Charts

KEXP Charts for the Week of Aug 14 - Aug 20

Add Date: Aug 24

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. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  2. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  3. The Womack Sisters - The Womack Sisters (Daptone)
  4. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  5. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island)
  6. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  7. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  8. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - “Witch Doctor” (Young)
  9. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  10. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic)
  11. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  12. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction)
  13. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  14. Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner)
  15. Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM (Interscope)
  16. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  17. Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Atlantic)
  18. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
  19. Death Valley Girls - Welcome to Earth (Suicide Squeeze)
  20. Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber (XL Recordings)
  21. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  22. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  23. Getdown Services - Massive Champion (Breakfast)
  24. Hovvdy - Big World (Arts & Crafts)
  25. Ravyn Lenae - Blue Island (Atlantic)
  26. Barry Can’t Swim - “Dance Dance Dance!” (Atlantic Records UK)
  27. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  28. Ela Minus & Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? EP (Smugglers Way)
  29. Sweeping Promises - You Say I Romanticize (Sub Pop)
  30. Kelsey Lu - So Help Me God (Dirty Hit)
  31. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  32. Noname - “Squatter (feat. DRAM)” (Noname Inc.)
  33. Grace Cummings - Bloodhorse! (ATO)
  34. Kiwi Jr. - Blowin’ Up (perennial/K)
  35. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  36. Fred again.. & LATIN MAFIA - 9 months and 50 hours (Atlantic)
  37. Cel Ray - Cel Rayzer (Exploding In Sound)
  38. WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero)
  39. The Black Tones - “Bombs” (Reptar)
  40. Jam City - My World (Mad Decent/Earthly)
  41. TOKiMONSTA - “Memory on the Run” (Young Art)
  42. Q - DO YOU SEE ME? (Columbia)
  43. XELTA - B.D.S.M. (Körperspannung)
  44. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline)
  45. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway)
  46. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  47. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  48. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  49. Blondshell - Violins (Partisan)
  50. Gurriers - Nobody's Coming To Save You (Play It Again Sam)
  51. hazy waters - “blue” (self-released)
  52. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  53. LEENALCHI (이날치) - SUGUNGGA (Luaka Bop)
  54. New Age Healers - Blowing Smoke Through The Choir (self-released)
  55. Overmono - Pure Devotion (XL Recordings)
  56. Mallory Hawk - Chinook (self-released)
  57. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  58. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  59. Annabelle Chairlegs - Waking Up Deluxe (TODO)
  60. D’Swing - Early Tapes EP (Razor-N-Swing)
  61. Dawn Richard - creole culture (Merge)
  62. Diego Raposo - hola como estas? hola, bien y tú? bien, y qué haces? nada y tú? nada (Point)
  63. Dummy - do you love the color of the sky? (Polyvinyl)
  64. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  65. Freak Slug - Amulet (Future Classic)
  66. Girl Ultra - RRRomeo (Big Dada)
  67. The Watergirls - The Whole of the Moon EP (DFA)
  68. Sango - RHYTHM & MELODY (Mass Appeal)
  69. Open Mike Eagle x Kenney Segall - Doomed! (Backwoodz Studioz)
  70. Slow Fiction - dollhouse (Tight Knit)
  71. Megasound - Megasound (Don Giovanni)
  72. Rell Be Free - Everything Is Everything (People Need Water)
  73. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA: Remixed (self-released)
  74. Yard Act - You’re Gonna Need A Little Music (Republic)
  75. La Sécurité - Bingo!! (Bella Union)
  76. Black Ends - “All I’m Bone” (Youth Riot)
  77. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  78. Slow Pulp - Melodie (ANTI-)
  79. Thandii x Regalado - Coco Okayo (Sama Sama)
  80. UCHE YARA - BODYSCANNER (goldendays FM)
  81. Wishy - Nature’s Pill (Winspear)
  82. Dana and Alden - Papa’s Boat (Concord Jazz)
  83. Sailor Honeymoon - The Worst of Sailor Honeymoon (Good Good)
  84. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  85. Louie El Ser - Cerebral (Text Me)
  86. Westside Cowboy - It Goes On (Island)
  87. World News - “The Way It Goes” (Pie & Mash)
  88. Darlynn - Dyke Den (Dark Entries)
  89. Deep Sea Diver - “Teardrop” (Sub Pop)
  90. The Moondoggies - Moondoggies (self-released)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  2. Hovvdy - Big World (Arts & Crafts)
  3. Grace Cummings - Bloodhorse! (ATO) 
  4. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  5. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  6. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  7. The Moondoggies - Moondoggies (self-released)
  8. Valerie June - Brighter Blue EP (Concord)
  9. Samantha Crain - “Tvshki cha foha” (feat. Ken Pomeroy) (self-released)
  10. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)

