Long-term readers of this page will know how much we love to see a clear narrative emerge from the raw, dispassionate data of a chart. For the second week in a row, the same three artists find themselves engaged in a game of musical chairs for the number one spot. This week it’s UK dance music exemplars Everything But The Girl. Will Benny Sings or Little Simz be coming for that crown next week? Only one way to find out.
But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let’s see what’s bubbling up at this very moment. Scottish R&B futurist Joesef is making his eagerly anticipated KCRW Top 30 debut alongside New Zealand’s foremost fuzz-core songstress Fazerdaze and sampladelic Filipino mysterios NGAW.
And our Top 30 Spotify playlist? Quite frankly, it rules. Smash that follow button please.
Top 30 Albums (1.24.2023)
| 1 | Everything But The Girl | Fuse |
| 2 | Little Simz | NO THANK YOU |
| 3 | Benny Sings | Young Hearts |
| 4 | Arlo Parks | My Soft Machine |
| 5 | Yaeji | With a Hammer |
| 6 | Kelela | Raven |
| 7 | M83 | Fantasy |
| 8 | Vagabon | Carpenter [Single] |
| 9 | Biig Piig | Bubblegum |
| 10 | Overmono | Good Lies |
| 11 | Gorillaz | Cracker Island |
| 12 | Oddisee | To What End |
| 13 | Joesef | Permanent Damage |
| 14 | The Allergies | Reconcile |
| 15 | Okonski | Magnolia |
| 16 | Seven Davis Jr. | savedbythebell |
| 17 | Ezra Collective | Where I’m Meant To Be |
| 18 | Fazerdaze | Break! |
| 19 | Chrome Sparks | You Are Love [Single] |
| 20 | NGAW | NGAW |
| 21 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens - Part 1 |
| 22 | Eddie Chacon | Sundown |
| 23 | Young Fathers | Heavy Heavy |
| 24 | Liv.e | Girl In The Half Pearl |
| 25 | El Michels Affair & Black Thought | Glorious Game |
| 26 | Moon Boots | Ride Away |
| 27 | Kowloon | This Dream [Single] |
| 28 | Say She She | Prism |
| 29 | Nick Waterhouse | The Fooler |
| 30 | Temples | Exotico |