09-25-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of Sept 15-21  

Add Date: Sept. 25     

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. Slowdive - everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  2. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple (PIAS)
  3. Vagabon - Sorry I Haven’t Called (Nonesuch)
  4. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  5. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  6. The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  7. Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (Ourness/AWAL)
  8. Noname - Sundial (self-released)
  9. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)
  10. Subsonic Eye - All Around You (Topshelf)
  11. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee -Los Angeles (Play It Again Sam)
  12. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven (Republic)
  13. Romy - Mid Air (Young)
  14. The Budos Band - Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)
  15. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  16. Jorja Smith - falling or flying (FAMM)
  17. Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief) 
  18. The National - Laugh Track (4AD)
  19. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  20. CHAI - CHAI (Sub Pop)
  21. Roosevelt - Embrace (Counter/Ninja Tune)  
  22. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)
  23. Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  24. Cleo Sol - Heaven (Forever Living Originals)
  25. Deeper - Careful! (Sub Pop)
  26. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  27. Big Thief - “Vampire Empire” b/w “Born For Loving You” (4AD)
  28. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  29. Jenn Champion - “Famous” (Gay Forever)
  30. Sampha - Lahai (Young)
  31. Sea Lemon - Stop at Nothing EP (Luminelle Recordings)
  32. Bombino - Sahel (Partisan) 
  33. Danger Mouse & Jemini - Born Again (Lex)
  34. Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy) 
  35. Lusine - Long Light (Ghostly International)
  36. Woods - Perennial (Woodsist) 
  37. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music (Brownswood) 
  38. Being Dead - When Horses Would Run (Bayonet)
  39. Blur - The Ballad of Darren (Warner)
  40. 다브다 / Dabda - Yonder (Electric Muse)
  41. Girl Ray - Prestige (Moshi Moshi)
  42. KAYTRAMINÉ - KAYTRAMINÉ (Venice Music) 
  43. La Sécurité - Stay Safe! (Mothland)
  44. MMYYKK - The Midst of Things (Sway Heavy)
  45. Bebel Gilberto - João (PIAS) 
  46. DAIISTAR - Good Time (Fuzz Club)
  47. Film School - Field (Felte)
  48. George Clanton - Oh Rap I Ya (100% Electronica)
  49. Eartheater - Powders (Chemical X)
  50. Sextile - Push (Sacred Bones)
  51. Bar Italia - The Twits (Matador)
  52. Cherry Glazerr - I Don’t Want You Anymore (Secretly Canadian)
  53. English Teacher - “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab” (Island)
  54. L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  55. Mannequin Pussy - “I Got Heaven” (Epitaph)
  56. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  57. Strange Ranger - Pure Music (Fire Talk)
  58. The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Disque Hives)
  59. Who Is She? - Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  60. Benét - Can I go again? (Bayonet)
  61. Tirzah - trip9love...??? (Domino)
  62. Speedy Ortiz - Rabbit Rabbit (Wax Nine)
  63. Becca Mancari - Left Hand (Captured Tracks)
  64. Shamir - Homo Anxietatem (Kill Rock Stars)
  65. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  66. Wajatta - Waiting For The Get Down EP (Brainfeeder)
  67. Diego Raposo - YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ (Gran Vaina)
  68. Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD - New Heart Designs (Roadrunner)
  69. Adekunle Gold - Tequila Ever After (Def Jam)
  70. Supershy - Happy Music (Beyond The Groove)
  71. Vinyl Williams - Aeterna (Harmony)
  72. Tony Allen, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed - JID018 (Jazz Is Dead)
  73. Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland)
  74. WITCH - Zango (Desert Daze Sound)
  75. Kassa Overall - ANIMALS (Warp)
  76. Death Cab For Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall (Atlantic)
  77. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar) 
  78. Sheer Mag - “All Lined Up” (Third Man)
  79. A Beacon School - yoyo (Grind Select)
  80. The Bug Club - “Marriage” (Bingo)
  81. Noga Erez - “Quiet” (Atlantic)
  82. Hot Chip - “Fire of Mercy (feat. Yunè Pinku)” (Domino)
  83. Maribou State - “Blackoak” (Ninja Tune)
  84. Ian Sweet - Sucker (Polyvinyl)
  85. Kali Uchis, El Alfa & JT – Munekita (Geffen) 
  86. Yard Act - “The Trench Coat Museum” (Republic)
  87. George Riley - Un/limited Love (Ninja Tune)
  88. Skinny Pelembe - “Who By Fire (feat. Beth Orton)” (Partisan)
  89. Squirrel Flower - Tomorrow’s Fire (Polyvinyl)
  90. Various Artists - Tell Everybody!: 21st Century Juke Joint Blues (Easy Eye Sound)

