04-24-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of Apr. 14-20  

Add Date: Apr. 24      

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. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown) 
2. Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan)  
3. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
4. DEBBY FRIDAY – GOOD LUCK (Sub Pop)  
5. Yves Tumor – Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume… (Warp)  
6. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
7. Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL)  
8. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
9. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)  
10. Liv.e - Girl in the Half Pearl (In Real Life/AWAL) 
11. Bully – Lucky for You (Sub Pop)  
12. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)  
13. Nation of Language – Strange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)  
14. Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention (BMG)  
15. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)  
16. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
17. The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein (4AD)  
18. King Krule – Space Heavy (Matador)  
19. Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (September)  
20. Jayda G – Guy (Ninja Tune)  
21. Shalom – Sublimation (Saddle Creek)  
22. Everything But the Girl – Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin)  
23. Alfa Mist – Variables (ANTI-)  
24. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (EMI)  
25. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – V (Jagjaguwar) 
26. Nappy Nina – Mourning Due (LucidHaus)  
27. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori (Columbia) 
28. Black Ends – My Own Dead (self-released) 
29. Y La Bamba – Lucha (Tender Loving Empire)  
30. Moreish Idols – Lock Eyes and Collide EP (Speedy Wunderground)  
31. Romy – Enjoy Your Life (Young)  
32. Overmono – Good Lies (XL)  
33. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE) 
34. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)  
35. A Certain Ratio – 1982 (Mute)  
36. Fever Ray – Radical Romantics (Mute)  
37. Algiers – Shook (Matador)  
38. Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya)  
39. Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Warner)  
40. ODESZA – To Be Yours (Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune) 
41. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
42. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
43. Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey)  
44. The New Pornographers – Continue as a Guest (Merge)  
45. Adi Oasis – Lotus Glow (Unity Group)  
46. Tanukichan – GIZMO (Carpark)  
47. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music)  
48. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)  
49. Girl Ray – Prestige (Moshi Moshi)  
50. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!)  
51. B. Cool-Aid – Leather Blvd (Lex)  
52. Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Interscope)  
53. Kali Uchis – Red Room in Venus (Geffen)  
54. M83 – Fantasy (Mute)  
55. bar italia – Tracey Denim (Matador)  
56. Dawn Richard – Bubblegum (Merge)  
57. Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop)  
58. Daughter – Stereo Mind Game (Glassnote)  
59. Esther Rose – Safe to Run (New West)  
60. Zuco 103 – Telenova (Six Degrees)  
61. Death Valley Girls – Islands in the Sky (Suicide Squeeze)  
62. Temples – Exotico (ATO)  
63. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush)  
64. Speedy Ortiz – Scabs (Wax Nine)  
65. Hatchie – Rooftops (Secretly Canadian)  
66. Jorja Smith – Try Me (FAMM) 
67. Alex Lahey – The Answer is Always Yes (Liberation)  
68. Crocodiles – Upside Down in Heaven (Lolipop)  
69. Heartworms – A Comforting Notion (Speedy Wunderground)  
70. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune)  
71. U.S. Girls – Bless This Mess (4AD)  
72. Navy Blue – Ways of Knowing (Freedom Sounds/Def Jam)  
73. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)  
74. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)  
75. Squid – O Monolith (Warp)  
76. Jessy Lanza – Don’t Leave Me Now (Hyperdub)  
77. Róisín Murphy – CooCool (Ninja Tune) 
78. Seun Kuti & Black Thought – Bad Man Lighter 2.0 (SKE80)  
79. Hello Mary – Hello Mary (Frenchkiss)  
80. Nia Archives – Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall EP (HIJINXX/Island)  
81. Flyying Colours – You Never Know (Poison City)  
82. Glüme - Main Character (Italians Do It Better)  
83. The Reds, Pinks & Purples – The Town That Cursed Your Name (Slumberland) 
84. HÆLOS – Hear Me EP (SOLEAH)  
85. Christine and the Queens – PARANOIA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE (Because Music)  
86. BAMBII – One Touch (Innovative Leisure) 
87. Deeper – Sub (Sub Pop) 
88. Abra – FKA MESS (Acid Palace) 
89. The Chemical Brothers – No Reason (EMI) 
90. Kay Young – We Meet at Last EP (Play It Again Sam)  

Americana: 

1. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans) 
2. Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (September) 
3. Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey)  
4. Esther Rose – Safe to Run (New West) 
5. Dougie Poole – The Rainbow Wheel of Death (Wharf Cat)  
6. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
7. Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing (Fluff & Gravy) 
8. Stephanie Anne Johnson – Jewels (self-released) 
9. Lucero – Should’ve Learned By Now (Liberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers)  
10. Robbie Fulks – Bluegrass Vacation (Compass) 

Global: 

1. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
2. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
3. Zuco 103 – Telenova (Six Degrees) 
4. Jackie Mendoza – Galaxia de Emociones (ZZK) 
5. Ali Farka Touré - Voyageur (World Circuit) 
6. Desire Marea – On the Romance of Being (Mute)  
7. Kimi Djabaté - Dindin (Cumbancha)  
8. Rema – Holiday (Mavin)  
9. Baaba Maal – Being (Marathon Artists) 
10. Malika Zarra – RWA (The Essence) (D.Zel Prod) 

Hip Hop: 

1. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown)  
2. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
3. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp) 
4. Nappy Nina – Mourning Due (LucidHaus)  
5. B. Cool-Aid – Leather Blvd (Lex)  
6. Navy Blue – Ways of Knowing (Freedom Sounds/Def Jam) 
7. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz) 
8. Seun Kuti & Black Thought – Bad Man Lighter 2.0 (SKE80)  
9. Wax Tailor – Fishing for Accidents (Lab’Oratoire)  
10. Maxo – Even God Has a Sense of Humor (Def Jam)  

RPM/Electronic: 

1. DEBBY FRIDAY – GOOD LUCK (Sub Pop)  
2. Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL)  
3. Liv.e - Girl in the Half Pearl (In Real Life/AWAL)  
4. Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention (BMG) 
5. Jayda G – Guy (Ninja Tune)  
6. Everything But the Girl – Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin) 
7. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (EMI)  
8. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori (Columbia) 
9. Romy – Enjoy Your Life (Young) 
10. Overmono – Good Lies (XL) 

R&B/Blues: 

1. Liv.e - Girl in the Half Pearl (In Real Life)  
2. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL) 
3. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)  
4. Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya) 
5. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
6. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
7. Adi Oasis – Lotus Glow (Unity Group) 
8. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) 
9. Kali Uchis – Red Room in Venus (Geffen) 
10. Dawn Richard – Bubblegum (Merge) 

Jazz: 

1. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
2. Alfa Mist – Variables (ANTI-)  
3. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE) 
4. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!) 
5. London Brew – London Brew (Downtown/Concord Jazz)  
6. (Various) - Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre (Blue Note)  
7. Terrace Martin – Chucks (Sounds of Crenshaw/BMG)  
8. Theo Croker – By the Way EP (Star People Nation/Masterworks/Sony)  
9. Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – JID016 (Jazz Is Dead)  
10. James Brandon Lewis – Eye of I (ANTI-) 

Northwest: 

1. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
2. Black Ends – My Own Dead (self-released) 
3. ODESZA – To Be Yours (Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune) 
4. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music)  
5. Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop) 
6. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush) 
7. Waves Crashing – The Viewing EP (Audiomanic) 
8. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
9. Stephanie Anne Johnson – Jewels (self-released)  
10. The Transmissionary Six – Often Sometimes Rarely Never (Drums and Wires Recordings) 

Adds: 

El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown) 
Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya) 
Everything But the Girl – Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin) 
Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-) 
superviolet – Infinite Spring (Lame-O) 
Esther Rose – Safe to Run (New West) 
Rodrigo y Gabriela – In Between Thoughts… A New World (ATO) 
Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey) 
Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz Is Dead) 
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Angels in Science Fiction (ATO) 
Pearl & the Oysters – Coast 2 Coast (Stones Throw) 
Jonathan Bree – Pre-Code Hollywood (Lil Chief) 
Baba Ali – Laugh Like a Bomb (Memphis Industries) 
Dave Okumu & the 7 Generations – I Came From Love (Transgressive) 
Zoon – Bekka Ma'iingan (Paper Bag) 
Shannon Lay – Covers Vol. 1 (Sub Pop) 
Lael Neale – Star Eaters Delight (Sub Pop) 
Kay Young – We Meet at Last EP (Play It Again Sam) 
Laveda – A Place You Grew Up In (PaperCup Music) 
Django Django – Off Planet Part 3 EP (Because Music) 
Léa Sen You of Now, Pt. 2 EP (Partisan)