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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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Monday Nov 10 Run Logan Run ‘Skew Yew

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2025/11/10

Bristolian Nu Jazz vanguard, Run Logan Run are back with LV:HRD (Love Hard) — the second EP in their trilogy series. This one hits hard: industrial textures, analog grit, and computer-controlled chaos. The track “Skew Yew” stands out, a heavy, hypnotic groove drenched in reverb and distortion — proof that the duo’s jazz spirit thrives in the machinery.(Ankh Sanctuary)

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3:45

Melody’s Echo Chamber: ‘Daisy’ (Feat. El Michels Affair)

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2025/09/25

Channelling the swinging sixties,Melody’s Echo Chamberplucks a shiny pop song from the heavens on this sweet collaboration withEl Michels Affair. “Daisy” offers (among other exceptional qualities): key changes, tasty fret noodling, and daydream vibes.

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4:16

shame: ‘Quiet Life’

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2025/09/24

New albumCutthroatfinds UK rockersshameat their blistering best. Currently on tour in Europe, the band will hit North America early in 2026 — including an LA stop atThe Belasco on Saturday, Feb. 7. Ready your senses with the unapologetic, let-loose snarl of “Quiet Life.”

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6:40

Myd: ‘So High’

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2025/09/23

French DJ, producer, and singer-songwriterMydrose the ranks through extensive live shows and DJ sets — specializing in hyperfocused dancefloor delights. “So High” is filled with infectious samba rhythms and Soccer style whistling. See for yourself when Mydhits the 1720 stage on Thursday, Dec. 11.

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4:30

Curtis Harding: ‘The Power’ (Radio Edit)

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2025/09/22

Visionary soul artistCurtis Hardingshares new LP,Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt; an intriguing mix of space opera shimmying up alongside classic soul. “The Power,” from that very album, is a timeless disco anthem that would make you look good on the dance floor… Or a roller skating rink(!).

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3:49

Janet Devlin: ‘Houston’

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2025/09/18

“Houston” is a brand new song from Irish-born, London-based Country singerJanet Devlin. And if you listen past the stomping good time, honky tonk grit that defines the track, you’ll find that Devlin arrives upon something deeper: A reclamation of solitude as liberation.

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3:36

Antaeus: ‘Beautiful Dog’

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2025/09/17

Do you have a young pup who suffers from separation anxiety? If so, we have a real treat to share. “Beautiful Dog” is from Grammy-winning producerAntaeus'groundbreaking new album,Dreaming Dog. Created to soothe anxious canines, this project is a genre-crossing, globe-trotting collection of ambient electronica.

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4:37

Dijon: ‘Yamaha’

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2025/09/16

It’s been a banner year forDijon: Lending talents to Bon Iver’sSABLE, fABLE,contributing to Justin Bieber’sSWAG, and an upcoming role in Paul Thomas Anderson’sOne Batter After Another. But all of the above takes a backseat toBaby, his long-awaited follow up to 2021’sAbsolutely. It’s an album made at home and mostly in isolation (save for contributions from his new family and a few notable musical kindred spirits). Crucially, it retains the

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4:59

Mae Powell: ‘Where Will Love Go?’

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2025/09/11

Jazzy vocalistMae Powellhas experienced a major break-up. The kind of major break-up that led her to move to the farm where her mom lives so that she could take the time to process and figure out her next steps. Eventually she wrote “Where Will Love Go?” for her new albumMaking Room for the Light. Accustomed to devoting all of her attention to that one person that was no longer there, Powell felt overwhelmed by the love and care that she could no longer funnel

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4:35

Ivy: ‘Heartbreak’

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2025/09/10

To say we’re excited by the prospect of new music from seminal ‘90s/2000s dreampop bandIvywould be an understatement.Traces Of You, the erstwhile project’s first new release in twelve years has been built from the ground up using demos and fragments which date from 1995 to 2012.After losing founding member Andy Schlesinger to COVID in 2020, surviving bandmates Dominique Durand and Andy Chase thought that Ivy was done forever. But as the pair prepared for back

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5:14

Kurt Vile & Luke Roberts: ‘classic love’

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2025/09/01

Indie rock hit makerKurt Vilejust droppedClassic Love,a new five-track EP made in collaboration with his Nashville-based palLuke Roberts. Drawing heavily from their friendship and creative partnership, this EP checks all the best boxes: infectious, raw, and extraordinary. All of which goes double for the title track so grab that free download right now.

