Charts

KEXP Charts for the Week of May 15 - May 21

Add Date: May 25

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. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  2. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  3. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans) 
  4. Hannah Lew - Hannah Lew (Night School)
  5. Little Simz - Sugar Girl EP (AWAL)
  6. Kelley Stoltz - If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now! (Dandy Boy)
  7. Lime Garden - Maybe Not Tonight (So Young) 
  8. Makthaverskan - Glass and Bones (Welfare Sounds & Records) 
  9. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  10. GENER8ION & Yung Lean - STORM (Iconoclast)
  11. Ibibio Sound Machine - “Return To Sender” (Merge)
  12. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records)
  13. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  14. Sera Cahoone - “Say Something” (Sub Pop)
  15. Dua Saleh - Of Earth & Wires (Ghostly International)
  16. Jessie Ware - Superbloom (Interscope/EMI) 
  17. Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit (Mom+Pop/Fiction)
  18. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  19. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  20. Dead Pioneers - Wagon Burner (Hassle Records)
  21. RIP Magic - “Screwdark” (section1)
  22. TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
  23. Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Black Butterfly (Dorado Records)
  24. Isaiah Rashad - IT’S BEEN AWFUL (Top Dawg Entertainment/Warner)
  25. War Pigs - Breakfast Music (self-released)
  26. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  27. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  28. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS)
  29. Lauren Auder - Whole World As Vigil (untitled) 
  30. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  31. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  32. JuJu Rogers - Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (Counterkultur)
  33. Blu & Exile - Time Heals Everything (Dirty Science)
  34. Oddisee & Heno. - From Takoma With Love (Outer Note Label)
  35. Ladytron - Paradises (Nettwerk) 
  36. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (10k/Tan Cressida)
  37. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  38. Blondshell - “Heart Has To Work So Hard” (Partisan)
  39. Kurt Vile - Philadelphia's been good to me (Verve Records)
  40. Caroline Rose - “Yip Yip Yow” (SUCK Records)
  41. Downtown Boys - Public Luxury (Sub Pop)
  42. Mike D - “Switch Up” (Capitol)
  43. MUNA - Dancing On The Wall (Saddest Factory)
  44. Gladie - No Need to be Lonely (Get Better) 
  45. Khun Narin - III (Innovative Leisure)
  46. Aldous Harding - Train On The Island (4AD)
  47. Pigeon - OUTTANATIONAL (Memphis Industries) 
  48. Miss Grit - Under My Umbrella (Mute) 
  49. GiGi Girls - Greatest Hits (Papercup Records)
  50. Esa Williams - Dala What We Must (BBE)
  51. JWords - Sound Therapy (Sine Wave Records) 
  52. KNEECAP - FENIAN (Heavenly Recordings/[PIAS]) 
  53. Adrian Younge - Younge (Linear Labs)
  54. Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize - Nine Inch Noize (The Null Corporation/Interscope) 
  55. Champagne Bubblebath - Mixtape: Volume One (self-released) 
  56. Mitski - Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans) 
  57. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  58. Gelli Haha  - “Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep” (Innovative Leisure)
  59. Jorja Smith - “What's Done Is Done” (FAMM)
  60. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  61. Future Islands - From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth (4AD)
  62. Kerala Dust - “FEVER” (Play It Again Sam)
  63. La Sécurité - Bingo! (Bella Union)
  64. Modest Mouse - An Eraser and A Maze (Glacial Pace Recordings/Virgin Music Group)
  65. Pond - Terrestrials (Mangovision)
  66. Reyna Tropical & Xiuhtezcatl - “CAMINO” (Psychic Hotline)
  67. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway Records)
  68. Massive Attack & Tom Waits - “Boots On The Ground” (Play it Again Sam)
  69. MONO - Snowdrop (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
  70. Muscle Memory - Conditions Of Love EP (Infinite Beat)
  71. Snail Mail - Ricochet (Matador) 
  72. La Doña - Corrientes (Text Me Records)
  73. Midpak - Torpedo EP (Middy P Ink) 
  74. Zookraught - Pressure (Den Tapes) 
  75. Black Milk - CEREMONIAL (Computer Ugly)
  76. Ecca Vandal - LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW (Loma Vista) 
  77. Brother Wallace - Electric Love (ATO) 
  78. Lykke Li - The Afterparty (Neon Gold/Futures)
  79. Nu Genea - People of the Moon (NG)
  80. Another Taste - Another Taste II (Space Grapes)
  81. Metric - Romanticize The Dive (Metric Music International/Thirty Tigers) 
  82. La Jungle - An Order Of Things (Hyperjungle Recordings) 
  83. Body Shop - Sex Body EP (Future Shock)
  84. New Constellations - It Comes In Waves (Nettwerk)
  85. Madeline Goldstein - Speaking to the Body (Artoffact)
  86. Olof Dreijer - Loud Bloom (dh2)
  87. Poolgirl - Still Not Getting What I Want EP (Petit Village)
  88. Touch Girl Apple Blossom - Graceful (K/perennialdeath)
  89. American Football - American Football (LP4) (Polyvinyl)
  90. Jump Source - Fold (NAFF)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
  2. Sera Cahoone - “Say Something” (Sub Pop)
  3. Aldous Harding - Train On The Island (4AD)
  4. La Doña - Corrientes (Text Me Records)
  5. Frog - Frog For Sale (Audio Antihero/tapewormies) 
  6. Thomas Dollbaum - Birds of Paradise (Dear Life) 
  7. Alela Diane - Who’s Keeping Time? (Fluff & Gravy/Loose Music) 
  8. Serafima and the Shakedowns - Ride Easy (BWGiBWGAN) 
  9. José González - Against The Dying Of The Light (Mute/City Slang) 
  10. John Andrews & The Yawns - STREETSWEEPER (Earth Libraries) 

