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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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4:03

James Bay: ‘Sunshine In The Room’ (Feat. Jon Batiste)

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/02/19

“Up All Night” mega-hit co-auteurJames Bayis back with a new banger for you! This time, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist teams up with five-time Grammy Award-winning beam of lightJon Batistefor heartfelt inspiration via “Sunshine In The Room.”

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Alsarah & the Nubatones: ‘Bye Bye’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/02/13

Brooklyn-basedAlsarah & the Nubatoneswere formed out of many conversations around modern migration and the cultural exchanges between Sudan and Egypt (plus a common love of the pentatonic scale). Their third full studio albumSeasons of the Roadhas been five years in the making and marked by perilous milestones. “Bye Bye” is one of the first songs they’ve written in English — a break up song written in the tradition of the blues.

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4:15

Leif Vollebekk: ‘Rock and Roll’ (Radio Edit)

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/02/12

One night, Canadian artistLeif Vollebekkdreamt that Jeff Buckley taught him a song in a Manhattan rehearsal space. Vollebekk watched Buckley’s hand on the fretboard of his guitar as he followed along. Vollebekk felt like he was in heaven, as their falsettos rang out. When he woke up, he wondered which Buckley song that might have been. He quickly realized that it was “Rock and Roll,” his own new song.

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5:48

Salami Rose Joe Louis: ‘Arm fell asleep’

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2025/02/06

The title track toSalami Rose Joe Louis(aka Lindsay Olsen’s) new album “Arm fell asleep” came to her when she felt that familiar numbing feeling. “I was reflecting on a period in my life when I had lost agency in my life, forgot my strength, and ability to steer my ship to safety,” explains Olsen. “It is a terrifying thing to be so under the influence of hegemonic forces that a part of you falls asleep. In the final section of this song, the

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3:51

Jack White: ‘Archbishop Harold Holmes’

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2025/02/05

With a new album on the horizon in August,Jack Whitesticks to his DIY roots by recording, producing, mixing, and pressing to vinyl his forthcoming album,No Name, at his Third Man Studio between 2023 - 2024. We’ll let Jack’s crunchy guitar, righteous licks, loving lyrics and band tear it down on “Archbishop Harold Holmes.”Jack White’s record-store-only releaseNo Nametook the world by storm in the summer of 2024. So much so that it was eventually

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3:26

Jungle: ‘Keep Me Satisfied’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/01/31

If you can believe it, it’s Friday once again! To celebrate the end of a tough month, let’s turn to revered British trioJunglewho set our hearts ablaze with “Keep Me Satisfied.” Nuff said.

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4:28

Yves Jarvis: ‘All Cylinders’

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2025/01/30

What the world needs now is a little love and goodwill and that’s what you’ll hear when you spin Montreal-basedYves Jarvis’ new driving song “All Cylinders.” We believe you’ll find it to be in the style and warmth of Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach.

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4:22

Serebii: ‘Verrans Corner’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/01/29

Let’s tap into the work of composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalistSerebii(aka Callum Mower) — a talented, jazzy crooner based in New Zealand. Here’s “Verrans Corner,” which AI says is a location in Auckland that includes character shops.

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3:51

Bitter:Sweet: ‘Baby Is Back’

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2025/01/28

LA’s electronic OGsBitter:Sweetare back with a magnetic new song; a preview of their forthcoming album scheduled to be released in the spring. “Baby Is Back” sends a strong message, letting us know that frontwoman Shana Halligan is fully in charge of their sound.

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4:29

Seun Kuti & Sampa The Great: ‘Emi Aluta (Zamrock Remix)

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/01/23

Afrobeat superstarSeun Kutiteams up with Zambian singer, rapper, and songwriterSampa the Great. Dedicated to uniting a panoply of voices across the African diaspora, Kuti lights up the airwaves with the powerful “Emi Aluta(Zamrockremix).”

