12-12-2022

KEXP Charts for the Week of Dec. 2-8

Add Date: Dec. 12 

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. Honey Dijon – Black Girl Magic (Classic)  
2. Sault – 11 (Forever Living Originals)  
3. Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant to Be (Partisan)  
4. (Soundtrack) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Def Jam)  
5. PVA – Blush (Ninja Tune)  
6. Sault – Today & Tomorrow (Forever Living Originals)  
7. TSHA – Capricorn Sun (Ninja Tune)  
8. Yves Tumor – God is a Circle (Warp)  
9. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
10. Black Belt Eagle Scout – The Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)  
11. Alvvays – Blue Rev (Celsius Girls/Polyvinyl)  
12. Phoenix – Alpha Zulu (Glassnote)  
13. Enumclaw – Save the Baby (Luminelle)  
14. Noah Coinflip – God is Love (self-released)  
15. Special Interest – Endure (Rough Trade)  
16. Baby Rose – Go (Secretly Canadian)  
17. Sault – UNTITLED (God) (Forever Living Originals)  
18. Nick Hakim – Cometa (ATO)  
19. Say She She - Prism (Karma Chief)  
20. Nia Archives – So Tell Me... (Island/HIJINXX) 
21. Stormzy – This Is What I Mean (Def Jam)  
22. Wild Pink – ILYSM (Royal Mountain)  
23. SZA – SOS (Top Dawg/RCA)  
24. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)  
25. ENOLA – Metal Body (Fire Talk)  
26. Hatchie – Nosedive (Secretly Canadian)  
27. Petite Noir – Simple Things (Roya) 
28. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)  
29. Big Joanie – Back Home (Kill Rock Stars)  
30. iLe – Nacarile (Sony Latin)  
31. Gabriels – Angels & Queens: Part 1 (Atlas Artists)  
32. Charlotte Dos Santos – Morfo (Because Music)  
33. Fred Again.. - Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022) (Atlantic) 
34. Hibou – Arc EP (self-released)  
35. (Various) - Live at KEXP Volume 10 (KEXP)  
36. Model Shop – Love Interest (Meritorio)  
37. Gabriel Teodros – Open Letter (self-released)  
38. Cumulus – Something Brighter (Share It Music)  
39. Loyle Carner – hugo (EMI)  
40. Fousheé - softCORE (RCA)  
41. Goat – Oh Death (Rocket Recordings)  
42. Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)  
43. Fever Ray – What They Call Us (Mute)  
44. Ibeyi – Juice of Mandarins (XL)  
45. Romy & Fred again.. - Strong (Young) 
46. Gladie – Don't Know What You’re In Until You’re Out (Plum)  
47. Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork (4AD)  
48. Homeboy Sandman – Still Champion (Mello Music Group)  
49. George Riley - Running In Waves (PLZ Make It Ruins)  
50. STR4TA – STR4TASFEAR (Brownswood Recordings)  
51. Glüme - Do Me a Favor (Italians Do It Better)   
52. Altin Gün - Leylim Ley (ATO)  
53. Shame – Food for Worms (Dead Oceans)  
54. The Go! Team – Get Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)  
55. Weird Nightmare – Our Love Will Still Be There (Sub Pop) 
56. Dumb – Pray 4 Tomorrow (Mint)  
57. Röyksopp - Profound Mysteries III (Dog Triumph)  
58. Dungen - En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog (Mexican Summer)  
59. Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw) 
60. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)  
61. Makaya McCraven – In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch/XL)  
62. Plains – I Walked With You A Ways (ANTI-)  
63. Fatoumata Diawara – Nsera (3eme Bureau)  
64. Jamila Woods – Boundaries (Jagjaguwar) 
65. Contour – Onwards! (Touching Bass)  
66. Garrett Saracho, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Garrett Saracho JID015 (Jazz Is Dead)  
67. Dazy – OUTOFBODY (Lame-O)  
68. Oddisee – To What End (Outer Note)  
69. Chancha Via Circuito – La Estrella (Wonderwheel Recordings)  
70. MorMor – Semblance (AWAL)  
71. Frankie Cosmos – Inner World Peace (Sub Pop)  
72. Cakes Da Killa – Svengali (Young Art)  
73. Abraxas – Monte Carlo (Suicide Squeeze)  
74. Zap Mama - Odyssée (self-released)  
75. Teenage Sequence – D.I.S. Connect (Everything Sucks)  
76. Genesis Owusu – Get Inspired (Ourness/AWAL)  
77. Lust For Youth – Accidental Win (Sacred Bones) 
78. Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Parlophone)  
79. Skinny Pelembe – Like a Heart Won’t Beat (Partisan)  
80. Black Nite Crash – Washed in the Sound with... (Neon Sigh)  
81. Gold Panda – The Work (City Slang)  
82. Dezron Douglas – Atalaya (International Anthem)  
83. First Aid Kit – Palomino (Columbia)  
84. Adrian Quesada – Jaguar Sound (ATO)  
85. Drugdealer – Hiding in Plain Sight (Mexican Summer)  
86. Ghost Funk Orchestra – A New Kind of Love (Colemine/Karma Chief)  
87. The Haunted Youth – Dawn of the Freak (Mayway)  
88. Run The Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (Jewel Runners/BMG)  
89. Mount Kimbie – MK 3.5: Die Cuts / City Planning (Warp)  
90. Christine and the Queens – Redcar les adorables etoiles (prologue) (Because Music)     

