Welcome to the first full-tilt work week of 2023. If you’re anything like us, you’re easing in gently. KCRW DJs are still mining the Best Of 2022, especially in the case of our first chart-topper of the new year, Little Simz. Simz’s latest NO THANK YOU would have been a strong contender for year-end lists were it released any earlier, so we’re making up for lost time.
Expect plenty of shake-ups in the weeks ahead as eagerly anticipated releases from Tennis, Gorillaz, Liv.e, Oddisee, and many more are just around the corner. Happy New Year.
Speaking of the New Year, did you resolve to get more killer new tunes into your life at a super steady clip? Well then, follow our Top 30 Spotify playlist and you’re all set.
Top 30 Albums (1.10.2023)
1 | Little Simz | NO THANK YOU |
2 | SAULT | 11 |
3 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | When the Lights Go |
4 | Ezra Collective | Where I'm Meant To Be |
5 | Gorillaz | Cracker Island |
6 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens - Part 1 |
7 | Nick Hakim | COMETA |
8 | Cuco | First Of The Year [Single] |
9 | Tennis | Pollen |
10 | The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam |
11 | The Smile | A Light For Attracting Attention |
12 | Barry Can't Swim | Like The Old Days [Single] |
13 | Morgan Geist | Duper |
14 | Oddisee | To What End |
15 | Kelela | Raven |
16 | Warm Sound | Infinity Eye [Single] |
17 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers |
18 | NEIL FRANCES | High (Feat. PawPaw Rod) [Single] |
19 | Liv.e | Girl In The Half Pearl |
20 | Supershy | Don't Let Go [Single] |
21 | DOMi & JD BECK | NOT TiGHT |
22 | Dry Cleaning | Stumpwork |
23 | Jungle | GOOD TIMES (Braxe + Falcon Remix) [Single] |
24 | Chris Malinchak | I Still Love You [Single] |
25 | Buttering Trio | Foursome |
26 | Optometry | After-Image |
27 | Son Little | Like Neptune |
28 | Sure Sure | Spirit Mission |
29 | Young Fathers | Heavy Heavy |
30 | Teebs | Did It Again [Single] |