Global: 

  1. Ibibio Sound Machine - “Return To Sender” (Merge)
  2. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  3. Khun Narin - III (Innovative Leisure)
  4. Pigeon - OUTTANATIONAL (Memphis Industries) 
  5. GiGi Girls - Greatest Hits (Papercup Records)
  6. Esa Williams - Dala What We Must (BBE)
  7. Reyna Tropical & Xiuhtezcatl - “CAMINO” (Psychic Hotline)
  8. La Doña - Corrientes (Text Me Records)
  9. Nu Genea - People of the Moon (NG)
  10. Olof Dreijer - Loud Bloom (dh2)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  2. Little Simz - Sugar Girl EP (AWAL)
  3. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  4. Isaiah Rashad - IT’S BEEN AWFUL (Top Dawg Entertainment/Warner)
  5. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  6. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  7. JuJu Rogers - Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (Counterkultur)
  8. Blu & Exile - Time Heals Everything (Dirty Science)
  9. Oddisee & Heno. - From Takoma With Love (Outer Note Label)
  10. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (10k/Tan Cressida)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. GENER8ION & Yung Lean - STORM (Iconoclast)
  2. Ibibio Sound Machine - “Return To Sender” (Merge)
  3. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  4. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  5. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS) 
  6. Lauren Auder - Whole World As Vigil (untitled) 
  7. Ladytron - Paradises (Nettwerk) 
  8. MUNA - Dancing On The Wall (Saddest Factory)
  9. Miss Grit - Under My Umbrella (Mute) 
  10. Esa Williams - Dala What We Must (BBE)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  2. Little Simz - Sugar Girl EP (AWAL)
  3. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  4. Ibibio Sound Machine - “Return To Sender” (Merge)
  5. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  6. Dua Saleh - Of Earth & Wires (Ghostly International)
  7. Jessie Ware - Superbloom (Interscope/EMI) 
  8. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  9. Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Black Butterfly (Dorado Records)
  10. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)

Jazz: 

  1. Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Black Butterfly (Dorado Records)
  2. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  3. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  4. Pigeon - OUTTANATIONAL (Memphis Industries) 
  5. Adrian Younge - Younge (Linear Labs)
  6. Black Milk - CEREMONIAL (Computer Ugly)
  7. Nu Genea - People of the Moon (NG)
  8. Atabasca - Atabasca (Killer Groove Records) 
  9. duendita - existential thottie (10k) 
  10. Yaya Bey - Fidelity (drink sum wtr) 

Northwest: 

  1. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  2. Sera Cahoone - “Say Something” (Sub Pop)
  3. TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
  4. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  5. Champagne Bubblebath - Mixtape: Volume One (self-released) 
  6. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  7. Modest Mouse - An Eraser and A Maze (Glacial Pace Recordings/Virgin Music Group)
  8. Midpak - Torpedo EP (Middy P Ink) 
  9. Zookraught - Pressure (Den Tapes) 
  10. New Constellations - It Comes In Waves (Nettwerk)

Bay Area: 

  1. Hannah Lew - Hannah Lew (Night School)
  2. Kelley Stoltz - If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now! (Dandy Boy)
  3. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway Records)
  4. La Doña - Corrientes (Text Me Records)
  5. The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Acknowledge Kindness (Fire)
  6. Ismay - Half Truth (Fossil Records)
  7. Kathryn Mohr - Carve (The Flesner) 
  8. Madame Gandhi - Love Letters from Brooklyn (Gender Amplified) 
  9. Kronos Quartet - Glorious Mahalia (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
  10. Yea-Ming And The Rumours - Residue (Dandy Boy)

Adds: 

aja monet - the color of rain (drink sum wtr)
Beck Zegans - Engraving Of Armor (Exploding In Sound) 
Black Milk - CEREMONIAL (Computer Ugly)
Ecca Vandal - LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW (Loma Vista) 
Heavy Bloom - Back To Us (self-released) 
Hyd - Hold Onto Me Infinity (Cascine)
JuJu Rogers - Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (Counterkultur)
Thee Marloes - Di Hotel Malibu (Big Crown)
Thomas Dollbaum - Birds of Paradise (Dear Life) 
Waves Crashing - In The Blur (Audiomanic)
A Good Year - Play (Escho)
Balming Tiger - Gongbu (AWAL) 
Brown Horse - Total Dive (Loose Music)
Divers - Odd Dog in the Capital (Community Music)
Greg Surmacz - Voices Through the Wall (XVI)
HOTT MT - Haunted House (Mutation)
Los Mirlos - The World Meets Los Mirlos (Revancha/BMG)
Odd Beholder - Honest Work (Sinnbus)
Orbit 17 - Betrayer (self-released)
Vera Ellen - HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT TIME (Flying Nun)
VINSON - Raw Honey (Sweet Radical Productions)