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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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3:58

Japanese Breakfast: ‘Picture Window’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/04/10

We always look forward to new music from best-selling author and singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner (akaJapanese Breakfast). Her latest LP,For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women),is set to be another classic.,Produced by Grammy Award-winning guitar guru Blake Mills, this album examines a darker palette than its antecedent,Jubilee.

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5:34

Tamino: ‘Willow’

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2025/04/09

Have you metTamino? We recently premiered his latest, “Willow,” onMorning Becomes Eclectic, a song of release and renewal from his albumEvery Dawn’s a Mountain— written in his new home of New York City.“The paradox of the willow is that when it dies and loses all its vines, its trunk gets to see the sun,” Tamino explains. “In other words, its heart gets a new life. The tree no longer weeps and finally finds solace in the glow of the

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3:56

El Michels Affair: ‘Kodak’

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2025/04/03

Grammy-winning producerLeon Michels, best known asEl Michels Affair, treats us to an instant classic, “Kodak.” The song is a picture perfect masterclass in space and arrangement — mellow and fluid, with a slow drum beat floating amidst the gauzy instrumentation. It’s guaranteed to put you in a dreamy, creative mood.

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5:35

Hannah Cohen: ‘Draggin’’

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2025/04/02

Funny how a song named “Draggin’” can really lift you up. This works because of singer-songwriterHannah Cohen’s magical way of blending disparate ideas. The song is off her newly minted albumEarthstar Mountain, and was produced by her partner and collaborator Sam Evian. The album draws from the pair’s combined wide palette of musical taste which includes Dusty Springfield, Gal Costa, Minnie Ripperton, and Sly & The Family Stone.

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4:54

Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke: ‘This Conversation Is...

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2025/03/27

Pioneering electronic music producerMark Pritchardteams with Radiohead/The Smile frontmanThom Yorketo share the full collaborative albumTall Tales(out in May). The LP unites everything you love about both luminaries: rich aural textures, multi-layered electronics, and thrilling genre-fluidity across a dozen tracks. So let’s start with “This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice.”

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4:48

Tunde Adebimpe: ‘God Knows’

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2025/03/26

TV On The Radio frontmanTunde Adebimpesteps into his own spotlight on his debut solo albumThee Black Boltz— out April 18. Capturing the vulnerability of the loss of love, Adebimpe massages the heart with incisive lyrics and his signature electro rock ‘n’ soul sound on “God Knows.”

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3:54

Victoria Canal: ‘Talk’

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2025/03/20

Spanish-American singer-songwriterVictoria Canalfirst began using her voice as a way to process grief… and she gained some serious fans in the process. Coldplay’s Chris Martin is quoted as saying, “one of the best songs ever written” about Canal’s exploration of the topic — “swan song.” She offers a wider range of subject matter on her freshly released albumSlowly, It Dawns, and her band’s sharp spin on Adult Contemporary

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4:42

Palmyra: ‘Arizona’

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2025/03/19

Dare we say we’re(slanted and) enchantedto meet Richmond, Virginia-based, relative newcomersPalmyra? The trio’s laid-back, indie-rock-Americana stylings on “Arizona” are like a deep sonic breath of fresh air. And we can all get to know them even better when their new LPRestlesshits the shelves on March 28.

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5:06

Benjamin Booker: ‘NEW WORLD’

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2025/03/14

Benjamin Bookerentered a new sonic world when he tapped LA-based, “producer’s producer” Kenny Segal to work onLOWER, his first new album in seven years. Booker has always eluded categorization; his rootsy, punky, R&B tones all coming together to make something signature. By enlisting Segal, he’s added extra crispy hip-hop beats and a surreal dreaminess that you’ll hear all over Today’s Top Tune: “NEW WORLD.”

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4:35

Ebba Åsman: ‘Did I Go?’

