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KCRW’s Top 30: Danielle Ponder, Björk, LCD Soundsystem
Toasty new(ish) sounds to pair with your coziest autumn sweater.
By Marion Hodges • • 3 min readSettle in for an autumn soundtracked by Gabriels, Björk, Men I Trust, and especially Danielle Ponder. We have an extra-special something coming your way from the public-defender-turned-soul-powerhouse, but in the meantime we’re keeping her debut album “Some of Us Are Brave” in heavy rotation.
LCD Soundsystem’s first new single in five years, “new body rhumba,” is finally making the rounds, along with a tantalizing teaser from Adrian Quesada’s second LP to be released this year, “Jaguar Sound.” Plus, Jamilla Woods returns in fine form with the standalone single “Boundaries.”
These and more treasures await, so be sure to find and follow our Top 30 Spotify playlist.
Top 30 Albums (10.12.2022)
1 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens - Part 1 |
2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Cool It Down |
3 | Björk | Fossora |
4 | Men I Trust | Billie Toppy [Single] |
5 | Danielle Ponder | Some of Us Are Brave |
6 | Automatic | Excess |
7 | Say She She | Prism |
8 | LCD Soundsystem | new body rhumba (from the film White Noise) [Single] |
9 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | When the Lights Go |
10 | La Femme | Teatro Lucido |
11 | Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen |
12 | The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam |
13 | Dungen | En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog |
14 | Broken Bells | Into the Blue |
15 | Sampa The Great | As Above So Below |
16 | Beth Orton | Weather Alive |
17 | Nation of Language | From The Hill [Single] |
18 | Surprise Chef | Education & Recreation |
19 | St. Panther | Así Así (Feat. Chrystel) [Single] |
20 | Adrian Quesada | Jaguar Sound |
21 | Various Artists | To the Moon and Back (Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute album) |
22 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava |
23 | Jamila Woods | Boundaries [Single] |
24 | Makaya McCraven | In These Times |
25 | Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Reset |
26 | De Lux | Do You Need a Release? |
27 | Christine and the Queens | Redcar les adorables étoiles |
28 | Bonobo | ATK [Single] |
29 | Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin | Ali |
30 | Sault | 10 |
1 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens - Part 1 |
2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Cool It Down |
3 | Björk | Fossora |
4 | Men I Trust | Billie Toppy [Single] |
5 | Danielle Ponder | Some of Us Are Brave |
6 | Automatic | Excess |
7 | Say She She | Prism |
8 | LCD Soundsystem | new body rhumba (from the film White Noise) [Single] |
9 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | When the Lights Go |
10 | La Femme | Teatro Lucido |
11 | Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen |
12 | The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam |
13 | Dungen | En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog |
14 | Broken Bells | Into the Blue |
15 | Sampa The Great | As Above So Below |
16 | Beth Orton | Weather Alive |
17 | Nation of Language | From The Hill [Single] |
18 | Surprise Chef | Education & Recreation |
19 | St. Panther | Así Así (Feat. Chrystel) [Single] |
20 | Adrian Quesada | Jaguar Sound |
21 | Various Artists | To the Moon and Back (Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute album) |
22 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava |
23 | Jamila Woods | Boundaries [Single] |
24 | Makaya McCraven | In These Times |
25 | Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Reset |
26 | De Lux | Do You Need a Release? |
27 | Christine and the Queens | Redcar les adorables étoiles |
28 | Bonobo | ATK [Single] |
29 | Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin | Ali |
30 | Sault | 10 |
1 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens - Part 1 |
2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Cool It Down |
3 | Björk | Fossora |
4 | Men I Trust | Billie Toppy [Single] |
5 | Danielle Ponder | Some of Us Are Brave |
6 | Automatic | Excess |
7 | Say She She | Prism |
8 | LCD Soundsystem | new body rhumba (from the film White Noise) [Single] |
9 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | When the Lights Go |
10 | La Femme | Teatro Lucido |
11 | Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen |
12 | The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam |
13 | Dungen | En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog |
14 | Broken Bells | Into the Blue |
15 | Sampa The Great | As Above So Below |
16 | Beth Orton | Weather Alive |
17 | Nation of Language | From The Hill [Single] |
18 | Surprise Chef | Education & Recreation |
19 | St. Panther | Así Así (Feat. Chrystel) [Single] |
20 | Adrian Quesada | Jaguar Sound |
21 | Various Artists | To the Moon and Back (Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute album) |
22 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava |
23 | Jamila Woods | Boundaries [Single] |
24 | Makaya McCraven | In These Times |
25 | Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Reset |
26 | De Lux | Do You Need a Release? |
27 | Christine and the Queens | Redcar les adorables étoiles |
28 | Bonobo | ATK [Single] |
29 | Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin | Ali |
30 | Sault | 10 |
1 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens - Part 1 |
2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Cool It Down |
3 | Björk | Fossora |
4 | Men I Trust | Billie Toppy [Single] |
5 | Danielle Ponder | Some of Us Are Brave |
6 | Automatic | Excess |
7 | Say She She | Prism |
8 | LCD Soundsystem | new body rhumba (from the film White Noise) [Single] |
9 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | When the Lights Go |
10 | La Femme | Teatro Lucido |
11 | Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen |
12 | The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam |
13 | Dungen | En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog |
14 | Broken Bells | Into the Blue |
15 | Sampa The Great | As Above So Below |
16 | Beth Orton | Weather Alive |
17 | Nation of Language | From The Hill [Single] |
18 | Surprise Chef | Education & Recreation |
19 | St. Panther | Así Así (Feat. Chrystel) [Single] |
20 | Adrian Quesada | Jaguar Sound |
21 | Various Artists | To the Moon and Back (Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute album) |
22 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava |
23 | Jamila Woods | Boundaries [Single] |
24 | Makaya McCraven | In These Times |
25 | Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Reset |
26 | De Lux | Do You Need a Release? |
27 | Christine and the Queens | Redcar les adorables étoiles |
28 | Bonobo | ATK [Single] |
29 | Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin | Ali |
30 | Sault | 10 |