Not since the lockdown-era days of KCRW Music’s blue team/red team scheduling has there been this much turnover within a single Top 30 chart. Granted, new singles from the likes of station-wide favorites Gorillaz, Steve Lacy, and (Queen) Beyoncé were always going to be a lock, but perhaps even more intriguing is the presence of returning players Rosalía and MUNA.
And yet, for a week so full of shake-ups and excitement, we had the number one album penciled in before the tallies were fully counted. LA-local post-punk trio Automatic have held this spot before, so it was more or less a given that the feverishly-anticipated release of their new album “Excess” would get them back into position.
Top 30 Albums (6.28.2022)
1 | Automatic | Excess |
2 | Braxe + Falcon | Step By Step |
3 | Adrian Quesada | Boleros Psicodélicos |
4 | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
5 | Flying Lotus | The Room / You Don't Know [Single] |
6 | J.Rocc | A Wonderful Letter |
7 | Say She She | Norma [Single] |
8 | La Femme | Sacatela [Single] |
9 | De Lux | Do You Need a Release? |
10 | Gorillaz | Cracker Island (Feat. Thundercat) [Single] |
11 | mehro | pirate song [Single] |
12 | Hollie Cook | Happy Hour |
13 | Makaya McCraven | In These Times |
14 | Viagra Boys | Cave World |
15 | Steve Lacy | Mercury [Single] |
16 | yaya bey | Remember Your North Star |
17 | Hot Chip | Down (Remixes) |
18 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers |
19 | Rosalía | Motomami |
20 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | When the Lights Go |
21 | Santigold | Spirituals |
22 | FKJ | V I N C E N T |
23 | Phoenix | Alpha Zulu [Single] |
24 | Kikagaku Moyo | Kumoyo Island |
25 | The Smile | A Light For Attracting Attention |
26 | 070 Shake | YOU CAN'T KILL ME |
27 | Ambar Lucid | La Torre [Single] |
28 | Leon Bridges & Kevin Kaarl | Summer Moon [Single] |
29 | Dry Cleaning | Stumpwork |
30 | MUNA | MUNA |