09-14-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of Sept 4 - Sept 10

Add Date: Sept. 14

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. Dark Chisme - “Suffer Like Me” (self-released)
  2. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  3. Black Marble - Life in Small Spaces (Sacred Bones)
  4. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  5. Blind Yeo - The Lemoine Point (Bongo Joe)
  6. hazy waters - “blue” (self-released)
  7. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  8. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic Records)
  9. Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber (XL Recordings)
  10. Frankie Rose - HILA (Born Losers/Night School Records)
  11. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  12. UCHE YARA - BODYSCANNER (goldendays FM)
  13. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records)
  14. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  15. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  16. Rapsody - God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops (We Each Other/Roc Nation)
  17. The Linda Lindas - GOTTA GET OUT (Reprise/Warner)
  18. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - ii (Loma Vista Recordings)
  19. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  20. Interpol - This Mirror Weighs A Ton (Partisan)
  21. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  22. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  23. Soft Science - Sand (Shelflife)
  24. New Age Healers - Blowing Smoke Through The Choir (self-released)
  25. Ty Segall - Chrome (Drag City)
  26. Getdown Services - Massive Champion (Breakfast Records)
  27. Diary - Spiral Bound (Kanine)  
  28. Blondshell - Violins (Partisan)
  29. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  30. Wishy - Nature’s Pill (Winspear)
  31. Barry Can’t Swim - “Dance Dance Dance!” (Atlantic Records UK)
  32. Dummy - do you love the color of the sky? (Polyvinyl)
  33. GWEN - UMA (Libertino)
  34. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  35. Dahi - Black Boy (Alternative) (ALTER) 
  36. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  37. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  38. Sera Cahoone - I’ve Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  39. Sofie Royer - before/after (Stones Throw) 
  40. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
  41. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  42. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  43. The War On Drugs - “Who’s That” (Super High Quality Records)
  44. Abyssinian Creole - “Sun Out” (People Need Water)
  45. Imperial Teen - All Over You (Merge)
  46. M83 - I Wrote You A Letter (Other Suns)
  47. Dazy - MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026 (Lame-O Records)
  48. Westside Cowboy - It Goes On (Island Records)
  49. Wild Pink - Still Coming Down (Fire Talk)
  50. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  51. Thandii x Regalado - Coco Okayo (Sama Sama)
  52. Eden Samara - Odyssey (Lapsus/Local Action)
  53. Dinosaur Jr. - There Near (Jagjaguwar) 
  54. Cleo Sol - Gentlewoman (Forever Living Originals)
  55. Empanadas Ilegales - LABORATORIO TROPICAL (We Are Time)
  56. XELTA - B.D.S.M. (Körperspannung) 
  57. LA Priest - Into the Sky (Domino)
  58. Lily Seabird - Lightspheres on Their Way (Lame-O Records) 
  59. Mona et Toi - Radical Romance of Mind (Hey Boy)
  60. Q - DO YOU SEE ME? (Columbia) 
  61. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  62. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  63. Gurriers - Nobody's Coming To Save You (Play It Again Sam)
  64. LEENALCHI (이날치) - SUGUNGGA (Luaka Bop)
  65. Slow Pulp - Melodie (ANTI-)
  66. American Bear - "Dance Dance Dance (跳舞跳舞跳舞)” (Moshi Moshi)
  67. Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Atlantic)
  68. Brooke Combe - “Love Was Made of Stone” (Fontana Recordings/Universal)
  69. Danielle Ponder - Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans)
  70. Death Valley Girls - Welcome to Earth (Suicide Squeeze)
  71. Logic1000 - Confirmation! (Because Music/Therapy)
  72. Meshell Ndgeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)
  73. THAO - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)
  74. The Watergirls - The Whole of the Moon (DFA)
  75. St Yuma - “Alone the Walrus” (Full Time Hobby)
  76. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Ojos Del Cóndor (Easy Eye Sound)
  77. Los Bitchos - Los Bitchos & Friends Vol 1 (GREAT!)
  78. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  79. Yard Act - You’re Gonna Need A Little Music (Republic)
  80. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  81. Dana & Alden - Papa’s Boat (Concord Jazz)
  82. corto.alto - SOME SMALL FORTUNE (Ninja Tune) 
  83. Chelsea Wolfe - The Dark (Loma Vista)
  84. The Womack Sisters - The Womack Sisters (Daptone)
  85. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  86. Lusine - Melting Days (Ghostly International)
  87. Russian Circles - Nine (Sargent House)
  88. Sibille Attar - Amor Fati (PNKSLM Recordings) 
  89. Mike D - Thank You (Capitol)
  90. Spike - Spike (Gob Nation)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  2. Sera Cahoone - I’ve Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  3. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  4. Wild Pink - Still Coming Down (Fire Talk)
  5. Lily Seabird - Lightspheres on Their Way (Lame-O Records) 
  6. twisted teens - Florida Water Blues (Going Underground)
  7. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  8. St Yuma - “Alone the Walrus” (Full Time Hobby)
  9. Chelsea Wolfe - The Dark (Loma Vista)
  10. This is Lorelei - The Singer in My Band (Matador) 

