09-22-2025

KEXP Charts for the Week of Sept 12 - Sept 18

Add Date: Sept. 22

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. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  2. Gorillaz - The Mountain (KONG)
  3. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  4. Blood Orange - Essex Honey (RCA)
  5. KAYTRANADA - AIN’T NO DAMN WAY! (RCA)
  6. Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
  7. Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)
  8. Cut Copy - Moments (Cutters)
  9. Tyler, The Creator - DON'T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
  10. Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
  11. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  12. Alabama Shakes - “Another Life” (Island)
  13. Jay Som - Belong (Polyvinyl)
  14. Stereolab - Fed Up With Your Job / Constant And Uniform Movement Unknown (Warp)
  15. Chance the Rapper - Star Line (self-released)
  16. DEBBY FRIDAY - The Starrr Of The Queen Life (Sub Pop)
  17. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  18. Thundercat - “Children of The Baked Potato” (feat. Remi Wolf) (Brainfeeder)
  19. Dean Johnson - I Hope We Can Still Be Friends (Saddle Creek)
  20. Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory (Sub Pop)
  21. Maruja - Pain to Power (Music For Nations)
  22. David Byrne - Who Is The Sky? (Matador Records)
  23. Dijon - Baby (R&R/Warner)
  24. Hand Habits - Blue Reminder (Fat Possum)
  25. Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones (XL Recordings)
  26. Indigo De Souza - Precipice (Loma Vista)
  27. Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (Polyrhythmics)
  28. JID - God Does Like Ugly (Dreamville)
  29. Galore - Dirt (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  30. Sofia Kourtesis - Volver EP (Ninja Tune)
  31. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  32. Geese - Getting Killed (Partisan)
  33. Jorja Smith - “With You” (FAMM)
  34. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  35. Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love (Warner)
  36. Factory Floor - “Tell Me” (Phantasy Sound)
  37. Lava La Rue - “easy come, easy go” (BMG)
  38. Spoon - “Chateau Blues” (Matador)
  39. Shame - Cutthroat (Dead Oceans)
  40. Curtis Harding - Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI-)
  41. The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie (ANTI-)
  42. Suede - Antidepressants (BMG Rights Management)
  43. Boyish - Gun (R&R)
  44. Gilligan Moss - À La Mode (Foreign Family Collective)
  45. Guerilla Toss - You’re Weird Now (Sub Pop)
  46. Thandii - FREE UP (HaloHalo)
  47. Hunx and His Punx - Walk Out On This World (Get Better)
  48. Kerala Dust - An Echo of Love (Play It Again Sam)
  49. Wolf Alice - The Clearing (Columbia/RCA)
  50. Alison Goldfrapp - Flux (A.G. Records)
  51. Acopia - Blush Response (Scenic Route)
  52. james K - Friend (AD 93)
  53. Saint Etienne - International (Heavenly/[PIAS])
  54. SE SO NEON - <NOW> (AWAL)
  55. she’s green - Chrysalis EP (Photo Finish)
  56. Anna von Hausswolff - ICONOCLASTS (YEAR0001)
  57. Just Mustard - WE WERE JUST HERE (Partisan)
  58. NoSo - When Are You Leaving? (Partisan)
  59. SPRINTS - All That Is Over (Sub Pop)
  60. Tame Impala - Deadbeat (Columbia)
  61. Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
  62. Wunderhorse - “The Rope” (Communion)
  63. Tomo Nakayama - “Ocean” (Porchlight Records/Den Tapes)
  64. CARRTOONS - Space Cadet (+1)
  65. Jimena Ángel - “Selflove” (Partyfine)
  66. Melody's Echo Chamber - “Daisy” (feat. El Michels Affair) (Domino)
  67. Phantogram & Whethan - “In My Head” (Neon Gold/Futures)
  68. SONS - Hallo ([PIAS] Recordings)
  69. Thundercat - “I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time” (Brainfeeder)
  70. Nightmares on Wax - Echo45 Sound System (Warp)
  71. Die Spitz - Something to Consume (Third Man)
  72. Peki Momés - Peki Momés (Mocambo Records)
  73. Ivy - Traces of You (Bar/None)
  74. Tei Shi - Make believe I make believe (Tei Shi LLC)
  75. The Hives - The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam)
  76. Ami Taf Ra - The Prophet and The Madman (Brainfeeder)
  77. Shaki Tavi - Minor Slip (Felte)
  78. The Youth Play - someday, forever EP (self-released)
  79. Westside Cowboy - This Better Be Something Great (Heist of Hit)
  80. Kae Tempest - Self Titled (Island)
  81. Go Kurosawa - soft shakes (Guruguru Brain)
  82. Lucrecia Dalt - A Danger to Ourselves (RVNG Intl)
  83. Ganser - Animal Hospital (Felte)
  84. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - GUSH (Nettwerk)
  85. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 2 (Mass Appeal)
  86. Chatham Rise - Trillium (Infinite Spin)
  87. Chicarica - Invierno en la playa (self-released)
  88. Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)
  89. Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
  90. Sababa 5 - Nadir (Batov Records)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)
  2. Dean Johnson - I Hope We Can Still Be Friends (Saddle Creek)
  3. Hand Habits - Blue Reminder (Fat Possum)
  4. Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
  5. Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)
  6. Georgia Maq - Gods Favourite (1000 Rats)
  7. Greg Freeman - Burnover (Canvasback/Transgressive)
  8. Cass McCombs - Interior Live Oak (Domino)
  9. mark william lewis - Mark William Lewis (A24)
  10. T. Hardy Morris - Artificial Tears (Normaltown Records)

