Today's Top Tune

Today's Top Tune: Pat Metheny ‘In On It’ 

Legendary guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, a twenty-time Grammy-Award winner, has launched Uniquity Music, fulfilling a longtime vision to bring his expansive body of work under one umbrella. The new label debuts with Side-Eye III+, his first new release in six years, arriving February 27. You can catch Metheny live at Walt Disney Concert Hall on May 4, where fans may hear his latest track, “In On It.”

(Uniquity Music)

Today's Top Tune: Iron & Wine ‘In Your Ocean’ 

Iron & Wine, the solo project of Sam Beam, will release its eighth full-length album Hen’s Teeth on February 27. The album’s title reflects its improbable nature — a creative gift that, as Beam puts it, “shouldn’t be there but it is.” Today, we share a track from it “In Your Ocean,” a sonically rich meditation on love so consuming it blurs physical boundaries. 

(Sub-Pop) 

Today's Top Tune: Father John Misty ‘The Old Law’ 

KCRW favorite Father John Misty has announced a massive tour for this year, including a stop at the Majestic Ventura Theater on March 23. He’s also officially released a long-awaited fan favorite — the song many have heard live since 2024 as “God’s Trash,” now arriving in recorded form as “The Old Law.”

(Sub-Pop)

Today's Top Tune: Grupo Um  ‘Cortejo dos Reis Negros (Version 2)’

Brazilian left-field legends Grupo Um share “Cortejo Dos Reis Negros (Version 2),” a flowing, maracatu-rooted sequel to their 1975 debut track. Drawn from their long-lost album Nineteen Seventy Seven, the song captures the beauty of tension and release in an endlessly spiritual groove.

(Far Out Recordings)

Today's Top Tune:  Jill Scott ‘Beautiful People’ 

Three-time Grammy Award–winning artist, actress, and poet Jill Scott has announced her long-awaited sixth studio album, To Whom This May Concern, out February 13. Her first full-length release in nearly a decade follows a milestone year celebrating the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut, Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1. Overflowing with stories, spirit, and soul, the album is equal parts magic, medicine, and mastery — and you can hear it shining through on “Beautiful People.”

(Human Re Sources/The Orchard)

Today's Top Tune: Stephen Sanchez ‘Sweet Love’ 

Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Stephen Sanchez first fell in love with music at his grandparents’ house, spinning records from his grandfather’s collection. Now, “Sweet Love” ushers in a new chapter for the Nashville-based artist — a heartfelt reflection on love as both a feeling and a daily commitment. Inspired by his grandparents’ enduring bond, the song celebrates the beauty in choosing love, again and again.

(REPUBLIC)

Today's Top Tune: Maisy Owen ‘On My Way Down’

Nashville native Maisy Owen has been immersed in music her entire life, raised in a musical family where songcraft was second nature. Drawing on the moody intimacy of Nick Drake, the folk finesse of Bert Jansch, and the hazy dream-pop glow of Mazzy Star, she’s carving out a sound all her own. Her debut album arrives this spring, but for now, here’s a first taste with “On My Way Down.”

(Tompkins Square) 

Today's Top Tune: Mark Farina, Homero Espinosa, Dani Siciliano ‘Stay On My Mind’

It’s hard to believe Om Records is turning thirty, and the label is celebrating the milestone with a brand-new compilation. Leading the charge is fresh music from Mushroom Jazz maestro Mark Farina, joined by production partner Homero Espinosa and vocalist Dani Siciliano (known for her work with Matthew Herbert). Their new track “Stay On My Mind” arrives as a sleek, soulful tribute to electronic music and nods to the culture that shaped it.

(Om Records) 

Today's Top Tune: The Mountain Goats ‘Cold At Night”

The Mountain Goats have released their twenty third (you heard it right!)  full-length album, Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan from it, they share their song “Cold at Night,” a powerful entry point into the band’s most conceptually detailed and musically elaborate project yet. A full-on musical, the album tells the story of shipwrecked survivors haunted by dwindling resources and apocalyptic visions — a gripping tale of endurance, tenderness, and hard-earned wisdom, delivered with the Mountain Goats’ unmistakable urgency.

(Thirty Tigers)

Today's Top Tune:  Ásgeir  ‘Sugar Clouds’ 

On his fifth studio album Julia, out February 13 Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir steps into intriguing new territory. After years of collaborating with translators and drawing from the poetry of his father, Ásgeir writes his lyrics entirely on his own for the first time in his celebrated career. The result is a deeply contemplative, nostalgia-soaked body of work that finds him reflecting on past regrets and future hopes, guided by the lingering presence of the album’s title character — a spectral figure threading through the record like memory itself.

(One Little Independent Records)