Today's Top Tune

The LA band EELS has a long history with KCRW. Their first airplay, their first ever live radio performance, all happened at KCRW back in 1995 when the band was still unsigned. So naturally, we get excited whenever a new EELS album is announced - and they've just announced their 16th, called COOKIE HAPPENED, due in October. Speaking about the album title, E says: "Well, all of this will be forgotten. Every joy, accomplishment and hardship will one day become so irrelevant it will be as if none of it occurred. But as the great philosopher of our times, Cookie Monster once said: 'Me no cry because cookie is finished. Me smile because cookie happened.' The first single from EELS' new album is Cap in Hand, and it's Today's Top Tune.

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)