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5:31

Gelli Haha: ‘Pluto is not a planet it’s a restaurant’

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2025/08/25

LA-based sonic acrobatGelli Hahatakes a running leap into her arthouse theatrics with frisky energy to spare. Her newly released debut albumSwitcherooblooms with contrasts: playful, profound, and back and forth between the two modes many times over. If this is your first time in the Gelliverse, “Pluto is not a planet it’s a restaurant” is the perfect entry point.More:Gelli Haha: KCRW Guest Selector Set

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4:31

Marfa: ‘Little Miss Two Time’

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2025/08/21

Americana duoMarfamakes music that ties Laurel Canyon to West Texas. Their vibrant sound is a proverbial hay bale of beautiful harmonies and foot-stomping good times. No matter how bad their hearts might be breaking, as you’ll hear on “Little Miss Two Time,” Marfa makes being left high and dry (almost) sound fun.

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4:18

Say She She: ‘Under The Sun’

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2025/08/20

Discodelic-funk-punk trioSay She Shejust dropped “Under The Sun,” a tasty treat from their forthcoming third albumCut & Rewind(out Oct 3). It’s their dreamiest, most sway-ready song to date. Written during the WGA strike in 2023, the song is a summery ode to standing up to the man. Plus, it leaves plenty of room for the cognitive dissonance that comes from living in an idyllic setting… while also struggling under the weight of immense pressure.

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3:51

Yola: ‘Amazing’

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2025/08/13

Yolahit the music scene hard and fast with her 2019 debut,Walk Through Fire. Lately she’s been showing off her acting chops—as Sister Rosetta Tharpe inBaz Luhrmann’s 2022 Best Picture nomineeELVIS, and Persephone inHadestownon Broadway.Despite the detours, her songwriting skills are as potent as ever. Check out the high power track “Amazing.” This song, from her new EPMy Way, is one she penned while dating stateside and imagining her future

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4:28

RAKEL: ‘rescue remedy’

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2025/08/08

RAKELis steadily becoming a singular presence in the Icelandic soundscape. Her debut albuma place to beis part diary and part landscape. It’s shaped by the acoustics of her family’s farm and all the birds, clocks, and creaky floorboards that add to the atmosphere. Opening track “rescue remedy” is a quiet anthem in which RAKEL reclaims herself from someone’s tight hold.

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4:39

Desert Friends: ‘Sonora’

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2025/08/07

On Friday, Aug. 8), KCRW DJ Tyler Boudreaux is throwing a summer boogie down for the ages. Venture out toGoldiggersfor psych-rockersThe Noir Dalisand Joshua Tree’sDesert Friends(the latter of whom are making their LA debut!). Whet your appetite ahead of the show with Desert Friends’ bluesy track “Sonora.”

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4:55

Arc De Soleil: ‘Bina Tifa’

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2025/08/06

Arc De Soleilwill put you in a trance with his swirling, cinematic sounds. The project is helmed by Sri Lankan-born, Stockholm-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Daniel Kadawatha; a mastermind who writes, performs, produces, and mixes every track himself. Lucious and with sparkling emotion, “Bina Tifa’ finds us ahead of Arc De Soleil’s debut album,Lumin Rain. Catch them live when they hit the stage atThe Fondaon Sunday, Sept. 21.

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3:12

Fruit Bats: ‘Stuck In My Head Again’

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2025/07/31

We are so happy to report that 2000s indie rock darlingsFruit Batshave a new album on the horizon.Baby Man(due Sept. 12 via Merge) finds Fruit Bats’ main man Eric D. Johnson in solo mode. Accompanied by either a guitar, banjo, or piano—his new music is spare and affecting. Start with “Stuck In My Head Again” to experience the full range of Johnson’s voice and his raw emotive powers. Catch Fruit Bats (solo) onFriday, Oct 17 at Pico Union Project.

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3:48

Sly & The Family Stone: ‘I Gotta Go Now (Up On The...

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2025/07/25

Sly & The Family Stone’s earliest days as a live band are finally on the record via today’s release ofThe First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967. The recording comes from their run as the house band at Redwood City, CA’s Winchester Cathedral from December 16, 1966, to April 28, 1967. Near the end of this stretch—in the wee hours of March 26, 1967 to be exact—Stone’s first manager Rich Romanello pressed record. Not long after this

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