KCRW’s Top 30 chart: Oct. 2 – 8, 2023

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KCRW’s top models (err) artists, Say She She. Photo by Matt Holyoak.

Is it ironic to find Say She She's Silver in the number one spot this week while Cleo Sol’s Gold takes second place? Or is that just some amusing, cosmically ordained wordplay? Either way, we love to see it.

More: Say She She: KCRW Live From Apogee Studio

New and notable: Glasgow’s Corto.Alto appears to have sprung forth fully formed to deliver Bad With Names, a cool-jazz debut album for the ages. Plus, the laid back grooves of Angus Stone’s Dope Lemon always provide a welcome respite from the hectic pace of daily life. Another welcome respite? KCRW’s Top 30 Spotify playlist.

Top 30 Albums (10.10.2023)


1 Say She She Silver
2 Cleo Sol Gold
3 Mndsgn Snaxxx
4 NEIL FRANCES It’s All a Bit Fuzzy
5 Nation Of Language Strange Disciple
6 Wilco Cousin
7 Cherry Glazerr I Don’t Want You Anymore
8 Vagabon Sorry I Haven’t Called
9 Kiefer It’s Ok, B U
10 Pachyman Switched-On
11 Wajatta Waiting For The Get Down
12 James Blake Playing Robots Into Heaven
13 Animal Collective Isn’t It Now?
14 Sextile Push
15 Corto.Alto Bad With Names
16 Pelada Ahora Más Que Nunca
17 Little Dragon & April + VISTA Slipping Into Color
18 Jamila Woods Water Made Us
19 Yussef Dayes Black Classical Music
20 DJ Shadow Action Adventure
21 Dope Lemon Kimosabè
22 Joy Orbison archive 09-10
23 Yves Tumor Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
24 Jungle Volcano
25 Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond
26 Little Dragon Slugs of Love
27 Sweatson Klank A Free Mind
28 The Chemical Brothers For That Beautiful Feeling
29 Corinne Bailey Rae Black Rainbows
30 Roosevelt Embrace