KCRW’s Top 30 chart: Feb. 12 – 18, 2024

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Helado Negro stays lookin’ sharp. Photo by: Sadie Culberson Studio

Helado Negro’s eighth LP PHASOR maintains a solid lead and even picked up more spins this week than the week before. Hot on its heels is “Common Blue,” the brand new single from LA hypno-pop mavens Warpaint to celebrate their 20(!) years as a band. And making a triumphant return to the top five are English punks IDLES with their fifth LP TANGK

New and notable: Celebrate Carnival all year long with the club-ready EP Bloco Vol. 2 from transcontinental trio PPJ, a group with deep Brazilian roots. And if you’re craving more, dive into their exclusive FREAKS ONLY guest DJ mix to keep the party going.  

More: PPJ: KCRW Guest Mix

Top 30 Albums (2.20.2024)


1 Helado Negro PHASOR
2 Warpaint Common Blue b/w Underneath [Single]
3 PPJ Bloco Vol. 2
4 IDLES TANGK
5 Brittany Howard What Now
6 Little Simz Drop 7
7 Khruangbin A LA SALA
8 Vampire Weekend Only God Was Above Us
9 Oxford Drama The Leader
10 Dina Ögon Orion
11 Bolis Pupul Letter To Yu
12 Tolliver Favorite Toy
13 Jessica Pratt Here in the Pitch
14 Elkka Prism of Pleasure
15 Justice Hyperdrama
16 Mexican Institute of Sound Algo-Ritmo : Mexican Institute of Sound Hits 2004-2024
17 Bicep CHROMA 001
18 porij Teething
19 Eric Hilton Sound Vagabond
20 Kali Uchis ORQUÍDEAS
21 serpentwithfeet GRIP
22 Ana Tijoux Vida
23 Hermanos Gutiérrez Sonido Cósmico
24 Four Tet Three
25 Bullion Affection
26 Jordan Mackampa WELCOME HOME, KID!
27 Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown
28 Future Islands People Who Aren’t There Anymore
29 Aili Nandakke?
30 The Smile Wall of Eyes