KCRW’s Top 30 chart: August 12–18, 2024

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Leon Bridges is sitting… err, standing pretty at the top of KCRW’s Top 30 Chart.

Leon Bridges is sitting… err, standing pretty at the top of KCRW’s Top 30 Chart. Photo by Jack Bool

Now that we’ve had a moment to sit with “Peaceful Place,” Leon Bridges’ zen-inducing lead single ahead of his forthcoming LP Leon, we’re finding that its gentle rhythms and soul-stirring melody sound better upon each new spin. It’s not surprising to see it jump from number three to number one. It’s only slightly surprising that it took a week and a half for it to happen. 

New and notable: LA disco duo Classixx are on a roll. Just a month after their black glitter-coated remix of Nation of Language’s “Weak In Your Light,” comes their pulsating new original — “Get Myself Together.” 

Top 30 Albums (8.20.2024)

1 Leon Bridges "Leon"
2 The Smile “Don’t Get Me Started” / “The Slip” [12" Single]
3 Flying Lotus “Garmonbozia” [Single]
4 Peter Cat Recording Co. “BETA”
5 Soweto Gospel Choir x Groove Terminator “History of House”
6 Jack White “No Name”
7 Thee Sacred Souls “Got a Story to Tell”
8 Justice “Hyperdrama”
9 BADBADNOTGOOD “Mid Spiral”
10 Bonobo “Expander” [Single]
11 Ray LaMontagne “Long Way Home”
12 Father John Misty “Greatest Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl”
13 Braxe + Falcon “All This Love (Feat. Bibio)” [Single]
14 Khruangbin “A LA SALA”
15 SBTRKT “OUTSPOKEN”
16 Rosie Lowe “Lover, Other”
17 Kelly Finnigan “A Lover Is Born”
18 Jamie xx “In Waves”
19 Yannis & The Yaw “Lagos Paris London”
20 The Marías “Submarine”
21 Orville Peck “Stampede”
22 Panda Bear & Sonic Boom “Reset Mariachi EP”
23 Nilüfer Yanya “My Method Actor”
24 Peel Dream Magazine “Rose Main Reading Room”
25 Moses Sumney “Sophcore”
26 Pale Jay “Low End Love Songs”
27 Ravyn Lenae “Bird’s Eye”
28 Photay “Windswept”
29 Ibibio Sound Machine “Black Notes”
30 Classixx “Get Myself Together” [Single]