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Expand your sonic palette with theatrical folk, hard-edged riffs, and non-binary bops.

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From knockout alt-rock to Prince homages to lyrical wisdom, we can assure you: The kids are more than alright.

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French-Chilean superstar Ana Tijoux announces “VIDA,” her first album in 9 years. Plus, Jorja Smith gets down, and Vundabar thrash it up.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Bass, sass, ‘n thrash

French-Chilean superstar Ana Tijoux announces “VIDA,” her first album in 9 years. Plus, Jorja Smith gets down, and Vundabar thrash it up.

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Funky bedroom pop from rising Aussie producer, Hector Morlet. Plus, fresh heat from Kwes., Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Sans Soucis, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Sans Soucis, Billy Woods & Kenny Segal

Funky bedroom pop from rising Aussie producer, Hector Morlet. Plus, fresh heat from Kwes., Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Sans Soucis, and more.

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Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino goes solo, Afro-Cuban soul-singer Daymé Arocena makes moves, and Swedish rockers The Hives live to thrash another day.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Bethany Cosentino, The Hives, Daymé Arocena

Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino goes solo, Afro-Cuban soul-singer Daymé Arocena makes moves, and Swedish rockers The Hives live to thrash another day.

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Silvana Estrada twists Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner,” Thundercat taps Tame Impala for “No More Lies,” aughts-indie-darlings Generationals have a “Waking Moment.”

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Twisty classics, power collabs, indie-aughts-revival

Silvana Estrada twists Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner,” Thundercat taps Tame Impala for “No More Lies,” aughts-indie-darlings Generationals have a “Waking Moment.”

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Selects from the artists that ruled the desert megafest: Jai Paul, ROSALÍA, DRAMA, Labrinth, and (especially) The Chemical Brothers.

KCRW’s 5 Songs to Hear This Week: Coachella highlights via ROSALÍA, Jai Paul + more

Selects from the artists that ruled the desert megafest: Jai Paul, ROSALÍA, DRAMA, Labrinth, and (especially) The Chemical Brothers.

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NOIA collabs with Buscabulla for lounge-lizard fun, Arooj Aftab fronts a lucid dream of a jazz ensemble, and Shannon Lay has a misty-eyed take on Elliott Smith.

KCRW’s 5 Songs to Hear This Week: Lounge-lizards, jazz-mystics, heart-wrenchers

NOIA collabs with Buscabulla for lounge-lizard fun, Arooj Aftab fronts a lucid dream of a jazz ensemble, and Shannon Lay has a misty-eyed take on Elliott Smith.

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The latest from indie-rock queen Jenny Lewis, improvisatory jazz-folk via This Is The Kit, Harve’s modern electro-R+B, and more.

5 Songs to Hear: Fresh Jenny Lewis, WITCH returns, Miso Extra drops bars

The latest from indie-rock queen Jenny Lewis, improvisatory jazz-folk via This Is The Kit, Harve’s modern electro-R+B, and more.

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For International Trans Day of Visibility, we bring you proud R+B, rock anthems, moody synths, introspective folk, and everything in between.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Trans visibility with R&B, rock, and synth-goth

For International Trans Day of Visibility, we bring you proud R+B, rock anthems, moody synths, introspective folk, and everything in between.

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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.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Synth dreams, agoraphobia, pendulous beats

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.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Nightcore hip-hop, club antics, synth church

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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