09-18-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of Sept 8-14  

Add Date: Sept. 18     

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. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  2. Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (Ourness/AWAL)
  3. The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  4. Noname - Sundial (self-released)
  5. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven (Republic)
  6. Slowdive - everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  7. L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  8. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple (PIAS)
  9. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  10. Romy - Mid Air (Young)
  11. Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  12. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  13. The Budos Band - Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)
  14. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  15. Miguel feat. Lil Yachty - “Number 9” (ByStorm Entertainment/RCA)
  16. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  17. Tirzah - trip9love...??? (Domino)
  18. La Sécurité - Stay Safe! (Mothland)
  19. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar) 
  20. Sampha - Lahai (Young)
  21. The Bug Club - “Marriage” (Bingo)
  22. Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief) 
  23. Maribou State - “Blackoak” (Ninja Tune)
  24. Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
  25. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)
  26. Who Is She? - Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  27. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  28. DAIISTAR – Good Time (Fuzz Club)
  29. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music (Brownswood) 
  30. Kaidi Tatham – The Only Way (First Word)
  31. Death Cab For Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall (Atlantic)
  32. Khingz - A Safe Place For Us (self-released)
  33. Big Thief - “Vampire Empire” b/w “Born For Loving You” (4AD)
  34. Cherry Glazerr - I Don’t Want You Anymore (Secretly Canadian)
  35. DJ Seinfeld & Confidence Man - “Now U Do” (Ninja Tune)
  36. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  37. Mannequin Pussy - “I Got Heaven” (Epitaph)
  38. Roosevelt - Embrace (Counter/Ninja Tune)  
  39. Sheer Mag - “All Lined Up” (Third Man)
  40. The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Disque Hives)
  41. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination (Hyperdub)
  42. Blur - The Ballad of Darren (Warner)
  43. Sea Lemon - Stop at Nothing EP (Luminelle Recordings)
  44. Anjimile - The King (4AD)
  45. Mick Jenkins - The Patience (RBC/BMG)
  46. Girl Ray - Prestige (Moshi Moshi)
  47. Black Milk - Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)
  48. ODESZA & Yellow House - Flaws in Our Design (Foreign Family Collective)
  49. Palehound - Eye on the Bat (Polyvinyl)
  50. Dengue Fever - Ting Mong (TUK TUK)
  51. Film School - Field (Felte)
  52. Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD - New Heart Designs (Roadrunner)
  53. Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View (Gondwana)
  54. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee -Los Angeles (Play It Again Sam)
  55. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
  56. yeule - softscars (Ninja Tune)
  57. Jenn Champion - “Famous” (Gay Forever)
  58. Jorja Smith - falling or flying (FAMM)
  59. Tomo Nakayama - Contigo (Ricebelly Music)  
  60. Yard Act - “The Trench Coat Museum” (Republic)
  61. ill peach - THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art)
  62. Being Dead - When Horses Would Run (Bayonet)
  63. Danger Mouse & Jemini - Born Again (Lex)
  64. 다브다 / Dabda - Yonder (Electric Muse)
  65. KAYTRAMINÉ - KAYTRAMINÉ (Venice Music) 
  66. MMYYKK - The Midst of Things (Sway Heavy)
  67. Shamir - Homo Anxietatem (Kill Rock Stars)
  68. Sparklehorse - Bird Machine (ANTI-)
  69. dadá Joãozinho - tds bem Global (Innovative Leisure)
  70. Charif Megarbane - Marzipan (Habibi Funk)
  71. Deeper - Careful! (Sub Pop)
  72. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Data Doom (Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway)  
  73. Islands – And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs (ELF) 
  74. Diego Raposo - YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ (Gran Vaina)
  75. Cindy Wilson - Realms (Kill Rock Stars)  
  76. ((( O ))) – ((( 4 ))) (The Sundrop Garden)
  77. Holy Wave - Five of Cups (Suicide Squeeze)
  78. Irreversible Entanglements -  Protect Your Light (Impulse! / Verve) 
  79. Kassa Overall - ANIMALS (Warp)
  80. Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland)
  81. Knopha – Kwong (Mood Hut)
  82. Supershy - Happy Music (Beyond The Groove)
  83. Fred Again.. - “Adore You” (feat. Obongjayar) (Atantic) 
  84. DJ Koze - Wespennest/Candidasa (Pampa)
  85. English Teacher - “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab” (Island)
  86. Nia Archives - Bad Gyalz (Island/HIJINXX)  
  87. Noga Erez - “Quiet” (Atlantic)
  88. Cat Power - Cat Power SIngs Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  89. Kamaal Williams – Stings (Black Focus)
  90. Death Valley Girls - “I Am a Wave” (Suicide Squeeze)

