01-12-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of Jan. 2 - Jan. 8

Add Date: Jan. 12

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. Melody’s Echo Chamber - Unclouded (Domino)
  2. De La Soul - Cabin In The Sky (Mass Appeal)
  3. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  4. Captain Planet - DIG (Bastard Jazz Recordings)
  5. Snocaps - Snocaps (ANTI-)
  6. The Belair Lip Bombs - Again (Third Man Records)
  7. Obongjayar - Paradise Now & Forever (September Recordings)
  8. Altin Gün - Garip (Glitterbeat)
  9. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  10. ROSALÍA - LUX (Columbia)
  11. Rocket - R is for Rocket (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  12. Hercules & Love Affair - Someone Else EP (Stratasonic)
  13. Georgia Knight - Beanpole (Poison City)
  14. Jesse Welles - No Kings (self-released)
  15. Austra - Chin Up Buttercup (Domino)
  16. Amber Mark - Pretty Idea (PMR Records/Interscope)
  17. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  18. Geese - Getting Killed (Partisan)
  19. TWEN - Fate Euphoric (Twenterprises)
  20. Dark Chisme - “Desire My Soul” (self-released)
  21. Doechii & SZA - “girl, get up.” (Capitol/TDE)
  22. Gorillaz - The Mountain (KONG)
  23. Sampa the Great - “Can’t Hold Us” (feat. Mwanjé) (Loma Vista)
  24. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (self-released)
  25. Dry Cleaning - Secret Love (4AD)
  26. GUV - Warmer Than Gold (Run For Cover)
  27. Just Mustard - WE WERE JUST HERE (Partisan)
  28. Jay Som - Belong (Polyvinyl)
  29. NoSo - When Are You Leaving? (Partisan)
  30. Dove Ellis - Blizzard (Black Butter/AMF)
  31. Nightmares on Wax - Echo45 Sound System (Warp)
  32. keiyaA - hooke’s law (XL Recordings)
  33. Lack of Afro - Love Dealer (The Bastion Music Group)
  34. Chinese American Bear - “Forever Lover  (永远的爱人)” (Moshi Moshi)
  35. Chinese American Bear - “No No Yeah Yeah (不不好啊好啊)” (Moshi Moshi)
  36. Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky (Deluxe Edition) (Polyvinyl)
  37. Romy - “Love Who You Love” (Young)
  38. Adi Oasis - Silver Lining EP (Unity)
  39. Flea - “A Plea” (Nonesuch)
  40. Grace Ives - Singles EP (True Panther/Capitol)
  41. Jean Dawson - Rock A Bye Baby, Glimmer of God (Handwritten Records)
  42. Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You ii (Dead Oceans)
  43. River Tiber - Spirals EP (self-released)
  44. Witch Post - “Twin Fawn” (Partisan)
  45. Yumi Zouma - No Love Lost to Kindness (Nettwerk)
  46. Mt Fog - “Look Inside” (Save the Forest for the Trees)
  47. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine)
  48. Emi Pop - No Te Voy a Extrañar (Fink City)
  49. Anna von Hausswolff - ICONOCLASTS (YEAR0001)
  50. Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)
  51. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (Southern Lord)
  52. Boy Deluxe - HYSTERIA EP (Industry Houseplant)
  53. Girls of the Internet & The Gospel of Thomas - Secular Music Vol 1 (House of the Internet)
  54. Kelly Lee Owens - KELLY EP (dh2)
  55. London Elektricity - Lunatics & Legends (Fast Soul Music)
  56. Juana Molina - DOGA (Sonamos)
  57. True Blue - Star Witness (True Nature)
  58. Antibalas - Hourglass (Daptone)
  59. СОЮЗ - Krok (Mr Bongo)
  60. Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair (New West)
  61. Stereolab - “Fed Up With Your Job” / “Constant And Uniform Movement Unknown” (Warp)
  62. Ya Tseen - Stand On My Shoulders (Sub Pop)
  63. Ankhoï & Luch - “THE FUTURE” (Ninja Tune)
  64. Avalon Emerson & the Charm - “Eden” (Dead Oceans)
  65. Brother Wallace - “Who’s That” (ATO)
  66. Dina Ögon - Människobarn (Playground Music)
  67. Eaves Wilder - “Everybody Talks” (Secretly Canadian)
  68. Greentea Peng - “Prisoners Round” (AWAL Recordings Ltd)
  69. Radio Free Alice - “Rule 31” (Double Drummer)
  70. Remember Sports - The Refrigerator (Get Better)
  71. Spiritual Cramp - RUDE (Blue Grape Music)
  72. The Afghan Whigs -”Fake Like” / “Downtown”(Royal Cream/BMG)
  73. W.I.T.C.H. - “Once In A Lifetime” (BBE)
  74. Sassy 009 - Dreamer+ (HEAVEN-SENT/[PIAS] Électronique)
  75. Shaking Hand - Shaking Hand (Melodi)
  76. Silversun Pickups - Tenterhooks (New West)
  77. Caitlin and Brent - Caitlin and Brent (RodeoCorp, Ltd.)
  78. Ben Marc - Who Cares Wins (Innovative Leisure)
  79. GROS COEUR - Vague Scélérate (Jaune Orange/Le Cèpe/Spinda Records/Stolen Body)
  80. Temporary Blessings - Sumbisori (College Of Knowledge Records)
  81. Tems - Love Is A Kingdom (RCA/Since ‘93)
  82. Still Blank - Still Blank (National Anthem/Capitol)
  83. Elujay - A Constant Charade (drink sum wtr)
  84. Hatchie - Liquorice (Secretly Canadian)
  85. Sorry - COSPLAY (Domino)
  86. Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover - What of Our Nature (Fat Possum)
  87. Kennebec - The Water Wheel (Rainwatch)
  88. Juliana Hatfield - Lightning Might Strike (American Laundromat)
  89. Twin Shadow - Cadet (Cheree Cheree)
  90. Odonis Odonis - Odonis Odonis (Royal Mountain)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Snocaps - Snocaps (ANTI-)
  2. Jesse Welles - No Kings (self-released)
  3. Dove Ellis - Blizzard (Black Butter/AMF)
  4. Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)
  5. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (Southern Lord)
  6. Remember Sports - The Refrigerator (Get Better)
  7. Caitlin and Brent - Caitlin and Brent (RodeoCorp, Ltd.)
  8. Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover - What of Our Nature (Fat Possum)
  9. Jonathan Jeremiah - We Come Alive ([PIAS] Recordings)
  10. Sessa - Pequena Vertigem de Amor (Mexican Summer)

