10-19-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of Oct. 9 - Oct. 14

Add Date: Oct. 19

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. Sampa the Great - Nu Zamrock (Loma Vista Recordings)
  2. Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber (XL Recordings)
  3. Fat Dog - Cancel Me (I’m Tired) (Domino)
  4. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  5. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  6. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  7. Meshell Ndegeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)
  8. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  9. Wishy - Nature’s Pill (Winspear)
  10. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)  
  11. Boy Harsher - GET MEAN (Atlantic)
  12. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  13. Dabda - On(百) (Electric Muse)  
  14. Dawn Richard - creole culture (Merge)
  15. Death Valley Girls - Welcome to Earth (Suicide Squeeze)
  16. World News - In Purgatory (Pie & Mash)
  17. Resavoir - Above the Clouds (L'UNIVERS)
  18. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  19. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  20. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  21. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  22. BALTHVS - Manifest (Mixto)
  23. Danielle Ponder - Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans)
  24. Logic1000 - Confirmation! (Therapy/Because Music)
  25. Helen - Linda’s Head (kranky)
  26. Ghost Funk Orchestra - Yours In The Ranks Of Death (Karma Chief)
  27. Blondshell - Violins (Partisan) 
  28. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  29. ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever (Artoffact)
  30. Dina Summer - Children of the Night (Iptamenos Discos)
  31. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - RUIN: It’s Not Just Music (Someone Special) 
  32. Imperial Teen - All Over You (Merge)
  33. TRICKY FM - Twin Star Fantasy (Cherub Dream Records)
  34. Tipa Tipo - Arquetipas (Bit Rosie)
  35. Black Ends - “All I’m Bone” (Youth Riot Records)
  36. Caroline Rose - Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall (SUCK Records)
  37. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  38. hazy waters - “take me home” (self-released)
  39. The War On Drugs - “Who’s That” (Super High Quality Records)
  40. Spiral XP - “Blue Earth” (Danger Collective)
  41. Stas THEE Boss - “3RD WAVE” (feat. Hollis) (self-released)
  42. Elisapie - “Sinnatuumakka (Dreams)” (Bonsound)
  43. Milou Moon - “Like an Adderall” (ORiGiN Music/Shuga Records)
  44. Queens of the Stone Age - Perfecth (Matador)
  45. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP (Motown)
  46. THAO - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)
  47. The Physics - “VHS” (For The Love Of The Game)
  48. Interpol - This Mirror Weighs A Ton (Partisan)
  49. Dahi - Black Boy (Alternative) (ALTER) 
  50. Westside Cowboy - It Goes On (Island) 
  51. Wild Pink - Still Coming Down (Fire Talk)
  52. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball (Fiction Records) 
  53. pitschouse - Nothing New (Den Tapes) 
  54. Girl Ultra - RRRomeo (Big Dada)
  55. Sweetie - Dogtooth (Blossom Rot)
  56. Jennifur - MAZDA (Off Corner)
  57. beabadoobee - Pylon (Dirty Hit/Interscope)
  58. Kiefer - Memory Bomb (Blue Note)
  59. UCHE YARA - BODYSCANNER (goldendays FM) 
  60. Sylvan Esso - Ow ∞ (Psychic Hotline)
  61. This is Lorelei - The Singer in My Band (Matador) 
  62. Margo Cilker - Little White Cross (Fossil)
  63. BLOUS3 - the pledge, the turn (Cherub Dream)
  64. Aquiestoy - Til We Dissolve (self-released) 
  65. Gotts Street Park - Somewhere Between (Play It Again Sam)
  66. Keshavara - Moondram Sevi (Papercup)
  67. The Sewing Club - Sew (Born Losers)
  68. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Ojos Del Cóndor (Easy Eye Sound)
  69. Soft Vein - All We’ve Known of Heaven (Artoffact)
  70. Russian Circles - Nine (Sargent House)
  71. Sera Cahoone - I’ve Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  72. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - ii (Loma Vista Recordings) 
  73. Jungle - Sunshine (Caiola Records)
  74. Mei Semones - Howl (Verve/Interscope)
  75. Noname - “Squatter” (feat. DRAM) (Noname Inc.)
  76. Ruti - “ FLOWERS” (Big Family Music Limited)
  77. The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
  78. Vince Staples - “Tulsa, OK” (Loma Vista)
  79. Abyssinian Creole - “Sun Out” (People Need Water)
  80. Art d’Ecco - Sheele’s Green (Paper Bag)
  81. Chastity Belt - All My Friends (Suicide Squeeze)
  82. The Black Tones - “Brain Brain” (Reptar)
  83. Barry Can’t Swim & Sammy Virji - “I Could Be Madonna” (Atlantic Records UK)
  84. Liars - A Ban On Plastic Bag Bans (Mute)
  85. Original Koffee - “OVA SO” Promised Land Recordings)
  86. Russian Blue - “Already Dead” (Pegasus Theory)
  87. Russian Blue - “Grappling (Pegasus Theory)
  88. Spanish Horses - Small Notions EP (So Young Records)
  89. The Winston Brothers - Sweets (Colemine Records)
  90. Thundercat x Button Masher - “Moving at Light Speed” (Brainfeeder)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Meshell Ndegeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)
  2. Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
  3. Julia Jacklin - The Gem (4AD)
  4. Wild Pink - Still Coming Down (Fire Talk)
  5. This is Lorelei - The Singer in My Band (Matador) 
  6. Margo Cilker - Little White Cross (Fossil)
  7. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Ojos Del Cóndor (Easy Eye Sound)
  8. Sera Cahoone - I’ve Missed You All These Years (Sub Pop)
  9. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)
  10. Emma Ruth Rundle - These Killing Times (Errant Child) 

