• Little Barrie – "Luggin' Hurt" [Single] –  It is only on a station like KCRW that you'll find a groovy seven-minute+ psych/soul journey organically hitting the top of the chart without any aid of a radio edit. There is no shortcut needed when something is great. It's been over nine years since the last album from the UK purveyors of psychedelic rock'n'soul, Little Barrie. A lot has happened since. The band had suddenly lost their drummer, Virgil Howe, to a heart attack in 2017, the leader and in-demand guitarist Barrie Cadogan wrote the theme song for Better Call Saul and was playing guitar with the likes of The The, The Black Keys, Liam Gallagher, and more. However, once you hear the latest single, "Luggin' Hurt," you will want to hear another seven minutes more of this fuzz guitar boogie. The long-awaited new album Gravity Freeze is out May 22nd. Catch them live on a headlining European tour on May 20th, and Barrie as additional guitarist on The Black Keys' current spring U.S. Dates.  

• Sons of Sevilla – "Forever Heaven b/w Changing" [Single] – Another psych jam from across the pond is making a big jump this week. The A-side "Forever Heaven" from brothers Henry and Reuben Vaun Smith, aka Sons of Sevilla, land at #3 (jumping up 12 spots). The new double-single from the North-England-based duo was produced by Max Shrager (The Shacks, Say She She) and is musically rich,  infectious, and released on KCRW long-time friends Ubiquity Records. 
  
  
  

• Chris Hess – "Carry A Song With You" [Single] – Some of you may be familiar with LA-based Florida native Chris Hess as the frontman, singer, and lyricist for the LA indie band SWIMM. However, he's now releasing his debut solo material, and we can't get enough of his latest single, produced by Kosta G (RIO KOSTA) and debuting at #23. It's a track that gets even better with time, especially the arrangement at the end. No release date yet on further material, but we are very excited to hear more. 

• Love Spells – "Crutch" [Single] – We've been a big fan of Houston Texas-based shoe-gaze indie artist Love Spells since we first heard him on the collaboration on "Dope Sick" with Deb Never on the Pigeons & Planes compilation See You Next Year 2, and also premiered one of his singles last year on Morning Becomes Eclectic. We can't wait for his major label debut out later this year, and if the lead dreamy acoustic single, which debuts at#29, gives any indication, expect a big breakthrough year for this rising artist. 

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– Nassir (KCRW Music / Senior Producer)

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