06-05-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of May 26-June 1  

Add Date: June 5      

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. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp) 
2. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
3. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music)  
4. Bully – Lucky for You (Sub Pop) 
5. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive) 
6. Blur – The Ballad of Darren (Parlophone)  
7. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL) 
8. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune)  
9. bar italia – Tracey Denim (Matador)  
10. Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
11. The Budos Band – Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West) 
12. La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released)  
13. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)  
14. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)  
15. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
16. Nation of Language – Strange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)  
17. Obongjayar – Just Cool (September)  
18. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)  
19. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (Interscope)  
20. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown) 
21. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian) 
22. Overmono – Good Lies (XL)  
23. Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya)  
24. Thundercat & Tame Impala – No More Lies (Brainfeeder)  
25. Yves Tumor – Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume… (Warp) 
26. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)  
27. Navy Blue – Ways of Knowing (Freedom Sounds/Def Jam) 
28. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
29. Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan) 
30. Ana Tijoux – Ninx (Victoria Producciones) 
31. SBTRKT – The Rat Road (Save Yourself/AWAL) 
32. Y La Bamba – Lucha (Tender Loving Empire)  
33. Sea Lemon – Cellar (Luminelle)  
34. Odonis Odonis – ICON EP (Pirates Blend)  
35. Jorja Smith – Falling or Flying (FAMM)  
36. Fruit Bats – A River Running To Your Heart (Merge) 
37. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice) 
38. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
39. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)  
40. Killer Mike – Michael (Loma Vista)  
41. King Krule – Space Heavy (Matador)  
42. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush)  
43. Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention (BMG)  
44. Little Venom – Sabotage (self-released)  
45. Kari Faux – REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE! (drink sum wtr)  
46. Tony Allen, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID18 (Jazz Is Dead) 
47. Genesis Owusu – Struggler (OURNESS/AWAL) 
48. Four Tet – Three Drums (Text)  
49. Geese – 3D Country (Partisan)  
50. Abra – FKA MESS (Acid Palace) 
51. Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz Is Dead) 
52. Harrison – Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees (Last Gang)  
53. African Head Charge – A Trip to Bolgatanga (On-U Sound) 
54. M83 – Fantasy (Mute)  
55. Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-) 
56. Indigo De Souza – All of This Will End (Saddle Creek)  
57. NxWorries – Daydreaming (Stones Throw)  
58. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird) 
59. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane) 
60. Water From Your Eyes – Everyone’s Crushed (Matador) 
61. Hannah Jadagu – Aperture (Sub Pop) 
62. Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation)  
63. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE) 
64. Avalon Emerson – Avalon Emerson & The Charm (Another Dove/One House) 
65. The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein (4AD) 
66. Beach House – Become EP (Sub Pop) 
67. The New Pornographers – Continue as a Guest (Merge) 
68. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (ANTI-)  
69. Cory Hanson – Western Cum (Drag City) 
70. Girl Ray – Prestige (Moshi Moshi) 
71. Jenny Lewis – Joy’All (Blue Note) 
72. Decisive Pink – Ticket to Fame (Fire)  
73. Oceanator – Part Time (Polyvinyl) 
74. Christine and the Queens – PARANOIA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE (Because Music)  
75. Sweeping Promises – Good Living Is Coming For You (Sub Pop)  
76. Roosevelt – Ordinary Love (Counter) 
77. Osees – Intercepted Message (In the Red) 
78. KIRBY & Rapsody – Eve Gene (self-released)  
79. Confidence Man & Daniel Avery – On & On (Again) (Chaos/Polydor)  
80. JOHN – Trauma Mosaic (Brace Yourself)  
81. Five Fingers of Funk – Portland Say It Again (Kill Rock Stars)  
82. Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing (Fluff & Gravy) 
83. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko (Wagram) 
84. Mega Bog – End of Everything (Mexican Summer)  
85. Keturah – Keturah (Hen House Studios)  
86. Mandy, Indiana – I’ve Seen a Way (Fire Talk)  
87. SoulChef & Uptown Swuite – Lua (SoulSwuite Music)  
88. Palehound – Eye on the Bat (Polyvinyl)  
89. Black Ends – My Own Dead (self-released)  
90. Debby Friday – GOOD LUCK (Sub Pop)    

Americana: 

1. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans) 
2. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
3. Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing (Fluff & Gravy) 
4. Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey)  
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. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes (Southeastern) 
9. Waco Brothers – The Men That God Forgot (Plenty Tuff) 
10. Layng Martine Jr. - Music Man (Bloodshot) 

Global: 

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

Hip Hop: 

1. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp) 
2. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz) 
3. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown)  
4. Navy Blue – Ways of Knowing (Freedom Sounds/Def Jam) 
5. Ana Tijoux – Ninx (Victoria Producciones) 
6. Killer Mike – Michael (Loma Vista) 
7. Kari Faux – REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE! (drink sum wtr) 
8. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
9. Five Fingers of Funk – Portland Say It Again (Kill Rock Stars) 
10. SoulChef & Uptown Swuite – Lua (SoulSwuite Music) 

RPM/Electronic: 

1. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune) 
2. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune) 
3. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (EMI)  
4. Overmono – Good Lies (XL) 
5. SBTRKT – The Rat Road (Save Yourself/AWAL)  
6. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)  
7. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
8. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush) 
9. Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention (BMG) 
10. Four Tet – Three Drums (Text)  

R&B/Blues: 

1. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
2. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
3. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL) 
4. Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
5. Obongjayar – Just Cool (September)  
6. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) 
7. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
8. Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya) 
9. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
10. Abra – FKA MESS (Acid Palace) 

Jazz: 

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

Northwest: 

1. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
2. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music)  
3. La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released)  
4. Sea Lemon – Cellar (Luminelle)  
5. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush) 
6. Little Venom – Sabotage (self-released) 
7. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
8. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
9. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (ANTI-)  
10. Black Ends – My Own Dead (self-released) 

Adds: 

WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound/Partisan) 
Kari Faux – REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE! (drink sum wtr) 
Jake Shears – Last Man Dancing (Mute) 
Beach Fossils – Bunny (Bayonet) 
Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental (Mexican Summer) 
RVG – Brain Worms (Fire) 
Generationals – Heatherhead (Polyvinyl) 
FRANKIIE – Between Dreams (Paper Bag) 
Juan Wauters – Wandering Rebel (Captured Tracks) 
Lanterns on the Lake – Versions of Us (Bella Union) 
BCUC – Millions of Us (On the Corner) 
Louise Post – Sleepwalker (El Camino Media) 
Brandt Brauer Frick – Multi Faith Prayer Room (Because Music)