Global: 

  1. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic Records)
  2. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  3. Empanadas Ilegales - LABORATORIO TROPICAL (We Are Time)
  4. LEENALCHI (이날치) - SUGUNGGA (Luaka Bop)
  5. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Ojos Del Cóndor (Easy Eye Sound)
  6. Los Bitchos - Los Bitchos & Friends Vol 1 (GREAT!)
  7. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  8. Curió Curió - Curió Curió (Mr Bongo) 
  9. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline) 
  10. Lido Pimienta - Caribenya (ANTI-) 

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  2. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  3. Rapsody - God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops (We Each Other/Roc Nation)
  4. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - ii (Loma Vista Recordings)
  5. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  6. Dahi - Black Boy (Alternative) (ALTER) 
  7. Abyssinian Creole - “Sun Out” (People Need Water)
  8. corto.alto - SOME SMALL FORTUNE (Ninja Tune) 
  9. Mike D - Thank You (Capitol)
  10. Open Mike Eagle x Kenny Segal - DOOMED! (Backwoodz Studioz)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Dark Chisme - “Suffer Like Me” (self-released)
  2. Frankie Rose - HILA (Born Losers/Night School Records)
  3. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  4. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  5. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  6. Barry Can’t Swim - “Dance Dance Dance!” (Atlantic Records UK)
  7. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  8. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  9. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  10. M83 - I Wrote You A Letter (Other Suns)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  2. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  3. UCHE YARA - BODYSCANNER (goldendays FM)
  4. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  5. Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
  6. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  7. Dahi - Black Boy (Alternative) (ALTER) 
  8. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  9. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
  10. Abyssinian Creole - “Sun Out” (People Need Water)

Jazz: 

  1. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  2. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  3. Empanadas Ilegales - LABORATORIO TROPICAL (We Are Time)
  4. Meshell Ndgeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)
  5. Dana & Alden - Papa’s Boat (Concord Jazz)
  6. corto.alto - SOME SMALL FORTUNE (Ninja Tune) 
  7. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  8. Greg Kramer - Heat Check (Krameroriginals) 
  9. WILLOW - The Thread (Three Six Zero) 
  10. Menahan Street Band - Illusions (Diamond West)

Northwest: 

  1. Dark Chisme - “Suffer Like Me” (self-released)
  2. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  3. New Age Healers - Blowing Smoke Through The Choir (self-released)
  4. Sera Cahoone - I’ve Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  5. Abyssinian Creole - “Sun Out” (People Need Water)
  6. Empanadas Ilegales - LABORATORIO TROPICAL (We Are Time)
  7. XELTA - B.D.S.M. (Körperspannung) 
  8. Chinese American Bear - "Dance Dance Dance (跳舞跳舞跳舞)” (Moshi Moshi)
  9. St Yuma - “Alone the Walrus” (Full Time Hobby)
  10. Dana & Alden - Papa’s Boat (Concord Jazz)

Bay Area: 

  1. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  2. Soft Science - Sand (Shelflife)
  3. Imperial Teen - All Over You (Merge)
  4. THAO - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)
  5. Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Sow & So (Lucid Haus)
  6. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  7. The Chutes - The Chutes (Dandy Boy) 
  8. Darlynn - Dyke Den (Dark Entries) 
  9. Edgar - Pavor (Dark Entries) 
  10. Louie El Ser - Cerebral (Text Me Records)

Adds: 

Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)  
Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)  
Czarface & Frankie Pulitzer - Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer (Silver Age)
Dottie Andersson - Andersson Funeral Home (Royal Mountain)
Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)  
Liana Flores - And so it goes… EP (Verve)
pitschouse - Nothing New (Den Tapes)
Sylvan Esso - Ow ∞ (Psychic Hotline)
Thandii x Regalado - Coco Okayo (Sama Sama)
This is Lorelei - The Singer in My Band (Matador) 
Angela Autumn - Believer (Gar Hole Records)  
Aquiestoy - Til We Dissolve (self-released)
Arab Strap - Half-Told Tales (Rock Action)
FKJ - Tyber (Mom+Pop)
Hannah Cole - Switchbacks (Tight Knit) 
Jaime Rosso - Keep Stepping! (Domino)
Soft Loft - Throw A Dice ([PIAS] Recordings) 
Soft Vein - All We’ve Known of Heaven (Artoffact)
The Tubs - Hard Life (Merge)
Various Artists - Sergio Mendes Tribute (CROIX Co., Ltd./CROIX JAM)