Today's Top Tune

Twin Shadow takes a sonic shift on his new self-titled album, flexing soul and funk grooves as he embraces his Domin i can heritage. “Is There Any Love” overflows with joyous vibes.

The prolific and weirdly wonderful King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard put together their eighteenth album to date, ‘Butterfly 3000,’ by recording in isolation at each of the six members' homes. The band set a creative challenge as well, yanking them out of their comfort zone to navigate new equipment as they stumbled on lots of happy accidents that looped into songs like “Ya Love.”

Looking to feed your rock diet? Artist Aaron Embry gathers up some of his bandmates from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros for a meat-n-potatoes grinder about being happy in the moment on “Wannabe King.”

Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, better known as Sleater-Kinney, got down to business in 2020 and recorded an album in their Portland homebase with local musicians. They produced the record’s 11 tracks themselves, including the rocker “Path of Wellness.”

Join KCRW hosts Evan Kleiman and Anne Litt at 7pm tonight in conversation with Sleater-Kinney as part of Sound Bites, the intersection where music and food meet. Free!

Disco-funk architects Chromeo have missed bringing us together on the dancefloor during the pandemic, so they’ve pieced together some of the brightest moments from their 2018-2019 dates. Among them is “Don’t Sleep” (Live in Washington DC), from when the duo toured with a live band for the first time.

1992 saw the release of celestial singer k.d. lang’s album “Ingénue,” with its track “Miss Chatelaine” earning a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance the following year. Fast forward to 2021, when fellow Canadian country star Orville Peck re-vamped the song with an Iron Hoof Remix.

Argentine producer/DJ Lagartijeando explores his love of cumbia on a deep dive vibe with “Sideral Cumbia.” The track offers a transcendent view into an album slated for release in October.

Temperatures are rising all over, but Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is really turning up the heat with a scorching track called “662,” named after the area code for Ingram’s hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he is redefining the blues via killer guitarwork and heartfelt lyrics.

Funky and fabulous Schwey has us dancing to their breezy jams day and night. Anthony Valadez made their album, “Schwey 2: Cyber Soul,” his favorite so far in 2021 , you’ll know why when you hear “Was It You.”

Mexican artists, producers, and labelmates Pahua and Mark Cast team up to showcase their chops — Cast contributes EDM dance beats against Pahua’s lo-fi folkloric lyrics on “Quiéreme.”