11-15-2021

KEXP Charts for the Week of Nov. 5-11

Top 90:  

1. Curtis Harding – If Words Were Flowers (ANTI-)  
2. Nation of Language – A Way Forward (self-released)  
3. Snail Mail – Valentine (Matador)  
4. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (Age 101)  
5. The War on Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore (Atlantic)  
6. Mitski – Laurel Hell (Dead Oceans)  
7. BADBADNOTGOOD – Talk Memory (Interscope/Innovative Leisure) 
8. Foals – Wake Me Up (Warner UK) 
9. Beach House – Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop) 
10. La Luz – La Luz (Hardly Art)  
11. Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time (Mom+Pop)  
12. Nightmares on Wax – Shout Out! To Freedom... (Warp)  
13. Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador)  
14. IDLES – Crawler (Partisan)  
15. (Various) - The Harder They Fall (Geneva Club/Roc Nation)  
16. Bonobo – Fragments (Ninja Tune)  
17. (Various) - The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live! At the Apollo (Daptone)  
18. Acid Tongue – Arboretum (Freakout) 
19. James Blake – Friends That Break Your Heart (Republic)  
20. Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful (Fat Possum)  
21. Geese – Projector (Partisan)  
22. Helado Negro – Far In (4AD)  
23. Terrace Martin – Drones (Sounds of Crenshaw)  
24. Radiohead – KID A MNESIA (XL)  
25. Parisalexa – Finishline EP (Payday) 
26. Chastity Belt – Fear (self-released) 
27. Adia Victoria – A Southern Gothic (Canvasback/Atlantic) 
28. Tirzah – Colourgrade (Domino)  
29. Wet Leg – Wet Dream (Domino)  
30. Nilüfer Yanya – Painless (ATO)  
31. Gabriels – Blame (Atlas Artists)  
32. Hard Feelings – Hard Feelings (Domino)  
33. Theon Cross – Intra-I (New Soil)  
34. Parquet Courts – Sympathy For Life (Rough Trade)  
35. Lonely Guest – Lonely Guest (False Idols)  
36. Bomba Estereo – Deja (Sony Latin)  
37. Nao – And Then Life Was Beautiful (Little Tokyo/Sony) 
38. Xenia Rubinos – Una Rosa (ANTI-)  
39. Makthaverskan - För Allting (Run For Cover)  
40. KOKOKO! - Donne Moi (Transgressive)  
41. The Shivas – Feels So Good // Feels So Bad (Tender Loving Empire) 
42. Swindle – The New World (BMG)  
43. Makaya McCraven – Deciphering the Message (Blue Note) 
44. Teenage Sequence – The City is Hungover (Get Better)  
45. LIL UGLY MANE - VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN (self-released) 
46. ÌFÉ - 0000+0000 (Discos Ifá/Mais Um)  
47. ABBA – Voyage (Capitol)  
48. Ducks Ltd. - Modern Fiction (Carpark)  
49. Jack White – Taking Me Back (Third Man) 
50. Hatchie – This Enchanted (Secretly Canadian) 
51. Capsula – Phantasmaville (Silver)  
52. BLK ODYSSY - BLK VINTAGE (After School) 
53. Jose Gonzalez – Local Valley (Mute)  
54. Cimafunk – El Alimento (Terapia Productions/Thirty Tigers) 
55. Jenevieve - Division (Joyface)  
56. Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity (Merge)  
57. Cat Power – Covers (Domino)  
58. Koffee – West Indies (Promised Land Recordings) 
59. Yaeji & OHHYUK – Year to Year (XL)  
60. alt-J – The Dream (Canvasback/Atlantic) 
61. Michael Kiwanuka – Beautiful Life (Polydor)  
62. Dummy – Mandatory Enjoyment (Trouble in Mind) 
63. Orquesta Akokán - 16 Rayos (Daptone)  
64. Sassy 009 – Heart Ego (Luft)  
65. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE (AMF/EMI)  
66. Ross From Friends – Tread (Brainfeeder)  
67. Margo Cilker – Pohorylle (Fluff & Gravy)  
68. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raise the Roof (Rounder)  
69. Indigo De Souza – Any Shape You Take (Saddle Creek)  
70. Jungle – Loving in Stereo (AWAL)  
71. (Various) - I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)  
72. Chong the Nomad – Forward [single, Amazon Content Services/Sony)  
73. Bartees Strange – Weights (Memory Music)  
74. Tres Leches – Leaving My Light On (Devil in the Woods) 
75. Burna Boy – Want It All (Atlantic)  
76. Talaya. - Existential Soul (self-released)  
77. Marissa Nadler – The Path of the Clouds (Sacred Bones) 
78. Shad – TAO (Secret City)  
79. Hand Habits – Fun House (Saddle Creek) 
80. Damu the Fudgemunk – Conversation Peace (Def Pressé)  
81. screensaver – Expressions of Interest (Upset The Rhythm)  
82. Weedie Braimah – The Hands of Time (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)  
83. Illuminati Hotties – Let Me Do One More (Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless)  
84. Black Marble – Fast Idol (Sacred Bones)  
85. Sleigh Bells – Texis (Mom+Pop)  
86. Lily Konigsberg – Lily We Need to Talk Now (Wharf Cat) 
87. Smokey Brights – Honey Eye (Freakout) 
88. Obongjayar – Message in a Hammer (September) 
89. Jenny Lewis – Puppy and a Truck (Loves Way)  
90. Ana Tijoux – Mal (Victoria Producciones)   

