02-19-2024

KEXP Charts for the Week of Feb 9 - Feb 15    

Add Date: Feb. 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. Brittany Howard - What Now (Island)
  2. Ducks Ltd. - Harm’s Way (Carpark)
  3. Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  4. Future Islands - People Who Aren’t There Anymore (4AD)
  5. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope (Loma Vista)
  6. SPRINTS - Letter to Self (City Slang)
  7. Little Simz - Drop 7 (Forever Living Originals)
  8. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Merge)
  9. Melenas - Ahora (Trouble In Mind)
  10. Dina ögon - Orion (Playground Music Scandinavia)
  11. Salt Cathedral - Before It’s Gone (self-released)
  12. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (ANTI-)
  13. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown (Domino)
  14. Sinkane - We Belong (City Slang)
  15. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas (Geffen)
  16. mega cat - mega cat (Share It Music)
  17. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter (Monkeywrench/Republic)
  18. Helado Negro - Phasor (4AD)
  19. Orgone - Chimera (3 Palm)
  20. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)
  21. Beyoncé - ACT II Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia)
  22. Khruangbin - A LA SALA (Dead Oceans/NIght TIme Stories Ltd.)
  23. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
  24. Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK (Interscope)
  25. Yard Act - Where’s My Utopia? (Republic)
  26. Logic1000 - Mother (Therapy/Because)
  27. Ty Segall - Three Bells (Drag City)
  28. freekind. - Since Always and Forever (Butter92)
  29. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  30. Angélica Garcia - “Juanita” (Partisan Records)
  31. Dehd - Poetry (Fat Possum)
  32. Gossip - Real Power (Columbia)
  33. Boeckner - Boeckner (Sub Pop)
  34. Erika de Casier - Still (4AD)
  35. Four Tet - Three (Text Records)
  36. IDLES - TANGK (Partisan)
  37. Middle Kids - Faith Crisis Pt 1 (AWAL)
  38. TORRES - What an enormous room (Merge)
  39. Ana Tijoux - Vida (Victoria Producciones)
  40. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  41. Sampha - Lahai (Young)
  42. J Mascis - What Do We Do Now (Sub Pop)
  43. The Smile - Wall of Eyes (XL)
  44. GC OConnor - Soul Lament EP (Low Key Source)
  45. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista)
  46. Topographies - Interior Spring (Dark Entries)
  47. DāM‐FunK - Out the Way EP (Glydezone Recordings)
  48. Yussef Dayes - Live From Malibu (Brownswood Recordings)
  49. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (Ninja Tune)
  50. Empress Of - For Your Consideration (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  51. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas (Island)
  52. Francis of Delirium - Lighthouse (Dalliance Recordings)
  53. Ride - Interplay (Wichita)
  54. The Black Keys - Ohio Players (Nonesuch)
  55. The Decemberists - Burial Ground (YABB Records/Thirty Tigers)
  56. Barry Can’t Swim - “Always Get Through To You” (feat. Surya Sen) (Ninja Tune)
  57. Brimheim - RATKING (TAMBOURHINOCEROS)
  58. Chicano Batman - Notebook Fantasy (ATO)
  59. Emi Pop - “Sabre Olvidar” (self-released)
  60. Hiatus Kaiyote - “Everything’s Beautiful” (Brainfeeder)
  61. Les Savy Fav - "Legendary Tippers" (Frenchkiss Records)
  62. Wild Nothing - Hold (Captured Tracks)
  63. Lime Garden - One More Thing (So Young)
  64. Day Soul Exquisite - Sanguine & Cardamom (La fem/Den Tapes)
  65. Lewis OfMan - Cristal Medium Blue (Virgin Records France/Profil de Face)
  66. shygirl - Club Shy EP (Because)
  67. Mad Foxes - Inner Battles (El Muchacho)
  68. Danny Brown - Quaranta (Warp)
  69. BJ The Chicago Kid - Gravy (RCA)
  70. Malummí - The Universe is Black (Irascible)
  71. Quantic - Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  72. Keys N Krates - IN:TENSION (MNRK/Last Gang)
  73. Nouvelle Vague - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (PIAS)
  74. Frog - GROG (Audio Antihero/Tape Wormies)
  75. Chemtrails - The Joy of Sects (PNKSLM)
  76. Don Melody Club - Zonder Pardon (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
  77. Various Artists - 45èmes Rencontres Trans Musicales de Rennes (Les Trans Musicales de Rennes)
  78. Keanu Nelson - Wilurarrakutu (Altered States Tapes)
  79. Various Artists - Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  80. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
  81. 070 Shake - “Black Dress” / “Natural Habitat” (Getting Out Our Dreams/Def Jam)
  82. AURORA - “Your Blood” Glassnote)
  83. Brainstory - Sounds Good (Big Crown)
  84. Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)
  85. Crystal Murray - “PAYBACK” (Because)
  86. Justice - Hyperdrama (Ed Banger Records/Because)
  87. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven (ANTI-)
  88. Real Estate - Daniel (Domino)
  89. Suki Waterhouse - “OMG” (Sub Pop)
  90. BODEGA - Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis)

