09-21-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of Sept. 11 - Sept. 17 

Add Date: Sept. 21

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. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)  
  2. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  3. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  4. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  5. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  6. Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber (XL Recordings)
  7. The War On Drugs - “Who’s That” (Super High Quality Records)
  8. Black Marble - Life in Small Spaces (Sacred Bones)
  9. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  10. Interpol - This Mirror Weighs A Ton (Partisan)
  11. Chastity Belt - “I Could Say Less” b/w “Pavement” (Suicide Squeeze)
  12. Liars - A Ban On Plastic Bag Bans (Mute)
  13. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  14. Dahi - Black Boy (Alternative) (ALTER) 
  15. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  16. pitschouse - Nothing New (Den Tapes)
  17. New Age Healers - Blowing Smoke Through The Choir (self-released)
  18. Sylvan Esso - Ow ∞ (Psychic Hotline)
  19. This is Lorelei - The Singer in My Band (Matador) 
  20. Fat Dog - Cancel Me (I’m Tired) (Domino)
  21. hazy waters - “take me home” (self-released)
  22. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  23. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  24. Wishy - Nature’s Pill (Winspear)
  25. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  26. corto.alto - SOME SMALL FORTUNE (Ninja Tune) 
  27. Latroit House Ensemble - Classics Vol. 1 (House of Latroit) 
  28. Dark Chisme - “Suffer Like Me” (self-released)
  29. Death Valley Girls - Welcome to Earth (Suicide Squeeze)
  30. DIIV - ZIRP! (Fantasy)
  31. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Ojos Del Cóndor (Easy Eye Sound)
  32. Logic1000 - Confirmation! (Because Music/Therapy)
  33. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (REMIXED) (self-released)
  34. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records)
  35. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic Records)
  36. Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner Records)
  37. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)
  38. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  39. Sàigòn Soul Revival - Chốn Ta Về (Saigon Supersound)
  40. Thandii x Regalado - Coco Okayo (Sama Sama)
  41. Rapsody - God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops (We Each Other/Roc Nation)
  42. Chelsea Wolfe - The Dark (Loma Vista)
  43. Antony Szmierek - Decoding Birdsong (Mushroom Music) 
  44. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
  45. Kiwi Jr. - Blowin’ Up (perennial/K) 
  46. Darlynn - Dyke Den (Dark Entries) 
  47. Lily Seabird - Lightspheres on Their Way (Lame-O Records) 
  48. Diego Raposo - hola como estas? hola, bien y tú? bien, y qué haces? nada y tú? nada (Point)
  49. Bruno Berle - Sem Fronteiras (Far Out Recordings) 
  50. Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Atlantic)
  51. Caroline Rose - Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall (SUCK Records)
  52. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  53. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  54. Ruti - “FLOWERS” (Big Family Music Limited)
  55. UCHE YARA - BODYSCANNER (goldendays FM)
  56. Abyssinian Creole - “Sun Out” (People Need Water)
  57. Growing Pains - Daniel Loves Mandy Forever (Photo Finish Records)
  58. The Black Tones - “Bombs” (Reptar)
  59. Imperial Teen - All Over You (Merge)
  60. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - “Googoo Gaga” (DEEWEE/Because)
  61. Tipa Tipo - Arquetipas (Bit Rosie)
  62. Wild Pink - Still Coming Down (Fire Talk)
  63. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  64. IAN SWEET - Shiverstruck (Polyvinyl)
  65. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  66. Czarface & Frankie Pulitzer - Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer (Silver Age)
  67. Liana Flores - And so it goes… EP (Verve)
  68. Blind Yeo - The Lemoine Point (Bongo Joe)
  69. Sofie Royer - before/after (Stones Throw) 
  70. Ty Segall - Chrome (Drag City)
  71. Ravyn Lenae - Blue Island (Atlantic)
  72. Lusine - Melting Days (Ghostly International)
  73. Jaime Rosso - Keep Stepping! (Domino)
  74. Soft Vein - All We’ve Known of Heaven (Artoffact)
  75. Lex Walton - ULTIMATE LOVE FOREVER (Sub Pop) 
  76. Spike - Spike (Gob Nation)
  77. Sweeping Promises - You Say I Romanticize (Sub Pop)
  78. Cornelius - REFRACTIONS (Eat Your Own Ears Recordings) 
  79. L’Rain - fata morgana (Mexican Summer) 
  80. Joyce e Tutty Moreno & Adrian Younge - Joyce e Tutty Moreno JID027 (Jazz Is Dead) 
  81. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  82. Michi - Dirty Talk: Sunshine Hotline Mixes (Stones Throw)
  83. Curió Curió - Curió Curió (Mr Bongo) 
  84. Brian Ennals & Blockhead - Boatshoes (Phantom Limb)
  85. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline) 
  86. Lido Pimienta - Caribenya (ANTI-) 
  87. Baby Rose - YEARNALISM (Secretly Canadian)
  88. Art d’Ecco - Sheele’s Green (Paper Bag)
  89. AZ Chike - “Look Like My Mama” (feat. Tyler, the Creator) (Warner)
  90. Danielle Ponder - Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  2. This is Lorelei - The Singer in My Band (Matador) 
  3. Chelsea Wolfe - The Dark (Loma Vista)
  4. Lily Seabird - Lightspheres on Their Way (Lame-O Records) 
  5. Bruno Berle - Sem Fronteiras (Far Out Recordings) 
  6. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  7. Wild Pink - Still Coming Down (Fire Talk)
  8. Liana Flores - And so it goes… EP (Verve)
  9. Squirrel Flower - Say A Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going (Polyvinyl) 
  10. Dogwood Tales - Every Star in Rockingham County (Born Losers)

