KCRW’s Top 30 chart: Aug. 28 – Sept. 3, 2023

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Wajatta ya know? Photo at The Montalbán Theatre, taken by Carlos Gonzalez.

Imagine our delight to wake up to news of a brand new single from Wajatta, the super-duo composed of musical comedy star Reggie Watts and DJ/producer-extraordinaire John Tejada. “Again and Again” delivers all of the Wajatta magic we’ve come to expect: Crisp beats, breathless pacing, killer backing vocals from a rising LA artist (March Adstrum), and an overall smoothness that’ll have you grooving in no time. And in even better news, “Again and Again” is no one-off — it’s the lead single from Wajatta’s forthcoming EP Waiting For The Get Down (due. Sept. 21 via Brainfeeder). 

New and notable: Oneohtrix Point Never keeps it cinematic on the off-kilter-yet-majestic “A Brightly Lit Path” from his forthcoming album Again (due Sept. 29 via Warp Records). Sample the sweetness for yourself on our Top 30 Spotify playlist

Top 30 Albums (9.6.2023)


1 Wajatta Waiting For The Get Down
2 Jungle Volcano
3 Toro y Moi Sandhills
4 The Chemical Brothers For That Beautiful Feeling
5 Say She She Silver
6 Pachyman Switched-On
7 Little Dragon Slugs of Love
8 Sofia Kourtesis Madres
9 Danger Mouse & Jemini The Gifted One Born Again
10 Slowdive everything is alive
11 Yussef Dayes Black Classical Music
12 Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Reset In Dub
13 Girl Ray Prestige
14 Genesis Owusu STRUGGLER
15 Noname Sundial
16 Poolside Blame It All On Love
17 Devendra Banhart Flying Wig
18 Oneohtrix Point Never Again
19 Tentendo Morning Light
20 Pale Jay Bewilderment
21 Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond
22 Supershy Happy Music
23 Kiefer It’s Ok, B U
24 MUNYA JARDIN
25 Sextile Push
26 CARRTOONS Saturday Night
27 Cherry Glazerr I Don’t Want You Anymore
28 Sufjan Stevens Javelin
29 A Beacon School yoyo
30 Cherry Glazerr I Don’t Want You Anymore