Today's Top Tune

Storefront Church is the moniker for Lukas Frank's visceral, vibrant musical universe. The LA based artist claims his latest project puts "his worst impulses on display, alone in a spotlight, singing at gunpoint". His new full length, Blue Movie, is out September 18th, but for now we have "Tendency For Violence" and it's Today's Top Tune.

Our featured artist today is Rahill. Born in Michigan of Iranian heritage, and currently based in New York, she brings us a very cool cover of a 1973 Iranian psychedelic classic from Kourosh Yaghmaei. This modern take reflects a glimmer of hope in the lyrics. “My days are getting light from your eyes,” she sings, “as sorrow dies in the darkness”. Today's Top Tune is from Rahill on KCRW.

The team behind Germany's Milky Chance have sent us their latest signings, moonvine - a brother and sister duo, Dennis and Selina, born in South Africa and raised in Germany. The duo is currently Berlin based and killing it right out of the gate with their debut single, "cherry spice", and it's Today's Top Tune.

The young Brazilian singer / songwriter Nina Maia has already collaborated on the soundtracks for six Brazilian feature films, including a feature with KCRW favorite Liniker. But her debut solo album draws as much from Billie Eilish or Rosalía, as it does Milton Nascimento. Though rich in Brazilian heritage, Nina also channels the trip hop goodness of Portishead and Massive Attack. Today's Top Tune is AMARGO from Nina Maia on KCRW.

Summer is the time for road trips! Appropriately, Today's Top Tune comes from Lord Fascinator & Spiral Drive, whose joint project is a concept album designed around travel. In fact, the duo recorded the project in Mannheim, Germany, the actual birthplace of both the bicycle and the automobile. Their forthcoming album is called REISE (RISE-uh), which translates to journey in German, and they'll be dropping a track each month. The first of those tracks is Today's Top Tune and it's called "AUTO".