05-18-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of May 8 - May 14

Add Date: May 18

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. GENER8ION & Yung Lean - STORM (Iconoclast)
  3. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  4. Lykke Li - The Afterparty (Neon Gold/Futures)
  5. Kurt Vile - Philadelphia's been good to me (Verve Records)
  6. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  7. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  8. Little Simz - Sugar Girl EP (AWAL)
  9. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS)
  10. Lime Garden - Maybe Not Tonight (So Young) 
  11. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  12. Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit (Mom+Pop/Fiction)
  13. TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
  14. MUNA - Dancing On The Wall (Saddest Factory)
  15. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  16. Robyn - Sexistential (Young)
  17. Midpak - Torpedo EP (Middy P Ink) 
  18. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  19. Getdown Services - “The Radiator” (Breakfast Records)
  20. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  21. Aldous Harding - Train On The Island (4AD)
  22. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  23. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
  24. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  25. La Sécurité - Bingo! (Bella Union)
  26. Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner) 
  27. Makthaverskan - Glass and Bones (Welfare Sounds & Records) 
  28. Gladie - No Need to be Lonely (Get Better) 
  29. Kelley Stoltz - If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now! (Dandy Boy)
  30. La Doña - Corrientes (Text Me Records)
  31. deary - Birding (Bella Union)
  32. Champagne Bubblebath - Mixtape: Volume One (self-released) 
  33. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine)
  34. Brooke Combe - “Tears Won’t Lie” (Fontana)
  35. Ibibio Sound Machine - “Return To Sender” (Merge)
  36. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records)
  37. Suki Waterhouse - “Back In Love” (Island)
  38. Helado Negro - “DANCE 2 THA MUSIC” (self-released)
  39. JuJu Rogers - Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (Counterkultur)
  40. RIP Magic - “Screwdark” (section1)
  41. Jessie Ware - Superbloom (Interscope/EMI) 
  42. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  43. Snail Mail - Ricochet (Matador) 
  44. Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes (Dead Oceans)
  45. Brother Wallace - Electric Love (ATO) 
  46. Nu Genea - People of the Moon (NG)
  47. Oddisee & Heno. - From Takoma With Love (Outer Note Label)
  48. Pigeon - OUTTANATIONAL (Memphis Industries) 
  49. Body Shop - Sex Body EP (Future Shock)
  50. Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II (Spectacles Bonzaï)
  51. Beatrice Deer - Inuit Legend (Uummati Records)
  52. Broken Social Scene - Remember The Humans (Arts & Crafts) 
  53. Runkus - Supernova (Easy Star Records)
  54. Morgan Nagler - I've Got Nothing to Lose, and I'm Losing It (Little Operation Records) 
  55. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources) 
  56. Sera Cahoone - “Say Something” (Sub Pop)
  57. Dead Pioneers - Wagon Burner (Hassle Records)
  58. Downtown Boys - Public Luxury (Sub Pop)
  59. MADMADMAD - “Overload” (Def Presse)
  60. Pond - Terrestrials (Mangovision)
  61. Sàigòn Soul Revival - Chốn Ta Về (Saigon Supersound)
  62. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  63. The Black Tones - “Troublemaker” (feat. Death Valley Girls) (self-released)
  64. Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight (High Top Mountain)
  65. Khun Narin - III (Innovative Leisure)
  66. Lauren Auder - Whole World As Vigil (untitled) 
  67. Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Black Butterfly (Dorado Records)
  68. Weird Nightmare - Hoopla (Sub Pop) 
  69. Another Taste - Another Taste II (Space Grapes)
  70. fabric - Until We Are Free (Four Flies) 
  71. Metric - Romanticize The Dive (Metric Music International/Thirty Tigers) 
  72. Miss Grit - Under My Umbrella (Mute) 
  73. CHROMA - 25 Forever (Alcopop! Records)
  74. GiGi Girls - Greatest Hits (Papercup Records)
  75. La Jungle - An Order Of Things (Hyperjungle Recordings) 
  76. Adrian Quesada - Trio Asesino (ATO)
  77. New German Cinema - Pain Will Polish Me (Felte) 
  78. Alela Diane - Who’s Keeping Time? (Fluff & Gravy/Loose Music) 
  79. Serafima and the Shakedowns - Ride Easy (BWGiBWGAN) 
  80. Madeline Goldstein - Speaking to the Body (Artoffact)
  81. American Football - American Football (LP4) (Polyvinyl)
  82. JWords - Sound Therapy (Sine Wave Records) 
  83. The Lemon Twigs - Look For Your Mind! (Captured Tracks)
  84. Jump Source - Fold (NAFF)
  85. White Fence - Orange (Drag City) 
  86. Friko - Something Worth Waiting For (ATO)
  87. Frog - Frog For Sale (Audio Antihero/tapewormies) 
  88. Ladytron - Paradises (Nettwerk) 
  89. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (10k/Tan Cressida)
  90. Mamas Gun - DIG! (Légère Recordings)   

