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | AGE 101 |
10 | WESLEY JOSEPH | Ultramarine | EEVILTWINN/Transgressive |
Afterhours Charts 5/3
# | Artist | Release | Label |
1 | ALICE GLASS | PREY//IV | Eating Glass |
2 | PENDANT | Harp | Saddle Creek |
3 | T.I.P. | Neosynthesis | Club Qu |
4 | TEDDY BLACK, AUSTINS GROOVE | “Honey’s Jam” [Single] | Spacedisco |
5 | HEALTH | DISCO 4 :: PART II | Loma Vista/Concord |
6 | SEGA BODEGA | Romeo | Supernature |
7 | SEVDALIZA | Raving Dahlia [EP] | Twisted Elegance |
8 | ADULT | Becoming Undone | Dais |
9 | FOXES | The Kick | PIAS |
10 | MAGDALENA BAY | Mercurial World | Luminelle |
Chainsaw Charts 5/3
# | Artist | Record | Label |
1 | AHAB | The Divinity of Oceans | Napalm |
2 | ANNIHILUS | Follow A Song From The Sky | Federal Prisoner |
3 | ANTAGONIST | World in Decline | Prosthetic |
4 | AZZRIELL | “Cycle of Shadows” [Single] | 3259246 DK |
5 | BACKTRACK | Lost In Life | Bridge Nine |
6 | BATHORY | Hammerheart | Noise |
7 | BEFORE AND APACE | The Denisovan | Self-Released |
8 | BLOOD INCANTATION | Hidden History of the Human Race | Dark Descent |
9 | BLOODIEST | Bloodiest | Relapse |
10 | BLOODY KEEP | O Vampire Of The Night [EP] | Grime Stone |
Top Adds
# | Artist | Record | Label |
1 | ZEAL AND ARDOR | Zeal & Ardor | MVKA |
2 | HYPERIA | “Experiment 77” [Single] | Self-Released |
3 | VEIL OF MAYA | “Synthwave Vegan” [Single] | Sumerian |
4 | VEIN.FM | This World Is Going To Ruin You | Closed Casket |
5 | KNOCKED LOOSE | A Tear In The Fabric Of Life [EP] | Pure Noise |
HAGS from museum maddie <3
Howdy y’all. As my last blog post for the semester, I wanted to leave you with a HAGS inspired media list. These are songs I like and movies, books, and podcasts that are on my favorites or to-be-read list. I appreciate you all for keeping up with my blog and I hope you’ve found some new favorite songs, books, or podcasts along the way. If you are graduating, I wish you the best of luck with your future endeavors and thank you for keeping up with WKNC. Good luck on finals and make sure you are taking care of yourself amidst any finals stress.
Music
- coney island (feat. The National) by Taylor Swift
- Summer’s Here by Sun Room
- Silk Chiffon by MUNA
- Work Out by Rainbow Kitten Surprise
- Chaise Longue by Wet Leg
- Lemon Tree by Mt. Joy
- Sidelines by Phoebe Bridgers
- New Romance by Beach House
- Be Sweet by Japanese Breakfast
- Settle Down by Ricky Montgomery
- That’s Where I Am by Maggie Rogers
Books
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
- The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
- The Club by Ellery Lloyd
Podcasts and Movies
- Gone South (Podcast)
- Mile Higher (Podcast)
- The Thing About Pam (Podcast)
- Crime Weekly (Podcast)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (Movie)
- X (Movie)
- Old (Movie)
- Midsommar (Movie)
- The Rental (Movie)
- Suspect by Wondery (Podcast)
- Welcome to your Fantasy (Podcast
<3, museum maddie
Boy Harsher Concert Review
When I saw that Boy Harsher was coming to Cat’s Cradle it felt surreal, like there’s no way that band was coming to that venue at this time. For the uninitiated, Boy Harsher is a darkwave artist, sort of on the edge of post-punk and electronic, and darkwave is a genre that I have been essentially submerged in this whole semester. Seeing one of my favorite darkwave bands in my favorite venue felt too good to be true, but no, it happened and it was awesome.
The opening acts did what all great opening acts should: got us moving and excited for what was to come while also leaving their mark on the show. Durham’s Permanent was someone I had wanted to see for awhile as they were at some shows I was really close to attending but couldn’t quite make, and they certainly lived up to the hype. As it was an opening act the crowd sadly wasn’t as energetic as they would be later which was a shame as Permanent really was going hard, with somewhat dissonant and chaotic synths that still came together with the drums to create an extremely danceable set.
Club Music, the second opener, kept the energy levels up and I liked the order because they felt like the perfect hybrid between Permanent and Boy Harsher, definitely bringing some darkwave as well as some traditional sounding, well, club music. They played on despite being on crutches and even incorporated it into the show by raising it in the air like they were leading a cavalry charge during some of the more powerful moments.
