KCRW’s Top 30: Gorillaz, Phoenix, Nosaj Thing

By Marion Hodges

Gorillaz got us hyped for their 2023 album, “Cracker Island.” Image courtesy of the artist

Rejuvenation is the word of the day as many past favorites climb back onto the chart. LA chillcore connoisseur Nosaj Thing satisfies with his latest, “Continua.” Cartoon supergroup Gorillaz drop dreamy new single, “Baby Queen,” and heighten the anticipation for their forthcoming LP, “Cracker Island,” (due Feb. 24 via Parlophone Records). And Phoenix keeps us dancing the night away with the steady stream of bops that is their latest album, “Alpha Zulu.”

There’s plenty more dance floor fodder where that came from on our Top 30 Spotify playlist — follow now, be in the know forever.

Top 30 Albums (11.15.2022)


1 SAULT 11
2 Phoenix Alpha Zulu
3 La Femme Teatro Lucido
4 Mount Kimbie MK 3.5: Die Cuts / City Planning
5 SAULT Untitled (God) 
6 Say She She  Prism
7 Lee Fields Sentimental Fool
8 Braxe + Falcon Step by Step
9 Gorillaz Cracker Island
10 Ezra Collective Where I'm Meant To Be
11 The Clash Rock The Casbah (Classixx Disco Deviation Dub) [Single]
12 Daniel Avery Ultra Truth
13 Fever Ray Radical Romantics
14 Gabriels Angels & Queens - Part 1
15 Nick Hakim COMETA
16 Pearl & The Oysters Pacific Ave [Single]
17 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cool It Down
18 Dry Cleaning Stumpwork
19 Hermanos Gutiérrez El Bueno Y El Malo
20 The Lazy Eyes SongBook
21 Yuna Y5
22 Tom Skinner Voices of Bishara
23 TSHA Capricorn Sun
24 SAULT Today & Tomorrow
25 Nosaj Thing Continua
26 Arctic Monkeys The Car
27 Kelela Happy Ending [Single]
28 Flevans A Short Distance to Fall
29 Kutiman Open
30 Greentea Peng GREENZONE 108