Global: 

  1. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  2. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  3. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Ojos Del Cóndor (Easy Eye Sound)
  4. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (REMIXED) (self-released)
  5. Francisca Valenzuela - MALDITA (Frantastic Records)
  6. Sàigòn Soul Revival - Chốn Ta Về (Saigon Supersound)
  7. Thandii x Regalado - Coco Okayo (Sama Sama)
  8. Diego Raposo - hola como estas? hola, bien y tú? bien, y qué haces? nada y tú? nada (Point)
  9. Bruno Berle - Sem Fronteiras (Far Out Recordings) 
  10. Tipa Tipo - Arquetipas (Bit Rosie)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  2. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  3. Dahi - Black Boy (Alternative) (ALTER) 
  4. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  5. corto.alto - SOME SMALL FORTUNE (Ninja Tune) 
  6. Rapsody - God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops (We Each Other/Roc Nation)
  7. Antony Szmierek - Decoding Birdsong (Mushroom Music) 
  8. Abyssinian Creole - “Sun Out” (People Need Water)
  9. Czarface & Frankie Pulitzer - Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer (Silver Age)
  10. Brian Ennals & Blockhead - Boatshoes (Phantom Limb)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  2. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  3. Fat Dog - Cancel Me (I’m Tired) (Domino)
  4. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  5. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  6. Latroit House Ensemble - Classics Vol. 1 (House of Latroit) 
  7. Dark Chisme - “Suffer Like Me” (self-released)
  8. Logic1000 - Confirmation! (Because Music/Therapy)
  9. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (REMIXED) (self-released)
  10. Catherine Moan - CM Ultra (Born Losers)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  2. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  3. Dahi - Black Boy (Alternative) (ALTER) 
  4. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  5. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  6. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (HIJINXX/Island Records)
  7. corto.alto - SOME SMALL FORTUNE (Ninja Tune) 
  8. Syd - Beard (Free Lunch/Warner Records)
  9. Steve Lacy - Oh yeah? (RCA)
  10. Sàigòn Soul Revival - Chốn Ta Về (Saigon Supersound)

Jazz: 

  1. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  2. corto.alto - SOME SMALL FORTUNE (Ninja Tune) 
  3. Liana Flores - And so it goes… EP (Verve)
  4. Joyce e Tutty Moreno & Adrian Younge - Joyce e Tutty Moreno JID027 (Jazz Is Dead) 
  5. DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? (APESHIT/Blue Note)
  6. Dana & Alden - Papa’s Boat (Concord Jazz)
  7. Empanadas Ilegales - LABORATORIO TROPICAL (We Are Time)
  8. Aquiestoy - Til We Dissolve (self-released)
  9. FKJ - Tyber (Mom+Pop)
  10. FATHERS - FATHERS (Blue Note) 

Northwest: 

  1. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  2. Chastity Belt - “I Could Say Less” b/w “Pavement” (Suicide Squeeze)
  3. pitschouse - Nothing New (Den Tapes)
  4. New Age Healers - Blowing Smoke Through The Choir (self-released)
  5. Dark Chisme - “Suffer Like Me” (self-released)
  6. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (REMIXED) (self-released)
  7. Abyssinian Creole - “Sun Out” (People Need Water)
  8. Growing Pains - Daniel Loves Mandy Forever (Photo Finish Records)
  9. The Black Tones - “Bombs” (Reptar)
  10. Lusine - Melting Days (Ghostly International)

Bay Area: 

  1. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  2. Darlynn - Dyke Den (Dark Entries) 
  3. Imperial Teen - All Over You (Merge)
  4. abracadabra - peel away EP (Melodic)
  5. Sour Widows - Sigil (Julia’s War)
  6. Soft Science - Sand (Shelflife)
  7. John Vanderslice - FOCUS (Tiny Telephone)
  8. 222 - Memory Tap (Den Tapes)
  9. Louie El Ser - Cerebral (Text Me Records)
  10. THAO - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)

Adds: 

Dabda - On(百) (Electric Muse)  
ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever (Artoffact)
Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Atlantic)
Echo & the Bunnymen - Apples For Isaac (BMG) 
Emma Ruth Rundle - These Killing Times (Errant Child)
Empress Of - Dream House (Giant Music/Major Arcana)
Frankie Rose - HILA (Born Losers/Night School Records)  
Kareen Lomax - NAJI (music is fun)
Sàigòn Soul Revival - Chốn Ta Về (Saigon Supersound)
Ships Of The Pharaohs - Part 1 (First Word)
Slow Pulp - Melodie (ANTI-)  
Children of Zeus - As the World Burns… (First Word)
Chrome Sparks - Ball of Light (Chrome Sounds)
Dos Santos - Es Amor (Otherly Love)
El Búho - Hogar (Shika Shika)
Fakear - a nice place to be (Nowadays)
Martin Luke Brown - life & death etc (Bright Antenna)
Midpak - Stampede EP (Middy P Ink)
Now Always Fades - Coalesce (Northern Underground)
O Slow - Antenna (self-released)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - OurHome (ATO)
The Goods - Goodbye Summertime (Dandy Boy)