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KCRW’s Top 30: Doechii, Darkside, Kendrick Lamar
Doechii’s “Alligator Bites Never Heal” has (understandably) been owning our airwaves ever since it grabbed that Grammy for Best Rap Album.
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Following her win (and headline-worthy speech) for Best Rap Album at the 67th annual Grammy awards, Doechii makes her way to no. 1 on KCRW’s Top 30 chart. The newly minted Grammy winner, Alligator Bites Never Heal, with all of Doechii’s witty, heart wrenching, and deliciously self-aware bars have (understandably) been owning our airwaves ever since she grabbed her statue on Feb. 2.
New and notable: Electro-psych trio Darkside — Nicolás Jaar, Dave Harrington, and Tlacael Esparza — made a country song… kind of. Just go listen, trust us.
Top 30 Chart: 2.4.2025
1 | Doechii | “Alligator Bites Never Heal” |
2 | Panda Bear | “Ends Meet” [Single] |
3 | Kendrick Lamar | “GNX” |
4 | FKA twigs | “EUSEXUA” |
5 | Various Artists | “Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires” |
6 | Yukimi | “Sad Makeup” [Single] |
7 | Jungle | "Keep Me Satisfied" [Single] |
8 | Sharon Van Etten | “Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory” |
9 | Biig Piig | “11:11” |
10 | Melenas | “Ahora” [2023] |
11 | Skeleten | “Mentalized” |
12 | Jamie xx | “In Waves (Deluxe)” |
13 | Everything Is Recorded | “Swamp Dream #3" [Single] |
14 | Darkside | “Are You Tired (Keep on Singing)” [Single] |
15 | Valerie June | “Joy, Joy!” [Single] |
16 | Surprise Chef | “Bully Ball” [Single] |
17 | Meme del Real | “Princesa” [Single] |
18 | Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few | “The World Is On Fire” |
19 | Various Artists | “Good Music to Lift Los Angeles” |
20 | The South Hill Experiment | “Open Ocean” [Single] |
21 | Justice | “Hyperdrama” |
22 | Tunde Adebimpe | “Drop” [Single] |
23 | Peel Dream Magazine | “Modern Meta Physic (Deluxe Edition)” |
24 | Franc Moody | “Space Between Us” [Single] |
25 | TOKiMONSTA | “Lucky U” [Single] |
26 | Haute & Freddy | “Fashion Over Function” [Single] |
27 | Horsegirl | “Switch Over” [Single] |
28 | JJULIUS | “Dödsdisco” [Single] |
29 | Oklou | “Choke Enough” |
30 | Okonski | “Dahlia” [Single] |
1 | Doechii | “Alligator Bites Never Heal” |
2 | Panda Bear | “Ends Meet” [Single] |
3 | Kendrick Lamar | “GNX” |
4 | FKA twigs | “EUSEXUA” |
5 | Various Artists | “Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires” |
6 | Yukimi | “Sad Makeup” [Single] |
7 | Jungle | "Keep Me Satisfied" [Single] |
8 | Sharon Van Etten | “Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory” |
9 | Biig Piig | “11:11” |
10 | Melenas | “Ahora” [2023] |
11 | Skeleten | “Mentalized” |
12 | Jamie xx | “In Waves (Deluxe)” |
13 | Everything Is Recorded | “Swamp Dream #3" [Single] |
14 | Darkside | “Are You Tired (Keep on Singing)” [Single] |
15 | Valerie June | “Joy, Joy!” [Single] |
16 | Surprise Chef | “Bully Ball” [Single] |
17 | Meme del Real | “Princesa” [Single] |
18 | Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few | “The World Is On Fire” |
19 | Various Artists | “Good Music to Lift Los Angeles” |
20 | The South Hill Experiment | “Open Ocean” [Single] |
