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Benny Sings drops “Young Hearts,” so we’re bumping his collab with Remi Wolf. Plus, Say She She’s sequined synth dreams, Christine + The Queens, and more.

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Chaotic nightcore hip-hop via JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown, Sega Bodega’s hazy club antics, and synth church.

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The English polymath producer-performer talks about life in Britpop-era LA, connecting with her audience, and driving PCH.

Jane Weaver Brings Her Space-Pop ‘Flock’ to LA

The English polymath producer-performer talks about life in Britpop-era LA, connecting with her audience, and driving PCH.

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Loungey lyricism x D’n’B frenetics, LA x Japan hip-hop, and a cameo from Lydia Tár… er, Cate Blanchett.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Frenetic D’n’B, hockey warriors, and Sparks

Loungey lyricism x D’n’B frenetics, LA x Japan hip-hop, and a cameo from Lydia Tár… er, Cate Blanchett.

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Def Sound shouts out MBE; Depeche Mode, Revenge Wife and Baby Rose synthesize your fantasies; and Korean-Kentuckian Nat Myers drops some boot-tappin' blues.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: LA love notes, heavy synths, Korean-American blues

Def Sound shouts out MBE; Depeche Mode, Revenge Wife and Baby Rose synthesize your fantasies; and Korean-Kentuckian Nat Myers drops some boot-tappin' blues.

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UK post-punks Shame and rising Nigerian Afrobeat star Asake go buck wild. Durand Jones, Rahill, and The Declining Winter inspire introspection.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Nigerian Afrobeat, UK punk, Iranian-American jazz-pop

UK post-punks Shame and rising Nigerian Afrobeat star Asake go buck wild. Durand Jones, Rahill, and The Declining Winter inspire introspection.

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This week is giving heart-shaped classics from De La Soul and Burt Bacharach, fresh cuts from El Michels Affair & Black Thought, plus a Nina Simone remix.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Heavy samples, heart-thumping beats, and ‘love, sweet love’

This week is giving heart-shaped classics from De La Soul and Burt Bacharach, fresh cuts from El Michels Affair & Black Thought, plus a Nina Simone remix.

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Deadpan cool via Sleaford Mods teaming with Dry Cleaning’s Florence Shaw, fresh Kelela, newcomer June McDoom’s savory-sweet folk, and, of course, The Fall.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Sleaford Mods x Dry Cleaning, Kelela, The Fall

Deadpan cool via Sleaford Mods teaming with Dry Cleaning’s Florence Shaw, fresh Kelela, newcomer June McDoom’s savory-sweet folk, and, of course, The Fall.

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Former KCRW DJ, librarian, and music critic Eric J. Lawrence passed away yesterday.

In Memoriam: The sublime esoterica of KCRW’s Eric J. Lawrence

Former KCRW DJ, librarian, and music critic Eric J. Lawrence passed away yesterday.

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Start planning those ‘fits and picnic baskets — KCRW Festival returns to the Bowl with Chicano Batman, Maggie Rogers, Say She She, and Fleet Foxes leading a stacked lineup.

KCRW Festival returns to Hollywood Bowl with My Morning Jacket, Maggie Rogers, Chicano Batman, and more

Start planning those ‘fits and picnic baskets — KCRW Festival returns to the Bowl with Chicano Batman, Maggie Rogers, Say She She, and Fleet Foxes leading a stacked lineup.

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Light a fire under your rave boots, dust off your finest '90s R&B choreo, and bathe in analog soundscapes.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Orbital, Jordan Ward, Sweatson Klank

Light a fire under your rave boots, dust off your finest '90s R&B choreo, and bathe in analog soundscapes.

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Embrace chaotic good with exquisite grotesquery via Fever Ray, Yelle’s ultrapop antics, The Murder Capital’s post-punk musings, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Fever Ray, Yelle, The Murder Capital

Embrace chaotic good with exquisite grotesquery via Fever Ray, Yelle’s ultrapop antics, The Murder Capital’s post-punk musings, and more.