Global: 

  1. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  2. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  3. Dabda - On(百) (Electric Muse)  
  4. BALTHVS - Manifest (Mixto)
  5. Tipa Tipo - Arquetipas (Bit Rosie)
  6. Aquiestoy - Til We Dissolve (self-released) 
  7. Keshavara - Moondram Sevi (Papercup)
  8. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Ojos Del Cóndor (Easy Eye Sound)
  9. Original Koffee - “OVA SO” Promised Land Recordings)
  10. LEENALCHI (이날치) - Sugungga (Luaka Bop)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Sampa the Great - Nu Zamrock (Loma Vista Recordings)
  2. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  3. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  4. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  5. Dawn Richard - creole culture (Merge)
  6. Stas THEE Boss - “3RD WAVE” (feat. Hollis) (self-released)
  7. The Physics - “VHS” (For The Love Of The Game)
  8. Dahi - Black Boy (Alternative) (ALTER) 
  9. Kiefer - Memory Bomb (Blue Note)
  10. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - ii (Loma Vista Recordings) 

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Fat Dog - Cancel Me (I’m Tired) (Domino)
  2. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  3. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  4. Logic1000 - Confirmation! (Therapy/Because Music)
  5. Bonobo - Distance In Static (Ninja Tune)
  6. Dina Summer - Children of the Night (Iptamenos Discos)
  7. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - RUIN: It’s Not Just Music (Someone Special)
  8. TRICKY FM - Twin Star Fantasy (Cherub Dream Records)
  9. Genesis Owusu - “HUMAN AGAIN” (Ourness)
  10. Girl Ultra - RRRomeo (Big Dada)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Columbia)
  2. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Before The World Blows (Young)
  3. Meshell Ndgeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)
  4. Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain (Merge)
  5. Dawn Richard - creole culture (Merge)
  6. Alabama Shakes - I Must Be Dreaming (Island)
  7. Jorja Smith - What Are The Odds (FAMM)
  8. Danielle Ponder - Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans)
  9. Ghost Funk Orchestra - Yours In The Ranks Of Death (Karma Chief)
  10. Stas THEE Boss - “3RD WAVE” (feat. Hollis) (self-released)

Jazz: 

  1. Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Partisan)
  2. Meshell Ndgeocello - Synonym (Blue Note)
  3. Dawn Richard - creole culture (Merge)
  4. Ghost Funk Orchestra - Yours In The Ranks Of Death (Karma Chief)
  5. Kiefer - Memory Bomb (Blue Note)
  6. Aquiestoy - Til We Dissolve (self-released) 
  7. Gotts Street Park - Somewhere Between (Play It Again Sam)
  8. Mei Semones - Howl (Verve/Interscope)
  9. Thundercat x Button Masher - “Moving at Light Speed” (Brainfeeder)
  10. Menahan Street Band - Illusions (Diamond West)

Northwest: 

  1. Shabazz Palaces - It’s a Style Sport (Sub Pop)
  2. Helen - Linda’s Head (kranky)
  3. ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever (Artoffact)
  4. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - RUIN: It’s Not Just Music (Someone Special)
  5. Black Ends - “All I’m Bone” (Youth Riot Records)
  6. Spiral XP - “Blue Earth” (Danger Collective)
  7. Stas THEE Boss - “3RD WAVE” (feat. Hollis) (self-released)
  8. The Physics - “VHS” (For The Love Of The Game)
  9. pitschouse - Nothing New (Den Tapes) 
  10. Margo Cilker - Little White Cross (Fossil)

Bay Area: 

  1. Ceremony - Tell Me Your Dream (Relapse)
  2. Imperial Teen - All Over You (Merge)
  3. TRICKY FM - Twin Star Fantasy (Cherub Dream Records)
  4. THAO - Show Me (Kill Rock Stars)
  5. BLOUS3 - the pledge, the turn (Cherub Dream)
  6. Badvril - Lethal (Share It Music)
  7. Soft Science - Sand (Shelflife)
  8. Darlynn - Dyke Den (Dark Entries) 
  9. Kelly Finnigan - B‐Sides, Singles & Forgotten Gems (Colemine) 
  10. Sour Widows - Sigil (Julia’s War)

Adds: 

Dummy - do you love the color of the sky? (Polyvinyl)
Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber (XL Recordings) 
The Avalanches - No Bad Memories (Modular)
@ - Autosmile (4AD) 
Badvril - Lethal (Share It Music) 
Bobbyy - TACKYY (Dynamite Hill)
Ella Thompson - Triumph & Sadness (Mr Bongo)
fish narc - Uncle (K)
Gollylagging - Real Life (Disposable America)
Roshâni - Planet R (Stone Pixels)
Tinashe - Popstar (A Nice Life/Atlantic) 
Flora Hibberd - Mammoth (22Twenty)
Gilla Band - Pugnello (Rough Trade) 
Gotts Street Park - Somewhere Between (Play It Again Sam)
green star - silver + dust EP (Cold Summer)
Isabeau Waia'u Walker - Cloudhunter EP (Better Company)
Jacques Greene - jg (LUCKYME®)
June McDoom - Follow The Light (Jagjaguwar)
Kallsup - Alldeles för nära (VÅRØ)
Marla Kether - Luso EP (Strut)
Quadeca - Life 1 (X8 Music)
Remi Wolf - MUD (Island)
Sophia Stel - the greatest album of all time (A24 Music)
Sunstoney - EVERYTHING IS FLEETING (Crafted Sound)
TOMORA - CELEBRATION (Capitol)
World News - In Purgatory (Pie & Mash)