07-29-2024

KEXP Charts for the Week of July 19 - July 25

Add Date: July 29

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. Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
  2. Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 (Loma Vista)
  3. GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times (p(doom) records)
  4. Charli xcx - BRAT (Atlantic)
  5. Nilüfer Yanya - Method Actor (Ninja Tune)
  6. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas (Island)
  7. Aaron Frazer - Into The Blue (Dead Oceans)
  8. KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
  9. Angélica Garcia - Gemelo (Partisan Records)
  10. Dehd - Poetry (Fat Possum)
  11. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming (Virgin)
  12. Fontaines D.C. - Romance (XL Recordings)
  13. Los Bitchos - Talkie Talkie (City Slang)
  14. The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (YABB Records/Thirty Tigers)
  15. Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
  16. Been Stellar - Scream from New York, NY (Dirty Hit)
  17. Lava La Rue - STARFACE (Dirty Hit)
  18. SAULT - Acts of Faith (Forever Living Originals)
  19. Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London EP (Transgressive)
  20. J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic…(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop)
  21. Orville Peck - Stampede (Warner)
  22. Sampha & Little Simz - “Satellite Business 2.0” (Young)
  23. Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz (Polyvinyl)
  24. BALTHVS - Harvest (Mixto)
  25. Fana Hues - Moth (Bright Antenna)
  26. NxWorries - Why Lawd? (Stones Throw)
  27. BADBADNOTGOOD - Mid Spiral (XL Recordings)
  28. Habibi - Dreamachine (Kill Rock Stars)
  29. Beautiful Freaks - We Talk to Birds (self-released)
  30. Ginger Root - SHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
  31. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flight b741 (p(doom))
  32. Chinese American Bear - Wah!!! (Moshi Moshi)
  33. Eddie Vedder - “Save It For Later” (Republic)
  34. Naked Giants - Shine Away (DevilDuck)
  35. Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol (ANTI-)
  36. Merce Lemon - Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild (Darling Recordings)
  37. Clairo - Charm (Virgin)
  38. Kehlani - CRASH (TSNMI/Atlantic)
  39. Hana Vu - Romanticism (Ghostly International)
  40. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement (Young)
  41. Star Anna - Love and Sex and Fear of Death (self-released)
  42. salute - TRUE MAGIC (Ninja Tune)
  43. Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium, Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
  44. ​​Omar Apollo - God Said No (Warner)
  45. Man Man - Carrot On Strings (Sub Pop)
  46. Talaya. - c l E a R. (self-released) [ADDED: 6/21/2024]
  47. Chris Cohen - Paint a Room (Hardly Art)
  48. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound)
  49. Manatee Commune - Simultaneity (Bastard Jazz)
  50. RJD2 - Visions Out Of Limelight (RJ’s Electrical Connections)
  51. Mikey Moo - Fresh Idiot (Killroom)
  52. Bartees Strange - “Lie 95” (4AD)
  53. Charli xcx & Lorde - “The girl, so confusing version with lorde” (Atlantic)
  54. Ezra Collective - Ajala (Partisan)
  55. Jamie xx - In Waves (Young)
  56. Mavis Staples - “Worthy” (ANTI-)
  57. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God (Play It Again Sam)
  58. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
  59. Suki Waterhouse - Memoirs of a Sparklemuffin (Sub Pop)
  60. The Linda Lindas - No Obligation (Epitaph)
  61. Mt Fog - Ultraviolet Heart Machine (Save the Forest For the Trees)
  62. Crack Cloud - Red Mile (Jagjaguwar)
  63. Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate (dh2)
  64. Zsela - Big For You (Mexican Summer)
  65. Wild Powwers - Pop Hits & Total Bummers Vol. 5 (Nadine Records/Den Tapes)
  66. Cults - To the Ghosts (Cults Music/Imperial Distribution)
  67. KOKOKO! - BUTU (Transgressive)
  68. Pond - STUNG! (Spinning Top)
  69. Goat Girl - Below The Waste (Rough Trade)
  70. Moby - always centered at night (Mute)
  71. Rapsody - Please Don’t Cry (Jamla/Roc Nation)
  72. Chong the Nomad - DO WE MAKE OF THIS (self-released)
  73. Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream (Colemine)
  74. Sababa 5 & Yurika - Kokoro (Batov)
  75. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai (1st & 15th)
  76. The Folk Implosion - Walk Thru Me (Joyful Noise)
  77. EELS - EELS TIME! (E Works/PIAS)
  78. The Zawose Queens - Miasha (Real World Records)
  79. Various Artists - From Far It All Seems Small (KR Records)
  80. Thunderpussy - West (Trash Casual)
  81. Crumb - AMAMA (self-released)
  82. Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice (Matador)
  83. Seafood Sam - Standing On Giant Shoulders (drink sum wtr)
  84. Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn EP (Secretly Canadian)
  85. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas (Island)
  86. Khruangbin - A LA SALA (Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories Ltd.)
  87. Fcukers - Baggy$$ EP (Technicolour)
  88. IAN SWEET & Porridge Radio - “Everyone’s A Superstar” (Polyvinyl)
  89. SOPHIE - SOPHIE (Transgressive/Future Classic)
  90. Sunset Rubdown - Always Happy To Explode (Pronounced Kroog)

Americana: 

