Today's Top Tune

Today’s Top Tune: Mavis Staples ‘Human Mind’

Sad And Beautiful World is the latest solo album from our national treasure, Mavis Staples, a generation spanning talent who continues to stand with us through uncertain times, singing from a place of lived experience and unwavering compassion. On the album, Staples delves into seven decades of the American songbook. The opening track “Human Mind” reflects on the complexity of modern life while holding onto a fragile but persistent faith in humanity. 

(Anti)

Today’s Top Tune: DÜÜL SUNS ‘Jealousy’ 

DÜÜL SUNS introduce their distinctive psych-soul/garage-rock fusion with “Jealousy,” the explosive lead single from their self-titled debut mini-album. Built on hypnotic riffs, molten grooves, and soaring vocal harmonies, “Jealousy” captures the band’s raw electricity and cinematic sense of space. It’s the perfect entry point into the DÜÜL SUNS universe—heavy, soulful, and instantly memorable. 

(Declared Goods)

Today’s Top Tune: Boy Deluxe ‘EAT YOU ALIVE’

Los Angeles-based dark pop/electronic duo Boy Deluxe dive deeper into their shadow-pop world with “EAT YOU ALIVE,” a pulsing, seductive track that sits at the intersection of danger and desire. 

(Industry Houseplant)

Today’s Top Tune: Melody's Echo Chamber ‘The House That Doesn't Exist’

With her fourth studio album Unclouded, Melody’s Echo Chamber shares the luminous song “The House That Doesn’t Exist.” Built on swooping strings and a diaphanous elegance, the track showcases the deep creative synergy between Melody and producer and jazz musician Sven Wunder, who mirrors her soaring vocal lines with rich ensemble textures. Melody describes the song as “turning the impossible perspective of a joyful human life in today’s world into reality, evoking a new sense of faith.” 

(Domino)

Today’s Top Tune: Reyna Tropical ‘Tu Voz’ 

Revered, border-shattering artist Reyna Tropical (Fabiola Reyna) unveils her new single “Tu Voz,” a track born, as she describes, from “that exact moment in my room having an existential crisis.” Produced, written, and performed by Reyna, with Angel Michael Lau on percussion, the song draws inspiration from the tenderness and ache of queer long-distance love. Blending the emotive pull of Mexican ranchera with the vibrant rhythms of Brazilian samba, “Tu Voz” is carried by Reyna’s vocals.  

(Reyna Tropical)

Today’s Top Tune: Jalen Ngonda ‘All About Me’ 

Soul singer supreme Jalen Ngonda and veteran keyboardist-producer Victor Axelrod have joined forces for the irresistibly soulful reggae anthem “All About Me.” After collaborating on sessions for Jalen’s 2023 debut Come Around and Love Me, Axelrod was struck by the way Jalen’s voice echoed the British singer Bitty McLean. With the track’s instrumental already in place, all it needed was the perfect voice — and with Jalen on board, the duo wrote the lyrics and laid down the vocals in a single night. 

(Daptone Records) 

Brooklyn songwriter and trumpeter Tōth returns with And The Voice Said, a soul-searching new album out February 27, 2026. Co-produced with Caroline Rose and featuring Kimbra, it’s a radiant look at healing and self-discovery. The lead single “Not Broken” bursts with bright horns, piano, and a mantra of self-love — captured in a joyful Coney Island video filled with strangers singing along.

(Northern Spy Records/Egghunt Records!) (Tōth rhymes with both)

Today’s Top Tune:  Joseph ‘Ready To Let You Down’ (Radio Edit) 

Indie-pop duo JOSEPH — sisters Natalie and Meegan Closner — have announced a 2026 headline tour in support of their forthcoming album Closer To Happy, which lands in Los Angeles on Friday, February 27 at Pacific Electric. We’re gravitating toward the title track, a blissfully frenetic anthem powered by dizzying beats and sweat-soaked melodies.

(Nettwerk Music Group)

Singer-songwriter Benny Sings returns with “Castle,” a new song and self-directed video that marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter. Known for more than two decades of warm, witty, genre-blurring songwriting and collaborations with artists like Remi Wolf, Mac DeMarco, and Rex Orange County, Benny now turns his focus to a more grounded, family-centered life. 

(Stones Throw)

Soulwax made a major impact on our Best of 2025 list, landing in the Top 10 Albums of the Year and earning the third most-played song on KCRW. Fresh off the release of All Systems Are Lying, the band — formed by brothers David and Stephen Dewaele — continues to expand its boundary-pushing creative universe, spanning their work as Soulwax, their 2manydjs persona, the DEEWEE label, and the Despacio sound system. Their acclaimed three-drummer live show is now touring across Europe and the UK, further cementing their reputation as one of the most innovative forces in modern electronic music.

(Mass Appeal)