08-17-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of Aug 7 - Aug 13

Add Date: Aug 17

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. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records)
  2. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  3. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  4. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  5. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  6. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  7. Portraits Of Tracy - Q: From Where Do Our Primal Instincts Originate A: MTV! (self-released)
  8. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  9. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic Records)
  10. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  11. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  12. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  13. Thandii x Regalado - Coco Okayo (Sama Sama)
  14. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  15. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  16. Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM (Interscope)
  17. Fred again.. & LATIN MAFIA - 9 months and 50 hours (Atlantic)
  18. Tricky FM - Twin Star Fantasy (Cherub Dream Records)
  19. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  20. DIIV - ZIRP! (Fantasy)
  21. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - A ? of WHEN (Domino)
  22. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  23. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  24. Suki Waterhouse - Loveland (Island) 
  25. mary in the junkyard - Role Model Hermit (AMF Records)
  26. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  27. Dawn Richard - creole culture (Merge)
  28. Meshell Ndgeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)
  29. Valerie June - Brighter Blue EP (Concord)
  30. La Sécurité - Bingo!! (Bella Union)
  31. Overmono - Pure Devotion (XL Recordings)
  32. Lido Pimienta - Caribenya (ANTI-) 
  33. Francis of Delirium - Run, Run Pure Beauty (Dalliance)
  34. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  35. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  36. Chloé Caillet - “Bad Bara” (Ninja Tune)
  37. Dinosaur Jr. - There Near (Jagjaguwar)
  38. Ela Minus & Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? EP (Smugglers Way)
  39. GENER8ION - Love & Tears (Iconoclast)
  40. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  41. IAN SWEET - Shiverstruck (Polyvinyl)
  42. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  43. The Chutes - The Chutes (Dandy Boy)
  44. Getdown Services - Massive Champion (Breakfast)
  45. Grace Cummings - Bloodhorse! (ATO) 
  46. Ravyn Lenae - Blue Island (Atlantic) 
  47. The Womack Sisters - The Womack Sisters (Daptone)
  48. Cel Ray - Cel Rayzer (Exploding In Sound)
  49. Charli xcx - Music, Fashion, Film (Atlantic)
  50. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  51. Slow Fiction - dollhouse (Tight Knit)
  52. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  53. Blondshell - Violins (Partisan)
  54. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  55. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  56. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
  57. Noname - “Squatter (feat. DRAM)” (Noname Inc.)
  58. Sylvan Esso - Ow ∞ (Psychic Hotline)
  59. Black Ends - “Nothin’ Sticks” (Youth Riot) 
  60. The Moondoggies - Moondoggies (self-released)
  61. Barry Can’t Swim - “Dance Dance Dance!” (Atlantic Records UK)
  62. Black Marble - Life in Small Spaces (Sacred Bones)
  63. Blonde Redhead - “Blood Spilled” (section1)
  64. Danielle Ponder - Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans)
  65. Desire - “Summer Skin” (Italians Do It Better)
  66. Girl Ultra - RRRomeo (Big Dada)
  67. Lava La Rue - “Prince Of Bologna” (Speedy Wunderground)
  68. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - “Problems” (feat. Kabaka Pyramid) (Django Music)
  69. Westside Cowboy - It Goes On (Island Records)
  70. Yazmin Lacey - “Summer Haze” (MF/Black Butter)
  71. IROIRO - Once b/w Formosa 7” (K/Grand Ultra)
  72. Ghost Funk Orchestra - “Ocotillo” (Karma Chief)
  73. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA: Remixed (self-released)
  74. Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner Records)
  75. Yard Act - You’re Gonna Need A Little Music (Republic)
  76. Beacon - How Drie a Cinder (Apparent Movement)
  77. Romi Wrights - Andy (Mānuka Recordings)
  78. atmos bloom - Everythingness (Spirit Goth Records) 
  79. WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero) 
  80. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  81. Doohickey Cubicle - Good at it (self-released)
  82. XELTA - B.D.S.M. (Körperspannung)
  83. 44go - D1 (self-released) 
  84. effe - Solder EP (Artist House)
  85. Hercules & Love Affair - Danseur Part One EP (Stratasonic)
  86. Edgar - Pavor (Dark Entries)
  87. Adrian Younge - Afro Disco Makossa EP (Linear Labs)
  88. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline) 
  89. Maria Minerva - Contact High (viis)
  90. Rell Be Free - Everything Is Everything (People Need Water) 

