Today's Top Tune

Today's Top Tune

A free weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.

New Orleans Grammy-winning artists Hot 8 Brass Band are putting the finishing touches on their new album due in late February 2025, so while we wait, let’s take in their signature…

Coming up from the rock clubs of Denver, CO, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats need no introduction as they’ve played a mind boggling amount of concert halls, festivals, and arenas…

LA indie rockers Peel Dream Magazine — whose name pays tribute to the late BBC DJ John Peel — recently released their fourth full length album Rose Main Reading Room.

It’s been a meteoric year for North Carolina-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist MJ Lenderman — a man who unsurprisingly found himself on many year-end “Best Of” lists.

Ibiza- based duo The Ting Tings skyrocketed to international fame in 2008 with a couple of insta-classic bangers —“That’s Not My Name” and “Shut Up and Let Me Go” — off of their debut…

Thai-born, Canada-based drummer, producer, and composer Salin gifts us with an edgy mix that conjoins the sound of her native homeland with 70’s psychedelia from West Africa.

Cincinnati’s Curt Kiser goes by the alias Carriers and recalls early Bob Dylan and Kurt Vile. In the case of “Sometimes,” Kiser took a bumpy week and turned it into a song.

Tonight we’ll experience the season finale of School Night at Bardot in Hollywood.