KCRW Most Played Albums for the Week of 5/25/2015
Hiatus Kaiyote – “Choose Your Weapon”
By Jackie Liu • • 1 min readChoose Your Weapon is the 2nd studio album from the Australian neo-soul quartet.
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Alabama Shakes
“Sound & Color”
Sound & Color is the second studio album from the American rock band. See them live this summer at the Greek Theatre on August 13.
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De Lux
“Generation”
Generation out June 23, is the second album from the LA Based post-punk, funk, disco duo. See them at KCRW’s Summer Nights at One Colorado on June 6th.
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Hot Chip
“Why Make Sense”
Why Makes Sense is the sixth studio album from the British electronic group. See them live at the Greek on August 11th.
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Tame Impala
“Currents”
Currents, due out in July, is the third release from the Australian psych rockers. They’re playing Hollywood Forever on August 6th & 7th.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
“Multi-Love”
Multi-Love, out May 26, is the third album from this psychedelic band. See them live at The Roxy on August 6th.
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My Morning Jacket
“The Waterfall”
The Waterfall is the seventh studio album from the American indie rock band. See their performance of songs from the new album for KCRW here.
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Shamir
“Ratchet”
Ratchet is the debut album from the Las Vegas native.
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Best Coast
“California Nights”
California Nights is the third album from the indie rock duo. See them live at the Wiltern on June 27th.
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Cayucas
“Dancing At The Blue Lagoon”
Dancing At The Blue Lagoon out June 23rd, is the second studio album from the LA based twin brothers. See them live on June 20 at KCRW’s Summer Nights at One Colorado.
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Nosaj Thing
“Fated”
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Fool’s Gold
“Flying Lessons”
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Kamasi Washington
“The Epic”
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Toro Y Moi
“What For”
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Hanni El Khatib
“Moonlight”
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Chemical Brothers
“Born In The Echoes”
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Jamie XX
“In Colour”
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Courtney Barnett
“Sometimes I Sit & Think & Sometimes I Just Sit”
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Kendrick Lamar
“To Pimp A Butterfly”
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Leon Bridges
“Coming Home”
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alt-J
“This Is All Yours”
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Tanlines
“Highlights”
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Heartless Bastards
“Restless Ones”
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Roisin Murphy
“Hairless Toys”
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Lapalux
“Lustmore”