08-10-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of July 31 - Aug 6

Add Date: Aug 10

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. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  2. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  3. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  4. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  5. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  6. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  7. Fat Dog - Cancel Me (I'm Tired) (Domino)
  8. Noname - “Squatter” (feat. DRAM) (Noname Inc.)
  9. IAN SWEET - Shiverstruck (Polyvinyl)
  10. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  11. Blonde Readhead - “Blood Spilled” (section1)
  12. Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Nude Club)
  13. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  14. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  15. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic)
  16. Yard Act - You’re Gonna Need A Little Music (Republic)
  17. Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM (Interscope)
  18. La Sécurité - Bingo!! (Bella Union)
  19. Getdown Services - Massive Champion (Breakfast)
  20. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  21. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  22. WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero) 
  23. Suki Waterhouse - Loveland (Island) 
  24. Eartheater - Heavenly Body: If I'm The Bottle You’re The Message (Mad Decent)
  25. Portraits Of Tracy - Q: From Where Do Our Primal Instincts Originate A: MTV! (self-released)
  26. Hercules & Love Affair & Hips & Lips - Danseur EP (Stratasonic)
  27. The Durutti Column - Renascent (London)
  28. Ghost Funk Orchestra - “Ocotillo” (Karma Chief)
  29. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  30. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  31. Blondshell - Violins (Partisan)
  32. Gurriers - Nobody's Coming To Save You (Play It Again Sam)
  33. Sylvan Esso - Ow ∞ (Psychic Hotline)
  34. Charli xcx - Music, Fashion, Film (Atlantic)
  35. Shearwater - The New World (Polyborus)
  36. Josaleigh Pollett - If I Let It Quiet (Audio Antihero)
  37. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  38. Homeboy Sandman & Jack Splash - Resonance Frequency (Soulspazm)
  39. Bruno Berle - Sem Fronteiras (Far Out Recordings)
  40. GENER8ION - Love & Tears (Iconoclast)
  41. Radio Free Alice - “Kick in the Shins” (Atlantic)
  42. Thao - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)
  43. The Moondoggies - Moondoggies (self-released)
  44. The Womack Sisters - The Womack Sisters (Daptone)
  45. Asal - Kiss the Sun (self-released)
  46. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
  47. Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner Records)
  48. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - A ? of WHEN (Domino)
  49. Kelsey Lu - So Help Me God (Dirty Hit)
  50. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  51. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  52. Deep Sea Diver - “Teardrop” (Sub Pop)
  53. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  54. L’Rain - fata morgana (Mexican Summer)
  55. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records)
  56. Thandii x Regalado - Coco Okayo (Sama Sama)
  57. UCHE YARA - BODYSCANNER (goldendays FM)
  58. Mallory Hawk - Chinook (self-released)
  59. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  60. Ibeyi - Offerings (AWAL)
  61. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  62. Desire - “Summer Skin” (Italians Do It Better)
  63. Diary - Spiral Bound (Kanine)
  64. GWEN - “Achub Yr Iaith” (Libertino)
  65. Protomartyr - Hotel Usona (Domino)
  66. Tinashe - “Crash Out” (A Nice Life/Atlantic)
  67. Darkswoon - Antivenom (Viasonde)
  68. Orquesta Akokán - América! (Daptone)
  69. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline)
  70. Temples - BLISS (V2) 
  71. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  72. Dry Cleaning - Secret Love (Deluxe Edition) (4AD)
  73. Logic1000 - Confirmation! (Because Music/Therapy)
  74. Lusine - Melting Days (Ghostly International)
  75. Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown - A Supreme Blue (Concord Jazz/Concord)
  76. Jalen Ngonda - Doctrine of Love (Daptone)
  77. Francis of Delirium - Run, Run Pure Beauty (Dalliance)
  78. Iceage - For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer) 
  79. Black Ends - “All I’m Bone” (Youth Riot)
  80. Cerrone & Adi Oasis - “New Highs” (Because Music)
  81. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  82. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  83. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  84. Slow Pulp - Melodie (ANTI-)
  85. Ebbb - Shallow Hits (Ninja Tune)
  86. Malummí - Damaged by Their Silence (Mouthwatering)
  87. Opus Kink - The Sweet Goodbye (SO Recordings)
  88. atmos bloom - Everythingness (Spirit Goth) 
  89. Curió Curió - Curió Curió (Mr Bongo)  
  90. foamboy - STUPID HOT (self-released) 

