07-27-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of July 17 - July 23

Add Date: July 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. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  2. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  3. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  4. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  5. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - A ? of WHEN (Domino)
  6. Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM (Interscope)
  7. Caroline Rose - “Yip Yip Yow” (SUCK Records)
  8. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  9. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  10. Ty Segall - Chrome (Drag City)
  11. La Sécurité - Bingo!! (Bella Union)
  12. Francis of Delirium - Run, Run Pure Beauty (Dalliance)
  13. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway Records)
  14. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  15. Lido Pimienta - Caribenya (ANTI-) 
  16. Dead Pioneers - Wagon Burner (Hassle)
  17. Sylvan Esso - Ow ∞ (Psychic Hotline)
  18. Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Nude Club)
  19. Desire - “Summer Skin” (Italians Do It Better)
  20. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
  21. Yard Act - You’re Gonna Need A Little Music (Republic)
  22. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  23. mary in the junkyard - Role Model Hermit (AMF Records)
  24. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  25. Mock Media - Rat Bastard (Mac’s Record Label)
  26. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline) 
  27. Pearl & The Oysters - Monkey Mind (Stones Throw) 
  28. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  29. Sparklmami - in this body (Verve/Slowplay)
  30. JuJu Rogers - Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (Counterkultur)
  31. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  32. Fat Dog - Cancel Me (I’m Tired) (Domino)
  33. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  34. Getdown Services - Massive Champion (Breakfast)
  35. Gurriers - Nobody's Coming To Save You (Play It Again Sam)
  36. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  37. Interpol - This Mirror Weighs A Ton (Partisan)
  38. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  39. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records)
  40. Tycho & Sea Lemon - “Anotherwave” (Mom+Pop)
  41. DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Mass Appeal)
  42. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  43. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  44. Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner Records)
  45. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  46. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  47. Iceage - For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer) 
  48. Pond - Terrestrials (Mangovision)
  49. Maria Minerva - Contact High (viis)
  50. Tricky - Different When It's Silent (False Idols)
  51. DJ Seinfeld - If This Is It (Ninja Tune) 
  52. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  53. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  54. Blondshell - Violins (Partisan)
  55. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  56. Slow Pulp - Melodie (ANTI-)
  57. UCHE YARA - BODYSCANNER (goldendays FM)
  58. Deep Sea Diver - “Teardrop” (Sub Pop)
  59. Black Marble - Life in Small Spaces (Sacred Bones)
  60. Diary - Spiral Bound (Kanine)
  61. Ela Minus & Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? EP (Smugglers Way)
  62. Erick The Architect - “No Doubt (I’m in Love)” (Mass Appeal)
  63. Homeboy Sandman & Jack Splash - Resonance Frequency (Soulspazm)
  64. Overmono - Pure Devotion (XL Recordings)
  65. Saul Williams - Leap Life (Big Dada)
  66. Wishy - Nature’s Pill (Winspear)
  67. BALTHVS - Manifest (Mixto)
  68. Night Tapes - “swim” (Nettwerk)
  69. IAN SWEET - Shiverstruck (Polyvinyl)
  70. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
  71. foamboy - STUPID HOT (self-released)
  72. Yea-Ming And The Rumours - Residue (Dandy Boy) 
  73. Eartheater - Heavenly Body: If I’m The Bottle You’re The Message (Mad Decent)
  74. Jack White - Frozen Charlotte (Third Man)
  75. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  76. sundayclub - SUNDAYCLUB (Paper Bag)
  77. Chico Detour - Wash It Down EP (Den Tapes) 
  78. PawPaw Rod - Picture Day: A PawPaw Rod Album (Independent Co.) 
  79. Black Ends - “All I’m Bone” (Youth Riot) 
  80. Chloé Caillet - “Bad Bara” (Ninja Tune)
  81. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  82. Sango - RHYTHM & MELODY (Mass Appeal)
  83. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  84. Freak Slug - Amulet (Future Classic)
  85. Growing Pains - Daniel Loves Mandy Forever (Photo Finish Records)
  86. MADMADMAD - Turn It Up EP (Def Presse)
  87. Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segall - Doomed! (Backwoodz Studioz)
  88. Starcleaner Reunion - Umbrella (Take Care Records)
  89. New Age Healers - Blowing Smoke Through the Choir (self-released)
  90. RUB - “City Pop” (self-released)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  2. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  3. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  4. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  5. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
  6. Ismay - Half Truth (Fossil Records)
  7. Ibeyi - Offerings (AWAL)
  8. Bruno Berle - Sem Fronteiras (Far Out Recordings)
  9. Swapmeet - Mount Zero (Winspear)
  10. Margo Price - Days Of Unrest (Loma Vista / Concord)