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Plunge into room-filling synthscapes, unwavering guitar fuzz, and the cozy-cool vibes of the wee small hours.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Ladytron, Yaeji, Ty Segall

Plunge into room-filling synthscapes, unwavering guitar fuzz, and the cozy-cool vibes of the wee small hours.

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Everything But The Girl's y2k reverb house, backyard-gig-reckless punk, and a singalong pop anthem to fill the existential void.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Everything But The Girl, Non Plus Temps, Madelline

Everything But The Girl's y2k reverb house, backyard-gig-reckless punk, and a singalong pop anthem to fill the existential void.

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The essential Southern California music festival builds on last year’s triumphant, post-pandemic-hiatus return with 2023 dates slated for April 14-16 and 21-23.

Frank Ocean, Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK to headline Coachella 2023

The essential Southern California music festival builds on last year’s triumphant, post-pandemic-hiatus return with 2023 dates slated for April 14-16 and 21-23.

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Un-Googleable indie-faves Tennis tease their new LP, bar rock gods The Hold Steady get cinematic, Weyes Blood aims for the rafters, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Weyes Blood, Tennis, The Hold Steady

Un-Googleable indie-faves Tennis tease their new LP, bar rock gods The Hold Steady get cinematic, Weyes Blood aims for the rafters, and more.

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Crush-worthy, breezy R&B, anthemic guitars, psychedelic friendship vibes, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Biig Piig, Contour, Circa Waves

Crush-worthy, breezy R&B, anthemic guitars, psychedelic friendship vibes, and more.

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In need of some savory sounds to make your holiday week as smooth as possible? From acid-riffs to sweet soul, KCRW’s 5 Songs to Hear This Week has you covered.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Adrian Quesada, Moby, Corinne Bailey Rae

In need of some savory sounds to make your holiday week as smooth as possible? From acid-riffs to sweet soul, KCRW’s 5 Songs to Hear This Week has you covered.

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Spacey-smooth sounds via London (and wherever The Flaming Lips are orbiting these days), Korean hard-rock ignited by tradition, Canadian beats n’ brass, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Flaming Lips, Louis Culture, Alex Anwandter

Spacey-smooth sounds via London (and wherever The Flaming Lips are orbiting these days), Korean hard-rock ignited by tradition, Canadian beats n’ brass, and more.

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From R.E.M. to Nick Cave, KCRW opens the floodgates on the 40-year-old performance archives of Deirdre O’Donoghue, whose show “SNAP” was a lodestar for “new, unusual, imaginative, and inventive music.” And we've got a new streaming channel, Bent24, to go along with it.

Get Bent: A guide to KCRW’s new ‘80s + ‘90s performance archives

From R.E.M. to Nick Cave, KCRW opens the floodgates on the 40-year-old performance archives of Deirdre O’Donoghue, whose show “SNAP” was a lodestar for “new, unusual, imaginative, and inventive music.” And we've got a new streaming channel, Bent24, to go along with it.

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Use that extra hour we just gained to go wild on the fuzz-tastic sounds of new Yo La Tengo, psycho-tropical La Femme, and our new robot overlord.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Yo La Tengo, La Femme, Jimetta Rose

Use that extra hour we just gained to go wild on the fuzz-tastic sounds of new Yo La Tengo, psycho-tropical La Femme, and our new robot overlord.

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All treats, no tricks for this All Hallow’s Eve with fairy queen electro-spells, sweet new dance moves, and a gothy Andrew Bird x Phoebe Bridgers collab.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Phoebe Bridgers, TSHA, Louis Cole

All treats, no tricks for this All Hallow’s Eve with fairy queen electro-spells, sweet new dance moves, and a gothy Andrew Bird x Phoebe Bridgers collab.

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On the subject of his influential New Zealand indie outfit, The Chills, and their brief, near-stratospheric ascent in the late ‘80s, frontman and sole mainstay Martin Phillipps is…

Martin Phillipps’ LA Story: 30 Years of The Chills’ ‘Soft Bomb’

On the subject of his influential New Zealand indie outfit, The Chills, and their brief, near-stratospheric ascent in the late ‘80s, frontman and sole mainstay Martin Phillipps is…

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