01-16-2024

KEXP Charts for the Week of Jan 5 - Jan 11   

Add Date: Jan. 15     

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. SPRINTS - Letter to Self (City Slang)
  2. Melenas - Ahora (Trouble In Mind)
  3. Middle Kids - Faith Crisis Pt 1 (AWAL)
  4. Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief/Colemine)
  5. IDLES - TANGK (Partisan)
  6. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (ANTI-)
  7. Yard Act - Where’s My Utopia? (Republic)
  8. David Holmes feat. Raven Violet - Blind On A Galloping Horse (Heavenly) 
  9. Sampha - Lahai (Young)
  10. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)
  11. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope (Loma Vista)
  12. Telehealth - “Mindtrap” / “Bitter Melody” (Sub Pop)
  13. Brittany Howard - What Now (Island)
  14. Ducks Ltd. - Harm’s Way (Carpark)
  15. Future Islands - People Who Aren’t There Anymore (4AD)
  16. Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites (Third Man)
  17. Hotline TNT - Cartwheel (Third Man)
  18. Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  19. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
  20. Blonde Redhead - Sit Down for Dinner (section1)
  21. Jorja Smith - falling or flying (FAMM)
  22. Danny Brown - Quaranta (Warp)
  23. Malummí - The Universe is Black (Irascible)
  24. El Búho - Strata (Wonderwheel Recordings)
  25. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  26. KAYTRANADA & Rochelle Jordan - Lover/Friend EP (RCA)
  27. Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again (Gracie Music/AWAL)
  28. L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  29. Butcher Brown - Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  30. Shabazz Palaces - Robed In Rareness (Sub Pop)
  31. Wishy - Paradise EP (Winspear)
  32. SIPHO. - Prayers & Paranoia (Dirty Hit)
  33. 070 Shake - “Black Dress” / “Natural Habitat” (Getting Out Our Dreams/Def Jam)
  34. Empress Of - “Femenine” (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  35. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
  36. serpentwithfeet - GRIP (Secretly Canadian)
  37. Yaeji - “easy breezy” (XL)
  38. Liam Gallagher & John Squire - “Just Another Rainbow” (Warner)
  39. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  40. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord (KGLW)
  41. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (PIAS)\
  42. Wild Nothing - Hold (Captured Tracks)
  43. Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  44. DRAMA - Till We Die EP (self-released) 
  45. ill peach - THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art)
  46. Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day (AWAL)
  47. H31R - HeadSpace (Big Dada)
  48. Bar Italia - The Twits (Matador)
  49. Kamaal Williams - Stings (Black Focus)
  50. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple (PIAS)
  51. BADBADNOTGOOD & Charlotte Day Wilson - “Sleeper” (XL)
  52. Caroline Polachek - “Dang” (Perpetual Novice)
  53. MGMT - Loss Of Life (Mom+Pop)
  54. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
  55. TORRES - What an enormous room (Merge)
  56. Shabazz Palaces - Exotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  57. Dawn Richard - The Architect (Merge)
  58. Erick The Architect - I’ve Never Been Here Before (self-released)
  59. Gen and the Degenerates - Anti-Fun Propaganda (Marshall Records)
  60. Jamie xx - “It’s So Good” (Young)
  61. Shygirl - “thicc” / “f@k€” (Because)
  62. The Smile - Wall of Eyes (XL)
  63. Black Nite Crash - Signal to Noise (Neon Sigh)
  64. freekind. - Since Always and Forever (Butter92)
  65. Youth Lagoon - “Football” (Fat Possum)
  66. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
  67. DijahSB - The Flower That Knew (Lowly)
  68. Beirut - Hadsel (Pompeii) 
  69. Keys N Krates - IN:TENSION (MNRK/Last Gang)
  70. María José Llergo - ULTRABELLEZA (Sony Music Entertainment España)
  71. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Fronzoli (What Reality?
  72. IAN SWEET - SUCKER (Polyvinyl)
  73. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (Ninja Tune)
  74. HotWax - Invite Me, Kindly (Marathon Artist)
  75. Acid Tongue - Blame It On The Youth EP (self-released) 
  76. Pure Bathing Culture - Chalice (self-released)
  77. Sunsick Daisy - Breathe In… Breathe Out EP (self-released)
  78. HEALTH - RAT WARS (Loma Vista)
  79. Peter Gabriel - i/o(Real World)
  80. The Veldt - Illuminated 1989 (Little Cloud/5BC)
  81. Various Artists - Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  82. André 3000 - New Blue Sun (Epic)
  83. deary - deary EP (Sonic Cathedral Recordings)
  84. Bratty - TR3S (UMG Mexico)
  85. Cuco - Hitchhiker EP (Interscope)
  86. Kurt Vile - Back to Moon Beach EP (Verve)
  87. Empty Country - Empty Country II (Get Better)
  88. Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)
  89. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released)
  90. Various Artists - Rise Up: BDS Mixtape Vol. 2 (Amplify Palestine)