Americana: 

  1. Allison Russell - The Returner (Fantasy)
  2. Margo Cilker – Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy) 
  3. Various Artists - Tell Everybody!: 21st Century Juke Joint Blues (Easy Eye Sound)
  4. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Drag City) 
  5. Ryan Bingham – Watch Out for the Wolf (The Bingham Recording Co./Thirty Tigers) 
  6. MJ Lenderman – Knockin (Anti-)  
  7. Wilco - Cousin (dBpm)
  8. Dean Johnson - Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)
  9. Florry - The Holey Bible (Dear Life) 
  10. Nat Myers - Yellow Peril (Easy Eye Sound)

Global: 

  1. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  2. Dengue Fever - Ting Mong (TUK TUK)
  3. dadá Joãozinho - tds bem Global (Innovative Leisure)
  4. Charif Megarbane - Marzipan (Habibi Funk)
  5. Diego Raposo - YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ (Gran Vaina)
  6. Knopha – Kwong (Mood Hut)
  7. Adekunle Gold – Tequila Ever After (Def Jam)
  8. WITCH - Zango (Desert Daze Sound)
  9. Bebel Gilberto - João (PIAS) 
  10. Bombino – Sahel (Partisan) 

Hip Hop: 

  1. Noname - Sundial (self-released)
  2. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  3. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  4. Gabriel Teodros  From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
  5. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  6. Khingz - A Safe Place For Us (self-released)
  7. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  8. Black Milk - Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)
  9. Danger Mouse & Jemini - Born Again (Lex)
  10. Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  2. The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  3. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven (Republic)
  4. Romy - Mid Air (Young)
  5. Tirzah - trip9love...??? (Domino)
  6. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  7. DJ Seinfeld & Confidence Man - “Now U Do” (Ninja Tune)
  8. Roosevelt - Embrace (Counter/Ninja Tune)  
  9. Jesse Lanza - Love Hallucination (Hyperdub)
  10. ODESZA & Yellow House - Flaws in Our Design (Foreign Family Collective)

R&B/Blues: 

  1. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  2. Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  3. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  4. The Budos Band - Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)
  5. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  6. Miguel feat. Lil Yachty - “Number 9” (ByStorm Entertainment/RCA)
  7. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  8. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar) 
  9. Sampha - Lahai (Young)
  10. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)

Jazz: 

  1. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music (Brownswood) 
  2. Kaidi Tatham – The Only Way (First Word)
  3. Black Milk - Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)
  4. Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View (Gondwana)
  5. Irreversible Entanglements -  Protect Your Light (Impulse! / Verve) 
  6. Kassa Overall - ANIMALS (Warp)
  7. Kamaal Williams – Stings (Black Focus)
  8. NCY Milky Band – Our Gurus 2 (BMM)
  9. Black Market Brass - Hox (Colemine) 
  10. Nubya Garcia – Lean In (Concord Jazz)

Northwest: 

  1. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  2. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  3. Gabriel Teodros  From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
  4. Who Is She? - Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  5. Death Cab For Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall (Atlantic)
  6. Khingz - A Safe Place For Us (self-released)
  7. Sea Lemon - Stop at Nothing EP (Luminelle Recordings)
  8. ODESZA & Yellow House - Flaws in Our Design (Foreign Family Collective)
  9. Jenn Champion - “Famous” (Gay Forever)
  10. TV Star - Tv3 EP (self-released)

Adds: 

Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
Nation of Language - Strange Disciple (PIAS)
Vagabon - Sorry I Haven’t Called (Nonesuch)
Bombino - Sahel (Partisan) 
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)
Kipp Stone - 66689 Blvd Prequel (Closed Sessions) 
Subsonic Eye – All Around You (Topshelf)
Steven Bamidele – Summing Up (Tru Thoughts)
Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy) 
Cleo Sol - Heaven (Forever Living Originals)
Dengue Fever - Ting Mong (TUK TUK)
Lusine - Long Light (Ghostly International)
Woods - Perennial (Woodsist) 
Advertisement – Escorts (Feel It)
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Messages to God (Kill Rock Stars)
CHILLGOGOG – That White Building (Eating Music)
Explosions In The Sky – End (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Irreversible Entanglements - Protect Your Light (Impulse! / Verve) 
Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View (Gondwana)
Khalab – Layers (Hyperjazz)
Buffalo Nichols - The Fatalist (Fat Possum)
Léon Phal – Stress Killer (Heavenly Sweetness)
Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah (Luaka Bop)
Serebii – Inside (Innovative Leisure)
Sextile - Push (Sacred Bones)
Shakey Graves - Movie of the Week (Dualtone)