Americana: 

1. Adia Victoria – A Southern Gothic (Canvasback/Atlantic)  
2. Margo Cilker – Pohorylle (Fluff & Gravy)  
3. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raise the Roof (Rounder) 
4. Jenny Lewis – Puppy and a Truck (Loves Way) - 2 (single)  
5. Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days (Elektra)  
6. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Georgia Blue (Southeastern)  
7. (Various) - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 (Oh Boy)  
8. Sierra Ferrell – Long Time Coming (Rounder)  
9. (Various) - Highway Butterfly: The songs of Neal Casal (Royal Potato Family) 
10. Houndmouth – Good For You (Dualtone)  

Global: 

1. Bomba Estereo – Deja (Sony Latin)  
2. KOKOKO! - Donne Moi (Transgressive)  
3. ÌFÉ - 0000+0000 (Discos Ifá/Mais Um)  
4. Cimafunk – El Alimento (Terapia Productions/Thirty Tigers)  
5. Koffee – West Indies (Promised Land Recordings)  
6. Orquesta Akokán - 16 Rayos (Daptone)  
7. Burna Boy – Want It All (Atlantic)  
8. Weedie Braimah – The Hands of Time (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)  
9. Susana Baca – Palabras Urgentes (Real World)  
10. Cali P x TEKA – Vizion (LowLow)  

Hip Hop: 

1. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (Age 101)  
2. (Various) - The Harder They Fall (Geneva Club/Roc Nation) 
3. Terrace Martin – Drones (Sounds of Crenshaw) 
4. Swindle – The New World (BMG) 
5. Shad – TAO (Secret City)  
6. Damu the Fudgemunk – Conversation Peace (Def Pressé)  
7. Ana Tijoux – Mal (Victoria Producciones) 
8. Baby Keem – The Melodic Blue (Columbia)  
9. Jarv Dee x Bad Colours – BlakHouse EP (self-released)  
10. Moor Mother – Black Encyclopedia of the Air (ANTI-)  

RPM/Electronic: 

1. Nightmares on Wax – Shout Out! To Freedom... (Warp)  
2. Bonobo – Fragments (Ninja Tune)  
3. James Blake – Friends That Break Your Heart (Republic)  
4. Hard Feelings – Hard Feelings (Domino)  
5. Yaeji & OHHYUK – Year to Year (XL)  
6. Sassy 009 – Heart Ego (Luft)  
7. Ross From Friends – Tread (Brainfeeder)  
8. Chong the Nomad – Forward [single, Amazon Content Services/Sony)  
9. Mr Twin Sister – Al Mundo Azul (Twin Group)  
10. Public Service Broadcasting – Bright Magic (Play It Again Sam)    

R&B/Blues: 