Global: 

  1. Sofia Kourtesis - Volver EP (Ninja Tune)
  2. SE SO NEON - <NOW> (AWAL)
  3. Jimena Ángel - “Selflove” (Partyfine)
  4. Peki Momés - Peki Momés (Mocambo Records)
  5. Go Kurosawa - soft shakes (Guruguru Brain)
  6. Lucrecia Dalt - A Danger to Ourselves (RVNG Intl)
  7. Chicarica - Invierno en la playa (self-released)
  8. Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
  9. Sababa 5 - Nadir (Batov Records)
  10. WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  2. KAYTRANADA - AIN’T NO DAMN WAY! (RCA)
  3. Tyler, The Creator - DON'T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
  4. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  5. Chance the Rapper - Star Line (self-released)
  6. Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones (XL Recordings)
  7. JID - God Does Like Ugly (Dreamville)
  8. Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love (Warner)
  9. Nightmares on Wax - Echo45 Sound System (Warp)
  10. Kae Tempest - Self Titled (Island)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. KAYTRANADA - AIN’T NO DAMN WAY! (RCA)
  2. Cut Copy - Moments (Cutters)
  3. DEBBY FRIDAY - The Starrr Of The Queen Life (Sub Pop)
  4. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  5. Sofia Kourtesis - Volver EP (Ninja Tune)
  6. Jorja Smith - “With You” (FAMM)
  7. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  8. Factory Floor - “Tell Me” (Phantasy Sound)
  9. Gilligan Moss - À La Mode (Foreign Family Collective)
  10. Kerala Dust - An Echo of Love (Play It Again Sam)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  2. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  3. Blood Orange - Essex Honey (RCA)
  4. Tyler, The Creator - DON'T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
  5. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  6. Alabama Shakes - “Another Life” (Island)
  7. Chance the Rapper - Star Line (self-released)
  8. Thundercat - “Children of The Baked Potato” (feat. Remi Wolf) (Brainfeeder)
  9. Dijon - Baby (R&R/Warner)
  10. Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones (XL Recordings)

Jazz: 

  1. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  2. Maruja - Pain to Power (Music For Nations)
  3. Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
  4. Ami Taf Ra - The Prophet and The Madman (Brainfeeder)
  5. Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
  6. KeiyaA - hooke’s law (XL Recordings)
  7. Mádé Kuti - Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? (self-released)
  8. The Circling Sun - Orbits (Soundway)
  9. sunking - I DON'T LIKE MY TELEPHONE (ANTI-)
  10. Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Dom Salvador JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)

Northwest: 

  1. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  2. Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
  3. Dean Johnson - I Hope We Can Still Be Friends (Saddle Creek)
  4. Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
  5. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  6. Tomo Nakayama - “Ocean” (Porchlight Records/Den Tapes)
  7. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - GUSH (Nettwerk)
  8. Acapulco Lips - Now (Killroom Records)
  9. M.O.S.S. - Youth Loser (Den Tapes)
  10. sunking - I DON'T LIKE MY TELEPHONE (ANTI-)

Adds: 

Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory (Sub Pop)
Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
bloom effect - oscilón (Kingfisher Bluez)
Dancer - More or Less (Merotorio)
Jordan Patterson - The Hermit (self-released)
Kadhja Bonet - Battlewear EP (self-released)
NewDad - Altar (Fair Youth/Atlantic)
pôt-pot - Warsaw 480km (Felte)
Suede - Antidepressants (BMG Rights Management)
Acopia - Blush Response (Scenic Route)
Charlie Vettuno - LUSH (Innovative Leisure)
GANS - GOOD FOR THE SOUL (Strap Originals)
Golden Apples - Shooting Star (Lame-O)
Greet Death - Die in Love (Deathwish, Inc.)
Halima - SWEET TOOTH (drink sum wtr)
Jamie Leeming - Sequent (Sekito)
JÁNA - Orbit (self-released)
People Mover - Cane Trash (self-released)
Peyton - Au (Stones Throw)
Yasmine Hamdan - I Remember I Forget بنسى وبتذك (Crammed Discs)
Yoni Mayraz - Dogs Bark Babies Cry (PPK)