Now, the fun part! Read on for personal favorites of 2022 from KCRW Music’s genre experts, airwave curators, devoted fans of Today’s Top Tune, and for the first time — the cold hard facts of the Top 30 most played songs across the entire year. Because, let's be real, two lists can't cover it all. 


The Top 10 Today’s Top Tune(s) of 2022

Listeners’ most played tracks from KCRW’s weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks, remixes, and intros to new artists on our radar, as curated by KCRW Music Executive Producer Ariana Morgenstern. 

  1. Mondo Cozmo – “Meant For Livin’”
  2. Sam Himself – “La Paz
  3. PJ Western – “Human Machines
  4. David Byrne & Yo La Tengo – “Who Has Seen The Wind?
  5. Regina Spektor – “Becoming All Alone
  6. Superchunk – “Endless Summer
  7. Alvvays – “Belinda Says
  8. Warpaint – “Champion
  9. The Manhattan Transfer – “Agua
  10.  Taty – “It’s Not A Problem

Read on to learn which tracks from this year left the greatest impression on Morgenstern, as she’s selected her personal favorite TTTs as her top ten songs of the year. 


Anne Litt
Program Director for Music, 
DJ

Albums

  • Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave
  • Meridian Brothers – Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento
  • Toro y Moi – MAHAL
  • Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
  • Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • Warpaint – Radiate Like This
  • Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
  • Silvana Estrada – Marchita
  • Bill Callahan – YTI⅃AƎЯ

Songs 

  • Danielle Ponder – “Fray”
  • Hope Tala – “Stayed At The Party”
  • Robert Glasper – “Why We Speak (Feat. Q-Tip & Esperanza Spalding)”
  • Andrew Bird – “Atomized”
  • Gabriels – “Angels & Queens”
  • La Femme – “Sacetela”
  • Warpaint – “Stevie”
  • Warm Sound – “Genevieve”
  • Danger Mouse & Black Thought – “Aquamarine (Feat. Michael Kiwanuka)”
  • Automatic – “NRG”


Travis Holcombe
FREAKS ONLY Host, DJ
 

Albums

  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • Automatic – Excess
  • Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
  • HAAi – Baby, We're Ascending
  • Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes
  • Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – When the Lights Go
  • The Smile – A Light for Attracting Attention
  • 070 Shake – You Can't Kill Me
  • Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset
  • The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam

Songs

  • Braxe + Falcon – “Step By Step" (Feat. Panda Bear)”
  • JJ & The Mood – “How Many Times”
  • Nikki Nair & Nala – “The World is Always Ending”
  • HAAi – “Baby, We're Ascending (With Jon Hopkins)”
  • Gabriels – “Angels & Queens”
  • DJ Premier – “The Root Of All (Feat. Slick Rick & Lil Wayne)”
  • Special Interest – “Midnight Legend (Feat. Mykki Blanco)”
  • Moon Boots – “Come Back Around" (Feat. Cherry Glazerr)”
  • Anum Preto – “Além do Bem e do Mal”
  • Burna Boy – “Last Last”


Anthony Valadez
Morning Becomes Eclectic Co-Host, DJ 

Albums

  • Yahritza Y Su Esencia – Obsessed
  • King Garbage – Heavy Metal Greasy Love
  • Voice Actor – Sent From My Telephone
  • Makaya McCraven – In These Times
  • Nick Hakim – COMETA
  • United Freedom Collective – Am Ta EP
  • Marxist Love Disco Ensemble – MLDE
  • Madone – Reconstructing the Universe
  • Fumo Ninja – Olhos De Cetim
  • Say She She – Prism

Songs

  • Tokischa – “Delincuente”
  • SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) – “Glance”
  • Yahritza Y Su Esencia – “Soy El Unico”
  • Toro y Moi – “Last Year”
  • Gabriels – “Remember Me”
  • Bad Bunny – “Callaita”
  • Open Mike Eagle – “I'll Fight for You”
  • Andrew Bird – “Underlands”
  • Cuco – “Caution”


