04-27-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of Apr. 17 - Apr. 23

Add Date: April 27

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. Hannah Lew - Hannah Lew (Night School)
  2. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS)
  3. Lime Garden - Maybe Not Tonight (So Young) 
  4. Makthaverskan - Glass and Bones (Welfare Sounds & Records) 
  5. Jessie Ware - Superbloom (Interscope/EMI) 
  6. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  7. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  8. Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize - Nine Inch Noize (The Null Corporation/Interscope)
  9. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  10. Liz Cooper - New Day (Sleepyhead)
  11. GiGi Girls - Greatest Hits (Papercup Records)
  12. Adrian Quesada - Trio Asesino (ATO)
  13. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  14. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  15. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway Records)
  16. Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit (Mom+Pop/Fiction)
  17. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  18. Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes (Dead Oceans)
  19. New German Cinema - Pain Will Polish Me (Felte)
  20. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (10k/Tan Cressida)
  21. War Pigs - Breakfast Music (self-released)
  22. Getdown Services - “The Radiator” (Breakfast Records)
  23. Badvril - “Golden” (Share It Music)
  24. Massive Attack & Tom Waits - “Boots On The Ground” (Play it Again Sam)
  25. TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
  26. Robyn - Sexistential (Young)
  27. Kim Gordon - PLAY ME (Matador)
  28. Ms Ray - Melt EP (Scenic Route) 
  29. Gelli Haha  - “Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep” (Innovative Leisure)
  30. Kurt Vile - Philadelphia's been good to me (Verve Records)
  31. Empress Of - “Dream House” (Giant Music/Major Arcana)
  32. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
  33. Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair (New West)
  34. Midpak - Torpedo EP (Middy P Ink)
  35. Yaya Bey - Fidelity (drink sum wtr) 
  36. Eaves Wilder - Little Miss Sunshine (Secretly Canadian)
  37. Holy Fuck - Event Beat (Satellite Services)
  38. THE TWILIGHT SAD - IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE (Rock Action) 
  39. Various Artists - HELP(2) (War Child)
  40. Adrian Younge - Younge (Linear Labs)
  41. Ladytron - Paradises (Nettwerk)
  42. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine) 
  43. Moonchild - Waves (Tru Thoughts) 
  44. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  45. Asha Puthli & Say She She - “Pawa!” (Naya Beat)
  46. Suki Waterhouse - “Back In Love” (Island)
  47. Digitalism - Optimism (Magnetism)
  48. Jalen Ngonda - Doctrine of Love (Daptone)
  49. JuJu Rogers - Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (Counterkultur)
  50. Kelela - “idea 1” (Warp)
  51. Miki Berenyi Trio - “Island Of One” (Bella Union)
  52. Thee Sacred Souls - “Any Old Fool” (Daptone)
  53. glass egg - “passionate enough” (self-released)
  54. Beck - “Ride Lonesome” (Capitol)
  55. Gregory Alan Isakov & Sylvan Esso - “Fade Into You” (Suitcase Town Music)
  56. Honey I'm Home - “Hyperspace Mountain” (self-released)
  57. Kelley Stoltz - If You Don't Know Me, Buy Now! (Dandy Boy)
  58. Nation of Language - “Tougher Than The Rest” (Sub Pop)
  59. Nina Simone - “Baltimore (Live)” (Supershy Remix) (Verve)
  60. Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner)
  61. Girl Scout - Brink (Human Garbage Records/AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  62. Hater - Mosquito (Fire)
  63. Mitski - Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans)
  64. Mt Fog - Every Stone is Green (Save the Forest for the Trees)
  65. Ora Cogan - Hard Hearted Woman (Sacred Bones)
  66. CHROMA - 25 Forever (Alcopop! Records)
  67. Sean Solomon - The World Is Not Good Enough (ANTI-)  
  68. TOMORA - COME CLOSER (Fontana/Capitol)
  69. Body Shop - Sex Body EP (Future Shock)
  70. Iguana Death Cult - Guns Out (Greenway)
  71. Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II (Spectacles Bonzaï)
  72. Beatrice Deer - Inuit Legend (Uummati Records)
  73. deary - Birding (Bella Union)
  74. Margaritas Podridas - Metales Pesados (Hopeless Records) 
  75. James Blake - Trying Times (Good Boy Records)
  76. Frog - Frog For Sale (Audio Antihero/tapewormies)
  77. Pipiolas - Pipiolas (Elefant) 
  78. Mamas Gun - DIG! (Légère Recordings) 
  79. Natalie Jane Hill - Hopeful Woman (Dear Life)  
  80. Bibi Club - Amaro (Secret City) 
  81. Jane Remover - ♡ (deadAir) 
  82. Altin Gün - Garip (ATO/Glitterbeat) 
  83. Neon Ion - Laugh Now, Cry Later (Jazzland Recordings) 
  84. PVA - No More Like This (It’s All For Fun)
  85. Dark Chisme - “Dominance of Truth” (self-released)
  86. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  87. Lambrini Girls - “Cult of Celebrity” (City Slang)
  88. MUNA - Dancing On The Wall (Saddest Factory)
  89. Modest Mouse - An Eraser and A Maze (Glacial Pace Recordings/Virgin Music Group)
  90. BALTHVS - Transmutations (self-released)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair (New West)
  2. Gregory Alan Isakov & Sylvan Esso - “Fade Into You” (Suitcase Town Music)
  3. Ora Cogan - Hard Hearted Woman (Sacred Bones)
  4. Sean Solomon - The World Is Not Good Enough (ANTI-)  
  5. Frog - Frog For Sale (Audio Antihero/tapewormies)
  6. Natalie Jane Hill - Hopeful Woman (Dear Life)  
  7. Altin Gün - Garip (ATO/Glitterbeat) 
  8. Fruit Bats - The Landfill (Merge)
  9. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time (20th Anniversary Edition) (Sub Pop)
  10. Cut Worms - Transmitter (Jagjaguwar) 