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  2. Valerie June - Brighter Blue EP (Concord)
  3. Grace Cummings - Bloodhorse! (ATO) 
  4. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  5. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  6. Sera Cahoone - I've Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  7. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  8. June McDoom - Follow The Light (Jagjaguwar)
  9. Shannon Lay - Past the Veil (All The Best)
  10. Josaleigh Pollett - If I Let It Quiet (Audio Antihero)  

Global: 

  1. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic Records)
  2. Fred again.. & LATIN MAFIA - 9 months and 50 hours (Atlantic)
  3. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  4. Lido Pimienta - Caribenya (ANTI-) 
  5. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  6. Ela Minus & Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? EP (Smugglers Way)
  7. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  8. Girl Ultra - RRRomeo (Big Dada)
  9. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - “Problems” (feat. Kabaka Pyramid) (Django Music)
  10. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA: Remixed (self-released) 

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Vince Staples - Cry Baby (Loma Vista)
  2. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  3. Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM (Interscope)
  4. Noname - “Squatter (feat. DRAM)” (Noname Inc.)
  5. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  6. Rell Be Free - Everything Is Everything (People Need Water) 
  7. Kareen Lomax - NAJI (music is fun)
  8. Saul Williams - Leap Life (Big Dada)
  9. Kwasi - “Troublemaker” (Community Music)
  10. Open Mike Eagle x Kenney Segall - Doomed! (Backwoodz Studioz) 

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  2. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  3. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  4. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  5. Fred again.. & LATIN MAFIA - 9 months and 50 hours (Atlantic)
  6. Tricky FM - Twin Star Fantasy (Cherub Dream Records)
  7. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  8. Overmono - Pure Devotion (XL Recordings)
  9. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  10. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  2. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  3. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  4. Thandii x Regalado - Coco Okayo (Sama Sama)
  5. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  6. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  7. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  8. Alewya - ZERO (Because London)
  9. Dawn Richard - creole culture (Merge)
  10. Meshell Ndgeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)

Jazz: 

  1. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  2. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  3. Meshell Ndgeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)
  4. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Here Comes That Crow EP (Luaka Bop)
  5. Ghost Funk Orchestra - “Ocotillo” (Karma Chief)
  6. WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero) 
  7. Adrian Younge - Afro Disco Makossa EP (Linear Labs)
  8. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  9. Saul Williams - Leap Life (Big Dada)
  10. Opus Kink - The Sweet Goodbye (SO Recordings)

Northwest: 

  1. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  2. Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower (ANTI-)
  3. Black Ends - “Nothin’ Sticks” (Youth Riot) 
  4. The Moondoggies - Moondoggies (self-released)
  5. IROIRO - Once b/w Formosa 7” (K/Grand Ultra)
  6. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA: Remixed (self-released)
  7. Doohickey Cubicle - Good at it (self-released)
  8. XELTA - B.D.S.M. (Körperspannung)
  9. 44go - D1 (self-released) 
  10. Rell Be Free - Everything Is Everything (People Need Water) 

Bay Area: 

  1. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  2. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  3. Tricky FM - Twin Star Fantasy (Cherub Dream Records)
  4. The Chutes - The Chutes (Dandy Boy)
  5. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  6. Edgar - Pavor (Dark Entries)
  7. Spacemoth - Inward Eye (Greenway Records)
  8. Imperial Teen - All Over You (Merge)
  9. THAO - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)
  10. Tycho & Sea Lemon - “Anotherwave” (Mom+Pop)

Adds: 

Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
Dana & Alden - Papa’s Boat (Concord Jazz)
Getdown Services - Massive Champion (Breakfast Records)
Grace Cummings - Bloodhorse! (ATO)
Hovvdy - Big World (Arts & Crafts)
Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
Kiwi Jr. - Blowin’ Up (perennial/K)
Overmono - Pure Devotion (XL Recordings) 
Ravyn Lenae - Blue Island (Atlantic) 
Sailor Honeymoon - The Worst of Sailor Honeymoon (Good Good)
Strange Lot - Strange Lot (Greenway)
The Womack Sisters - The Womack Sisters (Daptone)
Kelly Finnigan - B‐Sides, Singles & Forgotten Gems (Colemine)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Alien Metal (p(doom))
L’Rain - fata morgana (Mexican Summer)
Laura Veirs - Temple Songs (Raven Marching Band)
Open Mike Eagle x Kenny Segal - DOOMED! (Backwoodz Studioz)
Pearly Drops - The Voices Became Louder (Music Website)
Q - DO YOU SEE ME? (Columbia)
RAGEFLOWER - TWINSTAR EP (self-released)
Real Numbers - Was It Always This Way (Slumberland)
Rowena Wise - Bad Things Feel Good* (22TWENTY)
ZAINAB - Canal View EP (Technicolour)