We love a good surprise while assembling KCRW’s Top 30 Chart. Despite last week’s two major LP releases — Poolside’s Blame It All On Love and Sampha’s Lahai — coming off the bench and right back into the top ten, KCRW DJs are falling hardest for Helado Negro’s dreamy, fuzzed-out-guitar-forward single “LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros).” The track comes as part of the announcement of new LP PHASOR, due Feb. 9, 2024 via 4AD.
New and notable: IDLES x LCD Soundsystem dance-punk extravaganza “Dancer” makes for another splashy debut in the top ten. It also comes with a Feb. 2024 album announcement — Tangk, due Feb. 16 via Partisan. Bask in this stacked top tier and beyond with our Top 30 Spotify playlist.
Top 30 Albums (10.23.2023)
| 1 | Helado Negro | PHASOR |
| 2 | Poolsie | Blame It All On Love |
| 3 | Brittany Howard | What Now [Single] |
| 4 | Wajatta | Waiting For The Get Down |
| 5 | Sampha | Lahai |
| 6 | IDLES | TANGK |
| 7 | Jamila Woods | Water Made Us |
| 8 | Automatic | Venus Hour (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix) [Single] |
| 9 | Souleance | Beautiful |
| 10 | DJ Shadow | Action Adventure |
| 11 | Say She She | Silver |
| 12 | Nation Of Language | Strange Disciple |
| 13 | James Blake | Playing Robots Into Heaven |
| 14 | Mndsgn | Snaxxx |
| 15 | Cleo Sol | Gold |
| 16 | Bombay Bicycle Club | My Big Day |
| 17 | Pachyman | Switched-On |
| 18 | CARRTOONS | Saturday Night |
| 19 | The Chemical Brothers | For That Beautiful Feeling |
| 20 | Allah-Las | Zuma 85 |
| 21 | Cleo Sol | Heaven |
| 22 | NEIL FRANCES | It’s All a Bit Fuzzy |
| 23 | Barry Can’t Swim | When Will We Land? |
| 24 | Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We |
| 25 | Ice Spice & Rema | Pretty Girl [Single] |
| 26 | Eddington Again | Naomi9 |
| 27 | Wilco | Cousin |
| 28 | Cherry Glazerr | I Don’t Want You Anymore |
| 29 | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven’t Called |
| 30 | Black Pumas | Chronicles of a Diamond |