KCRW Most Played Albums for the Week of 6/1/2015
Hot Chip – “Why Make Sense”
By Jackie Liu • • 1 min readWhy Make Sense is the 6th studio album from the British electronic group. See them live at the Greek Theatre on August 11.
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Alabama Shakes
“Sound & Color”
Sound & Color is the second studio album from the American rock band. See them live this summer at the Greek Theatre on August 13.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
“Muti-love”
Multi-love is the third album from this psychedelic rock band. See them live at The Roxy August 6th.
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Hiatus Kaiyote
“Choose Your Weapon”
Choose Your Weapon is the second album from the Australian neo soul quartet.
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Shamir
“Ratchet”
Ratchet is the debut release from the Las Vegas based singer-songwriter.
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De Lux
“Generation”
Generation, out June 23, is the second album from the LA based post-punk, funk, disco duo. See them live at KCRW’s Summer Nights at One Colorado on June 6th.
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Tame Impala
“Currents”
Currents, due out July 17, is the third release from the Australian psych rockers. They’re playing at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery August 6th & 7th.
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Young Fathers
“White Men Are Black Men Too”
White Men Are Black Men Too is the second studio album from this Scottish hip hop/pop group.
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Chemical Brothers
“Born In The Echoes”
Born In The Echoes is the latest album from the British electronic duo. See them live June 1st at HARD Summer at the Fairplex in Pomona.
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Django Django
“Born Under Saturn”
Born Under Saturn is the second studio album from the British art rock band. See them live at KCRW Presents on 8/6 at the Mayan, and 8/7 at the Observatory.
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My Morning Jacket
“The Waterfall”
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Ratatat
“Cream On Chrome”
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Public Service Broadcasting
“The Race For Space”
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Hanni El Khatib
“Moonlight”
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Jamie XX
“In Colour”
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Tanlines
“Highlights”
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Roisin Murphy
“Hairless Toys”
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Kamasi Washington
“The Epic”
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Zero 7
“EP3”
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Villagers
“Darling Arithmetic”
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Romare
“Projections”
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Girlpool
“Before The World Was Big”
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Van Hunt
“The Fun Rises, The Fun Sets”
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Toro Y Moi
“What For?”
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Kendrick Lamar
“To Pimp A Butterfly”