Looks like our prediction was spot on. Little Dragon’s new LP Slugs of Love is officially out, and you’re officially hearing its breezy bops all over the KCRW airwaves. Also now out in its entirety is Gabriels’ epic debut album, Angels & Queens. These two marquee titles occupied plenty of airspace last week, but still left generous room for the newcomers. Let’s see what’s there, shall we?
New and notable: Our Top 30 Spotify playlist is primed to take you on a roller coaster ride through your feels. Tom Misch’s Supershy flips an iconic 1975 Roberta Flack sample for new single “Feel Like Makin’ Love;” Aluna explores the intersections of nature and anti-racism through the sublime dance music of her latest MYCELiUM; and UK shoegaze pioneers Slowdive make the list at last with their dreamscape of a forthcoming album, everything is alive.
Top 30 Albums (7.11.2023)
| 1 | Little Dragon | Slugs of Love |
| 2 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens |
| 3 | John Carroll Kirby | Blowout |
| 4 | Róisín Murphy | Hit Parade |
| 5 | Poolside | Back to Life (Feat. Panama) [Single] |
| 6 | Sampha | Spirit 2.0 [Single] |
| 7 | Local Natives | Time Will Wait for No One |
| 8 | Julie Byrne | The Greater Wings |
| 9 | Beck & Phoenix | Odyssey [Single] |
| 10 | NEIL FRANCES | Head Straight (Feat. St. Panther) [Single] |
| 11 | The Smile | Bending Hectic [Single] |
| 12 | Nickodemus | Soul & Science |
| 13 | PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying |
| 14 | Slowdive | everything is alive |
| 15 | L'Impératrice | Heartquake (Feat. Cuco) [Single] |
| 16 | Supershy | Feel Like Makin’ Love (Feat. Roberta Flack) [Single] |
| 17 | Brontez Purnell | No Jack Swing |
| 18 | Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Reset |
| 19 | Killer Mike | MICHAEL |
| 20 | Jungle | Volcano |
| 21 | Aphex Twin | Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 [Single] |
| 22 | Jam City | Jam City Presents FM |
| 23 | Kiltro | Underbelly |
| 24 | Rogê | Curyman |
| 25 | Rahill | Flowers at Your Feet |
| 26 | Aluna | MYCELiUM |
| 27 | Optometry | In-Visible-Distance |
| 28 | Terrace Martin | Fine Tune |
| 29 | ODESZA | Heavier (Feat. Yellow House) |
| 30 | SebastiAn & London Grammar | Dancing by Night [Single] |