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Click in for the standouts from Coachella 2025 according to KCRW Music’s Anna Chang and Marion Hodges.

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Britpop provocateurs Pulp hit us with their first new heat in over a decade, Chicano Batman’s Bardo goes solo, Baths rips yr heart out, + more.

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"Small font" Coachella hive... this one's for you.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Hope Tala, Rawayana, Glixen

"Small font" Coachella hive... this one's for you.

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Fall under Love Spells, put Momma’s alt-rock jam “I Want You (Fever)” in rotation, add "Irish Country Pop Superstar" CMAT to your "anthems" playlist, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Love Spells, Momma, CMAT

Fall under Love Spells, put Momma’s alt-rock jam “I Want You (Fever)” in rotation, add "Irish Country Pop Superstar" CMAT to your "anthems" playlist, and more.

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Right this way for sentient imaginary friends, dog dentists, and the endless empathy machine that is Jensen McRae's songwriting.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Viagra Boys, spill tab, Jensen McRae

Right this way for sentient imaginary friends, dog dentists, and the endless empathy machine that is Jensen McRae's songwriting.

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Picking just 5 artists to spotlight after a week of marinating in live music in Austin was next to impossible, but we do this because we love you.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: A very incomplete SXSW highlight reel

Picking just 5 artists to spotlight after a week of marinating in live music in Austin was next to impossible, but we do this because we love you.

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Germany’s Reeperbahn festival takes Texas for South by Southwest. Hear who’s playing our KCRW x Reeperbahn Showcase on March 13 in this week’s 5 Songs.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: KCRW x Reeperbahn SXSW showcase edition

Germany’s Reeperbahn festival takes Texas for South by Southwest. Hear who’s playing our KCRW x Reeperbahn Showcase on March 13 in this week’s 5 Songs.

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Pachyman loves LA (and post-punk-funk greats ESG), Samia does girl-in-a-meadow vocals set to fuzzy guitars, and shoegaze quartet Steel Wool are scream-worthy.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Pachyman, Samia, Steel Wool

Pachyman loves LA (and post-punk-funk greats ESG), Samia does girl-in-a-meadow vocals set to fuzzy guitars, and shoegaze quartet Steel Wool are scream-worthy.

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Follow Thom Yorke down the rabbit hole, lean into your sassiest fashion-freak tendencies, feel your love-lost feels, and more with these 5 songs.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Thom Yorke, Isabella Lovestory, Fantastic Negrito

Follow Thom Yorke down the rabbit hole, lean into your sassiest fashion-freak tendencies, feel your love-lost feels, and more with these 5 songs.

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Liminal spaces, low-key house odes to "After Hours" spots, punk-rock-destruction-choreo, and more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Joy Orbison, Joy Crookes, Lambrini Girls

Liminal spaces, low-key house odes to "After Hours" spots, punk-rock-destruction-choreo, and more.

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Mega-voiced, modern gospel trio Annie & The Caldwells deliver the ultimate ode to being "Wrong."

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Annie & The Caldwells, Adrian Younge, Brian Eno

Mega-voiced, modern gospel trio Annie & The Caldwells deliver the ultimate ode to being "Wrong."

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UK club-music provocateur Shygirl (who's anything but) heats up this week's round up with her latest single.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Shygirl, Skeleten, Ed Maverick

UK club-music provocateur Shygirl (who's anything but) heats up this week's round up with her latest single.

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Jungle's "Keep Me Satisfied" definitely satisfies our itch for neo-soul-funk-dance sounds.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Jungle, Ora the Molecule, Perfume Genius

Jungle's "Keep Me Satisfied" definitely satisfies our itch for neo-soul-funk-dance sounds.

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5 Songs writer Adria Kloke hand-picked this week’s songs from her repeat-spins playlist for some (much needed) comfort and catharsis. Also, there are 7 of them.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Agnes Obel, Radiohead, Aphex Twin

5 Songs writer Adria Kloke hand-picked this week’s songs from her repeat-spins playlist for some (much needed) comfort and catharsis. Also, there are 7 of them.

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Al Green’s cover of “Everybody Hurts” is an aural balm.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Al Green, Jack J, Everything Is Recorded

Al Green’s cover of “Everybody Hurts” is an aural balm.

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This week we’re spotlighting some killer live renditions of beloved tunes by artists who graced KCRW’s studios in 2024.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Live Version Edition

This week we’re spotlighting some killer live renditions of beloved tunes by artists who graced KCRW’s studios in 2024.

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It’s Best Of szn here at KCRW and our new Music Director Alejandro Cohen has selected 5 must-hear 2024 tracks from LA artists.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Julia Holter, untitled (halo), Suzanne Kraft

It’s Best Of szn here at KCRW and our new Music Director Alejandro Cohen has selected 5 must-hear 2024 tracks from LA artists.

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Let the new visualizer for George Harrison's "Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) " light your way.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: George Harrison, SASAMI, Xeno & Oaklander

Let the new visualizer for George Harrison's "Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) " light your way.

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Arizonan and member of the Navajo nation Hataałii's voice demands a triple-take — hear it on his soul-stirrer of a song "Brown Fool Eyes."

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Hataalii, Yazmin Lacey, Les Amazones d'Afrique

Arizonan and member of the Navajo nation Hataałii's voice demands a triple-take — hear it on his soul-stirrer of a song "Brown Fool Eyes."

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Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott will headline Coachella 2025 (Apr. 11 – 13 and Apr. 18 – 20) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA.

Coachella 2025 lineup: Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone

Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott will headline Coachella 2025 (Apr. 11 – 13 and Apr. 18 – 20) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA.

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¡St. Vincent en español! Plus a whole lot more.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: St. Vincent, Aziya, Sofie Royer

¡St. Vincent en español! Plus a whole lot more.

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The Weeknd's whack-a-mole beats, Crystal Murray's fuzz-punk antics, and Two Shell's... whole deal... make for an especially dynamic round-up this week.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: The Weeknd, Crystal Murray, Two Shell

The Weeknd's whack-a-mole beats, Crystal Murray's fuzz-punk antics, and Two Shell's... whole deal... make for an especially dynamic round-up this week.

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Feeling stressed? There’s The Cure for that.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: The Cure, Mogwai, Lexa Gates

Feeling stressed? There’s The Cure for that.

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