01-22-2024

KEXP Charts for the Week of Jan 12 - Jan 18   

Add Date: Jan. 22    

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. Melenas - Ahora (Trouble In Mind)
  2. Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief/Colemine)
  3. Ride - Interplay (Wichita)
  4. Middle Kids - Faith Crisis Pt 1 (AWAL)
  5. SPRINTS - Letter to Self (City Slang)
  6. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  7. Brittany Howard - What Now (Island)
  8. IDLES - TANGK (Partisan)
  9. Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites (Third Man)
  10. Day Soul Exquisite - Sanguine & Cardamom (La fem/Den Tapes)
  11. David Holmes feat. Raven Violet - Blind On A Galloping Horse (Heavenly) 
  12. Nailah Hunter - Lovegaze (Fat Possum)
  13. The Black Keys - Ohio Players (Nonesuch)
  14. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  15. Gossip - Real Power (Columbia)
  16. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord (KGLW)
  17. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (PIAS)\
  18. Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  19. Sampha - Lahai (Young)
  20. Butcher Brown - Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  21. Pure Bathing Culture - Chalice (self-released)
  22. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (Ninja Tune)
  23. Gustaf - Package Pt. 2 (Royal Mountain)
  24. Jess Locke - Real Life (Dot Dash Recordings)
  25. Khruangbin - A LA SALA (Dead Oceans/NIght TIme Stories Ltd.)
  26. Suki Waterhouse - “OMG” (Sub Pop)
  27. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
  28. Shabazz Palaces - Exotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  29. BODEGA - Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis)
  30. Laetitia Sadier - Rooting For Love (Drag City)
  31. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas (Geffen)
  32. Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again (Gracie Music/AWAL)
  33. L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  34. Jorja Smith - falling or flying (FAMM)
  35. Marika Hackman - Big Sigh (Chrysalis)
  36. Malummí - The Universe is Black (Irascible)
  37. Empress Of - “Femenine” (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  38. Kim Gordon - The Collective (Matador)
  39. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (ANTI-)
  40. Helado Negro - Phasor (4AD)
  41. TATYANA - It’s Over (Sinderlyn)
  42. Four Tet - “Loved” (Text Records)
  43. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope (Loma Vista)
  44. Hotline TNT - Cartwheel (Third Man)
  45. Seven Davis Jr. - Stranger Than Fiction (Secret Angels)
  46. SIPHO. - Prayers & Paranoia (Dirty Hit)
  47. ill peach - THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art)
  48. The Kills - God Games (Domino)
  49. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)
  50. Ducks Ltd. - Harm’s Way (Carpark)
  51. English Teacher - “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab” / “Nearly Daffodils” (Island)
  52. Future Islands - People Who Aren’t There Anymore (4AD)
  53. Telehealth - “Mindtrap” / “Bitter Melody” (Sub Pop)
  54. Yard Act - Where’s My Utopia? (Republic)
  55. Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine (Deluxe( (Transgressive)
  56. Butcher Brown - "Down With The King" (Concord Jazz)
  57. Christine and the Queens - “Stayin’ Alive ! Chris Version” (Because Music)
  58. Erika de Casier - Still (4AD)
  59. Jamie xx - “It’s So Good” (Young)
  60. Jordan Mackampa - WELCOME HOME, KID (AWAL)
  61. Logic1000 - Mother (Therapy/Because Music)
  62. SHYGUY - “I’m So Trash” / “Long Time” (Tru Thoughts)
  63. Superchunk - “Everybody Dies” (Merge)
  64. The Smile - Wall of Eyes (XL)
  65. Ty Segall - Three Bells (Drag City)
  66. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista)
  67. Dawn Richard - The Architect (Merge)
  68. Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves (Domino)
  69. Wild Nothing - Hold (Captured Tracks)
  70. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
  71. Blonde Redhead - Sit Down for Dinner (section1)
  72. Danny Brown - Quaranta (Warp)
  73. Wishy - Paradise EP (Winspear)
  74. BJ The Chicago Kid - Gravy (RCA)
  75. Kevin Abstract - Blanket (RCA)
  76. Quantic - Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  77. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
  78. Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  79. Bill Ryder-Jones - lechyd Da (Domino) 
  80. Ana Frango Elétrico - Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua (Mr Bongo)
  81. André 3000 - New Blue Sun (Epic)
  82. deary - deary EP (Sonic Cathedral Recordings)
  83. Kurt Vile - Back to Moon Beach EP (Verve)
  84. Loose Wing - Miracle Baby(Drums & Wire)
  85. Livt - I Just Want My BItches To Fly (DAY ONE ENT.)
  86. Shabazz Palaces - Robed In Rareness (Sub Pop)
  87. Medejin - The Garden (Icy Cold Records/Den Tapes)
  88. Various Artists - Ball of Wax Volume 69: Duos (Ball of Wax)
  89. douniah - A Lot, Not Too Much (Melting Pot Music)
  90. Q - Hello, Everyday Changes (Columbia)
  91. DJ Shadow - Action Adventure (Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber)
  92. Les Mamans du Congo & RROBIN - Ya Mizolé (Jarring Effects)

