08-05-2024

KEXP Charts for the Week of July 26 - Aug 1

Add Date: Aug 5

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. Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 (Loma Vista)
  2. GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times (p(doom) records)
  3. Fontaines D.C. - Romance (XL Recordings)
  4. Karen O & Danger Mouse - “Super Breath” (Lux Prima)
  5. Clairo - Charm (Virgin)
  6. Angélica Garcia - Gemelo (Partisan Records)
  7. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas (Island)
  8. Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
  9. Wild Powwers - Pop Hits & Total Bummers Vol. 5 (Nadine Records/Den Tapes)
  10. Amyl and The Sniffers - “U Should Not Be Doing That” / “Facts” (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music)
  11. Hinds - VIVA HINDS (Lucky Number)
  12. Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London EP (Transgressive)
  13. Aaron Frazer - Into The Blue (Dead Oceans)
  14. KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
  15. Dehd - Poetry (Fat Possum)
  16. Hana Vu - Romanticism (Ghostly International)
  17. Crack Cloud - Red Mile (Jagjaguwar)
  18. MAITA - want (Fluff and Gravy)
  19. BALTHVS - Harvest (Mixto)
  20. Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium, Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
  21. Afrocop - Afrocop (Wax Thematique)
  22. Chinese American Bear - Wah!!! (Moshi Moshi)
  23. Fcukers - Baggy$$ EP (Technicolour)
  24. Jamie xx - In Waves (Young)
  25. Nilüfer Yanya - Method Actor (Ninja Tune)
  26. Toro y Moi - Hole Earth (Dead Oceans)
  27. Charli xcx - BRAT (Atlantic)
  28. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement (Young)
  29. SAULT - Acts of Faith (Forever Living Originals)
  30. Brijean - Macro (Ghostly International)
  31. BADBADNOTGOOD - Mid Spiral (XL Recordings)
  32. J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic…(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop)
  33. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
  34. Suki Waterhouse - Memoirs of a Sparklemuffin (Sub Pop)
  35. Eddie Vedder - “Save It For Later” (Republic)
  36. Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
  37. Been Stellar - Scream from New York, NY (Dirty Hit)
  38. Kehlani - CRASH (TSNMI/Atlantic)
  39. Zsela - Big For You (Mexican Summer)
  40. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Merge)
  41. Star Anna - Love and Sex and Fear of Death (self-released)
  42. Cults - To the Ghosts (Cults Music/Imperial Distribution)
  43. ​​Robber Robber - Wild Guess (self-released)
  44. salute - TRUE MAGIC (Ninja Tune)
  45. Omar Apollo - God Said No (Warner)
  46. Raveena - Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain (Moonstone Recordings/EMPIRE)
  47. Bizhiki - Unbound (Jagjaguwar)
  48. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound)
  49. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas (Island)
  50. Ginger Root - SHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
  51. IAN SWEET & Porridge Radio - “Everyone’s A Superstar” (Polyvinyl)
  52. Menahan Street Band & Rogê - Tropical Man EP (Diamond West)
  53. Orville Peck - Stampede (Warner)
  54. GIFT - Illuminator (Captured Tracks)
  55. Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol (ANTI-)
  56. Los Bitchos - Talkie Talkie (City Slang)
  57. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk (Mom+Pop)
  58. Cold Cave - “Hourglass” (Heartworm Press)
  59. Jerome Blazé - Living Room (self-released)
  60. Trentemøller - Dreamweaver (In My Room)
  61. Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)
  62. Wand - Vertigo (Drag City)
  63. Fana Hues - Moth (Bright Antenna)
  64. Lava La Rue - STARFACE (Dirty Hit)
  65. KOKOKO! - BUTU (Transgressive)
  66. Roshâni - Alma de Baile (Stone Pixels)
  67. Washed Out - Notes From a Quiet Life (Sub Pop)
  68. Pond - STUNG! (Spinning Top)
  69. Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free (Jagjaguwar)
  70. Goat Girl - Below The Waste (Rough Trade)
  71. NxWorries - Why Lawd? (Stones Throw)
  72. Peggy Gou - I Hear You (XL Recordings)
  73. Beautiful Freaks - We Talk to Birds (self-released)
  74. Cassandra Lewis - Lost In A Dream (Elektra/Low Country Sound)
  75. Talaya. - c l E a R. (self-released)
  76. Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream (Colemine)
  77. Manatee Commune - Simultaneity (Bastard Jazz)
  78. toe - NOW I SEE THE LIGHT (Topshelf)
  79. Rapsody - Please Don’t Cry (Jamla/Roc Nation)
  80. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming (Virgin)
  81. Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn EP (Secretly Canadian)
  82. Jack White - No Name (Third Man Records)
  83. Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)
  84. SOPHIE - SOPHIE (Transgressive/Future Classic)
  85. Sunset Rubdown - Always Happy To Explode (Pronounced Kroog)
  86. TSHA - Sad Girl (Ninja Tune)
  87. Haley Heynderickx  - “Seed Of A Seed” (Mama Bird Recording Co.)
  88. Being Dead - EELS (Bayonet)
  89. Caribou - “Volume” (Merge)
  90. Goat - Goat (Rocket Recordings)