Chris Douridas
Eclectic24 Programming Curator, DJ

Albums

  • Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  • ROSALÍA – MOTOMAMI
  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • Kokoroko – Could We Be More
  • Automatic – Excess
  • Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Touré – Ali
  • Stromae – Multitude
  • Meridian Brothers – Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento
  • Kutiman – Open
  • Badge Époque Ensemble – Clouds of Joy

Songs 

  • Jorge Drexler – “El Plan Maestro”
  • Kendrick Lamar – “Die Hard”
  • Kokoroko – “Age of Ascent”
  • ROSALÍA – “DIABLO”
  • Lady Wray – “Piece of Me”
  • Gabriels – “Remember Me”
  • Pachyman – “All Night Long (Feat. Winter)”
  • La Femme – “Sacatela”
  • Stromae – “L'enfer”
  • Harry Styles – “Daylight”


Novena Carmel
Morning Becomes Eclectic Co-Host, DJ

Albums

  • Toro y Moi – MAHAL
  • Open Mike Eagle – Component System with the Auto Reverse
  • Nick Hakim – COMETA
  • Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion
  • Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  • Fieh – In the Sun in the Rain
  • Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave
  • Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
  • Beyoncé – RENAISSANCE
  • Automatic – Excess

Songs

  • aja monet – “give my regards to Brooklyn”
  • Andrew Bird – “Atomized”
  • Def Sound – “I Been”
  • FKJ – “Let's Live”
  • Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – “B-Side”
  • Lisa LeBlanc – “Dans l'jus”
  • Sampa The Great – “Tilibobo”
  • Say She She – “Forget Me Not”
  • Sudan Archives – “ChevyS10”
  • Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation – “Let The Sunshine In”


Raul Campos
Global Beat: Australia Host, DJ

Albums

  • Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
  • Automatic – Excess
  • Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – When The Lights Go
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
  • Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave
  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • Toro y Moi – MAHAL
  • Gabriels – Angels & Queens - Part 1
  • The 1975 – Being Funny In A Foreign Language
  • Beach House – Once Twice Melody

Songs

  • Braxe + Falcon – “Step by Step (Feat. Panda Bear)”
  • Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – “Ceci n’est pas un cliché”
  • Yard Act – “100% Endurance”
  • LCD soundsystem – “new body rhumba (from the film White Noise)”
  • Jungle – “Good Times/Problemz”
  • Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – “Edge of the Edge”
  • Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – “B-Side”
  • iLe – “(Escapándome) De Mi”
  • Flume – “Say Nothing (Feat. MAY-A)”
  • Adrien Quesada – “Hielo Seco (Feat. Marc Ribot & Money Mark)”


Tyler Boudreaux, DJ

Albums

  • Toro y Moi – MAHAL
  • Kikagaku Moyo – Kumoyo Island
  • Brijean – Angelo
  • TSHA – Capricorn Sun
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms, and Lava
  • Hooveriii – A Round of Applause
  • The Lazy Eyes – Songbook
  • Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls
  • GIFT – Momentary Presence
  • Greentea Peng – GREENZONE 108


Songs

  • Kikagaku Moyo – “Dancing Blue”
  • Steve Lacy – “Bad Habit”
  • Automatic – “New Beginning”
  • Jamie xx – “LET'S DO IT AGAIN”
  • yuné pinku – “Affection”
  • Wet Leg – “Too Late Now”
  • Sudan Archives – “ChevyS10”
  • Mapache – “Man and Woman”
  • Sault – “Angel”
  • Cobra Man – “Vibe Ain't Cool”


Ro “Wyldeflower” Contreras, DJ

Albums

  • Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers
  • J. Rocc – A Wonderful Letter
  • Robert Glasper – Black Radio III
  • Say She She – Prism
  • Toro Y Moi – MAHAL
  • The Smile – A Light For Attracting Attention
  • Mamas Gun – Cure the Jones
  • Lady Wray – Piece of Me
  • Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation – How Good It Is
  • Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls


