Today's Top Tune

Allie Teilz' origin story starts in Phoenix, Arizona, where she worked at a record store at 13, and booked local shows with her favorite artists by the age of 15. A celebrated career as a DJ followed, and now, with her own music, she continues to explore her fondness for disco and glam rock. Her whole history is evident on her new single "17" and it's Today's Top Tune. Teilz on KCRW.

Poolside is Jeffrey Paradise, who over the past 15 years - four albums and dozens of collaborations later - has defined a sound that has launched a genre: Daytime Disco. Poolside's latest is a big swing called "Bedroom Eyes," and it features the voice of UK singer-songwriter, and platinum-selling artist Stevie Appleton. This shimmering Summer single explores the depth of a single look that could be love at first sight, and it's Today's Top Tune.

KCRW has a long tradition of championing the best music from around the world, especially new hybrids, exhilarating blends of old + new, genre-hopping, culture bending experiments that reveal musical epiphanies. Today's Top Tune is a stellar example. South African singer-songwriter Bongeziwe Mabandla joins Cameroonian artist Blick Bassy on the song Ndinje, a song that states proudly, "This is Who I Am".

London based trio mary in the junkyard first came to our attention as part of last year's Richard Russell project Everything is Recorded. The band's inventive writing centers on the distinctive voice of Clari Freeman-Taylor, all beautifully framed on their track "New Muscles", a song you might never guess was originally composed on accordion. It's Today's Top Tune. "New Muscles" from mary in the junkyard on KCRW.

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.