08-16-2021

KEXP Charts for the Week of Aug. 6-12

Top 90:  

1. Yves Tumor – The Asymptotical World EP (Warp) 
2. Jungle – Loving in Stereo (AWAL) 
3. Durand Jones & The Indications – Private Space (Dead Oceans) 
4. Sault – Nine (Forever Living Originals)  
5. Nation of Language – A Way Forward (self-released)  
6. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (Age 101)  
7. Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend (Dirty Hit)  
8. Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee (Dead Oceans) 
9. Ty Segall – Harmonizer (Drag City)  
10. Sleigh Bells – Texis (Mom+Pop)  
11. Brittany Howard – Jaime Reimagined (ATO) 
12. Prince – Welcome 2 America (Legacy) 
13. Faye Webster – I Know I’m Funny haha (Secretly Canadian)  
14. Torres – Thirstier (Merge)  
15. Altin Gün – Âlem (ATO)  
16. H.E.R. - Back of My Mind (RCA)  
17. Bomba Estereo – Tierra EP (Sony Latin)  
18. La Luz – La Luz (Hardly Art)  
19. Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost (Columbia) 
20. Lucy Dacus – Home Video (Matador)  
21. The Weeknd – Take My Breath (Republic) 
22. Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time (Mom+Pop)  
23. Wet Leg – Chaise Longue (Domino)  
24. Emma-Jean Thackray – Yellow (Movementt) 
25. Yola – Stand For Myself (Easy Eye Sound/Concord)  
26. Pom Pom Squad – Death of a Cheerleader (City Slang)  
27. Ambar Lucid – Get Lost in the Music EP (300 Entertainment)  
28. George Riley – interest rates, a tape (self-released)  
29. Amyl & The Sniffers – Comfort to Me (ATO)  
30. Parisalexa – Better Than Being In Love (PayDay)  
31. Moodymann – Keep On Coming (Rockstar)  
32. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine – A Beginner’s Mind (Asthmatic Kitty)  
33. The Linda Lindas – Oh! (Epitaph)  
34. Caroline Polachek – Bunny is a Rider (Perpetual Novice)  
35. Silk Sonic – Skate (Aftermath/Atlantic)  
36. The True Loves – Sunday Afternoon (Color Red)  
37. Tay Sean – Goin Thru It (HomeSkillet) 
38. Angelique Kidjo – Mother Nature (Universal) 
39. Tkay Maidza – Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 EP (4AD)  
40. Ora The Molecule – Human Safari (Mute)  
41. Adia Victoria – A Southern Gothic (Canvasback/Atlantic)  
42. The Shivas – Feels So Good // Feels So Bad (Tender Loving Empire) 
43. Big Red Machine – How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? (37d03d) 
44. Goat – Head Soup (Rocket)  
45. The Haunted Youth – Coming Home (Mayway) 
46. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Expansions (Big Crown)  
47. Dawn Richard – Second Line (Merge)  
48. St. Vincent – Daddy's Home (Loma Vista)  
49. Children of Zeus – Balance (First Word)  
50. Darkside – Spiral (Matador)  
51. Chong the Nomad – Get Back (BuildStrong Music Group)  
52. Amen Dunes – Feel Nothing (Sub Pop)  
53. Serpentwithfeet – You Don’t Own Me (Secretly Canadian)  
54. The Vega Bodegas – All My Fish Are Dead (self-released) 
55. James Blake – Friends That Break Your Heart (Republic) 
56. The War on Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore (Atlantic) 
57. Curtis Harding – I Won’t Let You Down (ANTI-)  
58. Mega Bog – Life, and Another (Paradise of Bachelors)  
59. Modest Mouse – The Golden Casket (Epic)  
60. Rose City Band – Earth Trip (Thrill Jockey)  
61. Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant (Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune) 
62. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3000 (KGLW) 
63. Loraine James – Reflection (Hyperdub)  
64. Spellling – The Turning Wheel (Sacred Bones) 
65. The Goon Sax – Mirror II (Matador) 
66. Amythyst Kiah – Wary + Strange (Rounder/Concord)  
67. Mumu Fresh - Queen Of Culture (Vintage Babies II) 
68. L’Rain - Fatigue (Mexican Summer)  
69. The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night (self-released) 
70. (Various) - Red Hot + Free (Red Hot)  
71. Jarv Dee & Bad Colours – Bad Skin (self-released) 
72. Cherry Glazerr – Soft Drink (Secretly Canadian)  
73. JOHN – Nocturnal Manoervres (Brace Yourself/Pets Care)  
74. Xenia Rubinos – Una Rosa (ANTI-) 
75. Park Hye Jin – Before I Die (Ninja Tune)  
76. Deafheaven – Infinite Granite (Sargent House) 
77. Alewya – Spirit_X (Because London)  
78. Helado Negro – Far In (4AD)  
79. Pond – 9 (Spinning Top)  
80. Indigo De Souza – Any Shape You Take (Saddle Creek)  
81. Dry Cleaning – Bug Eggs/Tony Speaks! (4AD)  
82. Amber Mark – Competition (PMR/EMI)  
83. Hard Feelings – Hard Feelings (Domino)  
84. Shad – TAO (Secret City)  
85. (Various) - I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)  
86. Orville Peck – Born This Way (The Country Road Version) (Columbia)  
87. Jenn Champion & Oyster Kids – Love Nobody EP (Hardly Art)  
88. Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhamad & Adrian Younge – JID008 (Jazz Is Dead) 
89. The Murlocs – Bittersweet Demons (ATO)  
90. Leon Bridges – Gold-Diggers Sound (Columbia)  