Global: 

  1. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  2. Lido Pimienta - Caribenya (ANTI-) 
  3. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline) 
  4. Sparklmami - in this body (Verve/Slowplay)
  5. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  6. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  7. Ela Minus & Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? EP (Smugglers Way)
  8. BALTHVS - Manifest (Mixto)
  9. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  10. Adrian Younge - Afro Disco Makossa EP (Linear Labs)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM (Interscope)
  2. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  3. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  4. JuJu Rogers - Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (Counterkultur)
  5. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  6. DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Mass Appeal)
  7. Tricky - Different When It's Silent (False Idols)
  8. Erick The Architect - “No Doubt (I’m in Love)” (Mass Appeal)
  9. Homeboy Sandman & Jack Splash - Resonance Frequency (Soulspazm)
  10. Saul Williams - Leap Life (Big Dada)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  2. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  3. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  4. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  5. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline) 
  6. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  7. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  8. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  9. Tycho & Sea Lemon - “Anotherwave” (Mom+Pop)
  10. DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Mass Appeal)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  2. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  3. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  4. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  5. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
  6. Sparklmami - in this body (Verve/Slowplay)
  7. JuJu Rogers - Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (Counterkultur)
  8. Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (OURNESS)
  9. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  10. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)

Jazz: 

  1. Sparklmami - in this body (Verve/Slowplay)
  2. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  3. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  4. Saul Williams - Leap Life (Big Dada)
  5. Adrian Younge - Afro Disco Makossa EP (Linear Labs)
  6. Greg Kramer - Heat Check (Krameroriginals)
  7. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  8. Empanadas Ilegales - LABORATORIO TROPICAL (We Are Time)
  9. Tara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere Good (World of Echo)
  10. aja monet - the color of rain (drink sum wtr)

Northwest: 

  1. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  2. Mock Media - Rat Bastard (Mac’s Record Label)
  3. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)
  4. Tycho & Sea Lemon - “Anotherwave” (Mom+Pop)
  5. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  6. Telehealth - Green World Image (Sub Pop)
  7. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  8. Deep Sea Diver - “Teardrop” (Sub Pop)
  9. foamboy - STUPID HOT (self-released)
  10. Chico Detour - Wash It Down EP (Den Tapes) 

Bay Area: 

  1. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway Records)
  2. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  3. Tycho & Sea Lemon - “Anotherwave” (Mom+Pop)
  4. Yea-Ming And The Rumours - Residue (Dandy Boy) 
  5. Ismay - Half Truth (Fossil Records)
  6. Marika Christine - Enjoy The Clouds (Anxiety Blanket Records)
  7. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  8. Badvril - Lethal (Share It Music)
  9. Satya - Yellow House (Checker Print) 
  10. Kelley Stoltz - If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now! (Dandy Boy)

Adds: 

IAN SWEET - Shiverstruck (Polyvinyl)
Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner Records)
atmos bloom - Everythingness (Spirit Goth Records) 
Body Type - Tally (p(doom))
Curió Curió - Curió Curió (Mr Bongo)  
Josaleigh Pollett - If I Let It Quiet (Audio Antihero)  
Lockimara - Only Sun, Only Moon (Play Dead)
Louie El Ser - Cerebral (Text Me Records)
Sam and Louise Sullivan - Love & Devotion (Historic New Jersey Recordings)
Suki Waterhouse - Loveland (Island) 
Swapmeet - Mount Zero (Winspear)
WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero) 
Cat Nap - Free In Anarchy (Cassette Culture)
Darkswoon - Antivenom (Viasonde)
Edgar - Pavor (Dark Entries)
Josh da Costa - New Wave Graveyard (Stones Throw)
kelz - A Sweet Passerby (Bayonet)
Mock Media - Rat Bastard (Mac’s Record Label)
murrph. - WATPRADU EP + WATPRADU, Pt. II (BIRTH UNIT)
Navy Blue - Sir Render (Freedom Sounds)
Nick Hakim - I Can See (Earseed Records) 
Orquesta Akokán - América! (Daptone)
Quicksand - Bring On the Psychics (Equal Vision)
The Garden - Bootleg (Epitaph)