08-29-2022

KEXP Charts for the Week of Aug. 19-25 

Add Date: Aug. 29    

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. Hot Chip – Freakout/Release (Domino)  
2. Automatic – Excess (Stones Throw)  
3. Beyoncé - Renaissance (Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia)  
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)  
5. ODESZA – The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective) 
6. (Various) - After Dark 4 (Italians Do It Better)  
7. Jessie Ware – Free Yourself (EMI)  
8. PVA – BLUSH (Ninja Tune)  
9. Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes (BMG)  
10. Lizzo – Special (Nice Life/Atlantic)  
11. Aidan Noell & Nancy Whang – Sharevari (Nation of Language)  
12. Alvvays – Blue Rev (Celsius Girls/Polyvinyl)  
13. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)  
14. Lil Silva – Yesterday is Heavy (Nowhere Music)  
15. Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights (L-M/RCA)  
16. Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant to Be (Partisan) 
17. U.S. Girls – So Typically Now (4AD)  
18. Santigold – Spirituals (Little Jerk)  
19. Cheekface – Too Much to Ask (New Professor)  
20. Sylvan Esso – No Rules Sandy (Loma Vista)  
21. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset (Domino)  
22. Burna Boy – Love, Damini (Atlantic)  
23. Working Men’s Club – Fear Fear (Heavenly)  
24. Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever (Loma Vista)  
25. DOMi & JD Beck – NOT TIGHT (Apeshit/Blue Note)  
26. Young Fathers – Geronimo (Ninja Tune) 
27. Kokoroko – Could We Be More (Brownswood Recordings) 
28. The National – Weird Goodbyes (4AD)  
29. The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (Impulse!) 
30. Beverly Crusher – Waste of Waves (Freakout)  
31. The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field (Carpark)  
32. Poppy Ajudha – NO! (self-released)  
33. Sudan Archives – NBPQ (Stones Throw)  
34. Neneh Cherry - The Versions (EMI)  
35. TSHA – Capricorn Sun (Ninja Tune)  
36. Greentea Peng – Look to Him (EMI/Universal)  
37. Four Tet – Mango Feedback (Text)  
38. Little Dragon – Opening the Door EP (Ninja Tune)  
39. BLK ODYSSY – BLK VINTAGE: THE REPRISE (Empire)  
40. Toro y Moi – MAHAL (Dead Oceans)  
41. Cassandra Lewis – Always, All Ways (Low Country Sound/Elektra)  
42. The Mountain Goats – Bleed Out (Merge)  
43. Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name (Sub Pop)  
44. serpentwithfeet – I'm Pressed (Secretly Canadian)   
45. Kaidi Tatham – Don’t Rush the Process (First Word)  
46. NoSo – Stay Proud of Me (Partisan)  
47. Hudson Mohawke – Cry Sugar (Warp)  
48. Archers of Loaf – Reason in Decline (Merge)  
49. Courting – Guitar Music (Play It Again Sam)  
50. The Black Angels – Wilderness of Mirrors (Partisan)  
51. Nick Hakim – Cometa (ATO)  
52. Broken Bells – Into the Blue (30th Century/AWAL)  
53. (Various) - Pay It All Back Volume 8 (On-U Sound) 
54. Yaya Bey – Remember Your North Star (Big Dada) 
55. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms (Sub Pop) 
56. Enumclaw – Save the Baby (Luminelle)  
57. MorMor – Far Apart (Don’t Guess/AWAL)  
58. Rosalía - Despechá (Columbia)  
59. Sampa the Great – As Above So Below (Loma Vista) 
60. Plains – I Walked With You a Ways (ANTI-)  
61. Hollie Cook – Happy Hour (Merge)  
62. Wu-Lu – Loggerhead (Warp)  
63. Moor Mother – Jazz Codes (ANTI-)  
64. Quinton Brock – My Shadow (Shadow Panther)  
65. Rat Tally – In My Car (6131)  
66. Moreish Idols – Float EP (Speedy Wunderground)  
67. Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure (Polyvinyl)  
68. New Age Healers – Setting Sun (self-released)  
69. Killer Mike – Run (Loma Vista)  
70. always centered at night, Moby & serpentwithfeet – On Air (always centered at night)  
71. NNAMDÏ - Please Have a Seat (Secretly Canadian)  
72. Hello Mary – Rabbit (Frenchkiss)  
73. Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool (Daptone)  
74. CHAI – HERO JOURNEY (Sub Pop) 
75. Hope Tala – Is It Enough (PMR/EMI/Republic)  
76. julie – pg. 4 a picture of three hedges (Atlantic) 
77. Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin – Ali (Dead Oceans)  
78. First Aid Kit – Palomino (Columbia)  
79. The Lounge Society – Tired of Liberty (Speedy Wunderground)  
80. Waahli – Te Revoir (Wyzah Muzk)  
81. Ambar Lucid – La Torre (300 Entertainment) 
82. Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Parlophone)  
83. Bruno Berle - No Reino Dos Afetos (Far Out Recordings)  
84. Franklin Gothic – Into the Light (Very Jazzed/Pleasure Tapes)  
85. Brijean – Angelo EP (Ghostly International)  
86. Superorganism – World Wide Pop (Domino)  
87. Nyamekye Junction – Dasein EP (Kitto)  
88. Sun’s Signature – Sun's Signature (Partisan)  
89. Royksopp – Profound Mysteries II (Dog Triumph)  
90. The Smile – A Light For Attracting Attention (XL)     

Americana: 