Global: 

  1. Captain Planet - DIG (Bastard Jazz Recordings)
  2. Altin Gün - Garip (Glitterbeat)
  3. ROSALÍA - LUX (Columbia)
  4. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (self-released)
  5. Juana Molina - DOGA (Sonamos)
  6. Antibalas - Hourglass (Daptone)
  7. СОЮЗ - Krok (Mr Bongo)
  8. Dina Ögon - Människobarn (Playground Music)
  9. W.I.T.C.H. - “Once In A Lifetime” (BBE)
  10. Tems - Love Is A Kingdom (RCA/Since ‘93)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. De La Soul - Cabin In The Sky (Mass Appeal)
  2. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  3. Doechii & SZA - “girl, get up.” (Capitol/TDE)
  4. Sampa the Great - “Can’t Hold Us” (feat. Mwanjé) (Loma Vista)
  5. Nightmares on Wax - Echo45 Sound System (Warp)
  6. keiyaA - hooke’s law (XL Recordings)
  7. Greentea Peng - “Prisoners Round” (AWAL Recordings Ltd)
  8. Ben Marc - Who Cares Wins (Innovative Leisure)
  9. Elujay - A Constant Charade (drink sum wtr)
  10. Kennebec - The Water Wheel (Rainwatch)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  2. Captain Planet - DIG (Bastard Jazz Recordings)
  3. Hercules & Love Affair - Someone Else EP (Stratasonic)
  4. Austra - Chin Up Buttercup (Domino)
  5. Dark Chisme - “Desire My Soul” (self-released)
  6. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (self-released)
  7. Nightmares on Wax - Echo45 Sound System (Warp)
  8. Lack of Afro - Love Dealer (The Bastion Music Group)
  9. Romy - “Love Who You Love” (Young)
  10. Grace Ives - Singles EP (True Panther/Capitol)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  2. Amber Mark - Pretty Idea (PMR Records/Interscope)
  3. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  4. Doechii & SZA - “girl, get up.” (Capitol/TDE)
  5. Nightmares on Wax - Echo45 Sound System (Warp)
  6. keiyaA - hooke’s law (XL Recordings)
  7. Lack of Afro - Love Dealer (The Bastion Music Group)
  8. Adi Oasis - Silver Lining EP (Unity)
  9. Jean Dawson - Rock A Bye Baby, Glimmer of God (Handwritten Records)
  10. Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You ii (Dead Oceans)

Jazz: 

  1. keiyaA - hooke’s law (XL Recordings)
  2. Flea - “A Plea” (Nonesuch)
  3. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine)
  4. Antibalas - Hourglass (Daptone)
  5. СОЮЗ - Krok (Mr Bongo)
  6. Ben Marc - Who Cares Wins (Innovative Leisure)
  7. Temporary Blessings - Sumbisori (College Of Knowledge Records)
  8. Kennebec - The Water Wheel (Rainwatch)
  9. Robert Glasper - Keys to the City Volume One (Loma Vista Recordings)
  10. SML - How You Been (International Anthem)

Northwest: 

  1. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  2. Dark Chisme - “Desire My Soul” (self-released)
  3. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (self-released)
  4. Chinese American Bear - “Forever Lover  (永远的爱人)” (Moshi Moshi)
  5. Chinese American Bear - “No No Yeah Yeah (不不好啊好啊)” (Moshi Moshi)
  6. Mt Fog - “Look Inside” (Save the Forest for the Trees)
  7. Emi Pop - No Te Voy a Extrañar (Fink City)
  8. Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)
  9. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (Southern Lord)
  10. Boy Deluxe - HYSTERIA EP (Industry Houseplant)

Adds: 

Dry Cleaning - Secret Love (4AD)
Fred again.. - USB (Atlantic)
JJerome87 - The Canyon (self-released)
Nas & DJ Premier - Light-Years (Mass Appeal)
NATE08 - TWENTY SEVEN (Needwant)
SAULT - Chapter 1 (Forever Living Originals)
TWEN - Fate Euphoric (Twenterprises)
CRYYS - Cry Yourself to Sleep (demos) (self-released)
DRAMA - Platonic Romance (AWAL)
Euphoria Again & Dogwood Tales - Destination Heaven (Born Losers)
Jimena Ángel - Aguacero (Partyfine)
Johnny Burgos - A Long Short Story (LRK)
Júlia Colom - Paradís (La Castanya)
PLOSIVS - Yell at Cloud (Swami)
Seb Wildblood - Waterworld (all my thoughts)
TEED - Always With Me (Nice Age)