Then Boy Harsher was on, their arrival announced by completely filling the stage with smoke to the point where it (almost) concealed a guy’s vape in the front row. And through the murkiness came the first of many exquisite synth lines of their set. Vibes took center stage here, with an emphasis on echoey vocals and the feeling they imparted. The absolute peak of the show was this one ~30 second part where lead singer Jae Matthews kneeled and repeatedly screamed over almost ritualistic pounding drums in an incredibly memorable and bizarre sequence that captured what makes Boy Harsher so fun to listen to: taking sounds straight out of 80s synthpop and twisting them into something intriguing and sinister.
Joining Matthews onstage was the other half of Boy Harsher, Augustus Miller, who in addition to working various synths and MIDI controllers had a really cool electronic drum pad that he would occasionally turn to. Drums featured heavily in all of the songs but he would pull out the drum pad for specific moments when another dimension was needed such as the aforementioned ritualistic pounding, and the live performance of the drum in the middle of all these other electronic instruments was a great touch. Their chemistry was awesome, with their movements often synchronized and there were many moments where they just let the instrumental play while dancing.
While I knew I was going to like this show, I didn’t know going in that it would end up being one of my favorites I’ve been to yet. There was just something about the hypnotic way the evening rolled out, nonstop pounding drums and interesting melodies that combined with some amazing lighting choices (every show needs horizontally spinning lights from now on) truly made this an evening to remember.
-Erie
Top Charts 4/26
# | Artist | Record | Label |
1 | DEAD RITUALS | Prisoners | Hideout |
2 | EARTH DAD | Birthday | Self-Released |
3 | SOUND OF CERES | Emerald Sea | Joyful Noise |
4 | CONWAY THE MACHINE | God Don’t Make Mistakes | Shady/Interscope |
5 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Stock Exchange | Self-Released |
6 | FLY ANAKIN | Frank | Lex |
7 | LITTLE SIMZ | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | AGE 101 |
8 | HIATUS KAIYOTE | Mood Valiant | Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune |
9 | MILAN RING | I’m Feeling Hopeful | Astral People/PIAS |
10 | INJURY RESERVE | By The Time I Get To Phoenix | Self-Released |
11 | AUDREY NUNA | A Liquid Breakfast | Arista |
12 | JPEGMAFIA | LP! | EQT |
13 | MOONCHILD | Starfruit | Tru Thoughts |
14 | EVIDENCE | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
15 | ILLISM | Family Over Everything | The CRWN |
16 | VINCE STAPLES | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | Blacksmith/Motown |
17 | LAVA LA RUE | “For You” [Single] | Marathon Artists |
18 | MCKINLEY DIXON | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
19 | BREANNA | Epiphany | Self-Released |
20 | ANUSHKA | Yemaya | Tru Thoughts |
21 | NILUFER YANYA | PAINLESS | ATO |
22 | BIG THIEF | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You | 4AD/Beggars Group |
23 | BLACK MARBLE | Fast Idol | Sacred Bones |
24 | FKA TWIGS | CAPRISONGS | Young/Atlantic |
25 | KILLS BIRDS | Married | KRO |
26 | DENZEL CURRY | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista/Concord |
27 | PINK SIIFU | GUMBO’! | Dynamite Hill |
28 | SAMM HENSHAW | Untidy Soul | Dorm Seven/AWAL |
29 | SASAMI | SQUEEZE | Domino |
30 | SKIIFALL | WOIIYOIE TAPES Vol. 1 [EP] | Self-Released |
Top Adds
# | Artist | Record | Label |
1 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Chloe And The Next 20th Century | Sub Pop |
2 | HOMESCHOOL | Book II [EP] | KRO |
3 | WARMDUSCHER | At The Hotspot | Bella Union |
4 | UPCHUCK | “Night Calls” [Single] | Suicide Squeeze |
Afterhours Charts 4/26
# | Artist | Record | Label |
1 | JULES | Delta Ajax [EP] | Happy Life |
2 | FOXES | The Kick | PIAS |
3 | PHANTOMS | “Lay It All On Me” feat. Jem Cooke [Single] | Foreign Family Collective |
4 | MAGDALENA BAY | Mercurial World | Luminelle |
5 | OVERMONO | Cash Romantic [EP] | XL |
6 | AMON TOBIN | How Do You Live | Nomark |
7 | PENDANT | Harp | Saddle Creek |
8 | SEGA BODEGA | Romeo | Supernature |
9 | FJAAK | SYS03 [EP] | Self-Released |
10 | ROCHELLE JORDAN | Play With The Changes | UNDRGRND |