10-02-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of Sept 22-28  

Add Date: Oct. 1     

NOTE: KEXP's charts include albums that have not been released to the public yet, but have been made available to KEXP for airplay. 

Top 90:  

  1. Noname - Sundial (self-released)
  2. The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  3. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  4. Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  5. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  6. The Budos Band - Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)
  7. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  8. Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (Ourness/AWAL)
  9. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  10. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple (PIAS)
  11. Vagabon - Sorry I Haven’t Called (Nonesuch)
  12. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven (Republic)
  13. Romy - Mid Air (Young)
  14. Slowdive - everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  15. Sea Lemon - Stop at Nothing EP (Luminelle Recordings)
  16. Benét - Can I go again? (Bayonet)
  17. Big Thief - “Vampire Empire” b/w “Born For Loving You” (4AD)
  18. The National - Laugh Track (4AD)
  19. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  20. CHAI - CHAI (Sub Pop)
  21. Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
  22. Bombino - Sahel (Partisan) 
  23. Danger Mouse & Jemini - Born Again (Lex)
  24. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)
  25. The Breeders - Last Splash (30th Anniversary Reissue (4AD)
  26. yeule - softscars (Ninja Tune)
  27. Subsonic Eye - All Around You (Topshelf)
  28. Grrrl Gang- Spunky! (Kill Rock Stars)
  29. Death Cab For Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall (Atlantic)
  30. L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  31. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  32. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination (Hyperdub)
  33. 다브다 / Dabda - Yonder (Electric Muse)
  34. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  35. Lusine - Long Light (Ghostly International)
  36. Blonde Redhead - Sit Down For Dinner (section1)
  37. The Replacements - Tim: Let It Bleed Edition (Rhino)
  38. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (Play It Again Sam)
  39. DJ Koze - Wespennest/Candidasa EP (Pampa)
  40. Al Menne - Freak Accident (Double Double Whammy)
  41. Devendra Banhart - Flying Wig (Mexican Summer)
  42. Roosevelt - Embrace (Counter / Ninja Tune)
  43. Osees - Intercepted Message (In The Red)
  44. KAYTRAMINÉ - KAYTRAMINÉ (Venice Music) 
  45. La Sécurité - Stay Safe! (Mothland)
  46. Loraine James - Gentle Confrontation (Hyperdub)
  47. Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland)
  48. Killer Mike - Michael (Loma Vista)
  49. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar) 
  50. Tomo Nakayama - “Contigo” (Ricebelly Music)  
  51. DEBBY FRIDAY - “let u in” (Sub Pop)
  52. Bar Italia - The Twits (Matador)
  53. English Teacher - “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab” (Island)
  54. The Bug Club - “Marriage” (Bingo)
  55. Maribou State - “Blackoak” (Ninja Tune)
  56. Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief) 
  57. Animal Collective - Isn’t It Now? (Domino)
  58. Cherry Glazerr - I Don’t Want You Anymore (Secretly Canadian)
  59. Wilco - Cousin (dBpm)
  60. Brimheim - “Literally Everything” (TAMBOURHINOCEROS)
  61. Crumb & Melody’s Echo Chamber - “Le Temple Volant” (self-released)
  62. HotWax - Invite Me, Kindly EP (Marathon Artists)
  63. The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Disque Hives)
  64. Blur - The Ballad of Darren (Warner)
  65. Who Is She? - Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  66. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)
  67. Pale Jay - Bewilderment (Karma Chief)
  68. Be Your Own Pet - Mommy (Third Man)
  69. Becca Mancari - Left Hand (Captured Tracks)
  70. Mick Jenkins - The Patience (RBC/BMG)
  71. MMYYKK - The Midst of Things (Sway Heavy)
  72. TV Star - Tv3 EP (self-released)
  73. Beach Vacation - Coping Habits (START-TRACK)
  74. Elisapie - Inuktitut (Bonsound)
  75. Ralphie Choo - SUPERNOVA (Rusia IDK/Warner)
  76. Cleo Sol - Heaven (Forever Living Originals)
  77. Dengue Fever - Ting Mong (TUK TUK)
  78. DAIISTAR - Good Time (Fuzz Club)
  79. Diego Raposo - YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ (Gran Vaina)
  80. Film School - Field (Felte)
  81. Bebel Gilberto - João (PIAS) 
  82. Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD - New Heart Designs (Roadrunner)
  83. Kamaal Williams - Stings (Black Focus)
  84. Serebii - Inside (Innovative Leisure)
  85. Alabaster DePlume - WCome With Fierce Grace (International Anthem)
  86. Black Market Brass - Hox (Colemine)
  87. Kaidi Tatham - The Only Way (First Word)
  88. SPELLLING - SPELLLING & the Mystery School (Sacred Bones)
  89. Being Dead - When Horses Would Run (Bayonet)
  90. ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross (Secretly Canadian)

