04-20-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of Apr. 10 - Apr. 16

Add Date: April 20

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. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  2. Makthaverskan - Glass and Bones (Welfare Sounds & Records) 
  3. Hannah Lew - Hannah Lew (Night School)
  4. Lime Garden - Maybe Not Tonight (So Young) 
  5. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  6. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  7. Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit (Mom+Pop/Fiction)
  8. José González - Against The Dying Of The Light (Mute/City Slang)
  9. Morgan Nagler - I've Got Nothing to Lose, and I'm Losing It (Little Operation Records) 
  10. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  11. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  12. Kelela - “idea 1” (Warp)
  13. Kim Gordon - PLAY ME (Matador)
  14. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
  15. Body Shop - Sex Body EP (Future Shock)
  16. Adrian Quesada - Trio Asesino (ATO)
  17. War Pigs - Breakfast Music (self-released)
  18. King Tuff - MOO (MUP Records/Thirty Tigers)
  19. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  20. Lambrini Girls - “Cult of Celebrity” (City Slang)
  21. Suki Waterhouse - “Back In Love” (Island)
  22. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS)
  23. Midpak - Torpedo EP (Middy P Ink)
  24. New German Cinema - Pain Will Polish Me (Felte)
  25. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (10k/Tan Cressida)
  26. TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
  27. GiGi Girls - Greatest Hits (Papercup Records)
  28. Pond - Terrestrials (Spinning Top)
  29. Snail Mail - Ricochet (Matador)
  30. Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes (Dead Oceans)
  31. Liz Cooper - New Day (Sleepyhead)
  32. Iguana Death Cult - Guns Out (Greenway)
  33. Gorillaz - The Mountain (KONG)
  34. Michelle David & The True-tones - Soul Woman (Records Kicks)
  35. Dark Chisme - “Dominance of Truth” (self-released)
  36. aja monet - the color of rain (drink sum wtr)
  37. Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner)
  38. Gelli Haha  - “Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep” (Innovative Leisure)
  39. Kurt Vile - Philadelphia's been good to me (Verve Records)
  40. Minor Dents - Sitting with the Fish (Rose Hill)
  41. Gladie - No Need to be Lonely (Get Better)
  42. Robyn - Sexistential (Young)
  43. Mitski - Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans)
  44. PVA - No More Like This (It’s All For Fun)
  45. Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair (New West)
  46. Mt Fog - Every Stone is Green (Save the Forest for the Trees)
  47. Ora Cogan - Hard Hearted Woman (Sacred Bones)
  48. Wesley Joseph - Forever Ends Someday (Secretly Canadian)
  49. Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II (Spectacles Bonzaï)
  50. Beatrice Deer - Inuit Legend (Uummati Records)
  51. deary - Birding (Bella Union)
  52. Holy Fuck - Event Beat (Satellite Services)
  53. Ego Ella May - Good Intentions (Believe UK) 
  54. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine) 
  55. Twisted Teens - Blame the Clown (Jazz Life)
  56. The Olympians - In Search of a Revival (Daptone) 
  57. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  58. Jessie Ware - Superbloom (EMI)
  59. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
  60. Badvril - “Golden” (Share It Music)
  61. Dead Pioneers - Wagon Burner (Hassle Records)
  62. Future Islands - From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth (4AD)
  63. Jungle - “Carry On” (Caiola Records)
  64. La Sécurité - Bingo!! (Bella Union)
  65. Sosyete '25 - Yaygara (Tru Thoughts)
  66. Thee Sacred Souls - “Any Old Fool” (Daptone)
  67. Alela Diane - Who's Keeping Time? (Fluff & Gravy)
  68. Family Worship Center - Only Visiting (Groove Family)
  69. glass egg - “passionate enough” (self-released)
  70. Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight (High Top Mountain Records)
  71. Poolgirl - “Money” (Petit Village)
  72. Just Mustard - “ENDLESS DEATHLESS” (Daniel Avery Remix) (Partisan)
  73. Hater - Mosquito (Fire)
  74. MEMORIALS - All Clouds Bring Not Rain (Fire)
  75. The New Pornographers - The Former Site Of (Merge) 
  76. THE TWILIGHT SAD - IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE (Rock Action) 
  77. Arima Ederra - A Rush to Nowhere (Arima’s Lab/RCA) 
  78. Chalk - Crystalpunk (ALTER Music)
  79. James Blake - Trying Times (Good Boy Records)
  80. Joshua Idehen - I know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try (Heavenly/PIAS) 
  81. Champagne Bubblebath - Mixtape: Volume One (self-released)
  82. Mamas Gun - DIG! (Légère Recordings)
  83. Poison Ruïn - Hymns From the Hills (Relapse)
  84. Prism Shores - Softest Attack (Meritorio)
  85. Vero - Razor Tongue (PNKSLM)
  86. Various Artists - HELP(2) (War Child)
  87. Denzel Curry & The Scythe - Strictly 4 The Scythe (Loma Vista) 
  88. Flying Lotus - BIG MAMA (Brainfeeder)
  89. Altin Gün - Garip (ATO/Glitterbeat) 
  90. Sababa 5 - Ça va Ça va (Batov)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. José González - Against The Dying Of The Light (Mute/City Slang)
  2. Morgan Nagler - I've Got Nothing to Lose, and I'm Losing It (Little Operation Records) 
  3. Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair (New West)
  4. Ora Cogan - Hard Hearted Woman (Sacred Bones)
  5. Twisted Teens - Blame the Clown (Jazz Life)
  6. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
  7. Alela Diane - Who's Keeping Time? (Fluff & Gravy)
  8. Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight (High Top Mountain Records)
  9. Altin Gün - Garip (ATO/Glitterbeat) 
  10. Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere (Lost Highway)