Americana: 

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

Global: 

  1. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  2. Bombino - Sahel (Partisan) 
  3. Bebel Gilberto - João (PIAS) 
  4. Adekunle Gold - Tequila Ever After (Def Jam)
  5. Diego Raposo - YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ (Gran Vaina)
  6. Tony Allen, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed - JID018 (Jazz Is Dead)
  7. Adekunle Gold - Tequila Ever After (Def Jam)
  8. WITCH - Zango (Desert Daze Sound)
  9. Dengue Fever - Ting Mong (TUK TUK)
  10. dadá Joãozinho - tds bem Global (Innovative Leisure)

Hip Hop: 

  1. Noname - Sundial (self-released)
  2. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  3. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  4. KAYTRAMINÉ - KAYTRAMINÉ (Venice Music) 
  5. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  6. BAMBII - Infinity Club (Innovative Leisure)
  7. Adekunle Gold - Tequila Ever After (Def Jam)
  8. Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland)
  9. Black Milk - Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)
  10. Gabriel Teodros  From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  2. The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  3. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)
  4. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven (Republic)
  5. Romy - Mid Air (Young)
  6. Roosevelt - Embrace (Counter/Ninja Tune)  
  7. Lusine - Long Light (Ghostly International)
  8. Girl Ray - Prestige (Moshi Moshi)
  9. George Clanton - Oh Rap I Ya (100% Electronica)
  10. Eartheater - Powders (Chemical X)

R&B/Blues: 

  1. Jungle - Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  2. The Budos Band - Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)
  3. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  4. Jorja Smith - falling or flying (FAMM)
  5. Burna Boy - I Told Them … (Atlantic)
  6. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)
  7. Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  8. Cleo Sol - Heaven (Forever Living Originals)
  9. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  10. Sampha - Lahai (Young)

Jazz: 

  1. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)
  2. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music (Brownswood) 
  3. Tony Allen, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed - JID018 (Jazz Is Dead)
  4. Kassa Overall - ANIMALS (Warp)
  5. Black Milk - Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)
  6. Kaidi Tatham - The Only Way (First Word)
  7. Irreversible Entanglements -  Protect Your Light (Impulse! / Verve) 
  8. NCY Milky Band - Our Gurus 2 (BMM)
  9. Léon Phal - Stress Killer (Heavenly Sweetness)
  10. Nubya Garcia - Lean In (Concord Jazz)

Northwest: 

  1. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released) 
  2. Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  3. Jenn Champion - “Famous” (Gay Forever)
  4. Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy) 
  5. Sea Lemon - Stop at Nothing EP (Luminelle Recordings)
  6. Who Is She? - Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  7. Death Cab For Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall (Atlantic)
  8. Gabriel Teodros  From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
  9. Khingz - A Safe Place For Us (self-released)
  10. Versing - Tape II (self-released)

Adds: 

The National - Laugh Track (4AD)
Devendra Banhart - Flying Wig (Mexican Summer)
Benét - Can I go again? (Bayonet)
CHAI - CHAI (Sub Pop)
Al Menne - Freak Accident (Double Double Whammy)
Roosevelt - Embrace (Counter / Ninja Tune)
yeule - softscars (Ninja Tune)
zzzahara - Tender (Lex)
Beach Vacation - Coping Habits (START-TRACK)
Elisapie - Inuktitut (Bonsound)
Grrrl Gang- Spunky! (Kill Rock Stars)
Little Dragon with April + VISTA - Slipping Into Color EP (Ninja Tune)
Loraine James - Gentle Confrontation (Hyperdub)
Patio - Collection (Fire Talk)
Ralphie Choo - SUPERNOVA (Rusia IDK/Warner)
Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
Wajatta - Waiting For The Get Down EP (Brainfeeder)
Wet Fruit - Dandelions At The Gate (Halfshell)
Bibio - Sunbursting EP (Warp)
Will Butler + Sister Squares - Will Butler + Sister Squares (Merge Records)
Eartheater - Powders (Chemical X)
Astrid Engberg - Trust (Creak Inc.)
GUM - Saturnia (Spinning Top Music)
Teenage Fanclub - Nothing Lasts Forever (Merge) 
Seb Wildblood - separation anxiety (All My Thoughts)