Songs

  • Madam Bombs – “Get Me Out”
  • Say She She – “Forget Me Not”
  • Robert Glasper – “Shine (Feat. D Smoke & Tiffany Gouché)”
  • J. Rocc – “Flawless (Feat. Budgie)” with vocals by Yiyi Sanchez)
  • The Smile – “The Smoke (Dennis Bovell Remix - Skinner Edit)”
  • Mamas Gun – “Looking for Moses”
  • Surprise Chef – “Velodrome”
  • The Jack Moves – “Somebody’s Watching You”
  • Toro Y Moi – “Postman”
  • Steve Lacy – “Mercury”


Henry Rollins, DJ

Albums

  • Hammered Hulls – Careening
  • Automatic – Excess
  • Sweet Knives – Spritzerita
  • Upchuck – Sense Yourself
  • Boris – W
  • Eggy – With Gusto
  • Casual Dots – Sanguine Truth
  • Romero – Turn It On!
  • Young Prisms – Drifter
  • Modal Melodies – Modal Melodies
  • Liz Lamere – Keep It Alive


Songs

  • Agender – “Rusher”
  • Bed Maker – “Two Captains”
  • Delivery – “The Topic”
  • Stroppies – “Butchering the Punchline”
  • Des Demonas – “Control”
  • Cate Le Bon – “Moderation”
  • Beechwood – “Go My Way / Sleeping Without Dreaming”
  • Gyasi – “Burn It Down”
  • Escape-Ism – “Rockers Delight”
  • Amyl and The Sniffers – “Capital”



Nassir Nassirzadeh, DJ

Albums

  • Bonny Light Horseman – Rolling Golden Holy
  • Good Looks – Bummer Year
  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • Alvvays – Blue Rev
  • Orlando Weeks – Hop Up
  • Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – When the Lights Go
  • Pomme – Consolation
  • ODESZA – The Last Goodbye
  • TSHA – Capricorn Sun
  • Jean-Michel Blais – aubades

Songs

  • Shervin Hajipour – “Baraye”
  • Danielle Ponder – “Someone Like You”
  • Cobra Man – “Vibe Ain't Cool”
  • Rosalia – “La Combi Versace”
  • Good Looks – “Almost Automatic”
  • Jean Michel-Blais – “Passapied”
  • Odesza – “Behind the Sun”
  • Bonnie Light Horseman – “Summer Dream”
  • Metronomy – “Things Will be Fine”
  • Hamid Al Shaeri – “Maktoub Aleina”




SiLVA, DJ

Albums

  • The Weeknd – Dawn FM
  • Olan – Contra
  • FKJ – V I N C E N T
  • Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls
  • Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave
  • HAAi – Baby, We're Ascending
  • TSHA – Capricorn Sun
  • Flume – Palaces
  • Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  • Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Moon

Songs

  • FKJ – “A Moment Of Mystery (Feat. Toro y Moi)”
  • The Weeknd – “Take My Breath”
  • TSHA – “Time”
  • Sirens – “Flume (Feat. Caroline Polachek)”
  • Kendrick Lamar – “Die Hard (Feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer)”
  • HAAi – “Bodies Of Water”
  • Baauer – “Let Me Love U”
  • Amtrac – “Domino (Feat. Sam Herring)”
  • Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – “Doris”




Jose Galvan, DJ

Albums

  • The Lazy Eyes – Songbook
  • Silvana Estrada – Marchita
  • Orville Peck – Bronco
  • Sylvan Esso – No Rules Sandy
  • The Mars Volta – The Mars Volta
  • Cannons – Fever Dream
  • Dear Boy – Forever Sometimes
  • Gang of Youths – angel in realtime.
  • Dehd – Blue Skies
  • Hermanos Gutierrez – El Bueno Y El Malo


