09-23-2024
KEXP Charts for the Week of Sept 13 - Sept 19
Add Date: Sept. 23
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:
- Suki Waterhouse - Memoirs of a Sparklemuffin (Sub Pop)
- Fontaines D.C. - Romance (XL Recordings)
- Nilüfer Yanya - Method Actor (Ninja Tune)
- Sea Lemon - “Crystals” (feat. Benjamin Gibbard) (Luminelle)
- Dark Chisme - Dark Chisme (self-released)
- Ibibio Sound Machine - The Black Notes EP (Merge)
- Hinds - VIVA HINDS (Lucky Number)
- Fcukers - Baggy$$ EP (Technicolour)
- MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks (ANTI-)
- Lava La Rue - STARFACE (Dirty Hit)
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Flight B741 ((P)Doom)
- The Mystery Lights - Purgatory (Wick/Daptone)
- Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes (Geffen Records)
- Deep Sea Diver - “Stockholm Syndrome” (Three Siren)
- Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London EP (Transgressive)
- Been Stellar - Scream from New York, NY (Dirty Hit)
- Fred again.. - ten days (Warner Music/Atlantic)
- LL COOL J - THE FORCE (LL COOL J)
- Angélica Garcia - Gemelo (Partisan Records)
- Black Ends - Psychotic Spew (Youth Riot)
- Jungle - “Let’s Go Back” (Caiola Records/AWAL Recordings)
- Jack White - No Name (Third Man Records)
- Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
- Nubya Garcia - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
- Dummy - Free Energy (Trouble In Mind)
- Wishy - Triple Seven (Winspear)
- Trentemøller - Dreamweaver (In My Room)
- Doohickey Cubicle - Super Smeller (self-released)
- BALTHVS - Harvest (Mixto)
- Blondshell - “What’s Fair” (Partisan)
- Ezra Collective - Dance, No One’s Watching (Partisan)
- Goat - Goat (Rocket Recordings)
- Thee Sacred Souls - Got a Story to Tell (Daptone)
- Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate (dh2)
- Say She She - “I Believe in Miracles” (Karma Chief)
- Toro y Moi - Hole Erth (Dead Oceans)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God (Play It Again Sam)
- Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
- Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 (Loma Vista)
- Aaron Frazer - Into The Blue (Dead Oceans)
- The Heavy Heavy - One of a Kind (ATO)
- Los Bitchos - Talkie Talkie (City Slang)
- Chime School - The Boy Who Ran the Paisley Hotel (Slumberland)
- GIFT - Illuminator (Captured Tracks)
- Luna Li - When a Thought Grows Wings (In Real Life/AWAL)
- Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note)
- Afrocop - Afrocop (Wax Thematique)
- Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk (Mom + Pop)
- Various Artists - Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia (Ostinato)
- Chinese American Bear - Wah!!! (Moshi Moshi)
- Deep Sea Diver - “Billboard Heart” (Sub Pop)
- Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music)
- Franz Ferdinand - The Human Fear (Domino)
- Friedberg - Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
- Jorja Smith - “High” (FAMM)
- Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)
- The Linda Lindas - No Obligation (Epitaph)
- True Loves - “Good Weed & Red Wine” (feat. Nigel Hall) (self-released)
- Crows - Reason Enough (Bad Vibrations)
- Fazerdaze - Soft Power (section1)
- Leon Bridges - Leon (Columbia Records)
- Naima Bock - Below A Massive Dark Land (Sub Pop)
- Pom Pom Squad - Mirror Starts Moving Without Me (City Slang)
- Gardens & Villa - Ultra Terrestrial (self-released)
- Kit Sebastian - New Internationale (Brainfeeder)
- Men I Trust - “Husk” (self-released)
- Jamie xx - In Waves (Young)
- GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times (p(doom) records)
- Clairo - Charm (Virgin)
- Remi Wolf - Big Ideas (Island)
- Thavoron - Thavoron (Trailing Twelve)
- OHR - Afterglow (Head State)
- Nada Surf - Moon Mirror (New West)
- Ginger Root - SHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
- Oceanator - Everything is Love and Death (Polyvinyl)
- The Bug Club - On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop)
- illuminati hotties - POWER (Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless Records)
- The Belair Lip Bombs - Lush Life (Third Man Records)
- Moses Sumney - Sophcore EP (TUNTUM)
- Orville Peck - Stampede (Warner)
- Joyce - Voyce (Human Worth)
- Dear Rouge - Lonesome High (Cadence/Pheromone Records)
- Etran de L’Aïr - 100% Sahara Guitar (Sahel Sounds)
- Tristan de Liège - Searching (Joshua Tree)
- The The - Ensoulment (Cineola Limited/earMUSIC)
- Tall Juan - Raccoon Nights
- Angela Muñoz - Descanso (Stones Throw)
- Snakehips & EARTHGANG - SNAKEGANG EP, Vol. 1 (Never Worry)
- Star Anna - Love and Sex and Fear of Death (self-released)
- Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium, Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
Americana:
- MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks (ANTI-)
- Orville Peck - Stampede (Warner)
- Star Anna - Love and Sex and Fear of Death (self-released)
- Haley Heynderickx - Seed Of A Seed (Mama Bird Recording Co.)
