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Today"s Top Tune

A free weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.

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5:12

Carriers: ‘Sometimes’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2024/12/12

Cincinnati’s Curt Kiser goes by the aliasCarriersand recalls early Bob Dylan and Kurt Vile. In the case of “Sometimes,” Kiser took a bumpy week and turned it into a song. The idea came to him quickly after a scary car accident was followed by his musical gear being stolen while on tour. The song brings to focus the burdens of daily reality we all must endure.

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3:52

Sea Pipes: ‘Unnameable Loss’

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2024/12/11

Tonight we’ll experience the season finale ofSchool Nightat Bardot in Hollywood. School Night has long been LA’s premier music discovery showcase and tonight’s installment will feature four buzzy bands, among them,Sea Pipes.And, speaking of school nights, for this band, it’s literal because they are still in high school. Assembled just this past summer, and drawing inspiration from The Black Keys, these guys make it a habit to channel their problems

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4:01

Jeremie Albino: "Our Time In The Sun"

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2024/10/04

Jeremie Albinowill release his debut album on Nov. 1 via Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound. He’s the latest artist to sign with the prestigious label. The album’s title track, “Our Time In The Sun,”showcases an emotionally nuanced narrator pouring his soul into his music. Albino’s story began on a farm in rural Ontario. After wrangling vegetables at farmers markets in Toronto, he began busking on the city’s sidewalks before sharing stages

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5:17

Nilüfer Yanya: ‘Mutations’

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2024/10/03

West London-based singer-songwriterNilüfer Yanyahas been receiving well-deserved praise for her new full-length,My Method Actor, an organic and intimate recording.

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4:33

Ella Raphael: ‘Tangled Love’

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2024/10/02

SingerElla Raphaelwas weaned on Elvis, Edith Piaf, and (naturally) her namesake Ella Fitzgerald. On the hip-swaying “Tangled Love,” we hear her tempered vocals alongside a dab of nostalgic tropicália, Mediterranean riffs, and a sonic bed of vibraphone and lap-steel guitar.

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4:35

Jerry Paper ‘Everything Angel’

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2024/09/26

Jerry Paperhas collaborated with a bunch of artists we love including Weyes Blood and Tyler, The Creator. But after experiencing therapy and the radical growth that came out of it, their namesake Lucas Nathan decided they wanted to be a therapist.“Everything Angel” is about that decision. Nathan says: “When I was in my early 20s I told myself that my only skill was music so I had to figure out how to make it work as a career. I spent the past almost-decade

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4:57

Blondshell ‘What’s Fair’ (radio edit)

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2024/09/25

Last year (2023) was a banner one for Sabrina Teitelbaum, akaBlondshell. Her self-titled debut LP gained new fans and received critical acclaim — one of the songs from that album, “Joiner,” even earned a coveted spot on Barack Obama’s year-end playlist. Her band has been touring extensively, and this summer found them trotting around the globe on the festival circuit while putting together a sophomore album.“What’s Fair” is a new

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4:57

Nate Mercereau: ‘Sound Within Sound’

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2024/09/12

When introducing multi-instrumentalistNate Mercereaufrom the stage every night on hisNew Blue Sunlive tour, André 3000 would say: "I call him a Magician, he plays guitar, but it almost never sounds like a guitar.” This statement can easily be applied to Mercereau’s forthcoming albumExcellent Traveller, a sonic journal where everything you hear has come through the guitar — a palette of recordings made either live or in the studio — with

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4:26

Rubblebucket: ‘Moving Without Touching’

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2024/09/11

Year of the Bananais art-pop duoRubblebucket’s seventh studio album coming down the pike in mid-October. Today, we’re sharing the hip-moving, calorie-burning fun early single they call “Moving Without Touching.”

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4:42

Chicano Batman: ‘Tanto Arriba Como Abajo’

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2024/09/05

KCRW SoCal favoritesChicano Batmanrecentlygraced our studioswith a career-spanning set at HQ. While they already released a new album this year,Notebook Fantasy, the band found the time to write and record a new song.