Americana: 

  1. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (ANTI-)
  2. Beyoncé - ACT II Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia)
  3. The Decemberists - “Burial Ground” (YABB Records/Thirty Tigers)
  4. Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)
  5. Real Estate - Daniel (Domino)
  6. Gary Clark Jr. - JPEG RAW (Warner)
  7. Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry (ANTI-)
  8. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
  9. Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  10. Beirut - Hadsel (Pompeii)

Global: 

  1. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Merge)
  2. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas (Geffen)
  3. Helado Negro - Phasor (4AD)
  4. Orgone - Chimera (3 Palm)
  5. Angélica Garcia - “Juanita” (Partisan Records)
  6. Ana Tijoux - Vida (Victoria Producciones)
  7. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (Ninja Tune)
  8. Empress Of - For Your Consideration (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  9. Quantic - Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  10. Don Melody Club - Zonder Pardon (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Little Simz - Drop 7 (Forever Living Originals)
  2. Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK (Interscope)
  3. Ana Tijoux - Vida (Victoria Producciones)
  4. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  5. DāM‐FunK - Out the Way EP (Glydezone Recordings)
  6. Yussef Dayes - Live From Malibu (Brownswood Recordings)
  7. Danny Brown - Quaranta (Warp)
  8. Keys N Krates - IN:TENSION (MNRK/Last Gang)
  9. Shabazz Palaces - Exotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  10. Cakes da Killa - Black Sheep (Young Art)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Little Simz - Drop 7 (Forever Living Originals)
  2. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Merge)
  3. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas (Geffen)
  4. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)
  5. Logic1000 - Mother (Therapy/Because)
  6. Four Tet - Three (Text Records)
  7. Ana Tijoux - Vida (Victoria Producciones)
  8. DāM‐FunK - Out the Way EP (Glydezone Recordings)
  9. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (Ninja Tune)
  10. Barry Can’t Swim - “Always Get Through To You” (feat. Surya Sen) (Ninja Tune)

R&B/Blues: 

  1. Brittany Howard - What Now (Island)
  2. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  3. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Merge)
  4. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas (Geffen)
  5. Orgone - Chimera (3 Palm)
  6. Beyoncé - ACT II Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia)
  7. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  8. Erika de Casier - Still (4AD)
  9. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  10. Sampha - Lahai (Young)

Jazz: 

  1. mega cat - mega cat (Share It Music)
  2. freekind. - Since Always and Forever (Butter92)
  3. Yussef Dayes - Live From Malibu (Brownswood Recordings)
  4. Hiatus Kaiyote - “Everything’s Beautiful” (Brainfeeder)
  5. Day Soul Exquisite - Sanguine & Cardamom (La fem/Den Tapes)
  6. Various Artists - Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  7. Keyon Harrold - Foreverland (Concord Jazz)
  8. André 3000 - New Blue Sun (Epic)
  9. Butcher Brown - "Down With The King" (Concord Jazz)
  10. Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Les Grandes Vacances (Bonus Version) (Jakarta)

Northwest: 

  1. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope (Loma Vista)
  2. mega cat - mega cat (Share It Music)
  3. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter (Monkeywrench/Republic)
  4. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)
  5. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  6. Gossip - Real Power (Columbia)
  7. The Decemberists - Burial Ground (YABB Records/Thirty Tigers)
  8. Emi Pop - “Sabre Olvidar” (self-released)
  9. Day Soul Exquisite - Sanguine & Cardamom (La fem/Den Tapes)
  10. Shabazz Palaces - Exotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)

Adds: 

IDLES - TANGK (Partisan)
Les Amazones d'Afrique - Musow Danse (Real World Records)
Middle Kids - Faith Crisis Pt 1 (Middle Kids/AWAL)
Jordan Mackampa - WELCOME HOME, KID (AWAL)
levitation room - Strange Weather (Greenway/The Reverberation Appreciation Society)
Lime Garden - One More Thing (So Young)
mega cat - mega cat (Share It Music)
Omni - Souvenir (Sub Pop)
Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness)
serpentwithfeet - GRIP (Secretly Canadian)
Astral Bakers - The Whole Story (Sage Music)
Black Nite Crash - Signal To Noise (Neon Sigh)
Devon Ross - Oxford Gardens EP (Daydream Library) [HOLD TIL FRIDAY]
DJ Harrison - Shades of Yesterday (Stones Throw)
Flight Mode - The Three Times (Tiny Engines)
Grandaddy - Blu Wav (Dangerbird)
Natascha Rogers - Onaida (Nø Førmat!)
Nouvelle Vague - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (PIAS)
Adanna Duru - Nappy Hour II EP (Stardive/MNRK)
El Perro del Mar - Big Anonymous (City Slang)
Laura Jane Grace - Hole in My Head (Polyvinyl)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - King Perry (False Idols)
​​Matt Pond PA & Alexa Rose - Call and Response (131 Records)
MICHELLE - GLOW (Atlantic)
Tyler Ramsey - New Lost Ages (Soundly Music)