01-16-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of Jan. 6-12

Add Date: Jan. 16 

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. Little Simz - NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals)  
2. SZA – SOS (Top Dawg/RCA)  
3. Everything But the Girl – Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin)  
4. The Smile – The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022) (XL)  
5. Honey Dijon – Black Girl Magic (Classic)  
6. Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant to Be (Partisan) 
7. Sault – 11 (Forever Living Originals)  
8. The Winston Brothers – Drift (Colemine)  
9. Orchestra Gold – Medicine (self-released)  
10. Sault – Today & Tomorrow (Forever Living Originals)  
11. Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)  
12. M83 – Fantasy (Mute)  
13. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
14. ENOLA – Metal Body (Fire Talk)  
15. Oddisee – To What End (Outer Note)  
16. The Murder Capital – Gigi's Recovery (Human Season)  
17. Nia Archives – So Tell Me... (Island/HIJINXX)  
18. Stormzy – This Is What I Mean (Def Jam)  
19. Big Joanie – Back Home (Kill Rock Stars)  
20. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)  
21. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)  
22. Hatchie – Nosedive (Secretly Canadian) 
23. Yves Tumor – God is a Circle (Warp) 
24. Frankie Rose – Love as Projection (Slumberland)  
25. Contour – Onwards! (Touching Bass)  
26. Seun Kuti & Black Thought – African Dreams EP (SKE80) 
27. Nosaj Thing - Continua (LuckyMe)  
28. Shame – Food for Worms (Dead Oceans)  
29. Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Parlophone)  
30. Black Belt Eagle Scout – The Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)  
31. (Soundtrack) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Def Jam)  
32. Debby Friday – GOOD LUCK (Sub Pop)  
33. The New Pornographers – Continue as a Guest (Merge) 
34. Petite Noir – Simple Things (Roya) 
35. Ezra Collective – Lady (Partisan)  
36. Hibou – Arc EP (self-released)  
37. Nakhane – Bastard Jargon (BMG)  
38. Daughter – Stereo Mind Game (Glassnote)  
39. Bad Colours – Always With U (Bastard Jazz)  
40. Peter Gabriel – Panopticom (Bright Side mix) (Real World) 
41. Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw)  
42. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)  
43. Phoenix – Alpha Zulu (Glassnote)  
44. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World (Matador)  
45. Decisive Pink – Haffmilch Holiday (Fire)  
46. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO) 
47. Fever Ray – Radical Romantics (Mute)  
48. Iggy Pop – Every Loser (Gold Tooth/Atlantic)  
49. Chancha Via Circuito – La Estrella (Wonderwheel Recordings)  
50. Sault – UNTITLED (God) (Forever Living Originals)  
51. Garrett Saracho, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Garrett Saracho JID015 (Jazz Is Dead) 
52. MorMor – Semblance (AWAL)  
53. The WAEVE - The WAEVE (Transgressive)  
54. Death Valley Girls – Island in the Sky (Suicide Squeeze)  
55. Adi Oasis – Adonis (Unity) 
56. Noah Coinflip – God is Love (self-released)  
57. Run The Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (Jewel Runners/BMG)  
58. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Changes (KGLW)  
59. Dumb – Pray 4 Tomorrow (Mint)  
60. Röyksopp - Profound Mysteries III (Dog Triumph)  
61. Livt – Pink and Orange EP (Day One Ent.)  
62. Makaya McCraven – In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch/XL) 
63. (Various) - Live at KEXP Volume 10 (KEXP)  
64. Goat – Oh Death (Rocket Recordings)  
65. Special Interest – Endure (Rough Trade)  
66. Fatoumata Diawara – Nsera (3eme Bureau)  
67. Algiers – Shook (Matador)  
68. Romy & Fred again.. - Strong (Young)  
69. Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers (Matador)  
70. Daniel Avery – Ultra Truth (Mute)  
71. Fievel Is Glauque – Flaming Swords (MATH Interactive) 
72. Da Cruz – Baladas da Luta (Boom Jah) 
73. Homeboy Sandman – Still Champion (Mello Music Group)  
74. STR4TA – STR4TASFEAR (Brownswood Recordings)  
75. Ging - We're Here, My Dear (Ging Recordings)  
76. Fred Again.. - Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022) (Atlantic)  
77. Wesley Joseph – GLOW (Secretly Canadian)  
78. Civic – Taken By Force (ATO)  
79. Moonchild Sanelly & Theology HD – Kokokokoko (Transgressive) 
80. Lust For Youth – Accidental Win (Sacred Bones)  
81. Weird Nightmare – So Far Gone (Sub Pop)  
82. The Go! Team – Get Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries) 
83. Skinny Pelembe – Like a Heart Won’t Beat (Partisan) 
84. Temples – Exotico (ATO)  
85. Mugs and Pockets – The Adventures of Mugs and Pockets (self-released)  
86. Adrian Quesada – Jaguar Sound (ATO)  
87. Christine and the Queens – Redcar les adorables etoiles (prologue) (Because Music)  
88. The Haunted Youth – Dawn of the Freak (Mayway)  
89. Enumclaw – Save the Baby (Luminelle)  
90. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)       

