05-08-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of Apr. 28-May 4  

Add Date: May 8      

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. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (Interscope) 
2. Thundercat & Tame Impala – No More Lies (Brainfeeder) 
3. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
4. Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL) 
5. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune)  
6. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown)  
7. Bully – Lucky for You (Sub Pop)  
8. Nation of Language – Strange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)  
9. Fever Ray – Radical Romantics (Mute)  
10. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
11. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
12. Killer Mike – Don’t Let the Devil (Loma Vista)  
13. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)  
14. Indigo De Souza – All of This Will End (Saddle Creek)  
15. M83 – Fantasy (Mute) 
16. Beach House – Become EP (Sub Pop)  
17. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music) 
18. Debby Friday – GOOD LUCK (Sub Pop)  
19. Yves Tumor – Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume… (Warp)  
20. boygenius – The Record (Interscope) 
21. Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-)  
22. bar italia – Tracey Denim (Matador)  
23. Y La Bamba – Lucha (Tender Loving Empire)  
24. Jarv Dee & Bad Colours – Beat Drop (Moor Life)  
25. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)  
26. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice) 
27. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)  
28. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
29. Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan)  
30. Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
31. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)  
32. Yazmin Lacey – Voice Notes (Own Your Own/Believe) 
33. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori (Columbia)  
34. Adi Oasis – Lotus Glow (Unity Group)  
35. Palehound – Eye on the Bat (Polyvinyl)  
36. Bomba Estereo, Kevin Florez & The Busy Twist – Romantica (Sony Latin)  
37. Jayda G – Guy (Ninja Tune)  
38. The Hives – The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Disques Hives)  
39. Abra – FKA MESS (Acid Palace)  
40. Confidence Man & Daniel Avery – On & On (Again) (Chaos/Polydor)  
41. JOHN – Trauma Mosaic (Brace Yourself) 
42. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!)  
43. Everything But the Girl – Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin)  
44. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
45. Squid – O Monolith (Warp)  
46. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
47. The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein (4AD)  
48. New Breed Brass Band – Made in New Orleans (Treme)  
49. Tanukichan – GIZMO (Carpark)  
50. Nia Archives – Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall EP (HIJINXX/Island) 
51. The New Pornographers – Continue as a Guest (Merge)  
52. Temples – Exotico (ATO)  
53. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush)  
54. Daisies – Great Big Open Sky (K) 
55. Girl Ray – Prestige (Moshi Moshi)  
56. Say She She – Reeling (Karma Chief) 
57. Moreish Idols – Lock Eyes & Collide EP (Speedy Wunderground)  
58. Navy Blue – Ways of Knowing (Freedom Sounds/Def Jam)  
59. Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya)  
60. ODESZA – To Be Yours (Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune)  
61. Miguel – Give it to Me (ByStorm Entertainment/RCA) 
62. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)  
63. Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop)  
64. London Brew – London Brew (Concord Jazz)  
65. Daughter – Stereo Mind Game (Glassnote)  
66. Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey)  
67. Nappy Nina – Mourning Due (LucidHaus)  
68. Flyying Colours – You Never Know (Poison City)  
69. Avalon Emerson – Avalon Emerson & The Charm (Another Dove/One House)
70. Westerman – An Inbuilt Fault (Partisan)  
71. Nuovo Testamento – Love Lines (Discoteca Italia)  
72. Little Venom – Sabotage (self-released) 
73. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)  
74. Girl and Girl – All I See (Sub Pop) 
75. Thee Sacred Souls – Running Away (Penrose/Daptone) 
76. Strange Ranger – Pure Music (Fire Talk)  
77. Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention (BMG) 
78. Mega Bog – End of Everything (Mexican Summer)  
79. Hannah Jadagu – Aperture (Sub Pop)  
80. Protomartyr – Formal Growth in the Desert (Domino)  
81. Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz Is Dead)  
82. Davido - Timeless (RCA)  
83. B. Cool-Aid – Leather Blvd (Lex)  
84. Deerhoof – Miracle-Level (Joyful)  
85. Melati ESP – hipernatural (Carpark)  
86. Eddie Chacon – Sundown (Stones Throw)  
87. WheelUp – We are the Magic (Tru Thoughts)  
88. A Certain Ratio – 1982 (Mute)  
89. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
90. (Various) – The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake (Chrysalis)   