Global: 

  1. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  2. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic Records)
  3. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  4. Ela Minus & Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? EP (Smugglers Way)
  5. Fred again.. & LATIN MAFIA - 9 months and 50 hours (Atlantic)
  6. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline)
  7. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  8. LEENALCHI (이날치) - SUGUNGGA (Luaka Bop)
  9. Diego Raposo - hola como estas? hola, bien y tú? bien, y qué haces? nada y tú? nada (Point)
  10. Girl Ultra - RRRomeo (Big Dada)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  2. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - “Witch Doctor” (Young)
  3. Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM (Interscope)
  4. Noname - “Squatter (feat. DRAM)” (Noname Inc.)
  5. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  6. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  7. Sango - RHYTHM & MELODY (Mass Appeal)
  8. Open Mike Eagle x Kenney Segall - Doomed! (Backwoodz Studioz)
  9. Rell Be Free - Everything Is Everything (People Need Water) 
  10. John Glacier - “Bond Girl” (Young)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  2. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  3. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  4. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  5. Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Atlantic)
  6. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  7. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  8. Barry Can’t Swim - “Dance Dance Dance!” (Atlantic Records UK)
  9. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  10. Ela Minus & Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? EP (Smugglers Way)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  2. The Womack Sisters - The Womack Sisters (Daptone)
  3. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  4. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  5. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  6. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - “Witch Doctor” (Young)
  7. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  8. Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner)
  9. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  10. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)

Jazz: 

  1. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  2. WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero) 
  3. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  4. LEENALCHI (이날치) - SUGUNGGA (Luaka Bop)
  5. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  6. Dana and Alden - Papa’s Boat (Concord Jazz)
  7. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  8. Saul Williams - Leap Life (Big Dada)
  9. Kokoroko - Tempos Difíceis Sempre Passam (Brownswood Recordings)
  10. Meshell Ndgeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)

Northwest: 

  1. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  2. The Black Tones - “Bombs” (Reptar)
  3. XELTA - B.D.S.M. (Körperspannung)
  4. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  5. New Age Healers - Blowing Smoke Through The Choir (self-released)
  6. Sango - RHYTHM & MELODY (Mass Appeal)
  7. Rell Be Free - Everything Is Everything (People Need Water) 
  8. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA: Remixed (self-released)
  9. Black Ends - “All I’m Bone” (Youth Riot)
  10. Dana and Alden - Papa’s Boat (Concord Jazz)

Bay Area: 

  1. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  2. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  3. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway Records)
  4. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  5. Louie El Ser - Cerebral (Text Me)
  6. Darlynn - Dyke Den (Dark Entries)
  7. Soft Science - Sand (Shelflife)
  8. Tricky FM - Twin Star Fantasy (Cherub Dream Records)
  9. Edgar - Pavor (Dark Entries)
  10. THAO - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)

Adds: 

Black Marble - Life in Small Spaces (Sacred Bones)
Jorja Smith - What are the Odds (FAMM)
Westside Cowboy - It Goes On (Island)
Wild Pink - Still Coming Down (Fire Talk)
Antony Sziermek - Decoding Birdsong (Mushroom Music)
Cleo Sol - Gentlewoman (Forever Living Originals)
Cornelius - REFRACTIONS (Eat Your Own Ears Recordings)
Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - ii (Loma Vista Recordings)
Dillom - LA NUEVA VIOLENCIA (Bohemian Groove)
GB - Herzsprung (AD 93)
hey, nothing - Hound (Interscope/Music Soup Entertainment)
New Age Healers - Blowing Smoke Through The Choir (self-released)
The Afghan Whigs - Soft Control (BMG)
222 - Memory Tap (Den Tapes)
Darlynn - Dyke Den (Dark Entries)
Guiding Light - Fear On My Own Time (Post Present Medium)
Julia Holter - Materia (Domino)
Lambchop - Punching the Clown (Merge)
Lusine - Melting Days (Ghostly International)
Sango - RHYTHM & MELODY (Mass Appeal)
Sara Hebe - NEGOCIONISMO (self-released)