Today's Top Tune

KCRW

Today's Top Tune

A daily Music podcast

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Today's Top Tune

KCRW

Today's Top Tune

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Today's Top Tune

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Today's Top Tune

A daily Music podcast
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“Renacer” or “Rebirth” is exactly that for the solo artist Bardo, formerly the frontman for Chicano Batman. Born from a voice memo during a jam session when Combo Chimbita visited Bardo’s home studio, “Renacer” forecasts a
DJ, producer, and singer-songwriter duo Eli & Fur share reimagined cuts from their 2024 recording Dreamscapes. You’ll hear creative remixes from artists like the German brother duo Monkey Safari on this bubbling version of
Canadian quintet Foxwarren — featuring the talented storyteller Andy Shauf —  take a sonic stretch on “Listen2Me.”  The song is a crackling cut from their highly anticipated forthcoming sophomore album 2,  due on May 30 vi
French DJ and producer Myd channels club energy into his new work. Myd’s experimental nature led him to lock himself in his studio for a week without access to the outside. This also meant no phone or social media while he
Mississippi family band Annie & The Caldwells are anchored by their matriarch. Annie is not only the central figure of her own band, she’s also a member of the Staples Jr. Singers and owner of Caldwell Fashions — providing
Iconic outfit Tortoise have influenced a kaleidoscopic range of artists throughout their forty year career. Arguably, their legacy outweighs their output — they’ve released only seven albums since 1990. Needless to say, we
Morning Becomes Eclectic recently enjoyed the company of Queen of New Orleans bounce Big Freedia for a Guest Selector set during SXSW 2025. We even had the pleasure of WORLD PREMIERING “Take My Hand.” The track features a s
Puerto Rico-born, LA-based multi-instrumentalist and one man band, Pachyman is set to release his fifth album  Another Place  on May 23. Building on his love of dub reggae by morphing it ever further into mind bending sonic
Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi released  the sublime album The Summer Portraits earlier in the year. Einaudi, the most streamed classical artist of our times, found inspiration for this one via memories trigg
Freak folk/art rocking sister duo Bianca and Sierra Casady make up CocoRosie. For the past twenty years the siblings have been at the forefront translating the love, difficulties, and ecstasy of sisterhood into wildly theat
Renaissance goddess Valerie June is an enormously gifted songwriter and artist. Her craft is so powerful that it not only connects us to her songs, it connects us to one another. “Endless Tree” is no exception. “As we see s
We always look forward to new music from best-selling author and singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner  (aka Japanese Breakfast). Her latest LP,  For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), is set to be another classic., Produced b
Have you met Tamino? We recently premiered his latest, “Willow,” on Morning Becomes Eclectic, a song of release and renewal from his album Every Dawn’s a Mountain — written in his new home of New York City. “The paradox of
Copenhagen-based When Saints Go Machine are an ever-changing electronic trio that have carved out their own sonic niche in Nordic music. But on their new single “Co-Star,”they have turned off their machines to amplify a new
Canadian composer and pianist Lydia Clapperton shares an ode to spring from her new album, des semis et une marguerite, or seedlings and a daisy. We’ve plucked ‘espace de paix’ as Today’s Top Tune, a refreshing, expressive
NYC-based artist duendita’s new project, a strong desire to survive, is out today. It’s ten tracks birthed and inspired by travels to Berlin and the music scene they fell into there. Today we share “baby teeth,” a song duen
Grammy-winning producer Leon Michels, best known as El Michels Affair, treats us to an instant classic, “Kodak.” The song is a picture perfect masterclass in space and arrangement — mellow and fluid, with a slow drum beat f
Funny how a song named “Draggin’” can really lift you up. This works because of singer-songwriter Hannah Cohen’s magical way of blending disparate ideas. The song is off her newly minted album Earthstar Mountain, and was pr
Brooklyn-based musician Kendra Morris explores chaos and catharsis, what she describes as an overlap of her messy little Brooklyn apartment and the clutter that accumulates in her head. The melody and rhythm for “In My Hous
We were excited to meet up with Jacob Alon, a seemingly otherworldy Scottish folk artist, while at SXSW this year. Like Nick Drake, Alon showcases a light touch on his acoustic fretboard and skims across it with intricate f
Raised in Havana, Cuban singer Rita Donte was weaned on her grandmother's record collection where she became drawn to the music. From there she traveled to Mexico City to absorb the rich music scene, before ultimately landi
Pioneering  electronic music producer Mark Pritchard teams with Radiohead/The Smile frontman Thom Yorke to share the full collaborative album  Tall Tales (out in May).  The LP unites everything you love about both luminarie
TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe steps into his own spotlight on his debut solo album Thee Black Boltz — out April 18. Capturing the vulnerability of the loss of love, Adebimpe massages the heart with incisive lyrics
She’s back! Cool and classy Lady Wray shares “Best For Us,” a song about love and commitment produced by the endlessly seductive Grammy-winner Leon Michels. The pair are currently in the studio cooking up what will become L
The music of Brixton-based Black Country, New Road makes us feel like we’re “Besties.” Their imaginative mix of sounds comes from classically trained as well as self-taught bandmates,  and their new album Forever Howlong (d
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