Americana: 

  1. Wilco - Cousin (dBpm)
  2. Various Artists - Tell Everybody!: 21st Century Juke Joint Blues (Easy Eye Sound)
  3. Margo Cilker – Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy) 
  4. Allison Russell - The Returner (Fantasy)
  5. Buck Meek - Haunted Mountain (4AD)
  6. Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One (Nonesuch) 
  7. Nat Myers - Yellow Peril (Easy Eye Sound)
  8. Buffalo Nichols - The Fatalist (Fat Possum)
  9. MJ Lenderman - Knockin (Anti-)  
  10. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes (Southeastern)

Global: 

  1. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  2. Bombino - Sahel (Partisan) 
  3. Elisapie - Inuktitut (Bonsound)
  4. Ralphie Choo - SUPERNOVA (Rusia IDK/Warner)
  5. Dengue Fever - Ting Mong (TUK TUK)
  6. Diego Raposo - YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ (Gran Vaina)
  7. Bebel Gilberto - João (PIAS) 
  8. Pachyman - Switched On (ATO)
  9. Adekunle Gold - Tequila Ever After (Def Jam)
  10. WITCH - Zango (Desert Daze Sound)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Noname - Sundial (self-released)
  2. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  3. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  4. Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
  5. Danger Mouse & Jemini - Born Again (Lex)
  6. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  7. KAYTRAMINÉ - KAYTRAMINÉ (Venice Music) 
  8. Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland)
  9. Killer Mike - Michael (Loma Vista)
  10. Mick Jenkins - The Patience (RBC/BMG)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  2. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  3. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven (Republic)
  4. Romy - Mid Air (Young)
  5. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)
  6. yeule - softscars (Ninja Tune)
  7. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  8. Lusine - Long Light (Ghostly International)
  9. DJ Koze - Wespennest/Candidasa EP (Pampa)
  10. Loraine James - Gentle Confrontation (Hyperdub)

R&B/Blues: 

  1. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  2. Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  3. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  4. The Budos Band - Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)
  5. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  6. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  7. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)
  8. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  9. Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief) 
  10. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)

Jazz: 

  1. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)
  2. Butcher Brown - Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  3. Kamaal Williams - Stings (Black Focus)
  4. Alabaster DePlume - WCome With Fierce Grace (International Anthem)
  5. Kaidi Tatham - The Only Way (First Word)
  6. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music (Brownswood) 
  7. Kassa Overall - ANIMALS (Warp)
  8. Black Milk - Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)
  9. NCY Milky Band - Our Gurus 2 (BMM)
  10. Nubya Garcia - Lean In (Concord Jazz)

Northwest: 

  1. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  2. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  3. Sea Lemon - Stop at Nothing EP (Luminelle Recordings)
  4. Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
  5. Death Cab For Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall (Atlantic)
  6. Lusine - Long Light (Ghostly International)
  7. Al Menne - Freak Accident (Double Double Whammy)
  8. Tomo Nakayama - “Contigo” (Ricebelly Music)  
  9. Who Is She? - Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  10. TV Star - TV3 EP (self-released)

Adds: 

Blonde Redhead - Sit Down for Dinner (section1)
Jorja Smith - falling or flying (FAMM)
Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief / Colemine)
Animal Collective - Isn’t It Now? (Domino)
Cherry Glazerr - I Don’t Want You Anymore (Secretly Canadian)
Cleo Sol - Gold (Forever Living Originals)
Molly Burch - Daydreamer (Captured Tracks)
Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
Slow Pulp - Yard (ANTI-)
Dessa - Bury the Lede (Doomtree)
FLTY BRGR GRL - Happily Ever Never (self-released)
JOHN - A Life Diagrammatic (Brace Yourself)
Kevin Drew - Aging (Arts & Crafts)
Pachyman - Switched-On (ATO)
The Sextones - Love Can’t Be Borrowed (Record Kicks)
Wilco - Cousin (dBpm)
Eli Escobar - The Beach Album (Off Track Recordings)
Kamaal Williams - Stings (Black Focus)
Millionyoung - Ocean View (Pet Tapes)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Again (Warp)
Rob Moose - Inflorescence (Sony Masterworks)
Sam Gellaitry - UNDER THE ILLUSION (Major Recordings)
Sam O.B. - TOO MANY HUMANS NOT ENOUGH SOULS (Astro Nautico)
Samantha Urbani - Showing Up (Lucky Number)
thanks for coming - What Is My Capacity To Love? EP (Danger Collective)
untitled (halo) - towncryer (halocorp)