05-29-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of May 19-25  

Add Date: May 29      

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. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music) 
2. Nation of Language – Strange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)  
3. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
4. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown) 
5. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
6. Blur – The Ballad of Darren (Parlophone)  
7. Debby Friday – GOOD LUCK (Sub Pop)  
8. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)  
9. Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
10. bar italia – Tracey Denim (Matador)  
11. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (Interscope)  
12. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune)  
13. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)  
14. Yves Tumor – Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume… (Warp)  
15. Everything But the Girl – Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin)  
16. Jessy Lanza – Love Hallucination (Hyperdub)  
17. The Budos Band – Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)  
18. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)  
19. Who Is She? – Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)  
20. Bully – Lucky for You (Sub Pop)  
21. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)  
22. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
23. NxWorries – Daydreaming (Stones Throw)  
24. Tinariwen – Amatssou (Wedge)  
25. SBTRKT – The Rat Road (Save Yourself/AWAL)  
26. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori (Columbia)  
27. Girl Ray – Prestige (Moshi Moshi)  
28. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
29. Obongjayar – Just Cool (September)  
30. Avalon Emerson – Avalon Emerson & The Charm (Another Dove/One House)  
31. The New Pornographers – Continue as a Guest (Merge)  
32. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)  
33. Temples – Exotico (ATO)  
34. Genesis Owusu – Struggler (OURNESS/AWAL)  
35. Odonis Odonis – ICON EP (Pirates Blend)  
36. Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL)  
37. Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan) 
38. Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-)  
39. Overmono – Good Lies (XL)  
40. Killer Mike – Michael (Loma Vista)  
41. Ana Tijoux – Ninx (Victoria Producciones) 
42. Thundercat & Tame Impala – No More Lies (Brainfeeder)  
43. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
44. King Krule – Space Heavy (Matador)  
45. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
46. Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop)  
47. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush)  
48. Hannah Jadagu – Aperture (Sub Pop)  
49. London Brew – London Brew (Concord Jazz)  
50. Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention (BMG)  
51. Y La Bamba – Lucha (Tender Loving Empire)  
52. Skrillex - Quest For Fire (OWSLA/Atlantic)  
53. Beach House – Become EP (Sub Pop)  
54. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (ANTI-)  
55. Bombino – Tazidert (Partisan) 
56. Roosevelt – Ordinary Love (Counter) 
57. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)  
58. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
59. M83 – Fantasy (Mute)  
60. Navy Blue – Ways of Knowing (Freedom Sounds/Def Jam) 
61. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)  
62. Miguel – Give it to Me (ByStorm Entertainment/RCA) 
63. Anohni & the Johnsons – My Back Was a Bridge For You to Cross (Secretly Canadian)  
64. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
65. La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released)  
66. Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey)  
67. Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation)  
68. Rodrigo y Gabriela – In Between Thoughts… A New World (ATO)  
69. The Murlocs – Calm Ya Farm (ATO)  
70. Daughter – Stereo Mind Game (Glassnote) 
71. Maxo – Even God Has a Sense of Humor (Def Jam)  
72. Little Venom – Sabotage (self-released)  
73. Beverly Glenn-Copeland – The Ones Ahead (Transgressive)  
74. Cable Ties – All Your Plans (Merge)  
75. kwes. – Rye Lane (Warp)  
76. Roisin Murphy – Hit Parade (Ninja Tune)  
77. JOHN – Trauma Mosaic (Brace Yourself)  
78. Christine and the Queens – PARANOIA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE (Because Music)  
79. Girl and Girl – All I See (Sub Pop) 
80. Confidence Man & Daniel Avery – On & On (Again) (Chaos/Polydor) 
81. Mega Bog – End of Everything (Mexican Summer)  
82. Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing (Fluff & Gravy)  
83. Moreish Idols – Lock Eyes & Collide EP (Speedy Wunderground)  
84. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!)  
85. Mandy, Indiana – I’ve Seen a Way (Fire Talk)  
86. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko (Wagram)  
87. Harrison – Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees (Last Gang)  
88. Rahill – Flowers at Your Feet (Big Dada)  
89. Heartworms – A Comforting Notion (Speedy Wunderground)  
90. Madison McFerrin – I Hope You Can Forgive Me (MADMCFERRIN MUSIC)   