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  2. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  3. The Moondoggies - Moondoggies (self-released)
  4. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)Widowspeak - Roses (Captured Tracks)
  5. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  6. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  7. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  8. Malummí - Damaged by Their Silence (Mouthwatering)
  9. Babehoven - I See Them, I See Me (Double Double Whammy)
  10. This is Lorelei - The Singer in My Band (Matador)

Global: 

  1. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  2. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  3. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic)
  4. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  5. Bruno Berle - Sem Fronteiras (Far Out Recordings)
  6. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  7. Ibeyi - Offerings (AWAL)
  8. Orquesta Akokán - América! (Daptone)
  9. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline) 
  10. Curió Curió - Curió Curió (Mr Bongo)  

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  2. Noname - “Squatter” (feat. DRAM) (Noname Inc.)
  3. Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM (Interscope)
  4. Homeboy Sandman & Jack Splash - Resonance Frequency (Soulspazm)
  5. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  6. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  7. Mike D - Thank You (Capitol)
  8. Sango - RHYTHM & MELODY (Mass Appeal)
  9. Saul Williams - Leap Life (Big Dada)
  10. Greg Kramer - Heat Check (Krameroriginals)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  2. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  3. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  4. Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Nude Club)
  5. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  6. Eartheater - Heavenly Body: If I'm The Bottle You’re The Message (Mad Decent)
  7. Hercules & Love Affair & Hips & Lips - Danseur EP (Stratasonic)
  8. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  9. UCHE YARA - BODYSCANNER (goldendays FM)
  10. Desire - “Summer Skin” (Italians Do It Better)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  2. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  3. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  4. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  5. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  6. WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero) 
  7. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  8. Bruno Berle - Sem Fronteiras (Far Out Recordings)
  9. The Womack Sisters - The Womack Sisters (Daptone)
  10. Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner Records)

Jazz: 

  1. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  2. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  3. WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero) 
  4. Ghost Funk Orchestra - “Ocotillo” (Karma Chief)
  5. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  6. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  7. Ibeyi - Offerings (AWAL)
  8. Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown - A Supreme Blue (Concord Jazz/Concord)
  9. Opus Kink - The Sweet Goodbye (SO Recordings)
  10. Meshell Ndegeocello & Cynthia Erivo - Synonym (Blue Note)

Northwest: 

  1. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  2. Terror/Cactus - Colapso (Share It Music)
  3. The Moondoggies - Moondoggies (self-released)
  4. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  5. Deep Sea Diver - “Teardrop” (Sub Pop)
  6. Darkswoon - Antivenom (Viasonde)
  7. Lusine - Melting Days (Ghostly International)
  8. Black Ends - “All I’m Bone” (Youth Riot) 
  9. foamboy - STUPID HOT (self-released)
  10. Sango - RHYTHM & MELODY (Mass Appeal)

Bay Area: 

  1. Thao - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)
  2. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  3. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  4. Tricky FM - Twin Star Fantasy (Cherub Dream)
  5. Yea-Ming And The Rumours - Residue (Dandy Boy) 
  6. Louie El Ser - Cerebral (Text Me Records)
  7. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway Records)
  8. Tycho & Sea Lemon - “Anotherwave” (Mom+Pop)
  9. Welcome Strawberry - Desperate Flower Remixes (Cherub Dream)
  10. Twin Bloom - Twin Bloom EP (Dandy Boy)

Adds: 

Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records)
abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
Beacon - How Drie a Cinder (Apparent Movement)
Cel Ray - Cel Rayzer (Exploding In Sound)
Fred again.. & LATIN MAFIA - 9 months and 50 hours (Atlantic)
Romi Wrights - Andy (Mānuka Recordings)
The Chutes - The Chutes (Dandy Boy)
Constant Lovers - Troposphere (Den Tapes)
effe - Solder EP (Artist House)
Fana Hues - Catch n' Release EP (Platoon)
ggwendolyn - Superstar Syndrome (self-released)
god of war - molly picture (Julia’s War)
Joyce e Tutty Moreno, Adrian Younge - Joyce e Tutty Moreno JID027 (Jazz Is Dead) 
Kefaya & Elaha Soroor - Our Freedoms Must Be Won (Radio International)
Margaret Glaspy - I Am Both (ATO)
Megasound - Megasound (Don Giovanni Records)
Perfect Person & Holostar - Some Kind of Life EP (NSFW WORLD)
Slow Fiction - dollhouse (Tight Knit)
the Mountain Goats - Days (Cadmean Dawn Records/Thirty Tigers)