KCRW’s Top 30: Doechii, Darkside, Kendrick Lamar

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PSA from Doechii: Never smile at a crocodile…. But smiling with alligators is cool.

PSA from Doechii: Never smile at a crocodile…. But smiling with alligators is cool. Photo by John Jay.

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Following her win (and headline-worthy speech) for Best Rap Album at the 67th annual Grammy awards, Doechii makes her way to no. 1 on KCRW’s Top 30 chart. The newly minted Grammy winner, Alligator Bites Never Heal, with all of Doechii’s witty, heart wrenching, and deliciously self-aware bars have (understandably) been owning our airwaves ever since she grabbed her statue on Feb. 2.  

New and notable: Electro-psych trio Darkside — Nicolás Jaar, Dave Harrington, and Tlacael Esparza — made a country song… kind of. Just go listen, trust us.

Top 30 Chart: 2.4.2025

1 Doechii “Alligator Bites Never Heal”
2 Panda Bear “Ends Meet” [Single]
3 Kendrick Lamar “GNX”
4 FKA twigs “EUSEXUA”
5 Various Artists “Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires”
6 Yukimi “Sad Makeup” [Single]
7 Jungle "Keep Me Satisfied" [Single]
8 Sharon Van Etten “Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory”
9 Biig Piig “11:11”
10 Melenas “Ahora” [2023]
11 Skeleten “Mentalized”
12 Jamie xx “In Waves (Deluxe)”
13 Everything Is Recorded “Swamp Dream #3" [Single]
14 Darkside “Are You Tired (Keep on Singing)” [Single]
15 Valerie June “Joy, Joy!” [Single]
16 Surprise Chef “Bully Ball” [Single]
17 Meme del Real “Princesa” [Single]
18 Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few “The World Is On Fire”
19 Various Artists “Good Music to Lift Los Angeles”
20 The South Hill Experiment “Open Ocean” [Single]
21 Justice “Hyperdrama”
22 Tunde Adebimpe “Drop” [Single]
23 Peel Dream Magazine “Modern Meta Physic (Deluxe Edition)”
24 Franc Moody “Space Between Us” [Single]
25 TOKiMONSTA “Lucky U” [Single]
26 Haute & Freddy “Fashion Over Function” [Single]
27 Horsegirl “Switch Over” [Single]
28 JJULIUS “Dödsdisco” [Single]
29 Oklou “Choke Enough”
30 Okonski “Dahlia” [Single]