Americana: 

1. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans) 
2. Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey)  
3. Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing (Fluff & Gravy) 
4. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
5. Country Westerns – Forgive the City (Fat Possum)  
6. Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (September) 
7. Esther Rose – Safe to Run (New West) 
8. (Various) – I Am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100 (FLi)  
9. Robbie Fulks – Bluegrass Vacation (Compass) 
10. Mya Byrne – Rhinestone Tomboy (Kill Rock Stars)  

Global: 

1. Tinariwen – Amatssou (Wedge) 
2. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
3. Ana Tijoux – Ninx (Victoria Producciones) 
4. Bombino – Tazidert (Partisan) 
5. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
6. Rodrigo y Gabriela – In Between Thoughts… A New World (ATO)  
7. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko (Wagram)  
8. Zuco 103 – Telenova (Six Degrees) 
9. Bomba Estereo, Kevin Florez & The Busy Twist – Romantica (Sony Latin)  
10. Tony Allen, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID18 (Jazz Is Dead)  

Hip Hop: 

1. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp) 
2. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown)  
3. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz) 
4. Killer Mike – Michael (Loma Vista) 
5. Ana Tijoux – Ninx (Victoria Producciones) 
6. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
7. Navy Blue – Ways of Knowing (Freedom Sounds/Def Jam) 
8. Maxo – Even God Has a Sense of Humor (Def Jam)  
9. Five Fingers of Funk – Portland Say It Again (Kill Rock Stars) 
10. KAMAUU - LACUNA in the House of Mirrors (Atlantic) 

RPM/Electronic: 

1. Debby Friday – GOOD LUCK (Sub Pop)  
2. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (EMI)  
3. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune) 
4. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune) 
5. Everything But the Girl – Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin) 
6. Jessy Lanza – Love Hallucination (Hyperdub) 
7. SBTRKT – The Rat Road (Save Yourself/AWAL)  
8. Avalon Emerson – Avalon Emerson & The Charm (Another Dove/One House)  
9. Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL)  
10. Overmono – Good Lies (XL) 

R&B/Blues: 

1. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
2. Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
3. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL) 
4. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
5. NxWorries – Daydreaming (Stones Throw)  
6. Obongjayar – Just Cool (September)  
7. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)  
8. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
9. Miguel – Give it to Me (ByStorm Entertainment/RCA) 
10. Madison McFerrin – I Hope You Can Forgive Me (MADMCFERRIN MUSIC)  

Jazz: 

1. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
2. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE) 
3. Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-)  
4. London Brew – London Brew (Downtown/Concord Jazz) 
5. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (Anti-)  
6. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!) 
7. New Breed Brass Band – Made in New Orleans (Treme) 
8. Tony Allen, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID18 (Jazz Is Dead) 
9. Dave McMurray – Grateful Deadication 2 (Blue Note) 
10. Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz Is Dead) 

Northwest: 

1. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music)  
2. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
3. Who Is She? – Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)  
4. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
5. Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop) 
6. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush) 
7. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (ANTI-)  
8. La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released)  
9. Little Venom – Sabotage (self-released) 
10. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird) 

Adds: 

Bully – Lucky For You (Sub Pop) 
Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp) 
Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive) 
Water From Your Eyes – Everyone’s Crushed (Matador) 
La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released) 
Smokey Brights – Levitator (Nine Mile) 
SoulChef & Uptown Swuite – Lua (SoulSwuite Music) 
Layng Martine Jr. – Music Man (Bloodshot) 
Stuck – Freak Frequency (Born Yesterday) 
Keturah – Keturah (Hen House Studios) 
Miya Folick – Roach (Nettwerk) 
Nico Segall – Tell the Ghost Welcome Home (self-released) 
Guardian Singles – Feed Me to the Doves (Run For Cover) 
quickly, quickly – Easy Listening EP (Ghostly International)