06-12-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of June 2-8  

Add Date: June 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. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
2. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
3. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
4. Bully – Lucky for You (Sub Pop)  
5. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune)  
6. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music)  
7. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian) 
8. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (Interscope)  
9. Blur – The Ballad of Darren (Parlophone)  
10. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!)  
11. Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-)  
12. bar italia – Tracey Denim (Matador)  
13. Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL)  
14. Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan)  
15. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)  
16. The Budos Band – Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)  
17. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush)  
18. Kari Faux – REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE! (drink sum wtr) 
19. SBTRKT – The Rat Road (Save Yourself/AWAL)  
20. Genesis Owusu – Struggler (OURNESS/AWAL) 
21. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz) 
22. Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
23. Ana Tijoux – Ninx (Victoria Producciones) 
24. La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released)  
25. Jayda G – Guy (Ninja Tune)  
26. Y La Bamba – Lucha (Tender Loving Empire)  
27. Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans) 
28. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown)  
29. Overmono – Good Lies (XL)  
30. Indigo De Souza – All of This Will End (Saddle Creek)  
31. Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya)  
32. NxWorries – Daydreaming (Stones Throw)  
33. Obongjayar – Just Cool (September)  
34. Who Is She? – Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter) 
35. Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation)  
36. Beach Fossils – Bunny (Bayonet)  
37. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)  
38. Grian Chatten – Chaos for the Fly (Partisan)  
39. Claud – Supermodels (Saddest Factory)  
40. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)  
41. Vox Sambou – We Must Unite (Les Arts Vox Sambou)  
42. KAMAUU - LACUNA in the House of Mirrors (Atlantic)  
43. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
44. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
45. Killer Mike – Michael (Loma Vista)  
46. Jessy Lanza – Love Hallucination (Hyperdub)  
47. Avalon Emerson – Avalon Emerson & The Charm (Another Dove/One House)  
48. Rodrigo y Gabriela – In Between Thoughts… A New World (ATO)  
49. King Krule – Space Heavy (Matador)  
50. Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention (BMG) 
51. Westerman – An Inbuilt Fault (Partisan)  
52. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (ANTI-)  
53. Geese – 3D Country (Partisan)  
54. KIRBY & Rapsody – Eve Gene (self-released)  
55. Oceanator – Part Time (Polyvinyl)  
56. Roosevelt – Ordinary Love (Counter)  
57. Juan Wauters – Wandering Rebel (Captured Tracks)  
58. Homeschool – Just Now EP (self-released)  
59. Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies (pgLang/Columbia)  
60. Nation of Language – Strange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)  
61. Thundercat & Tame Impala – No More Lies (Brainfeeder) 
62. yeule – sulky baby (Ninja Tune)  
63. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
64. Jake Shears – Last Man Dancing (Mute)  
65. Water From Your Eyes – Everyone’s Crushed (Matador)  
66. Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (September)  
67. Feist – Multitudes (Interscope)  
68. Rose City Band – Garden Party (Thrill Jockey)  
69. The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein (4AD) 
70. Hannah Jadagu – Aperture (Sub Pop)  
71. Jenny Lewis – Joy’All (Blue Note) 
72. Youth Lagoon – Heaven is a Junkyard (Fat Possum)  
73. Temples – Exotico (ATO)  
74. L’Rain – New Year’s UnResolution (Mexican Summer) 
75. Sweeping Promises – Good Living is Coming For You (Feel It/Sub Pop)  
76. Tony Allen, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID18 (Jazz Is Dead)  
77. Four Tet – Three Drums (Text)  
78. The Hives – The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Disques Hives)  
79. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) 
80. Peter Gabriel – Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix) 
81. Jorja Smith – Falling or Flying (FAMM)  
82. Alan Palomo – World of Hassle (Mom+Pop) 
83. JOHN – A Life Diagrammatic (Brace Yourself)  
84. Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz Is Dead)  
85. RVG – Brain Worms (Fire)  
86. Generationals – Heatherhead (Polyvinyl)  
87. FRANKIIE – Between Dreams (Paper Bag)  
88. Palehound – Eye on the Bat (Polyvinyl)  
89. (Various) – The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake (Chrysalis) 
90. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)     

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. Jenny Lewis – Joy’All (Blue Note)  
5. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
6. Esther Rose – Safe to Run (New West) 
7. Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing (Fluff & Gravy) 
8. Margo Cilker – Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy) 
9. Mya Byrne – Rhinestone Tomboy (Kill Rock Stars) 
10. Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental (Mexican Summer) 