1. Cassandra Lewis – Always, All Ways (Low Country Sound/Elektra)  
2. S.G. Goodman – Teeth Marks (Verve Forecast)  
3. Early James – Strange Time to Be Alive (Easy Eye Sound) 
4. Margo Price – Fight to Make It (self-released) 
5. John Moreland – Birds in the Ceiling (Old Omens/Thirty Tigers)  
6. Amanda Shires – Take It Like a Man (ATO)  
7. Lee Bains + The Glory Fires – Old-Time Folks (Don Giovanni)  
8. The Sadies – Colder Streams (Yep Roc) 
9. The Deslondes – Ways & Means (New West)  
10. Angel Olsen – Big Time (Jagjaguwar)  

Global: 

1. Burna Boy – Love, Damini (Atlantic)  
2. Kokoroko – Could We Be More (Brownswood)  
3. Rosalía - Despechá (Columbia)  
4. Hollie Cook – Happy Hour (Merge)  
5. Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin – Ali (Dead Oceans)  
6. Bruno Berle - No Reino Dos Afetos (Far Out Recordings)  
7. Nyamekye Junction – Dasein EP (Kitto)  
8. Meridian Brothers - Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento (Ansonia) 
9. Tim Bernardes – Mil Coisas Invisiveis (Psychic Hotline) 
10. Caramelo Haze - NOESTASAQUÍ (Nacional) 

Hip Hop: 

1. Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes (BMG)  
2. Lizzo – Special (Nice Life/Atlantic)  
3. Young Fathers – Geronimo (Ninja Tune)  
4. BLK ODYSSY – BLK VINTAGE: THE REPRISE (Empire)  
5. Sampa the Great – As Above So Below (Loma Vista)  
6. Wu-Lu – Loggerhead (Warp)  
7. Killer Mike – Run (Loma Vista)  
8. Waahli – Te Revoir (Wyzah Muzk)  
9. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (Top Dawg)  
10. Open Mike Eagle – Component with the Auto Reverse (Auto Reverse) 

RPM/Electronic: 

1. Hot Chip – Freakout/Release (Domino)  
2. ODESZA – The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective)  
3. (Various) - After Dark 4 (Italians Do It Better)  
4. Jessie Ware – Free Yourself (EMI)  
5. Aidan Noell & Nancy Whang – Sharevari (Nation of Language) 
6. TSHA – Capricorn Sun (Ninja Tune) 
7. Four Tet – Mango Feedback (Text)  
8. Little Dragon – Opening the Door EP (Ninja Tune) 
9. Hudson Mohawke – Cry Sugar (Warp) 
10. Sango - Great Lakes Influence (Wright Music Group)  

R&B/Blues: 

1. Beyoncé - Renaissance (Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia)  
2. Lil Silva – Yesterday is Heavy (Nowhere Music)  
3. Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights (L-M/RCA)  
4. Santigold – Spirituals (Little Jerk)  
5. Poppy Ajudha – NO! (self-released)  
6. Sudan Archives – NBPQ (Stones Throw)  
7. Greentea Peng – Look to Him (EMI/Universal)  
8. serpentwithfeet – I'm Pressed (Secretly Canadian)  
9. Yaya Bey – Remember Your North Star (Big Dada)  
10. Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool (Daptone) 

Jazz: 

1. Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant to Be (Partisan)  
2. DOMi & JD Beck – Smile (Apeshit/Blue Note)  
3. The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (Impulse!)  
4. Kaidi Tatham – Don’t Rush the Process (First Word)  
5. Moor Mother – Jazz Codes (ANTI-)  
6. Theo Croker – Love Quantum (Star People Nation/Sony)  
7. (Various) - Blue Note Re:imagined II (Blue Note)  
8. Katalyst, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Katalyst JID013 (Jazz Is Dead)  
9. Anteloper – Pink Dolphins (International Anthem)  
10. Brandon Coleman – Interstellar Black Space (Brainfeeder)

Northwest: 

1. ODESZA – The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective)  
2. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)  
3. Beverly Crusher – Waste of Waves (Freakout)  
4. Cassandra Lewis – Always, All Ways (Low Country Sound/Elektra)  
5. Enumclaw – Save the Baby (Luminelle)  
6. New Age Healers – Setting Sun (self-released)  
7. Sango - Great Lakes Influence (Wright Music Group) 
8. Cataldo – Older EP (Reunion Tour)  
9. Scarves – Delicate Creatures (Good Eye)  
10. BOAT – No Plans to Stick the Landing (Magic Marker) 

Adds: 

(Various) - Live at KEXP Volume 10 (KEXP) 
The Lounge Society – Tired of Liberty (Speedy Wunderground) 
Stella Donnelly – Flood (Secretly Canadian) 
Spielbergs – Vestli (Big Scary Monsters)  
Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure (Polyvinyl) 
Au Suisse – Au Suisse (City Slang) 
Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls (Daptone)  
Bret McKenzie – Songs Without Jokes (Sub Pop)  
Ezra Furman – All of Us Flames (ANTI-) 
Mdou Moctar – Niger EP Vol. 1 (Matador) 
Grynch – Born in ‘86 (self-released) 
Song Sparrow Research – Don't Look Now (self-released) 
Cataldo – Dumber EP (Reunion Tour)  
Paisley Fields – Limp Wrist (Don Giovanni) 
Gordi – Inhuman EP (Jagjaguwar) 
Valerie June – Under Cover EP (Fantasy) 
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Let's Turn It Into Sound (Ghostly International)  
Royksopp – Profound Mysteries II (Dog Triumph) 
Zannie – How Do I Get That Star (Kill Rock Stars)