Global: 

  1. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  2. GiGi Girls - Greatest Hits (Papercup Records)
  3. Adrian Quesada - Trio Asesino (ATO)
  4. Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner)
  5. Margaritas Podridas - Metales Pesados (Hopeless Records) 
  6. Pipiolas - Pipiolas (Elefant) 
  7. Bibi Club - Amaro (Secret City) 
  8. Altin Gün - Garip (ATO/Glitterbeat) 
  9. BALTHVS - Transmutations (self-released)
  10. Pigeon - OUTTANATIONAL (Memphis Industries)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  2. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  3. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (10k/Tan Cressida)
  4. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
  5. Yaya Bey - Fidelity (drink sum wtr) 
  6. Adrian Younge - Younge (Linear Labs)
  7. Moonchild - Waves (Tru Thoughts) 
  8. KNEECAP - FENIAN (Heavenly Recordings/[PIAS])
  9. JWords - Sound Therapy  (Sine Wave Records)
  10. Kumail - Mudbrown (Tru Thoughts)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS) 
  2. Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize - Nine Inch Noize (The Null Corporation/Interscope)
  3. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  4. Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes (Dead Oceans)
  5. Robyn - Sexistential (Young)
  6. Holy Fuck - Event Beat (Satellite Services)
  7. Ladytron - Paradises (Nettwerk)
  8. Digitalism - Optimism (Magnetism)
  9. Nation of Language - “Tougher Than The Rest” (Sub Pop)
  10. Nina Simone - “Baltimore (Live)” (Supershy Remix) (Verve)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS) 
  2. Jessie Ware - Superbloom (Interscope/EMI) 
  3. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  4. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  5. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  6. Adrian Quesada - Trio Asesino (ATO)
  7. Ms Ray - Melt EP (Scenic Route) 
  8. Empress Of - “Dream House” (Giant Music/Major Arcana)
  9. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
  10. Yaya Bey - Fidelity (drink sum wtr) 

Jazz: 

  1. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  2. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  3. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
  4. Yaya Bey - Fidelity (drink sum wtr) 
  5. Adrian Younge - Younge (Linear Labs)
  6. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine) 
  7. Neon Ion - Laugh Now, Cry Later (Jazzland Recordings) 
  8. TC & the Groove Family - “We The People” (Bridge The Gap)
  9. Kumail - Mudbrown (Tru Thoughts)
  10. Arima Ederra - A Rush to Nowhere (Arima’s Lab/RCA) 

Northwest: 

  1. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  2. TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
  3. Midpak - Torpedo EP (Middy P Ink)
  4. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  5. glass egg - “passionate enough” (self-released)
  6. Mt Fog - Every Stone is Green (Save the Forest for the Trees)
  7. Ora Cogan - Hard Hearted Woman (Sacred Bones)
  8. Dark Chisme - “Dominance of Truth” (self-released)
  9. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  10. Modest Mouse - An Eraser and A Maze (Glacial Pace Recordings/Virgin Music Group)

Adds: 

TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner) 
Another Taste - Another Taste II (Space Grapes)
Cadence Weapon - Forager (Six Shooter)
fabric - Until We Are Free (Four Flies)
Metric - Romanticize The Dive (Metric Music International/Thirty Tigers)
Miss Grit - Under My Umbrella (Mute) 
Quiet Light - Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2 (True Panther) 
Yaya Bey - Fidelity (drink sum wtr) 
Zookraught - Pressure (Den Tapes) 
April + VISTA - Traditional Noise (Third & Hayden) 
Friko - Something Worth Waiting For (ATO)
Gia Margaret - Singing (Jagjaguwar) 
Jorge Drexler - Taracá (Sony Music España)
Las Cruxes - Las Cruxes (Million Stars)
Loukeman - Sd-3 (September Recordings)
lovetempo - There Is A Light (self-released)
Madame Gandhi - Love Letters from Brooklyn (Gender Amplified)
Season 2 - Power of Now (Upset the Rhythm)
SOFTJAW - Softjaw (Dandy Boy)
Strange Fruit - Drips (Gentle Tuesday Recordings)
The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Acknowledge Kindness (Fire)
tofusmell - All My Time (Hardly Art)