KCRW’s Top 30: BADBADNOTGOOD, Stereolab, Polo & Pan

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BADBADNOTGOOD makes a triumphant return to the top of the KCRW charts with their new single "Found A Light (Beale Street)." The track features the three-time Grammy-nominated, LA-based, and Memphis raised singer-songwriter-composer — V.C.R. Just behind at no. 2 is "Melodie Is A Wound," the second single ahead of Stereolab's forthcoming LP Instant Holograms on Metal Film. Now, to coin a phrase, you can't keep a good Polo & Pan down (insert rim-shot and/or groan here). The French duo's third album, 22:22 fell out of the top five very briefly only to jump back in at no. 3 this week. Swedish punk rockers Viagra Boys, and the always surprising SAULT round out the top five in spots no. 4 and 5 (respectively). 

New and Notable: Aussie synth-rock legends Cut Copy return with "Solid," their first new music in over 5 years. It makes a respectable debut at no. 13. Meanwhile, Baltimore underground legends Turnstile find themselves squarely in the center at no. 15 with the double-single "SEEIN' STARS / BIRDS" (which are combined in this music video) — the former features vocals from Hayley Williams (Paramore) and Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange). 

Top 30 Chart: 5.6.2025

1 BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R “Found a Light (Beale Street)” [Single]
2 Stereolab “Aerial Troubles” [Single] 
3 Polo & Pan “22:22”
4 Viagra Boys “viagr aboys”
5 SAULT "10"
6 Tunde Adebimpe “Thee Black Boltz”
7 Dora Jar “No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire”
8 Mocky “Music Will Explain” [Single]
9 Yukimi “For You”
10 Natalia Lafourcade “Cancionera”
11 Pachyman “Calor Ahora” [Single]
12 Nilüfer Yanya “Cold Heart” [Single]
13 Cut Copy “Solid” [Single]
14 Lucius “Lucius”
15 Turnstile “SEEIN’ STARS / BIRDS” [Single]
16 My Morning Jacket “is”
17 Adrian Quesada “No Juego (feat. Angélica Garcia)”
18 Avalon Emerson “On It Goes (feat. Storm Queen)” [Single]
19 MxNxSTxR & Destructo “What You Need (feat. Thundercat &   Channel Tres)” [Single]
20 Justice & RIMON “Afterimage (Remixes)”
21 DOPE LEMON “Golden Wolf”
22 Eelke Kleijn “Connected”
23 Sextile  “yes, please.”
24 Girls of the Internet “Someone, Somewhere” [Single]
25 Pulp  “Spike Island” [Single]
26 Broncho “Natural Pleasure”
27 Common Saints  “Honey” [Single]
28 Foxwarren “Yvonne” [Single]
29 Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe “Suddenly/Big Empty Country(Edit)” [Single]
30 Surprise Chef “Websites” [Single]