Songs

  • Sharon Van Etten – “Mistakes”
  • Orville Peck – “C’mon Baby, Cry”
  • Adrian Quesada – “Tus tormentas (Feat. Mireya Ramos)”
  • Helado Negro – “Ya no estoy aqui”
  • Romero – “Honey”
  • ∑tella – “Up and Away”
  • Youth Sector – “Is Blood”
  • Dora – “Te vas”
  • The Covasettes – “Big Dreamer”
  • Guerrilla Toss – “Cannibal Capital”


Francesca Harding, DJ

Albums

  • Anvil FX – Estado de Choque
  • Stromae – Multitude
  • BAYNK – ADOLESCENCE
  • Obongjayar – Some Nights I Dream of Doors
  • J.Rocc – A Wonderful Letter
  • Nia Archives – Forbidden Feelingz
  • Beyoncé – RENAISSANCE
  • Jitwam – Third
  • Pierre Kwenders – José Louis And The Paradox Of Love
  • Say She She – Prism

Songs

  • SAULT – “Angel”
  • Sofia Kourtesis – “Estación Esperanza (Feat. Manu Chao)”
  • Fred again.. – “Lights Out (Feat. Romy & HAAi)”
  • Montell Fish – “And i'd go a thousand miles”
  • Shruti Kumar – “LAST CALL (Feat. Shungudzo)”
  • Burna Boy – “Last Last”
  • Sharemony – “Trees”
  • Ella Jay Basco – “Bubble Tea”
  • Captain Planet – “Moqueca (Feat. Zuzuka Poderosa & Raphael Futura)”
  • Kenta Dedachi – “I Can't Seem to let you go (Blue Lab Beats Remix)”



Jason Kramer, DJ

Albums

  • Omar Apollo – Ivory
  • Adekunle Gold – Catch Me If You Can
  • Tobe Nwigwe – moMINTs
  • Sampa The Great – As Above, So Below
  • Young The Giant – American Bollywood
  • 1975 – Being Funny In A Foreign Language
  • Jacob Banks – Lies About the War
  • Samm Henshaw – Untidy Soul
  • Charlie Burg – Infinity Tall
  • Stephen Sanchez – Easy On My Eyes

Songs

  • Charlie Burg – “97 Avalon”
  • Stephen Sanchez – “Until I found You”
  • Ogi – “IKYK”
  • Danielle Ponder – “So Long”
  • Omar Apollo – “Evergreen”
  • Gabriels – “Remember Me”
  • Fred again.. – “Jungle”
  • PJ Morton – “So Lonely (Feat. Wale)”
  • Lil Silva – “Another Sketch”
  • Mt. Joy – “Lemon Tree”



Myke Dodge Weiskopf, Senior Producer

Albums

  • Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
  • Keeley Forsyth – Limbs
  • Nancy Mounir – Nozhet El Nofous
  • Lamin Fofana – The Open Boat
  • Robyn Hitchcock – Shufflemania!
  • Brijean – Angelo
  • DoomCannon – Renaissance
  • Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru – Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
  • The Aluminum Group – The Aluminum Group
  • Matthew Halsall – The Temple Within




Ariana Morgenstern, Executive Producer, Today's Top Tune Curator

Albums

  • Natalia LaFourcade – De Todas las Flores
  • The Smile – A Light for Attracting Attention
  • Gabriels – Angels & Queens - Part 1
  • Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave
  • Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Touré – Ali
  • Lizzo – Special
  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
  • Yard Act – The Overload

Songs

  • Mamas Gun – “Looking For Moses”
  • Aidan Noell – “Sharevari (Feat. Nancy Whang)”
  • La Femme – “Y Tu Te Vas”
  • Dope Lemon – “Rose Pink Cadillac”
  • Oliver Sim – “Romance with a Memory”
  • Cypress Hill – “Crossroads”
  • Dexter Story & Carlos Niño – “Chadwick”
  • Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation – “Let The Sunshine In”
  • Todd Rundgren – “Puzzle (Feat. Adrian Belew)”
  • Habib Koite – “Forever”



