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KCRW's Best of 2023
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Let's get personal: Dig into the favorites of 2023 from KCRW Music’s DJs, curators, and tastemakers.

DJ Lists

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Say She She - Silver
Slowdive - everything is alive
Allison Russell - The Returner
Wilco - Cousin
Nabihah Iqbal - DREAMER
Emily King - Special Occasion
Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
Abraham Alexander - SEA/SONS
Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine
Rozi Plain - Prize

Anne Litt Program Director of Music, DJ

Albums

Songs

Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here.
aja monet - when the poems do what they do
The South Hill Experiment - MOONSHOTS
Little Dragon - Slugs of Love
Say She She - Silver
Sampha - Lahai
Rahill - Flowers At Your Feet
Madison McFerrin - I Hope You Can Forgive Me
James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
Clark - Sus Dog

Novena Carmel Co-Host, Morning Becomes Eclectic

Albums

Songs

Tuzeint - Raixes
Cleo Sol - Heaven
NGAW - NGAW
Vanishing Twin - Afternoon X
Erobique - No. 2
Bliss Station - Bliss Station
Session Victim - low Key, low Pressure
Gareth Donkin - Welcome Home
Ab-Soul - Herbert
The Alchemist - Flying High, Part 2

Anthony Valadez Co-Host, Morning Becomes Eclectic

Albums

Songs

Nation of Language - Strange Disciple
Kelela - Raven
Jam City - Jam City Presents EFM
Eddington Again - Naomi9
Gabriels - Angels & Queens
Pale Blue - Maria
Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here.
Avalon Emerson - & The Charm
Sofia Kourtesis - Madres
Pelada - Ahora Más Que Nunca

Travis Holcolmbe Host, FREAKS ONLY

Albums

Songs

Jungle - Volcano
Little Dragon - Slugs Of Love
Girl Ray - Prestige
Slowdive - everything is alive
Pachyman - Switched-On
Say She She - Silver
Wilco - Cousin
Nation of Language - Strange Disciple
Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond
Poolside - Blame It All On Love

Raul Campos DJ, Host of Global Beat: Mexico

Albums

Songs

Cherry Glazerr - I Don't Want You Anymore
Mehro - Dark Corners and Alchemy
boygenius - the record
Andy Shauf - Norm
Jungle - Volcano
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
The South Hill Experiment - MOONSHOTS
Skrillex - Quest for Fire
Rozi Plain - Prize
Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View

Chris Douridas DJ, Eclectic24 Curator

Albums

Songs

Nabihah Iqbal - DREAMER
Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
Ulrika Spacek - Compact Trauma
Karen Y Los Remedios - Silencio
Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER
Kassa Overall - ANIMALS
Fly Anakin - Skinemaxxx (Side A & Side B)
Y La Bamba - Lucha
Bodywash - I Held the Shape While I Could
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game

Dan Wilcox DJ

Albums

Songs

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1
Rogê - Curyman
André 3000 - New Blue Sun
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game
Pachyman - Switched-On
Souleance - Beautiful
Gaslamp Killer & The Heliocentrics - LEGNA
Asha Puthli - Disco Mystic: Select Remixes Volume 1
Matthewdavid - Mycelium Music
Altin Gün - Aşk

Jeremy Sole DJ

Albums

Songs

Ren - Sick Boi
Sid Sriram - Sidharth
Abraham Alexander - SEA/SONS
The Drums - Jonny
C.S. Armstrong - COME AS YOU ARE
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
Del Water Gap - I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet
Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever)
boygenius - the record
Sampha - Lahai

Jason Kramer DJ

Albums

Songs

Aruán Ortiz - Pastor's Paradox
East Axis - No Subject
Jeong Lim Yang - Zodiac Suite: Reassured
Johnathan Blake - Passage
M.E.B. - That You Not Dare To Forget
Matt Ulery - Mannerist
Wadada Leo Smith - Fire Illuminations
JoVia Armstrong & Eunoia Society - Inception
Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet - Hear The Light Singing
William Parker Quartets - Meditation / Resurrection