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4:56

Nikka Costa: ‘It’s Just Love’

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2024/08/29

LA-based soul and funksterNikka Costainvites you into her current heart and headspace and navigates you into joy on her new album,Dirty Disco. “I know I need it and figured we all do sometimes,” declares Costa. “It's up, it's dancy, it's happy, it's funky, it's positive, and it's not taking itself too seriously, which is how I want to feel most days!”

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3:48

Ivan Cornejo: ‘Mirada’

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2024/08/28

20-year-old Riverside nativeIvan Cornejobegan taking mariachi classes at church and learned to play guitar through YouTube lessons. Launching his staggering headlining tour with a new album,Mirada, Cornejo folds his growing pains, both personal and as a rising star, into intimate songs.

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9:36

Father John Misty: ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of...

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2024/08/23

Greatish Hits, a new compilation of classics culled fromFather John Misty’sfive prestigious albums, includes an appropriately-titled brand new song “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All,” clocking in at eight whopping minutes.

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4:21

Claude Fontaine: ‘Vaquiero’

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2024/08/22

Channeling a fusion of ‘60s French pop, Brazilian tropicalia, and slinky reggae,Claude Fontaine’s new albumLa Merechos a dreamy utopia-by-the-sea. Be prepared to sway to a samba beat on “Vaquiero.”

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6:51

Chrystabell & David Lynch: ‘The Answer to the Questions’

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2024/08/21

Beloved director, painter, furniture maker, music maker, and KCRW’s one-time weather reporterDavid Lynchteams up with his musical museChrystabell. Birthed from a vision during a late-night walk surrounded by forest, a bright light caught his eye above the treetops. That light recalled the mellifluous sound of Chrystabell’s voice and revealed a secret to him.Cellophane Memoriesis a convergence of two otherworldly portals, the Texas-born singer’s throaty sound

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6:05

Marysia Osu: ‘seatime’

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2024/08/13

Poland-born, London-based harpistMarysia Osuwas guided by a dynamic and inspiring teacher who changed the course of her young life. Captivated by the elegance and emotive sound of her instrument, Osu leaned in on her classical training. As she progressed, her sound expanded using pedals to augment her sound. “seatime” is lifted from her debut albumharp, beats & dreams, a soundtrack and celebration of self-acceptance and the harmony found within.

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5:05

Cigarettes After Sex: ‘Baby Blue Movie’

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2024/08/08

For their new LP,X’sCigarettes After Sexare playing some of the world’s most iconic venues including Madison Square Garden, London’s O2, and the hallowed stage of the Kia Forum in Inglewood for two sold-0ut nights in LA.X’sis a little different from previous CAS albums. While those have primarily centered around a composite of different relationships, forX’sbandleader Greg Gonzalez captured the emotional arc of one important love affair that lasted

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4:47

Bright Eyes: ‘Bells and Whistles’

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2024/08/07

As they ready their 10th full-length albumFive Dice, All Threesfor release on Sep. 20,Bright Eyesreturns with their signature laser-focused lyrics on the early single “Bells and Whistles.” We’re looking forward to hearing the album’s guest performances from long-time friends Cat Power and The National’s Matt Berninger, but are happy to wait it out with this rollicking track which cruises from NY to LA, gnawing at Banksy, the Mets, music biz

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5:21

Quivers: ‘Oyster Cuts’

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2024/07/26

You may remember the bandQuiversfrom ourGlobal Beat Australiasegment in 2021. Now they are getting ready to share a new album in August. “Oyster Cuts” is their tight title track and our first glimpse. You can feel the tension of grief and gratitude in their singing, encased by a looping riff, swirling synths, and the drive of percussion.

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5:24

Joe Goddard: ‘Follow You’

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2024/07/25

Harmonicsis the third collection of songs by Hot Chip’sJoe Goddard, who opens the floor to an introspective approach to dance music on “Follow You.” But that’s not all you’ll find on the new album: There is a wide palette of sounds and collaborations, including a track with Eno Williams of Ibibio Sound Machine, Jungle’s Tom McFarland, UK Jazz artist Alabaster DePlume, to name a few.

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