Global: 

1. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
2. Ana Tijoux – Ninx (Victoria Producciones) 
3. Vox Sambou – We Must Unite (Les Arts Vox Sambou) 
4. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  
5. Rodrigo y Gabriela – In Between Thoughts… A New World (ATO)  
6. Tony Allen, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID18 (Jazz Is Dead) 
7. Tinariwen – Amatssou (Wedge) 
8. Bombino – Tazidert (Partisan) 
9. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko (Wagram)  
10. Keturah – Keturah (Hen House Studios) 

Hip Hop: 

1. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp) 
2. Kari Faux – REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE! (drink sum wtr) 
3. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz) 
4. Ana Tijoux – Ninx (Victoria Producciones) 
5. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game (Big Crown)  
6. KAMAUU - LACUNA in the House of Mirrors (Atlantic) 
7. Killer Mike – Michael (Loma Vista) 
8. Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies (pgLang/Columbia)  
9. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
10. Five Fingers of Funk – Portland Say It Again (Kill Rock Stars) 

RPM/Electronic: 

1. Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER (Ninja Tune) 
2. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (EMI)  
3. Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL)  
4. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush) 
5. SBTRKT – The Rat Road (Save Yourself/AWAL)  
6. Jayda G – Guy (Ninja Tune)  
7. Overmono – Good Lies (XL) 
8. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune) 
9. Jessy Lanza – Love Hallucination (Hyperdub) 
10. Avalon Emerson – Avalon Emerson & The Charm (Another Dove/One House)  

R&B/Blues: 

1. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive)  
2. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
3. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL) 
4. Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (Dead Oceans)  
5. Petite Noir – MotherFather (Roya) 
6. NxWorries – Daydreaming (Stones Throw)  
7. Obongjayar – Just Cool (September)  
8. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)  
9. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
10. KIRBY & Rapsody – Eve Gene (self-released) 

Jazz: 

1. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
2. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!) 
3. Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-)  
4. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE) 
5. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (Anti-)  
6. Tony Allen, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID18 (Jazz Is Dead) 
7. Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz Is Dead) 
8. London Brew – London Brew (Downtown/Concord Jazz) 
9. New Breed Brass Band – Made in New Orleans (Treme) 
10. Dave McMurray – Grateful Deadication 2 (Blue Note) 

Northwest: 

1. Spirit Award – The Fear (Share It Music)  
2. NAVVI – V EP (Hush Hush) 
3. La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released)  
4. Who Is She? – Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)  
5. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
6. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (ANTI-)  
7. Lavarr the Starr – Illusions Ago EP (Glass Cane)  
8. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
9. Sea Lemon – Cellar (Luminelle)  
10. Daisies – Great Big Open Sky (K)  

Adds: 

Janelle Monae – The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland) 
Squid – O Monolith (Warp) 
Feeble Little Horse – Girl With Fish (Saddle Creek) 
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes (Southeastern) 
Jenny Lewis – Joy’All (Blue Note) 
Protomartyr – Formal Growth in the Desert (Domino) 
Jayda G – Guy (Ninja Tune) 
King Krule – Space Heavy (Matador) 
Youth Lagoon – Heaven is a Junkyard (Fat Possum) 
Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood – Jarak Qaribak (World Circuit) 
Decisive Pink – Ticket to Fame (Fire) 
Anna St. Louis – In the Air (Woodsist) 
Dream Wife – Social Lubrication (Lucky Number) 
Laura Cantrell – Just Like a Rose: The Anniversary Sessions (Propeller Sound) 
Captain Planet – Sounds Like Home (Bastard Jazz) 
This is the Kit – Careful of Your Keepers (Rough Trade) 
Bokani Dyer – Radio Sechaba (Brownswood Recordings) 
Christine and the Queens – PARANOIA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE (Because Music) 
Odonis Odonis – ICON EP (Pirates Blend/Felte) 
TEKE::TEKE – Hagata (Kill Rock Stars) 
GravelRoad – Duty to Warn (Knick Knack) 
Tiny Ruins – Ceremony (Ba Da Bing) 
Nicholas Allbrook – Manganese (Spinning Top) 
Skyler Ford – The Real Thing (self-released) 
Jimmy Whispers – The Search for God (Carpark) 
Wombo – Slab EP (Fire Talk)