Leroy Downs DJ

Albums

Songs

Jungle - Volcano
El Mató a un Policía Motorizado - Súper Terror
Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
Bakar - Halo
Temples - Exotico
The Armed - Perfect Saviors
Pan Arcadia - Pan Arcadia
U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess
A Giant Dog - Bite

José Galván DJ

Albums

Songs

Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
WITCH - Zango
Aluna - MYCELiUM
C.S. Armstrong - COME AS YOU ARE
Jamila Woods - Water Made Us
Say She She - Silver
Asha Puthli - Disco Mystic: Select Remixes Volume 1
Jungle - Volcano
Gorillaz - Cracker Island
Jantra - Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground

Francesca Harding DJ

Albums

Songs

Baby Rose - Through and Through
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game
Rogê - Curyman
Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
Say She She - Silver
Marcelo D2 - IBORU
James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
aja monet - when the poems do what they do
Killer Mike - MICHAEL
John Carroll Kirby - Blowout

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras DJ

Albums

Songs

Say She She - Silver
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord
Grady Strange - See You Later, Separator
Mapache - Swinging Stars
aja monet - when the poems do what they do
DOPE LEMON - Kimosabè
WITCH - Zango
The Murlocs - Calm Ya Farm
Pearl & The Oysters - Coast 2 Coast
Pachyman - Switched-On

Tyler Boudreaux DJ

Albums

Songs

The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling
Skream - Skreamizm 8
Romy - Mid Air
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Skrillex - Quest For Fire
Aluna - MYCELiUM
Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus
Optometry - After-Image
Say She She - Silver
Overmono - Good Lies

SiLVA DJ

Albums

Songs

Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
Rahill - Flowers At Your Feet
Kate Davis - Fish Bowl
Teleman - Good Time/Hard Time
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Jam City - Jam City Presents EFM
Weval - Remember
Slowdive - everything is alive
Helena Deland - Goodnight Summerland
Rozi Plain - Prize

Nassir Nassirzadeh DJ

Albums

Songs

Say She She - Silver
Nia Archives - Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall
Various Artists - AfroMagic Vol. 1 Hypnotic Grooves & Ecstatic Moves
Little Dragon - Slugs of Love
Baby's Berserk - Baby's Berserk
Sweatson Klank - A Free Mind
Sirens Of Lesbos - Peace
Jungle - Volcano
Nabihah Iqbal - DREAMER
Captain Planet - Sounds Like Home

Valida DJ

Albums

Songs

Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (Reissue)
Emily King - Special Occasion
The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
boygenius - the record
The Arcs - Electrophonic Chronic
Abraham Alexander - SEA/SONS
Say She She - Silver

Ariana Morgenstern Executive Producer, Today’s Top Tune Curator

Albums

Songs

Chocolate Hills - Yarns from the Chocolate Triangle
David Colohan - WF 46 A Lunar Standstill
Everything But The Girl - Fuse
Inara George - What Keeps You Up At Night
Karoline Hausted - One and Apart
Marco Antonio Santos - About: Silence
Single Lash - Ladida
Slowdive - everything is alive
Tennis - Pollen
Various Artists - Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

Myke Dodge Weiskopf Senior Producer

Albums

Songs

Sprain - The Lamb as Effigy
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Slowdive - everything is alive
Headache - The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth
Vanishing Twin - Afternoon X
The American Analog Set - For Forever
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
WITCH - Zango
The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore
Sextile - Push
Brendan Eder Ensemble - Therapy

Andrea Domanick Digital Editorial Manager

Albums

Songs

Little Dragon - Slugs Of Love
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V
Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here.
Nia Archives - Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall
Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
Souleance - Beautiful
Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
Chenayder - Blue Oblivion
Rahill - Flowers At Your Feet
Overmono - Good Lies

Anna Chang Producer, Morning Becomes Eclectic

Albums

Songs

Brontez Purnell - No Jack Swing
Slowdive - everything is alive
Rahill - Flowers At Your Feet
Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here.
Blondshell - Blondshell
Wild Nothing - Hold
Shamir - Homo Anxietatem
Sextile - Push
Overmono - Good Lies
Everything But The Girl - Fuse

Marion Hodges Digital Producer

Albums

Songs