  1. The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (YABB Records/Thirty Tigers)
  2. Orville Peck - Stampede (Warner)
  3. Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz (Polyvinyl)
  4. Merce Lemon - Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild (Darling Recordings)
  5. Star Anna - Love and Sex and Fear of Death (self-released)
  6. EELS - EELS TIME! (E Works/PIAS)
  7. Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)
  8. Wilco - Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP (dBpm)
  9. Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free (Jagjaguwar)
  10. Dr. Dog - Dr. Dog (We Buy Gold Records)

Global: 

  1. Angélica Garcia - Gemelo (Partisan Records)
  2. Los Bitchos - Talkie Talkie (City Slang)
  3. BALTHVS - Harvest (Mixto)
  4. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound)
  5. KOKOKO! - BUTU (Transgressive)
  6. Sababa 5 & Yurika - Kokoro (Batov)
  7. The Zawose Queens - Miasha (Real World Records)
  8. Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice (Matador)
  9. Bab L’ Bluz - Swaken (Real World Records Ltd.)
  10. Orquesta Akokán - Caracoles (Daptone)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
  2. Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 (Loma Vista)
  3. KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
  4. Sampha & Little Simz - “Satellite Business 2.0” (Young)
  5. NxWorries - Why Lawd? (Stones Throw)
  6. Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium, Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
  7. Rapsody - Please Don’t Cry (Jamla/Roc Nation)
  8. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai (1st & 15th)
  9. Seafood Sam - Standing On Giant Shoulders (drink sum wtr)
  10. NATHY PELUSO - GRASA (5020 Records/Sony Music España)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Charli xcx - BRAT (Atlantic)
  2. KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
  3. salute - TRUE MAGIC (Ninja Tune)
  4. Manatee Commune - Simultaneity (Bastard Jazz)
  5. RJD2 - Visions Out Of Limelight (RJ’s Electrical Connections)
  6. Charli xcx & Lorde - “The girl, so confusing version with lorde” (Atlantic)
  7. Jamie xx - In Waves (Young)
  8. Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate (dh2)
  9. Moby - always centered at night (Mute)
  10. Chong the Nomad - DO WE MAKE OF THIS (self-released)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
  2. Aaron Frazer - Into The Blue (Dead Oceans)
  3. KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
  4. Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
  5. Lava La Rue - STARFACE (Dirty Hit)
  6. SAULT - Acts of Faith (Forever Living Originals)
  7. Sampha & Little Simz - “Satellite Business 2.0” (Young)
  8. NxWorries - Why Lawd? (Stones Throw)
  9. Kehlani - CRASH (TSNMI/Atlantic)
  10. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement (Young)

Jazz: 

  1. Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
  2. BADBADNOTGOOD - Mid Spiral (XL Recordings)
  3. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement (Young)
  4. Ezra Collective - Ajala (Partisan)
  5. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
  6. Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream (Colemine)
  7. toe - NOW I SEE THE LIGHT (Topshelf)
  8. Orquesta Akokán - Caracoles (Daptone)
  9. musclecars - Sugar Honey Iced Tea! (BBE Music)
  10. Louis Cole (with Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley) - nothing (Brainfeeder)

Northwest: 

  1. J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic…(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop)
  2. Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz (Polyvinyl)
  3. Beautiful Freaks - We Talk to Birds (self-released)
  4. Chinese American Bear - Wah!!! (Moshi Moshi)
  5. Eddie Vedder - “Save It For Later” (Republic)
  6. Naked Giants - Shine Away (DevilDuck)
  7. Star Anna - Love and Sex and Fear of Death (self-released)
  8. Talaya. - c l E a R. (self-released) [ADDED: 6/21/2024]
  9. Manatee Commune - Simultaneity (Bastard Jazz)
  10. Mikey Moo - Fresh Idiot (Killroom)

Adds: 

​​Carsick Cars - Aha (TAIHE MUSIC GROUP)
Crack Cloud - Red Mile (Jagjaguwar)
Cults - To the Ghosts (Cults Music/Imperial Distribution)
Eaglemont - Party Boy (Ditto Music)
MAITA - want (Fluff and Gravy)
Robber Robber - Wild Guess (self-released)
Bklava - c u l8r (Spin Suga)
Full Flower Moon Band - MEGAFLOWER (Silver Arrow)
Ivan Cornejo - MIRADA (Interscope)
Jessica Boudreaux - The Faster I Run (Pet Club)
Los Campesinos! - All Hell (Heart Swells)
Oruã - Passe (Transfusão Noise/Den Tapes)
Painted Shield - Painted Shield 3 (Loosegroove Records)
Slow Spirit - That’s the Gods Talking (Birthday Cake)
Snakehips & EARTHGANG - SNAKEGANG EP, Vol. 1 (Never Worry)
villagerrr - Tear Your Heart Out (Darling Recordings)
Chenayder - Maybe In Another Life (Alamo)
Fir Cone Children - Jig of Glee (Blackjack Illuminist)
Gracie Gray - Magnet (Hand In Hive)
Indian Man - Gran’s House (Real World X)
Johnny Cash - Songwriter (Mercury Nashville/UMe)
KUČKA - Can You Hear Me Dreaming? (LuckyMe)
Lonesome Shack - Song Of The Horse (Owl Head)
Nightshift - Homosapien (Trouble In Mind)