If you thought the dominance of Jack White’s No Name on KCRW airwaves might be a blip, the higher spin counts this week say otherwise. Elsewhere in the top five, Father John Misty’s massive leap from spot twenty last week to spot two this week warrants the eyeballs emoji. Plus, The Smile made quite a splashy debut with their Jack White-esque, vinyl-first approach to releasing their new single: “Don’t Get Me Started” / “The Slip.”
New and notable: Aussie jangle-poppers (and Global Beat Australia alums) Quivers find themselves in that elusive no. 30 spot via their freshly released LP, Oyster Cuts. Will the heat from their warm guitar tones keep rising? Tune in next week to find out.
Top 30 Albums (8.6.2024)
| 1 | Jack White | “No Name” |
| 2 | Father John Misty | “Greatest Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl” |
| 3 | Leon Bridges | “Leon” |
| 4 | The Smile | “Don’t Get Me Started” / “The Slip” [12" Single] |
| 5 | Jamie xx | “In Waves” |
| 6 | Thee Sacred Souls | “Got a Story to Tell” |
| 7 | Kit Sebastian | “New Internationale” |
| 8 | Caribou | “Volume” [Single] |
| 9 | JJ & The Mood | “Tired Of Being Tough” [Single] |
| 10 | Ginger Root | “SHINBANGUMI” |
| 11 | Peter Cat Recording Co. | “BETA” |
| 12 | Brijean | “Macro” |
| 13 | Clairo | “Charm” |
| 14 | Yannis & The Yaw | “Lagos Paris London” |
| 15 | Soweto Gospel Choir x Groove Terminator | “History of House” |
| 16 | The Marías | “Submarine” |
| 17 | Thee Heart Tones | “Forever & Ever” |
| 18 | The Bug Club | “On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System” |
| 19 | Pearl & The Oysters | “Planet Pearl” |
| 20 | Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding | “Milton + esperanza” |
| 21 | Kate Bollinger | “Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind” |
| 22 | Karen O & Danger Mouse | “Super Breath” [7" Single] |
| 23 | Braxe + Falcon | “All This Love (Feat. Bibio)” [Single] |
| 24 | Childish Gambino | “Bando Stone and the New World” |
| 25 | Daniel Blake | “In Circles” [Single] |
| 26 | Fontaines D.C. | “Romance” |
| 27 | Killer Mike | “Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival, Songs For Sinners And Saints” |
| 28 | Orville Peck | “Stampede” |
| 29 | Bright Eyes | “Five Dice, All Threes” |
| 30 | Quivers | “Oyster Cuts” |