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
  2. La Doña - Corrientes (Text Me Records)
  3. Morgan Nagler - I've Got Nothing to Lose, and I'm Losing It (Little Operation Records) 
  4. Sera Cahoone - “Say Something” (Sub Pop)
  5. Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight (High Top Mountain)
  6. Alela Diane - Who’s Keeping Time? (Fluff & Gravy/Loose Music) 
  7. Serafima and the Shakedowns - Ride Easy (BWGiBWGAN) 
  8. Frog - Frog For Sale (Audio Antihero/tapewormies) 
  9. Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere (Lost Highway) 
  10. Cactus Lee - Lee’s Dream (Western Vinyl) 

Global: 

  1. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  2. Angélique Kidjo - HOPE!! (Parlophone/Warner)
  3. La Doña - Corrientes (Text Me Records)
  4. Ibibio Sound Machine - “Return To Sender” (Merge)
  5. Nu Genea - People of the Moon (NG)
  6. Pigeon - OUTTANATIONAL (Memphis Industries) 
  7. Runkus - Supernova (Easy Star Records)
  8. Sàigòn Soul Revival - Chốn Ta Về (Saigon Supersound)
  9. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  10. Khun Narin - III (Innovative Leisure)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Little Simz - Sugar Girl EP (AWAL)
  2. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  3. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  4. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  5. Champagne Bubblebath - Mixtape: Volume One (self-released) 
  6. Oddisee & Heno. - From Takoma With Love (Outer Note Label)
  7. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources) 
  8. JWords - Sound Therapy (Sine Wave Records) 
  9. Jump Source - Fold (NAFF)
  10. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (10k/Tan Cressida)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  2. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS) 
  3. MUNA - Dancing On The Wall (Saddest Factory)
  4. Robyn - Sexistential (Young)
  5. Ibibio Sound Machine - “Return To Sender” (Merge)
  6. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  7. Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes (Dead Oceans)
  8. MADMADMAD - “Overload” (Def Presse)
  9. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  10. Miss Grit - Under My Umbrella (Mute) 

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  2. Little Simz - Sugar Girl EP (AWAL)
  3. Honey Dijon - The Nightlife (SOS) 
  4. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  5. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  6. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  7. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  8. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  9. Champagne Bubblebath - Mixtape: Volume One (self-released) 
  10. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine)

Jazz: 

  1. Thundercat - Distracted (Brainfeeder)
  2. Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows (Strut)
  3. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine)
  4. Nu Genea - People of the Moon (NG)
  5. Pigeon - OUTTANATIONAL (Memphis Industries) 
  6. Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources) 
  7. Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Black Butterfly (Dorado Records)
  8. aja monet - the color of rain (drink sum wtr)
  9. Yaya Bey - Fidelity (drink sum wtr) 
  10. Adrian Younge - Younge (Linear Labs)

Northwest: 

  1. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  2. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  3. TV Star - Music For Heads (Father/Daughter Records)
  4. Midpak - Torpedo EP (Middy P Ink) 
  5. Champagne Bubblebath - Mixtape: Volume One (self-released) 
  6. Sera Cahoone - “Say Something” (Sub Pop)
  7. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  8. The Black Tones - “Troublemaker” (feat. Death Valley Girls) (self-released)
  9. Alela Diane - Who’s Keeping Time? (Fluff & Gravy/Loose Music) 
  10. Serafima and the Shakedowns - Ride Easy (BWGiBWGAN) 

Adds: 

Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
Dua Saleh - Of Earth & Wires (Ghostly International)
Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans) 
Little Simz - Sugar Girl EP (AWAL)
Blu & Exile - Time Heals Everything (Dirty Science)
Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Black Butterfly (Dorado Records)
Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
Isaiah Rashad - IT’S BEEN AWFUL (Top Dawg Entertainment/Warner)
Kelley Stoltz - If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now! (Dandy Boy)
Khun Narin - III (Innovative Leisure) 
Alela Diane - Who’s Keeping Time? (Fluff & Gravy/Loose Music) 
Esa Williams - Dala What We Must (BBE)
Johnny Dynamite - Johnny Dynamite (Born Losers)
Madeline Goldstein - Speaking to the Body (Artoffact)
New Constellations - It Comes In Waves (Nettwerk)
Olof Dreijer - Loud Bloom (dh2)
Poolgirl - Still Not Getting What I Want EP (Petit Village)
Touch Girl Apple Blossom - Graceful (K/perennialdeath)