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2025/03/13

Swedish singer-songwriter, composer, and jazz trombone wunderkindEbba Åsmanis readying her third album,When You Know, for release on March 21. For a glimpse of what’s in store from the record, check out the sumptuous single “Did I Go?” — a hypnotic, boldly produced ode to the uncertainty of life in your twenties.

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3:46

Dexter Story: ‘New Piazza’

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2025/03/12

Some people seem to exist primarily to tilt the world’s balance towards positivity. Multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, arranger and ethnomusicologistDexter Storyis one of those people. His latest release isSinesrat, an EP comprised of previously unreleased work dating between 2012-2014. Slip into your sauciest fit and saunter down the nearest street to the sounds of the EP’s jaunty, wordless groover “New Piazza.”

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5:17

Josefine Neumann: ‘Andromeda’

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2025/03/10

Teenaged, Long Beach singer-songwriterJosefine Neumanntaught herself acoustic guitar during the height of the COVID pandemic, began self-releasing her compositions in 2023, and has never shown any signs of slowing down since. Neumann’s intricate melodies and classic folk singer delivery are perfect for sparking careful reflection. We invite you to do just that by tuning into “Andromeda,” from Neumann’s 2024 LPMy Greatest Fears.

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4:17

Hologram Teen: ‘Connection transpacifique’

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2025/03/07

Hologram Teenis the solo project (and anagram) of former Stereolab keyboardist Morgane Lhote. The French native who’s now based in Los Angeles has a feel for disco and ‘80s pop from her homeland. We’re drawn to “Connectiontranspacifique.” "I lost my brother two years ago,” says Lhote, “and ’Connection transpacifique’ is an homage to him and the bond we had. He lived in Tokyo so the song talks about being connected across the

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6:35

Joe Ely: ‘Adios Sweet Dreams’

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2025/03/06

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriterJoe Elyhas released his twenty-ninth solo album,Love and Freedom. To tackle the turmoil and social issues we’re living through, we turn to Ely’s sweet sadness in the Tex-Mex sound of “Adios Sweet Dreams.”

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3:18

Ashley Jackson: ‘Deep River II’

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2025/03/05

Award-winning harpistAshley Jackson, whose expressive work melds traditional classical music with the rich heritage of Black spirituality, has a new album on the horizon —Take Me To The Water(out March 21). In her masterful dip into transformative and spiritual power of water, Jackson interprets work by Alice Coltrane, Claude Debussy, and — on Today’s Top Tune “Deep River II” — the work of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

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3:48

Nathy Peluso: ‘El Dia Que Perdi Mi Juventud’ (feat....

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/02/27

“El Dia Que Perdi Mi Juventud” or ‘The Day I Lost My Youth” (in English), is an acoustic Spanish-language song written by Argentine starNathy Peluso. It reveals a more mature and emboldened artist, and features special guestBlood Orange.

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4:38

Husky Gawenda: ‘Silencio’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/02/26

Husky Gawenda, frontman for the Melbourne-based group Husky, shares “Silencio,” a new song that sounds like a throwback to the early work of Simon & Garfunkel. Gawenda employs his Tascam 388 tape machine and the voices duo Charm of Finches to create a timeless sound.

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3:37

Jensen McRae: ‘Earthquake Yellow’

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2025/02/25

We first met LA-native musicianJensen McRaein 2020 and she swiftly became one of that year’s favorite artists, before she had even released her debut album(!). So when fires began destroying our city, Jensen got down to what she does best.

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3:08

Waxahatchee: ‘Mud’ (Clean)

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2025/02/21

How about a little country twang fromWaxahatchee, who shares an outtake from her 2024 albumTigers Blood? From a gifted storyteller with a fluid style, “Mud,” is a song you’ll hear if you are lucky enough to catch her on the road with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Iron & Wine.

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4:00

Obongjayar: “Just My Luck”

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/02/20

Nigeria-born, UK-basedObongjayerreflects on a surprising theme which you wouldn't guess when you hear the beat of “Just My Luck.”

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