Americana: 

  1. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (ANTI-)
  2. Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  3. Kurt Vile - Back to Moon Beach EP (Verve)
  4. Real Estate - Daniel (Domino)
  5. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
  6. Beirut - Hadsel (Pompeii) 
  7. Neil Young - Before and After (Reprise)
  8. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future (4AD)
  9. Muireann Bradley - I Kept These Old Blues (Tompkins Square)
  10. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)

Global: 

  1. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (Ninja Tune)
  2. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas (Geffen)
  3. Empress Of - “Femenine” (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  4. Quantic - Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  5. Ana Frango Elétrico - Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua (Mr Bongo)
  6. OKAN - Okantomi (Lulaworld)
  7. Midas The Jagaban - Midas Touch Vol. 2: Return of The Mask (Because)
  8. María José Llergo - ULTRABELLEZA (Sony Music Entertainment España)
  9. El Búho - Strata (Wonderwheel Recordings)
  10. Cuco - Hitchhiker EP (Interscope)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  2. Butcher Brown - Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  3. Shabazz Palaces - Exotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  4. Seven Davis Jr. - Stranger Than Fiction (Secret Angels)
  5. Butcher Brown - "Down With The King" (Concord Jazz)
  6. Dawn Richard - The Architect (Merge)
  7. Danny Brown - Quaranta (Warp)
  8. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
  9. Shabazz Palaces - Robed In Rareness (Sub Pop)
  10. DijahSB - The Flower That Knew (Lowly)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. David Holmes feat. Raven Violet - Blind On A Galloping Horse (Heavenly) 
  2. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (PIAS)\
  3. Butcher Brown - Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  4. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (Ninja Tune)
  5. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas (Geffen)
  6. Empress Of - “Femenine” (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  7. TATYANA - It’s Over (Sinderlyn)
  8. Four Tet - “Loved” (Text Records)
  9. Seven Davis Jr. - Stranger Than Fiction (Secret Angels)
  10. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)

R&B/Blues: 

  1. Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief/Colemine)
  2. Brittany Howard - What Now (Island)
  3. Day Soul Exquisite - Sanguine & Cardamom (La fem/Den Tapes)
  4. Nailah Hunter - Lovegaze (Fat Possum)
  5. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  6. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  7. Sampha - Lahai (Young)
  8. Jorja Smith - falling or flying (FAMM)
  9. Empress Of - “Femenine” (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  10. Seven Davis Jr. - Stranger Than Fiction (Secret Angels)

Jazz: 

  1. Day Soul Exquisite - Sanguine & Cardamom (La fem/Den Tapes)
  2. Butcher Brown - Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  3. Butcher Brown - "Down With The King" (Concord Jazz)
  4. André 3000 - New Blue Sun (Epic)
  5. Quantic - Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  6. mega cat - mega cat (Share It Music)
  7. freekind. - Since Always and Forever (Butter92)
  8. OKAN - Okantomi (Lulaworld)
  9. Various Artists - Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  10. Sen Morimoto - Diagnosis (City Slang/Sooper)

Northwest: 

  1. Day Soul Exquisite - Sanguine & Cardamom (La fem/Den Tapes)
  2. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  3. Gossip - Real Power (Columbia)
  4. Pure Bathing Culture - Chalice (self-released)
  5. Shabazz Palaces - Exotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  6. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope (Loma Vista)
  7. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)
  8. Telehealth - “Mindtrap” / “Bitter Melody” (Sub Pop)
  9. Loose Wing - Miracle Baby(Drums & Wire)
  10. Livt - I Just Want My BItches To Fly (DAY ONE ENT.)

Adds: 

Ana Tijoux - Vida (Victoria Producciones)
Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope (Loma Vista)
Day Soul Exquisite - Sanguine & Cardamom (La fem/Den Tapes)
Don Melody Club - Zonder Pardon (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
glass beach - plastic death (Run For Cover)
inuha - 陽のかけら / Hi No Kakera EP (Siren for Charlotte)
Katie McBride - THE ANGELS ARE CALLING (Blue Water)
Keyon Harrold - Foreverland (Concord Jazz) 
Mali Obomsawin and Magdalena Abrego - Greatest Hits (self-released)
PACKS - Melt The Honey (Fire Talk)
Selmer - Body Wash (777 Music)
TAMTAM - Ramble in the Rainbow (Peoples Potential Unlimited)
@ - Are You There God? It’s Me, @ (Carpark)
Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Les Grandes Vacances (Bonus Version) (Jakarta)
​​Eliza McLamb - Going Through It (Royal Mountain)
SLIFT - ILION (Sub Pop) 
Strangelily - A Strange Film, Featuring You and I (self-released)