Kylee Wiens, Music Intern


Albums

  • Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Popul – Topical Dancer
  • Toro y Moi – MAHAL
  • Amber Mark – Three Dimensions Deep
  • Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
  • Say She She – Prism
  • Stromae – Multitude
  • Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  • Milky Chance – Trip Tape 2
  • Los Pream – Lëkïxï Ëjts



Dan Wilcox, DJ

Albums

  • Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen
  • Automatic – Excess
  • Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes
  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset
  • Yard Act – The Overload
  • Unloved – The Pink Album
  • Zenizen – P.O.C. (Proof of Concept)
  • Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia

Songs

  • Say She She – “Norma”
  • Leikeli47 – “BITM”
  • Butcher Brown & Michael Millions – “Black Man”
  • Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – “B-Side”
  • Meridian Brothers – “Bomba Atomica”
  • Oliver Sim – “Romance With a Memory”
  • PWNT – “Goodbye Forever”
  • Special Interest – “Midnight Legend (Feat. Mykki Blanco)”
  • 1tbsp – “Joan”
  • Alabaster Deplume – “Don't Forget You're Precious”



LeRoy Downs
Just Jazz Host, DJ

Albums

  • Neo Griot and the Afrocentric Prince – Neo Griot and the Afrocentric Prince
  • John Escreet – Seismic Shift
  • Nduduzo Makhathini – In the Spirit of Ntu
  • Robert Glasper – Black Radio III
  • Ches Smith – Interpret It Well
  • Matthew Shipp – World Construct
  • Katalyst, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Katalyst JID013
  • Whit Dickey Quartet – Root Perspectives
  • Gerald Clayton – Bells On Sand
  • Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet – For the Love of Fire and Water


Songs

  • Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson – “Golden Proportion”
  • aja monet – “give my regards to Brooklyn”
  • Jeff Parker – “Wait”
  • William Parker – “Leaves Gathering”
  • Marta Sanchez – “The Unconquered Vulnerable Access”
  • The Gathering – “Freedom Sweet Part 2”
  • Steve Lehman – “Liminal”
  • EJ Strickland – “Language of the Unheard”


Marion Hodges,
Assistant Producer

Albums

  • Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Popul – Topical Dancer
  • Say She She – Prism
  • Beyoncé – RENAISSANCE
  • Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset
  • Renata Zeiguer – Picnic in the Dark
  • The Linda Lindas – Growing Up
  • Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful
  • Dear Boy – Forever Sometimes
  • Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
  • The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam

Songs

  • Horsegirl – “World of Pots and Pans”
  • Jensen McRae – “Machines”
  • Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – “Crosswalk”
  • Alvvays – “Pressed”
  • Kadhja Bonet – “For You”
  • Nilüfer Yanya – “L/R”
  • NoSo – “David”
  • Toro y Moi – “Postman”
  • Tamino – “Fascination”
  • Kendrick Lamar – “"Mother I Sober (Feat. Beth Gibbons)"



Anna Chang, Assistant Producer

Albums

  • Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
  • Nilüfer Yanya – PAINLESS
  • Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
  • Toro y Moi – MAHAL
  • Burna Boy – Love, Damini
  • Nick Hakim – COMETA
  • Darius – OASIS
  • Stromae – Multitude
  • King Garbage – Heavy Metal Greasy Love
  • Saya Gray – 19 MASTERS

Songs

  • Hiatus Kaiyote – “Get Sun (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)”
  • Men I Trust – “Billie Toppy”
  • Peggy Gou – “I Go (DJ Koze Remix)”
  • 070 Shake – “Cocoon”
  • Sampa the Great – “Tilibobo”
  • Omar Apollo – “Evergreen”
  • Lady Wray – “Through It All”
  • Supershy – “Something on My Mind”
  • Nilüfer Yanya – “stabilise”
  • Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – “Chocolate Hills”



