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5 Songs to Hear This Week: December 23rd, 2025

Five seasonal keepers: Laufey goes timeless, Dove Ellis’ wintry ache, Melissa Carper’s kitchen-table warmth, Silk Daisys’ gauzey-light miracle, and Yo Gabba Gabba!’s sugar-rush cheer.
Indie / Alt
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Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: December 23, 2025 (with Special Guest Leon Thomas)

KCRW’s signature music program — defying format since 1977.

Hand-Picked Music Indie / AltSoul / Funk
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Melody's Echo Chamber ‘The House That Doesn't Exist’

Today’s Top Tune: Melody's Echo Chamber ‘The House That Doesn't Exist’

Hand-Picked Music Best New Music
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Peanut Butter Wolf's playlist: December 21, 2025

Peanut Butter Wolf digs through his crates of over 50,000 records, as well as digital crates of tons of unreleased music, to favor the underdog. In his second KCRW episode, he features music by _ and more.
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Natalie Bergman: KCRW Live From HQ

At KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio, Natalie Bergman offered gospel-soaked soul and bright Memphis grooves — a radiant gift of hard-won generosity and resilience.
Live PerformancesSoul / FunkIndie / Alt
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  • Resident DJ

    Thomas Dolby drops original mixes just for KCRW. Every Friday in December.

  • LUXXURY

    LUXXURY mixes dance, rock & post-punk, playing remixes and dubbed out edits of vintage classics, hidden gems of funk, and dusty disco discoveries.
  • John Tejada

    John Tejada crafts seamless journeys through electronic music, blending deep cuts and future sounds to connect the underground's past with its evolving future.
  • Morning Becomes Eclectic

    KCRW’s signature music program — defying format since 1977.
  • Henry Rollins

    A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
  • Metropolis

    Jason Bentley captures a hypnotic pulse of modern city life.
  • Anne Litt

    New rhythms. Sonic memory lanes. Everything else in between.
  • Chris Douridas

    Genre-defying sounds, from fresh cuts to timeless gems.
  • Raul Campos

    Soulful grooves, fresh remixes, Latin rhythms, and rock.
  • SiLVA

    A dance-forward mix spanning all genres.
  • Tyler "Boogie" Boudreaux

    Part wax. Part digital. Pure heat.
  • Dan Wilcox

    New discoveries, remixes, rarities, b-sides, and classics.
  • LeRoy Downs

    Exploring the multitudes contained within jazz.
  • Francesca Harding

    Music to make you feel.
  • Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

    A globe-trotting journey through new and classic rhythms.
  • Nassir Nassirzadeh

    Indie found sounds, nostalgic guilty pleasures, and introspective piano solos to help you feel deeply and move freely through life.