1. Curtis Harding – If Words Were Flowers (ANTI-)  
2. (Various) - The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live! At the Apollo (Daptone)  
3. Parisalexa – Finishline EP (Payday) 
4. Adia Victoria – A Southern Gothic (Canvasback/Atlantic)  
5. Gabriels – Blame (Atlas Artists)  
6. Nao – And Then Life Was Beautiful (Little Tokyo/Sony)  
7. BLK ODYSSY - BLK VINTAGE (After School)  
8. Cimafunk – El Alimento (Terapia Productions/Thirty Tigers)  
9. Jenevieve - Division (Joyface) 
10. Michael Kiwanuka – Beautiful Life (Polydor)   

Jazz: 

1. BADBADNOTGOOD – Talk Memory (Interscope/Innovative Leisure) 
2. Theon Cross – Intra-I (New Soil)  
3. Makaya McCraven – Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)  
4. Weedie Braimah – The Hands of Time (Stretch Music/Ropeadope) 
5. Barrett Martin Group – Stillpoint (Sunyata)  
6. Fazer – Plex (City Slang)  
7. Irreversible Entanglements – Open the Gates (International Anthem/Don Giovanni)  
8. Jelly Cleaver – Forever Presence EP (Gearbox)  
9. High Pulp – Motel Money (ANTI-)  
10. Jamael Dean – Primordial Waters (Stones Throw) 

Northwest: 

1. Acid Tongue – Arboretum (Freakout)  
2. Parisalexa – Finishline EP (Payday)  
3. Chastity Belt – Fear (self-released)  
4. Chong the Nomad – Forward [single, Amazon Content Services/Sony) 
5. Tres Leches – Leaving My Light On (Devil in the Woods)  
6. Talaya. - Existential Soul (self-released)  
7. Smokey Brights – Honey Eye (Freakout)  
8. Barrett Martin Group – Stillpoint (Sunyata)  
9. Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days (Elektra)  
10. Jarv Dee x Bad Colours – BlakHouse EP (self-released)  

Adds: 

IDLES – Crawler (Partisan) 
Haviah Mighty – Stock Exchange (Mighty Gang)  
Makthaverskan - För Allting (Run For Cover)  
Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time (Mom+Pop) 
Parisalexa – Finishline EP (Payday) 
Silk Sonic – An Evening with Silk Sonic (Aftermath)  
Jenevieve - Division (Joyface) 
Lonely Guest – Lonely Guest (False Idols) 
Swindle – The New World (BMG) 
Terrace Martin – Drones (Sounds of Crenshaw) 
LIL UGLY MANE - VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN (self-released) 
PinkPantheress - to hell with it (Parlophone)  
Floored Faces – Kool Hangs (self-released) 
Irreversible Entanglements – Open the Gates (International Anthem/Don Giovanni)  
Damon Albarn – The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows (Transgressive)  
Native Soul - Teenage Dreams (Awesome Tapes From Africa) 
Jelly Cleaver – Forever Presence EP (Gearbox)  
Pip Blom – Welcome Break (Heavenly) 
Margo Cilker – Pohorylle (Fluff & Gravy) 
10 Minute Warning – This Could Be Heaven | The Lost 1984 Recordings (C/Z) 
Céu - Um Gosto De Sol (Urban Jungle) 
Fragrance. – Salt Water (Synth Religion) 
Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen & Dave Okumu – The Solution is Restless ([PIAS]) 
Dina ögon- Dina ögon (sing a song fighter) 
Herbert - Musca (Accidental) 
The Dodos – Grizzly Peak (Polyvinyl)  
Jessica Winter – More Sad Music EP (ROYA)  
Neal Francis – In Plain Sight (ATO) 
Constant Smiles – Paragons (Sacred Bones)  
Advertisement - Freedom EP (self-released) 
NNAMDÏ – Are You Happy EP (Sooper) 
Early Internet - You're Just In Time To Miss Everything (self-released) 
Oberhofer – Smothered (Telefono)  
Cid Rim - Songs Of Vienna (LuckyMe) 
Logic1000 – In the Sweetness of You EP (Because Music) 
J.R.C.G. - Ajo Sunshine (Castle Face)  
Borboleta - Until That Time EP (EveryDejaVu) 
Ah-Mer-Ah-Su - Hopefully Limitless EP (DERO Arcade)