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5:06

Yukimi: “Winter Is Not Dead”

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2025/01/22

You’ll recognize the voice within the first few notes… It’s the signature sound of Little Dragon’s celebrated vocalistYukimi, and there will be more to enjoy as she puts the finishing touches on her solo album debutFor You(set for release on March 28). We share “Winter Is Not Dead,” inspired by Scandinavia’s long, dark winters. Yukimi states what it's like to live there: “The lack of light brings many of us down. At the same time,

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3:25

Japanese Breakfast: ‘Orlando In Love’

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2025/01/16

Known for her improvisational recordings — turning warehouses, trailers, and lofts into studios –Japanese Breakfastfront-woman and founder Michelle Zauner took to a proper studio for her fourth full-length albumFor Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), due on Mar. 21 via Dead Oceans. For a unifying theme, this collection turns to the Greek mythological plight of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun and died. A noted author (Crying in H Mart), Zauner riffs on the

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5:43

Oracle Sisters: ‘Riverside’

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2025/01/15

Paris-based trioOracle Sisterswill (appropriately) deliver their sophomore albumDivinations on Valentine’s Day. After clocking countless hours touring, the band began to compose as a trio, building songs from sketches while channeling the mystic. “‘Riverside” is, “a respite, a song to wrap yourself in. It’s about turning rust to gold,” say Oracle Sisters’ band members. “We hope it inspires you to go on long walks and to get

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4:11

Dylan Cartlidge: ‘New Day’

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2025/01/09

Let’s call him a polymath, cause these are just a few of the skills he’s aced: singing, rapping, playing bass and producing music… It'sDylan Cartlidgewhose song “New Day” is a soulful, joyful antidote if you’re having a dreary time of it.

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7:27

Amayo: ‘Black Magic Sister’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2025/01/01

Amayo, the Nigerian-born former frontman for Afrobeat collective Antibalas, strikes out on his own with his debut solo album,Lion Awakes,out January 17. The record is dedicated to his grandmother, a shamamic medicine woman, and Amayo’s Kung Fu practice. “Black Magic Sister” offers up a chorus of voices which Amayo says is, “about offering blessings for an abundant mindset. It’s also a prayer for twins and a wish for those who lost close

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3:33

Dehd: ‘Magician’

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2024/12/26

KCRW shared a copious amount of new music with you in 2024. One of the bands that we fell in love with and might still be just a tinge under the radar is the Chicago-based indie rock trioDehd. After a banner year, including theirdebut on Morning Becomes Eclecticand their HQ courtyard performance atSummer Nights, we’re spotlighting “Magician,” a track they will be sure to perform throughout the world as they tour in 2025.

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4:36

bad tuner: ‘make you love’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2024/12/25

Brooklyn electronic artistbad tunerenjoys blurring the lines between genres and shifting gears unexpectedly. On this Christmas day, we share the joyful, infectious, retro sound of “make you love” to get you and Santa dancing.

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4:37

Hot 8 Brass Band: ‘Big Tuba’

Today"s Top Tune ·

2024/12/20

New Orleans Grammy-winning artistsHot 8 Brass Bandare putting the finishing touches on their new album due in late February 2025, so while we wait, let’s take in their signature party-marching-band sound on the title track “Big Tuba.”

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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: ‘Call Me...

Today"s Top Tune ·

2024/12/19

Coming up from the rock clubs of Denver, CO,Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweatsneed no introduction as they’ve played a mind boggling amount of concert halls, festivals, and arenas throughout the USA since their debut back in 2015.South of Hereis their fourth studio recording and contains the gem “Call Me (Whatever You Like).”

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Peel Dream Magazine: ‘I Wasn’t Made For War’

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2024/12/18

LA indie rockersPeel Dream Magazine— whose name pays tribute to the late BBC DJ John Peel — recently released their fourth full length albumRose Main Reading Room. It’s perfect for soul-stirring listening via headphones: lying on the floor in a dark room, on a train watching the landscape, or waiting for your holiday flight at an airport terminal. Astute at weaving transportive personal stories, Peel Dream Magazine shares “I Wasn’t Made For

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