Americana: 

1. Faye Webster – I Know I’m Funny haha (Secretly Canadian) 
2. Yola – Stand For Myself (Easy Eye Sound/Concord) 
3. Adia Victoria – A Southern Gothic (Canvasback/Atlantic) 
4. Rose City Band – Earth Trip (Thrill Jockey)  
5. Amythyst Kiah – Wary + Strange (Rounder/Concord)  
6. Orville Peck – Born This Way (The Country Road Version) (Columbia)  
7. Son Volt – Electro Melodier (Transmit Sound)  
8. The Flatlanders – Treasure of Love (Rack ‘Em/Thirty Tigers)  
9. (Various) - May the Circle Remain Unbroken: A Tribute to Roky Erickson (Light in the Attic)  
10. Country Westerns – Country Westerns EP (Fat Possum)

Global: 

1. Altin Gün – Âlem (ATO)  
2. Bomba Estereo – Tierra EP (Sony Latin) 
3. Angelique Kidjo – Dignity (Verve)  
4. Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime (Matador)  
5. BLK JKS – Abantu / Before Humans (We Are Busy Bodies)  
6. U-Roy – Solid Gold U-Roy (Trojan Jamaica/BMG)  
7. Moonchild Sanelly – Yebo Teacher (Transgressive) 
8. Jupiter & Okwess – Na Kozonga (Everloving) 
9. Dobet Gnahoré - Couleur (Cumbancha)  
10. Jaubi – Nafs at Peace (Astigmatic) 

Hip Hop: 

1. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (Age 101)  
2. Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost (Columbia)  
3. Tay Sean – Goin Thru It (HomeSkillet) 
4. Tkay Maidza – Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 (4AD)  
5. Children of Zeus -  Balance (First Word)  
6. Mumu Fresh - Queen Of Culture (Vintage Babies II) 
7. Jarv Dee & Bad Colours – Bad Skin (self-released)  
8. Shad – TAO (Secret City)  
9. Vince Staples – Vince Staples (Blacksmith/Motown)  
10. Mykki Blanco – Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep (Transgressive) 

RPM/Electronic: 