Americana: 

  1. MAITA - want (Fluff and Gravy)
  2. Star Anna - Love and Sex and Fear of Death (self-released)
  3. Orville Peck - Stampede (Warner)
  4. Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)
  5. Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free (Jagjaguwar)
  6. Cassandra Lewis - Lost In A Dream (Elektra/Low Country Sound)
  7. Haley Heynderickx  - “Seed Of A Seed” (Mama Bird Recording Co.)
  8. The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (YABB Records/Thirty Tigers)
  9. Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz (Polyvinyl)
  10. Dr. Dog - Dr. Dog (We Buy Gold Records)

Global: 

  1. Angélica Garcia - Gemelo (Partisan Records)
  2. BALTHVS - Harvest (Mixto)
  3. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Merge)
  4. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound)
  5. Menahan Street Band & Rogê - Tropical Man EP (Diamond West)
  6. Los Bitchos - Talkie Talkie (City Slang)
  7. KOKOKO! - BUTU (Transgressive)
  8. Roshâni - Alma de Baile (Stone Pixels)
  9. Girl Ultra - blush EP (Big Dada)
  10. xiexie - wellwell (P-VINE/NATURAL FOUNDATION)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 (Loma Vista)
  2. KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
  3. Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium, Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
  4. Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
  5. NxWorries - Why Lawd? (Stones Throw)
  6. Rapsody - Please Don’t Cry (Jamla/Roc Nation)
  7. Snakehips & EARTHGANG - SNAKEGANG EP, Vol. 1 (Never Worry)
  8. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai (1st & 15th)
  9. Gabriel Teodros - Embers (self-released)
  10. Mustard - Faith of a Mustard Seed (BMG)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
  2. Fcukers - Baggy$$ EP (Technicolour)
  3. Jamie xx - In Waves (Young)
  4. Charli xcx - BRAT (Atlantic)
  5. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Merge)
  6. salute - TRUE MAGIC (Ninja Tune)
  7. Bizhiki - Unbound (Jagjaguwar)
  8. Trentemøller - Dreamweaver (In My Room)
  9. Peggy Gou - I Hear You (XL Recordings)
  10. Manatee Commune - Simultaneity (Bastard Jazz)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
  2. Aaron Frazer - Into The Blue (Dead Oceans)
  3. KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
  4. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement (Young)
  5. SAULT - Acts of Faith (Forever Living Originals)
  6. Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
  7. Kehlani - CRASH (TSNMI/Atlantic)
  8. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Merge)
  9. Omar Apollo - God Said No (Warner)
  10. Raveena - Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain (Moonstone Recordings/EMPIRE)

Jazz: 

  1. Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
  2. Afrocop - Afrocop (Wax Thematique)
  3. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement (Young)
  4. BADBADNOTGOOD - Mid Spiral (XL Recordings)
  5. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
  6. Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream (Colemine)
  7. toe - NOW I SEE THE LIGHT (Topshelf)
  8. Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation - Things Are Getting Better (Day Dreamer)
  9. Brainstory - Sounds Good (Big Crown)
  10. Ezra Collective - Ajala (Partisan)

Northwest: 

  1. Wild Powwers - Pop Hits & Total Bummers Vol. 5 (Nadine Records/Den Tapes)
  2. MAITA - want (Fluff and Gravy)
  3. Afrocop - Afrocop (Wax Thematique)
  4. Chinese American Bear - Wah!!! (Moshi Moshi)
  5. J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic…(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop)
  6. Eddie Vedder - “Save It For Later” (Republic)
  7. Star Anna - Love and Sex and Fear of Death (self-released)
  8. Beautiful Freaks - We Talk to Birds (self-released)
  9. Cassandra Lewis - Lost In A Dream (Elektra/Low Country Sound)
  10. Talaya. - c l E a R. (self-released)

Adds: 

​​Jack White - No Name (Third Man Records)
Killer Mike - Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs For Sinners And Saints (Loma Vista Recordings/Concord)
meg elsier - spittake (self-released)
Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note)
Moses Sumney - Sophcore EP (TUNTUM)
Orville Peck - Stampede (Warner)
Wand - Vertigo (Drag City)
X - Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum)
Guided By Voices - Strut Of Kings (GBV Inc.)
J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic…(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop)
Niamh Regan - Come As You Are (Faction Records)
Orlas - Viver o Mar (Day End)
Soweto Gospel Choir x Groove Terminator - History of House (Umculo)
WHY? - The Well I Fell Into (Waterlines)
Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu - Destination (Wah Wah 45s)
Afrocop - Afrocop (Wax Thematique)
Elsy Wameyo - Saint Sinner (self-released)
jigitz - don’t come back (R&R Digital)
Maya Randle - composure (Pack)
Molly Nilsson - Un-American Activities (Night School)