Americana: 

1. Caitlin Rose – CAZIMI (Pearl Tower/Missing Piece)  
2. Plains – I Walked With You a Ways (ANTI-)  
3. Cory Branan – When I Go I Ghost (Blue Elan) 
4. Iris DeMent – Workin' on a World (Flariella) 
5. (Various) - Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver (New West)  
6. Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds (New West)  
7. Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future (Fat Possum) 
8. Honey Harper – Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky (ATO) 
9. Trampled by Turtles – Alpenglow (Banjodad/Thirty Tigers)  
10. Lydia Ramsey – Like a Dream (self-released)  

Global: 

1. Orchestra Gold – Medicine (self-released) 
2. Seun Kuti & Black Thought – African Dreams EP (SKE80) 
3. (Soundtrack) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Def Jam)  
4. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO) 
5. Chancha Via Circuito – La Estrella (Wonderwheel Recordings) 
6. Fatoumata Diawara – Nsera (3eme Bureau) 
7. Da Cruz – Baladas da Luta (Boom Jah) 
8. Moonchild Sanelly & Theology HD – Kokokokoko (Transgressive) 
9. SFDK & Lia Kali – El Blues de Condenado (Altafonte) 
10. Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin – Ali (Dead Oceans) 

Hip Hop: 

1. Little Simz - NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals)  
2. Oddisee – To What End (Outer Note)  
3. Stormzy – This Is What I Mean (Def Jam)  
4. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)  
5. Seun Kuti & Black Thought – African Dreams EP (SKE80) 
6. Run The Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (Jewel Runners/BMG)  
7. Homeboy Sandman – Still Champion (Mello Music Group)  
8. Sampa the Great – As Above So Below (Loma Vista)  
9. Chance the Rapper – YAH Know (self-released) 
10. BROCKHAMPTON – The Family (RCA/Question Everything)

RPM/Electronic: 

1. Honey Dijon – Black Girl Magic (Classic) 
2. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
3. Nia Archives – So Tell Me... (Island/HIJINXX)  
4. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)  
5. Nosaj Thing - Continua (LuckyMe)  
6. Chancha Via Circuito – La Estrella (Wonderwheel Recordings) 
7. Röyksopp - Profound Mysteries III (Dog Triumph) 
8. Special Interest – Endure (Rough Trade) 
9. Romy & Fred again.. - Strong (Young) 
10. Daniel Avery – Ultra Truth (Mute) 

R&B/Blues: 

1. SZA – SOS (Top Dawg/RCA)  
2. Sault – 11 (Forever Living Originals)  
3. The Winston Brothers – Drift (Colemine)  
4. Sault – Today & Tomorrow (Forever Living Originals)  
5. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
6. Contour – Onwards! (Touching Bass) 
7. Petite Noir – Simple Things (Roya) 
8. Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw) 
9. Sault – UNTITLED (God) (Forever Living Originals)  
10. Adi Oasis – Adonis (Unity)  

Jazz: 

1. Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant to Be (Partisan)  
2. Ezra Collective – Lady (Partisan) 
3. Garrett Saracho, Adriam Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Garrett Saracho JID015 (Jazz Is Dead)  
4. Noah Coinflip – God is Love (self-released)  
5. Makaya McCraven – In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch/XL)  
6. STR4TA – STR4TASFEAR (Brownswood Recordings)  
7. Tom Skinner – Voices of Bishara (Brownswood Recordings/International Anthem/Nonesuch)  
8. Dezron Douglas – Atalaya (International Anthem)  
9. (Various) - Blue Note Re:imagined II (Blue Note)  
10. Charles Stepney – Step on Step (International Anthem)  

Northwest: 

1. Black Belt Eagle Scout – The Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)  
2. Noah Coinflip – God is Love (self-released)  
3. Livt – Pink and Orange EP (Day One Ent.)  
4. Mugs and Pockets – The Adventures of Mugs and Pockets (self-released)  
5. Enumclaw – Save the Baby (Luminelle)  
6. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)  
7. Model Shop – Love Interest (Meritorio)  
8. Gabriel Teodros – Open Letter (self-released)  
9. Cumulus – Something Brighter (Share It Music)  
10. Black Nite Crash – Washed in the Sound with... (Neon Sigh)   

Adds: 

Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers (Matador)  
Margo Price – Strays (Loma Vista)  
Iggy Pop – Every Loser (Gold Tooth/Atlantic) 
MOLLY – Picturesque (Sonic Cathedral)  
Hibou – Arc EP (self-released) 
Aaron Frazer – Live From Easy Eye Sound EP (Dead Oceans) 
Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – JID016 (Jazz Is Dead) 
Billy Nomates – CACTI (Invada) 
Rozi Plain – Prize (Memphis Industries)