Scott Dallavo, DJ

Albums

  • Crackazat – Evergreen
  • Sunni Colón – JuJu & The Flowerbug
  • Sam Redmore – Universal Vibrations
  • Amber Mark – Three Dimensions Deep
  • Toro y Moi – MAHAL
  • Juanita Euka – Mabanzo
  • Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
  • Robert Glasper – Black Radio III
  • Guts – Estrellas
  • Conor Albert – Collage 2

Songs

  • Hope Tala – “Stayed At The Party”
  • Captain Planet, Raphael Futura, Zuzuka Poderosa – “Moqueca”
  • Crackazat – “Everybody Talks About It”
  • El Combo Batanga – “Ají Gua Guao”
  • Matt Corby – “Problems”
  • Nao Yoshioka – “Tokyo 2020”
  • Bruno Berle – “Quero Dizer”
  • beabadoobee – “the perfect pair”
  • Sharky – “Night On My Mind”
  • Hope Tala – “Party Sickness”


Valida, DJ

Albums

  • Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen
  • V.C.R. – The Chronicles of a Caterpillar: The Egg
  • Nia Archives – Forbidden Feelingz
  • Jazzanova – Strata Records - The Sound of Detroit
  • Sault – Earth
  • Say She She – Prism
  • Nick Hakim – COMETA
  • Black Nile – Red Sun

Songs

  • Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
  • Gabriels – “Angels & Queens”
  • Toro y Moi – “Postman”
  • Tigerstate – “Back to You”
  • Rema – “Calm Down”
  • Jamie Drake – “Easy Target”
  • Tolliver – “Jimmy”
  • La Femme – “Sacatela”
  • HAAi – “Baby We're Ascending”


Jeremy Sole, DJ

Albums

  • Surprise Chef – Education & Recreation
  • Son Little – Like Neptune
  • Makaya McCraven – In These Times
  • The Frightnrs – Always
  • Emily Elbert – Woven Together
  • Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool
  • SAULT – Untitled (God)
  • Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls
  • Adrian Quesada – Boleros Psicodélicos
  • Danger Mouse & Black Thought –  Cheat Codes

Songs

  • Kendrick Lamar – “United In Grief”
  • Gabriels – “Angel & Queens”
  • Young Gun Silver Fox – “Winners”
  • Mamas Gun – “Party For One”
  • Glue Trip – “Lazy Dayz (Feat. Arthur Verocai)”


Andrea Domanick
Digital Producer, Music and Culture

Albums

  • Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful
  • Ghost Power – Ghost Power
  • Kikagaku Moyo – Kumoyo Island
  • Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset
  • Omar S – Can’t Change
  • The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
  • Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  • No Age – People Helping People
  • Spoon – Lucifer on the Moon
  • Automatic – Excess
  • Beach House – Once Twice Melody


Kai Wayans, Music Intern

Albums

  • Beyoncé – RENAISSANCE
  • Black Country New Road – Ants From Up There
  • Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems
  • Leikeli47 – Shape Up
  • MUNA – MUNA
  • JID – Forever Story
  • Shamir – Heterosexuality
  • Black midi – Hellfire
  • Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
  • Ravyn Lenae – HYPNOS

Songs

  • Beyoncé – “AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM”
  • JPEGMAFIA – “Hazard Duty Pay!”
  • Girlpool – “Dragging My Life into a Dream”
  • hemlocke springs – “girlfriend”
  • Steve Lacy – “Give You the World”
  • Phony Ppl – “to get home. (Feat. Leon Thomas & The Soul Rebels)”
  • Black Country New Road – “Haldern”
  • Marquis Hill & Jeff Parker – “Rainbow Waters”
  • Durand Bernarr – “Mango Butter”
  • Doechii – “Crazy”