1. George Riley – interest rates, a tape (self-released)  
2. Moodymann – Keep On Coming (Rockstar)  
3. Caroline Polachek – Bunny is a Rider (Perpetual Novice)  
4. Ora The Molecule – Human Safari (Mute)  
5. Dawn Richard – Second Line (Merge)  
6. Darkside – Spiral (Matador)  
7. Chong the Nomad – Get Back (BuildStrong Music Group)  
8. James Blake – Friends That Break Your Heart (Republic)  
9. Loraine James – Reflection (Hyperdub)  
10. (Various) - Red Hot + Free (Red Hot)  

R&B/Blues: 

1. Jungle – Loving in Stereo (AWAL)  
2. Durand Jones & The Indications – Private Space (Dead Oceans)  
3. Sault – Nine (Forever Living Originals)  
4. Brittany Howard – Jaime Reimagined (ATO)  
5. H.E.R. - Back of My Mind (RCA)  
6. The Weeknd – Take My Breath (Republic) 
7. Ambar Lucid – Get Lost in the Music (300 Entertainment)  
8. Parisalexa – Better Than Being In Love (PayDay)  
9. Silk Sonic – Skate (Aftermath/Atlantic)  
10. The True Loves – Sunday Afternoon (Color Red) 

Jazz: 

1. Emma-Jean Thackray – Yellow (Movementt) 
2. Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhamad & Adrian Younge – JID008 (Jazz Is Dead)  
3. Onyx Collective – Hummingbird (Juliet)  
4. Sons of Kemet – Black to the Future (Impulse) 
5. Kamasi Washington – Sun Kissed Child (Hollywood)  
6. Anthony Joseph – The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives (Heavenly Sweetness)  
7. Blue Lab Beats – We Will Rise EP (Blue Note)  
8. João Donato, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – JID007 (Jazz Is Dead)  
9. Rodrigo y Gabriela – Jazz (Rubyworks/ATO)  
10. Kaidi Tatham – An Insight to All Minds (First Word) 

Northwest: 

1. Parisalexa – Better Than Being In Love (PayDay)  
2. The True Loves – Sunday Afternoon (Color Red)  
3. Tay Sean – Goin Thru It (HomeSkillet)  
4. Chong the Nomad – Get Back (BuildStrong Music Group)  
5. Mega Bog – Life, and Another (Paradise of Bachelors)  
6. Modest Mouse – The Golden Casket (Epic)  
7. Jarv Dee & Bad Colours – Bad Skin (self-released)  
8. Jenn Champion & Oyster Kids – Love Nobody EP (Hardly Art)  
9. Acid Tongue – Blossom EP (Freakout)  
10. Spiral XP – Drop Me In EP (Peaceful Tapes)    

Adds: 

Jungle – Loving in Stereo (AWAL) 
Ty Segall – Harmonizer (Drag City)  
Liars – The Apple Drop (Mute) 
Mumu Fresh - Queen Of Culture (Vintage Babies II) 
Wednesday – Twin Plagues (Orindal)  
The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night (self-released) 
Quicksand – Distant Populations (Epitaph) 
Cartel Madras – The Serpent and the Tiger (Sub Pop) 
Laura Stevenson – Laura Stevenson (Don Giovanni) 
Massage – Still Life (Mt. St. Mtn./Tear Jerk/Bobo Integral)  
(Various) - Country Funk Volume III (1975-1982) (Light in the Attic) 
Sonny & The Sunsets – New Day With New Possibilities (Rocks In Your Head) 
(Various) - Habibi Funk 015 (Habibi Funk) 
Glass Spells – Shattered (Negative Gain Productions)  
Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray – Leave the Bones (Ajunadeep) 
Pachyman – The Return of Pachyman (ATO)  
The Steoples – Wide Through the Eyes of No One (Stones Throw) 
Caveman – Smash (Fortune Tellers)  
binki – Motor Function EP (The Fader Label) 
The Tubs – Names EP (Trouble In Mind) 
Damon & Naomi with Kurihara – A Sky Record (20/20/20) 
El Michels Affair meets Liam Bailey – Ekundayo Inversions (Big Crown)  
Alexalone – Alexaloneworld (Polyvinyl)  
Tuxedo Gleam – Miscellanea EP (Detriti)