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Jens Lekman is penning “Songs for Other People’s Weddings.” Hear first single, “Candy From a Stranger,” here.

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Adrian Quesada teams with Ed Maverick to share a deep groover from new LP “Boleros Psicodélicos II.”

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Fresh heat: From Mocky’s very human vibrations, to Canadian 4-top The Beaches’ proprietary blend of musical prowess and good ass times.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Mocky, Sam Austins, PinkPantheress

Fresh heat: From Mocky’s very human vibrations, to Canadian 4-top The Beaches’ proprietary blend of musical prowess and good ass times.

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Kim Gordon reworks her 2024 trap-rock masterpiece "BYE BYE" into a protest song for this incendiary moment.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Kim Gordon, James K, The Legendary Pink Dots

Kim Gordon reworks her 2024 trap-rock masterpiece "BYE BYE" into a protest song for this incendiary moment.

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Get ready to dance like nobody’s watching and crush like unrequited attraction isn’t even a thing…

5 Songs to Hear This Week: KIRBY, Val Fleury, Samara Cyn

Get ready to dance like nobody’s watching and crush like unrequited attraction isn’t even a thing…

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Get to know the artists you’ll be groovin’ to as part of KCRW Festival at the Hollywood Bowl — happening all summer long.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: KCRW Fest at the Hollywood Bowl edition

Get to know the artists you’ll be groovin’ to as part of KCRW Festival at the Hollywood Bowl — happening all summer long.

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This week’s roundup contains a song that will remind every last atom in your earthly body that it is coursing with life (plus a whole lot more).

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Death In Vegas, Salami Rose Joe Louis, 54 Ultra

This week’s roundup contains a song that will remind every last atom in your earthly body that it is coursing with life (plus a whole lot more).

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Lorde’s full-throated, sonic return, S.G. Goodman spinning a poetic, indie rock yarn, and a whole lot more await ya.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Lorde, S.G. Goodman, MonoNeon

Lorde’s full-throated, sonic return, S.G. Goodman spinning a poetic, indie rock yarn, and a whole lot more await ya.

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clothegod does deeply personal pop-punk theater, Kilo Kish negotiates w/ overstimulation, and Dean Wareham's latest hits like a summer breeze.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: chlothegod, Kilo Kish, U.S. Girls, Dean Wareham, Silvia Tarozzi

clothegod does deeply personal pop-punk theater, Kilo Kish negotiates w/ overstimulation, and Dean Wareham's latest hits like a summer breeze.

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Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno collab! TURNSTILE taps Dev Hynes and Haley from Paramore for part one of their new double single! All this (and much more) awaits.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno, TURNSTILE (w/ Devonté Hynes + Hayley Williams)

Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno collab! TURNSTILE taps Dev Hynes and Haley from Paramore for part one of their new double single! All this (and much more) awaits.

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Shoegaze en Español, a big time break-up single from Sparks, and some good old fashioned, teenage lo-fi-power-pop.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Sparks, Sharp Pins, Bouquet

Shoegaze en Español, a big time break-up single from Sparks, and some good old fashioned, teenage lo-fi-power-pop.

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Click in for the standouts from Coachella 2025 according to KCRW Music’s Anna Chang and Marion Hodges.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Coachella ‘25 jams: Jimmy Eat World, Ginger Root + more

Click in for the standouts from Coachella 2025 according to KCRW Music’s Anna Chang and Marion Hodges.

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Britpop provocateurs Pulp hit us with their first new heat in over a decade, Chicano Batman’s Bardo goes solo, Baths rips yr heart out, + more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Pulp, Bardo, Baths

Britpop provocateurs Pulp hit us with their first new heat in over a decade, Chicano Batman’s Bardo goes solo, Baths rips yr heart out, + more.

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"Small font" Coachella hive... this one's for you.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Hope Tala, Rawayana, Glixen

"Small font" Coachella hive... this one's for you.

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Fall under Love Spells, put Momma’s alt-rock jam “I Want You (Fever)” in rotation, add "Irish Country Pop Superstar" CMAT to your "anthems" playlist, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Love Spells, Momma, CMAT

Fall under Love Spells, put Momma’s alt-rock jam “I Want You (Fever)” in rotation, add "Irish Country Pop Superstar" CMAT to your "anthems" playlist, and more.

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Right this way for sentient imaginary friends, dog dentists, and the endless empathy machine that is Jensen McRae's songwriting.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Viagra Boys, spill tab, Jensen McRae

Right this way for sentient imaginary friends, dog dentists, and the endless empathy machine that is Jensen McRae's songwriting.

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Picking just 5 artists to spotlight after a week of marinating in live music in Austin was next to impossible, but we do this because we love you.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: A very incomplete SXSW highlight reel

Picking just 5 artists to spotlight after a week of marinating in live music in Austin was next to impossible, but we do this because we love you.

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Germany’s Reeperbahn festival takes Texas for South by Southwest. Hear who’s playing our KCRW x Reeperbahn Showcase on March 13 in this week’s 5 Songs.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: KCRW x Reeperbahn SXSW showcase edition

Germany’s Reeperbahn festival takes Texas for South by Southwest. Hear who’s playing our KCRW x Reeperbahn Showcase on March 13 in this week’s 5 Songs.

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Pachyman loves LA (and post-punk-funk greats ESG), Samia does girl-in-a-meadow vocals set to fuzzy guitars, and shoegaze quartet Steel Wool are scream-worthy.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Pachyman, Samia, Steel Wool

Pachyman loves LA (and post-punk-funk greats ESG), Samia does girl-in-a-meadow vocals set to fuzzy guitars, and shoegaze quartet Steel Wool are scream-worthy.

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Follow Thom Yorke down the rabbit hole, lean into your sassiest fashion-freak tendencies, feel your love-lost feels, and more with these 5 songs.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Thom Yorke, Isabella Lovestory, Fantastic Negrito

Follow Thom Yorke down the rabbit hole, lean into your sassiest fashion-freak tendencies, feel your love-lost feels, and more with these 5 songs.

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Liminal spaces, low-key house odes to "After Hours" spots, punk-rock-destruction-choreo, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Joy Orbison, Joy Crookes, Lambrini Girls

Liminal spaces, low-key house odes to "After Hours" spots, punk-rock-destruction-choreo, and more.

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Mega-voiced, modern gospel trio Annie & The Caldwells deliver the ultimate ode to being "Wrong."

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Annie & The Caldwells, Adrian Younge, Brian Eno

Mega-voiced, modern gospel trio Annie & The Caldwells deliver the ultimate ode to being "Wrong."

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UK club-music provocateur Shygirl (who's anything but) heats up this week's round up with her latest single.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Shygirl, Skeleten, Ed Maverick

UK club-music provocateur Shygirl (who's anything but) heats up this week's round up with her latest single.

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