Global: 

  1. Adrian Quesada - Trio Asesino (ATO)
  2. Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner)
  3. Sosyete '25 - Yaygara (Tru Thoughts)
  4. Altin Gün - Garip (ATO/Glitterbeat) 
  5. Sababa 5 - Ça va Ça va (Batov)
  6. Captain Planet - DIG (Bastard Jazz)
  7. Pigeon - OUTTANATIONAL (Memphis Industries)
  8. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  9. kiss facility - KHAZNA (ambient tweets)
  10. Psyché - Psyché II (Four Flies)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  2. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  3. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
  4. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (10k/Tan Cressida)
  5. Wesley Joseph - Forever Ends Someday (Secretly Canadian)
  6. Joshua Idehen - I know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try (Heavenly/PIAS) 
  7. Champagne Bubblebath - Mixtape: Volume One (self-released)
  8. Denzel Curry & The Scythe - Strictly 4 The Scythe (Loma Vista) 
  9. Flying Lotus - BIG MAMA (Brainfeeder)
  10. Brother Ali - “Another Country” (Travelers Media)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  2. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS) 
  3. Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes (Dead Oceans)
  4. Michelle David & The True-tones - Soul Woman (Records Kicks)
  5. Dark Chisme - “Dominance of Truth” (self-released)
  6. Robyn - Sexistential (Young)
  7. PVA - No More Like This (It’s All For Fun)
  8. Holy Fuck - Event Beat (Satellite Services)
  9. Just Mustard - “ENDLESS DEATHLESS” (Daniel Avery Remix) (Partisan)
  10. Chalk - Crystalpunk (ALTER Music)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  2. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  3. Kelela - “idea 1” (Warp)
  4. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
  5. Adrian Quesada - Trio Asesino (ATO)
  6. aja monet - the color of rain (drink sum wtr)
  7. Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner)
  8. Wesley Joseph - Forever Ends Someday (Secretly Canadian)
  9. Ego Ella May - Good Intentions (Believe UK) 
  10. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine) 

Jazz: 

  1. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  2. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
  3. aja monet - the color of rain (drink sum wtr)
  4. Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner)
  5. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine) 
  6. The Olympians - In Search of a Revival (Daptone) 
  7. Arima Ederra - A Rush to Nowhere (Arima’s Lab/RCA) 
  8. Flying Lotus - BIG MAMA (Brainfeeder)
  9. Flea - Honora (Nonesuch)
  10. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)

Northwest: 

  1. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  2. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  3. Midpak - Torpedo EP (Middy P Ink)
  4. TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
  5. Dark Chisme - “Dominance of Truth” (self-released)
  6. Mt Fog - Every Stone is Green (Save the Forest for the Trees)
  7. Ora Cogan - Hard Hearted Woman (Sacred Bones)
  8. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  9. Alela Diane - Who's Keeping Time? (Fluff & Gravy)
  10. Family Worship Center - Only Visiting (Groove Family)

Adds: 

Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS) 
Jessie Ware - Superbloom (Interscope/EMI) 
CHROMA - 25 Forever (Alcopop! Records)
Eaves Wilder - Little Miss Sunshine (Secretly Canadian)
GiGi Girls - Greatest Hits (Papercup)
La Jungle - An Order Of Things (Hyperjungle Recordings)
Sean Solomon - The World Is Not Good Enough (ANTI-)  
TOMORA - COME CLOSER (Fontana/Capitol)
WU LYF - A Wave That Will Never Break (LYF Recordings) 
Adrian Younge - Younge (Linear Labs)
AySay - Mal (V2 Records) 
Cactus Lee - Lee’s Dream (Western Vinyl)
Croutons - Croutons (Lost Sound Tapes)
Frog - Frog For Sale (Audio Antihero/tapewormies)
Ladytron - Paradises (Nettwerk)
Leven Kali - LK99 (Def Jam)
media puzzle - New Racehorse (Impressed Recordings)
Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize - Nine Inch Noize (The Null Corporation/Interscope)
Sofia Kourtesis - DJ-Kicks (!K7)
Star Moles - Highway to Hell (Historic New Jersey Recordings)
TAURO - Act I (Birthday Cake)