Yeah Yeah Yeahs might have taken a slow burn approach with KCRW’s Top 30 Chart, but their eventual placement at number one feels inevitable. Only last week’s second place holder, Adrian Quesada’s “Boleros Psicodélicos,” received slightly more spins, keeping YYY’s chart-topper status just out of reach (for now). Quesada’s record is one of the best we’ve heard this year, so it’s entirely possible for it to hang onto that peak position a while longer. But there is a serious momentum behind the indie rock legends’ lead single “Spitting Off the Edge of The World” (Feat. Perfume Genius) as they ramp up to the September release of their first full album in over nine years, “Cool It Down.”
Also bringing some serious heat are the new singles from a few of the artists responsible for last year’s best albums. French psych-punks La Femme dropped “Sacetela,” a smooth Spanish-language ballad inspired by their trips around South America and the south of Spain. Meanwhile, Brooklyn’s Nation of Language have given us a stealth Pride anthem in the form of their synthtastic cover of The Replacements’ “Androgynous.” Read on for the rest, and dig into the Spotify playlist below.
Top 30 Albums (6.14.2022)
1 | Adrian Quesada | Boleros Psicodélicos |
2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Cool It Down |
3 | Andrew Bird | Inside Problems |
4 | Toro y Moi | MAHAL |
5 | FKJ | V I N C E N T |
6 | Jungle | GOOD TIMES / PROBLEMZ [Single] |
7 | La Femme | Sacate La [Single] |
8 | J.Rocc | A Wonderful Letter |
9 | The Smile | A Light For Attracting Attention |
10 | 070 Shake | YOU CAN'T KILL ME |
11 | Nation of Language | Androgynous [Single] |
12 | Automatic | Excess |
13 | Kate Bollinger | Look At It In The Light |
14 | Stimulator Jones | Round Spiritual Ring |
15 | Braxe + Falcon | Step By Step |
16 | Kikagaku Moyo | Kumoyo Island |
17 | Sudan Archives | Selfish Soul [Single] |
18 | Sessa | Estrela Acesa |
19 | Phoenix | Alpha Zulu [Single] |
20 | Kiefer | Why Not? / Montara [Single] |
21 | Tamino | Sahar |
22 | HAAi | Baby, We’re Ascending |
23 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers |
24 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | When the Lights Go |
25 | Madone | Conception Immaculée |
26 | Everything Everything | Raw Data Feel |
27 | Empress Of | Save Me |
28 | Staples Jr. Singers | When Do We Get Paid |
29 | Warm Sound | Terminus |
30 | Bobby Oroza | Get on the Otherside |