- Adrianne Lenker - “Once A Bunch” (4AD)
- Why Bonnie - Wish on the Bone (Fire Talk)
- Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Woodland (Acony)
- Abbey Blackwell - Big Big Motion (self-released)
- Cassandra Lewis - Lost In A Dream (Elektra/Low Country Sound)
- Dr. Dog - Dr. Dog (We Buy Gold Records)
Global:
- Ibibio Sound Machine - The Black Notes EP (Merge)
- Angélica Garcia - Gemelo (Partisan Records)
- BALTHVS - Harvest (Mixto)
- Los Bitchos - Talkie Talkie (City Slang)
- Various Artists - Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia (Ostinato)
- Kit Sebastian - New Internationale (Brainfeeder)
- Etran de L’Aïr - 100% Sahara Guitar (Sahel Sounds)
- Terror/Cactus - Forastero (Shika Shika)
- Flying Mojito Bros - “Glitter” (Ubiquity)
- Claude Fontaine - La Mer (Innovative Leisure)
Hip-Hop:
- LL COOL J - THE FORCE (LL COOL J)
- Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
- Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 (Loma Vista)
- Snakehips & EARTHGANG - SNAKEGANG EP, Vol. 1 (Never Worry)
- Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium, Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
- KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
- Lyrics Born - Goodbye, Sticky Rice (self-released)
- PawPaw Rod - Doobie Mouth (GODMODE)
- Killer Mike - Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs For Sinners And Saints (Loma Vista Recordings/Concord)
- Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol)
RPM/Electronic:
- Dark Chisme - Dark Chisme (self-released)
- Ibibio Sound Machine - The Black Notes EP (Merge)
- Fcukers - Baggy$$ EP (Technicolour)
- Fred again.. - ten days (Warner Music/Atlantic)
- Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate (dh2)
- Jamie xx - In Waves (Young)
- OHR - Afterglow (Head State)
- Tristan de Liège - Searching (Joshua Tree)
- Snakehips & EARTHGANG - SNAKEGANG EP, Vol. 1 (Never Worry)
- KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS (RCA)
R&B/Blues/Soul:
- Ibibio Sound Machine - The Black Notes EP (Merge)
- Lava La Rue - STARFACE (Dirty Hit)
- Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes (Geffen Records)
- Jungle - “Let’s Go Back” (Caiola Records/AWAL Recordings)
- Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
- Thee Sacred Souls - Got a Story to Tell (Daptone)
- Say She She - “I Believe in Miracles” (Karma Chief)
- Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (RCA)
- Aaron Frazer - Into The Blue (Dead Oceans)
- Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note)
Jazz:
- Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder)
- Nubya Garcia - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
- Ezra Collective - Dance, No One’s Watching (Partisan)
- Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note)
- Afrocop - Afrocop (Wax Thematique)
- True Loves - “Good Weed & Red Wine” (feat. Nigel Hall) (self-released)
- Tristan de Liège - Searching (Joshua Tree)
- Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement (Young)
- Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding - Milton + esperanza (Concord)
- Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 021 (Jazz Is Dead)
Northwest:
- Sea Lemon - “Crystals” (feat. Benjamin Gibbard) (Luminelle)
- Dark Chisme - Dark Chisme (self-released)
- Deep Sea Diver - “Stockholm Syndrome” (Three Siren)
- Black Ends - Psychotic Spew (Youth Riot)
- Doohickey Cubicle - Super Smeller (self-released)
- Afrocop - Afrocop (Wax Thematique)
- Chinese American Bear - Wah!!! (Moshi Moshi)
- Deep Sea Diver - “Billboard Heart” (Sub Pop)
- True Loves - “Good Weed & Red Wine” (feat. Nigel Hall) (self-released)
- Thavoron - Thavoron (Trailing Twelve)
Adds:
Jamie xx - In Waves (Young)
Nubya Garcia - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
Cassie Ramone - Sweetheart (CD-R)
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol)
Fastbacks - For WHAT Reason! (No Threes)
Honeyglaze - Real Deal (Fat Possum)
Leyya - Half Asleep (Minor Changes)
Pearl & The Oysters - Planet Pearl (Stones Throw)
Sunset Rubdown - Always Happy To Explode (Pronounced Kroog)
Tasha - All This and So Much More (Bayonet)
TR/ST - Performance (Dais)
Dame Area - Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area (Humo Internacional)
Dave Guy - Ruby (Big Crown)
Joyce - Voyce (Human Worth)
julie - my anti-aircraft (Atlantic)
Lutalo - The Academy (Winspear)
Marcos Valle - Túnel Acústico (Far Out Recordings)
Sophia Stel - Object Permanence EP (Pack Records)
Tanukichan - Circles EP (Carpark)
THE WAEVE - City Lights (Transgressive)
Bathe - Inside Voices (Side A) (MNRK)
Cursive - Devourer (Run For Cover)
K.O.G. - Don’t Take My Soul (Pura Vida Sounds/Heavenly Sweetness)
LSDXOXO - DOGMA (Because Music)
Miles Nautu - Allude EP (Blak Label)
Snoozer - Mid-Earth (Born Loser)
Terror Cactus - Forastero (Shika Shika)
Thurston Moore - Flow Critical Lucidity (Daydream Library Series)