Americana: 

1. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans) 
2. Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey)  
3. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
4. Esther Rose – Safe to Run (New West) 
5. Country Westerns – Forgive the City (Fat Possum)  
6. (Various) – I Am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100 (FLi)  
7. Robbie Fulks – Bluegrass Vacation (Compass) 
8. Iris DeMent – Workin' on a World (Flariella) 
9. Rachel Baiman – Common Nation of Sorrow (Signature Sounds) 
10. Mya Byrne – Rhinestone Tomboy (Kill Rock Stars) 

Global: 

1. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
2. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
3. Bomba Estereo, Kevin Florez & The Busy Twist – Romantica (Sony Latin)  
4. Davido - Timeless (RCA)  
5. Zuco 103 – Telenova (Six Degrees) 
6. Rodrigo y Gabriela – In Between Thoughts… A New World (ATO)  
7. Baaba Maal – Being (Marathon Artists) 
8. Jackie Mendoza – Galaxia de Emociones (ZZK) 
9. Desire Marea – On the Romance of Being (Mute)  
10. Kimi Djabaté - Dindin (Cumbancha)  

Hip Hop: 

1. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp) 
2. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown)  
3. Killer Mike – Don’t Let the Devil (Loma Vista) 
4. Jarv Dee & Bad Colours – Beat Drop (Moor Life) 
5. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
6. Navy Blue – Ways of Knowing (Freedom Sounds/Def Jam) 
7. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz) 
8. Nappy Nina – Mourning Due (LucidHaus)  
9. B. Cool-Aid – Leather Blvd (Lex)  
10. Fly Anakin – Skinemaxxx (Side A) (Lex)

RPM/Electronic: 

1. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (EMI)  
2. Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL)  
3. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune) 
4. M83 – Fantasy (Mute)  
5. Debby Friday – GOOD LUCK (Sub Pop)  
6. Jarv Dee & Bad Colours – Beat Drop (Moor Life) 
7. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune) 
8. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)  
9. Jayda G – Guy (Ninja Tune)  
10. Confidence Man & Daniel Avery – On & On (Again) (Chaos/Polydor) 

R&B/Blues: 

1. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
2. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)  
3. Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
4. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL) 
5. Yazmin Lacey – Voice Notes (Own Your Own/Believe)  
6. Adi Oasis – Lotus Glow (Unity Group) 
7. Abra – FKA MESS (Acid Palace) 
8. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
9. Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya) 
10. Miguel – Give it to Me (ByStorm Entertainment/RCA) 

Jazz: 

1. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
2. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE) 
3. Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-)  
4. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!) 
5. New Breed Brass Band – Made in New Orleans (Treme) 
6. London Brew – London Brew (Downtown/Concord Jazz) 
7. Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz Is Dead) 
8. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (Anti-)  
9. Asher Gamedze – Turbulence & Pulse (International Anthem) 
10. (Various) - Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre (Blue Note)  

Northwest: 

1. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music)  
2. Jarv Dee & Bad Colours – Beat Drop (Moor Life) 
3. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
4. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush) 
5. Daisies – Great Big Open Sky (K)  
6. ODESZA – To Be Yours (Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune) 
7. Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop) 
8. Little Venom – Sabotage (self-released) 
9. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
10. Tomten – Artichoke (Plume) 

Adds: 

Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans) 
Avalon Emerson – Avalon Emerson & The Charm (Another Dove/One House) 
Westerman – An Inbuilt Fault (Partisan) 
Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE) 
NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush) 
KAMAUU - LACUNA in the House of Mirrors (Atlantic) 
Eilen Jewell – Get Behind the Wheel (Signature Sounds) 
Asher Gamedze – Turbulence & Pulse (International Anthem) 
The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony (Captured Tracks) 
Five Fingers of Funk – Portland Say It Again (Kill Rock Stars) 
dragonchild – dragonchild (FPE) 
Emily King – Special Occasion (ATO) 
Atmosphere – So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously (Rhymesayers) 
rum.gold – U Street Anthology (Leola) 
Immaterial Possession – Mercy of the Crane Folk (Fire) 
LA Priest – Fase Luna (Domino) 
The Album Leaf – Future Falling (Nettwerk) 
7ebra – Bird Hour (PNKSLM) 
C.S. Armstrong – The Southwestern Love Songs EP (Top of the Boot)