KCRW’s Top 30 chart: Aug. 21 – 27, 2023

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We’re still exploring all the crevices of Jungle’s “Volcano.” Photo by Arthur Williams.

Jungle’s Volcano is number one for the third week in a row, but Toro y Moi’s surprise drop of new EP Sandhills takes second place in a photo finish. Ready for an educated guess about next week’s chart? Expect to see a new top spin-grabber.

New and notable: London-based sweet-soul craftsman Jalen Ngonda hit Press Play last week, and KCRW DJs took note. Come Around and Love Me, his debut LP for Daptone Records, is charting comfortably in the top 20 ahead of its Sept. 8 release date. And in the spirit of only shouting out stuff that’ll make you feel great, don’t sleep on Rozi Plain’s Help (Remixes), and the latest from whimsical NYC producer CARRTOONS in advance of his eagerly anticipated LP SATURDAY NIGHT (due Oct. 6). Get down to those happy sounds with our Top 30 Spotify playlist

Top 30 Albums (8.29.2023)


1 Jungle Volcano
2 Toro y Moi Sandhills
3 The Chemical Brothers For That Beautiful Feeling
4 Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond
5 Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Reset In Dub
6 Jamila Woods Water Made Us
7 Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD New Heart Designs
8 Mary Jane Dunphe Stage Of Love
9 Say She She Silver
10 Girl Ray Prestige
11 Supershy Happy Music
12 Benny Sings Wait For The Summer [Single]
13 ford. Guiding Hand
14 Kiefer It’s Ok, B U
15 Genesis Owusu STRUGGLER
16 Wilco Cousin
17 Miguel Number 9 (Feat. Lil Yachty) [Single]
18 Jalen Ngonda Come Around and Love Me
19 Noname Sundial
20 MUNYA JARDIN
21 Pachyman Switched-On
22 Sextile Push
23 Poolside Blame It All On Love
24 BAMBII Infinity Club
25 Aphex Twin London 19.08.23
26 Optometry After-Image
27 Rozi Plain Help (Remixes)
28 CARRTOONS Saturday Night
29 James Blake Playing Robots Into Heaven
30 Cherry Glazerr I Don’t Want You Anymore