KCRW’s Top 30 chart: Oct. 30 – Nov. 5, 2023

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(Re)Meet the Beatles! Photo by Bruce McBroom & Apple Corps Ltd.

Was there ever any other possible outcome for this week? The Beatles’ “Now And Then” is currently the most played song across the KCRW airwaves. And if we had to guess, it’s probably the most played song across the whole world at the moment. 

Revisit Anne Litt in conversation with Novena Carmel and Anthony Valadez during Morning Becomes Eclectic hours after the track was released last Thursday for a deep-dive into how this last Beatles song came to exist. 

New and notable: THE NEW BEATLES SONG!!! But in all seriousness, check out our Top 30 Spotify playlist for some sweet updates including the latest moody atmospherics from Warp Records duo Mount Kimbie. Plus, Wild Nothing’s ambitious-yet-reflective new dream pop record, Hold, cracks our list at last. 

More: MBE Playlist Nov. 2: Geeking out to the stems of ‘Now And Then’ (the last Beatles song)

More: The Beatles 'Now And Then': Listen to the new song

Top 30 Albums (11.7.2023)


1 The Beatles Now And Then [Single]
2 Mildlife Chorus
3 Sampha Lahai
4 DJ Shadow Action Adventure
5 Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond
6 Say She She Silver
7 Sofia Kourtesis Madres
8 Rozi Plain Prize
9 Rozi Plain Bonus Prize
10 John Tejada Resound
11 Pelada Ahora Mas Que Nunca
12 Helado Negro PHASOR
13 Nation Of Language Spare Me The Decision (Sextile Remix) [Single]
14 The South Hill Experiment SUNSTRIKES
15 IDLES TANGK
16 Pachyman Switched-On
17 Eddington Again Naomi9
18 Cat Power Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
19 Quantic Dancing While Falling
20 Olof Dreijer Rosa Rugosa
21 ill peach THIS IS NOT AN EXIT
22 Red Axes One More City
23 Mndsgn Snaxxx
24 Barry Can’t Swim When Will We Land?
25 Automatic Venus Hour (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix) [Single]
26 Souleance Beautiful
27 Cleo Sol Heaven
28 Wilco Cousin
29 Mount Kimbie Dumb Guitar [Single]
30 Wild Nothing Hold