Many killer LPs were recently released, and it shows. Benny Sings’ Young Hearts, Yves Tumor’s Hot Between Worlds, and Depeche Mode’s Memento Mori are all out, and now the proud recipients of lots of spins from KCRW DJs. Depeche Mode in particular are gearing up for quite the year. From the viral needle drop of their 1987 hit “Never Let Me Down Again” in the first episode of HBO’s The Last of Us, to their massive 2023 world tour prep (which we have on good authority is gonna totally rule), this is one DM we’re more than happy to slide into. As for their brand new album Memento Mori? KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox says it best: “Brand new record... and it is fantastic!” P.S. Watch this space for some special Depeche Mode content headed your way soon, and join or renew your KCRW membership now so that we can keep ‘em coming!
New and notable: a hot new single from DRAMA that’ll have you tightening it up on the dance floor, another swooner from San Diego souldies Thee Sacred Souls, and Sofia Kourtesis’ meditative beats… which we have been missing.
Top 30 Albums (3.28.2023)
| 1 | Benny Sings | Young Hearts |
| 2 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | V |
| 3 | Depeche Mode | Memento Mori |
| 4 | Thee Sacred Souls | Running Away [Single] |
| 5 | Say She She | Reeling [Single] |
| 6 | LP Giobbi | Light Places |
| 7 | Yves Tumor | Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) |
| 8 | Gorillaz | Cracker Island |
| 9 | M83 | Fantasy |
| 10 | Arlo Parks | My Soft Machine |
| 11 | Madison McFerrin | I Hope You Can Forgive Me |
| 12 | DRAMA | Tighten It Up [Single] |
| 13 | Sofia Kourtesis | Madres [Single] |
| 14 | Jordan Ward | FORWARD |
| 15 | Roísín Murphy | CooCool [Single] |
| 16 | Eddie Chacon | Sundown |
| 17 | Baby Rose | Through and Through |
| 18 | Alan Braxe | The Upper Cuts |
| 19 | Fever Ray | Radical Romantics |
| 20 | Yaeji | With a Hammer |
| 21 | Durand Jones | Wait Til I Get Over |
| 22 | Kali Uchis | Red Moon in Venus |
| 23 | Dry Cleaning | Swampy |
| 24 | Nation of Language | Sole Obsession [Single] |
| 25 | Nabihah Iqbal | DREAMER |
| 26 | Pale Blue | No Words [Single] |
| 27 | Moon Boots | Ride Away |
| 28 | ODESZA | To Be Yours [Single] |
| 29 | Captain Planet | Sounds Like Home |
| 30 | Hermanos Gutiérrez | El Bueno y El Malo |