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KCRW’s Top 30 chart: June 3–9, 2024
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Today’s Top Tune: The Shacks - ‘Gentle’
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Raul Campos' playlist, June 8, 2024
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Today’s Top Tune: VanWyck - ‘Towards The Sun’
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MBE playlist June 12: New labelmates Toro y Moi + Jensen McRae each drop fresh heat
Best New Music“Tuesday” makes Toro y Moi’s ambitions feel stadium sized and Jensen McRae’s “Massachusetts” brings her keen observations to new label Dead Oceans.