21 | Justice | “Hyperdrama” |
22 | Tunde Adebimpe | “Drop” [Single] |
23 | Peel Dream Magazine | “Modern Meta Physic (Deluxe Edition)” |
24 | Franc Moody | “Space Between Us” [Single] |
25 | TOKiMONSTA | “Lucky U” [Single] |
26 | Haute & Freddy | “Fashion Over Function” [Single] |
27 | Horsegirl | “Switch Over” [Single] |
28 | JJULIUS | “Dödsdisco” [Single] |
29 | Oklou | “Choke Enough” |
30 | Okonski | “Dahlia” [Single] |
1 | Doechii | “Alligator Bites Never Heal” |
2 | Panda Bear | “Ends Meet” [Single] |
3 | Kendrick Lamar | “GNX” |
4 | FKA twigs | “EUSEXUA” |
5 | Various Artists | “Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires” |
6 | Yukimi | “Sad Makeup” [Single] |
7 | Jungle | "Keep Me Satisfied" [Single] |
8 | Sharon Van Etten | “Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory” |
9 | Biig Piig | “11:11” |
10 | Melenas | “Ahora” [2023] |
11 | Skeleten | “Mentalized” |
12 | Jamie xx | “In Waves (Deluxe)” |
13 | Everything Is Recorded | “Swamp Dream #3" [Single] |
14 | Darkside | “Are You Tired (Keep on Singing)” [Single] |
15 | Valerie June | “Joy, Joy!” [Single] |
16 | Surprise Chef | “Bully Ball” [Single] |
17 | Meme del Real | “Princesa” [Single] |
18 | Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few | “The World Is On Fire” |
19 | Various Artists | “Good Music to Lift Los Angeles” |
20 | The South Hill Experiment | “Open Ocean” [Single] |
21 | Justice | “Hyperdrama” |
22 | Tunde Adebimpe | “Drop” [Single] |
23 | Peel Dream Magazine | “Modern Meta Physic (Deluxe Edition)” |
24 | Franc Moody | “Space Between Us” [Single] |
25 | TOKiMONSTA | “Lucky U” [Single] |
26 | Haute & Freddy | “Fashion Over Function” [Single] |
27 | Horsegirl | “Switch Over” [Single] |
28 | JJULIUS | “Dödsdisco” [Single] |
29 | Oklou | “Choke Enough” |
30 | Okonski | “Dahlia” [Single] |
1 | Doechii | “Alligator Bites Never Heal” |
2 | Panda Bear | “Ends Meet” [Single] |
3 | Kendrick Lamar | “GNX” |
4 | FKA twigs | “EUSEXUA” |
5 | Various Artists | “Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires” |
6 | Yukimi | “Sad Makeup” [Single] |
7 | Jungle | "Keep Me Satisfied" [Single] |
8 | Sharon Van Etten | “Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory” |
9 | Biig Piig | “11:11” |
10 | Melenas | “Ahora” [2023] |
11 | Skeleten | “Mentalized” |
12 | Jamie xx | “In Waves (Deluxe)” |
13 | Everything Is Recorded | “Swamp Dream #3" [Single] |
14 | Darkside | “Are You Tired (Keep on Singing)” [Single] |
15 | Valerie June | “Joy, Joy!” [Single] |
16 | Surprise Chef | “Bully Ball” [Single] |
17 | Meme del Real | “Princesa” [Single] |
18 | Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few | “The World Is On Fire” |
19 | Various Artists | “Good Music to Lift Los Angeles” |
20 | The South Hill Experiment | “Open Ocean” [Single] |
21 | Justice | “Hyperdrama” |
22 | Tunde Adebimpe | “Drop” [Single] |
23 | Peel Dream Magazine | “Modern Meta Physic (Deluxe Edition)” |
24 | Franc Moody | “Space Between Us” [Single] |
25 | TOKiMONSTA | “Lucky U” [Single] |
26 | Haute & Freddy | “Fashion Over Function” [Single] |
27 | Horsegirl | “Switch Over” [Single] |
28 | JJULIUS | “Dödsdisco” [Single] |
29 | Oklou | “Choke Enough” |
30 | Okonski | “Dahlia” [Single] |