Americana: 

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

Global: 

1. (Soundtrack) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Def Jam)  
2. iLe – Nacarile (Sony Latin)  
3. Altin Gün - Leylim Ley (ATO)   
4. Fatoumata Diawara – Nsera (3eme Bureau)  
5. Chancha Via Circuito – La Estrella (Wonderwheel Recordings)  
6. Zap Mama - Odyssée (self-released)  
7. Protoje – Third Time’s the Charm (In.Digg.Nation Collective/RCA)  
8. Da Cruz – Baladas da Luta (Boom Jah) 
9. Moonchild Sanelly & Theology HD – Kokokokoko (Transgressive) 
10. Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin – Ali (Dead Oceans)  

Hip Hop: 

1. Stormzy – This Is What I Mean (Def Jam)  
2. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)  
3. Gabriel Teodros – Open Letter (self-released)  
4. Loyle Carner – hugo (EMI)  
5. Homeboy Sandman – Still Champion (Mello Music Group)  
6. Oddisee – To What End (Outer Note)  
7. Cakes Da Killa – Svengali (Young Art)  
8. Run The Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (Jewel Runners/BMG)  
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. PVA – Blush (Ninja Tune)  
3. TSHA – Capricorn Sun (Ninja Tune)  
4. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
5. Special Interest – Endure (Rough Trade)  
6. Nia Archives – So Tell Me... (Island/HIJINXX)  
7. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)  
8. Fred Again.. - Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022) (Atlantic) 
9. Romy & Fred again.. - Strong (Young) 
10. George Riley - Running In Waves (PLZ Make It Ruins)  

R&B/Blues: 

1. Sault – 11 (Forever Living Originals)  
2. Sault – Today & Tomorrow (Forever Living Originals)  
3. Kelela – Raven (Warp)  
4. Baby Rose – Go (Secretly Canadian)  
5. Sault – UNTITLED (God) (Forever Living Originals)  
6. SZA – SOS (Top Dawg/RCA)  
7. Petite Noir – Simple Things (Roya)  
8. Gabriels – Angels & Queens: Part 1 (Atlas Artists) 
9. Charlotte Dos Santos – Morfo (Because Music) 
10. Ibeyi – Juice of Mandarins (XL)  

Jazz: 

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

Northwest: 

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

Adds: 

SZA – SOS (Top Dawg/RCA) 
Seun Kuti & Black Thought – African Dreams EP (SKE80) 
Darbet Shams – Sho Bedor Elamal (Snowball Artistic Growth)  
KIRBY – I Thought I Would EP (self-released) 
Leland Whitty – Anyhow (Innovative Leisure)