Americana: 

  1. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (ANTI-)
  2. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
  3. Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  4. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
  5. Beirut - Hadsel (Pompeii) 
  6. Kurt Vile - Back to Moon Beach EP (Verve)
  7. Real Estate - Daniel (Domino)
  8. Big Thief - “Vampire Empire / Born For Loving You” (4AD)
  9. Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy)
  10. Muireann Bradley - I Kept These Old Blues (Tompkins Square)

Global: 

  1. El Búho - Strata (Wonderwheel Recordings)
  2. Empress Of - “Femenine” (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  3. María José Llergo - ULTRABELLEZA (Sony Music Entertainment España)
  4. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (Ninja Tune)
  5. Bratty - TR3S (UMG Mexico)
  6. Cuco - Hitchhiker EP (Interscope)
  7. Quantic - Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  8. Sinego - Alterego (Sinego Music)
  9. Ana Frango Elétrico - Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua (Mr Bongo)
  10. La Dame Blanche - Atomica (Nacional)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Danny Brown - Quaranta (Warp)
  2. Butcher Brown - Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  3. Shabazz Palaces - Robed In Rareness (Sub Pop)
  4. Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (4AD)
  5. H31R - HeadSpace (Big Dada)
  6. Shabazz Palaces - Exotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  7. Dawn Richard - The Architect (Merge)
  8. Erick The Architect - I’ve Never Been Here Before (self-released)
  9. freekind. - Since Always and Forever (Butter92)
  10. DijahSB - The Flower That Knew (Lowly)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. David Holmes feat. Raven Violet - Blind On A Galloping Horse (Heavenly) 
  2. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)
  3. El Búho - Strata (Wonderwheel Recordings)
  4. KAYTRANADA & Rochelle Jordan - Lover/Friend EP (RCA)
  5. 070 Shake - “Black Dress” / “Natural Habitat” (Getting Out Our Dreams/Def Jam)
  6. Empress Of - “Femenine” (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
  7. Yaeji - “easy breezy” (XL)
  8. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (PIAS)\
  9. DRAMA - Till We Die EP (self-released) 
  10. Dawn Richard - The Architect (Merge)

R&B/Blues: 

  1. Say She She - Silver (Karma Chief/Colemine)
  2. Sampha - Lahai (Young)
  3. Brittany Howard - What Now (Island)
  4. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  5. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
  6. Jorja Smith - falling or flying (FAMM)
  7. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  8. KAYTRANADA & Rochelle Jordan - Lover/Friend EP (RCA)
  9. 070 Shake - “Black Dress” / “Natural Habitat” (Getting Out Our Dreams/Def Jam)
  10. serpentwithfeet - GRIP (Secretly Canadian)

Jazz: 

  1. Butcher Brown - Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  2. Kamaal Williams - Stings (Black Focus)
  3. BADBADNOTGOOD & Charlotte Day Wilson - “Sleeper” (XL)
  4. freekind. - Since Always and Forever (Butter92)
  5. Various Artists - Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  6. André 3000 - New Blue Sun (Epic)
  7. Polyrhythmics - Filter System (self-released)
  8. mega cat - mega cat (Share It Music)
  9. Quantic - Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  10. La Dame Blanche - Atomica (Nacional)

Northwest: 

  1. Chong the Nomad - “Shake Step” (self-released)
  2. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope (Loma Vista)
  3. Telehealth - “Mindtrap” / “Bitter Melody” (Sub Pop)
  4. Brittany Davis - Image Issues (Loosegroove)
  5. Shabazz Palaces - Robed In Rareness (Sub Pop)
  6. Shabazz Palaces - Exotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  7. Black Nite Crash - Signal to Noise (Neon Sigh)
  8. Acid Tongue - Blame It On The Youth EP (self-released) 
  9. Pure Bathing Culture - Chalice (self-released)
  10. Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes (self-released)

Adds: 

Kali Uchis - Orquídeas (Geffen)
Marika Hackman - Big Sigh (Chrysalis)
Seven Davis Jr. - Stranger Than Fiction (Secret Angels)
Villager - NOWHERE FM: THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM (VESSELBOY)
Bill Ryder-Jones - lechyd Da (Domino) 
Folly Group - Down There! (So Young/Communion)
freekind. - Since Always and Forever (Butter92)
Hoorsees - Big (Kanine)
Nailah Hunter - Lovegaze (Fat Possum)
Various Artists - DPER HYAKU (dpercussion recordings)
44 Ardent - leo (Mammal Sounds)
​​Apichat Pakwan & Lamaihansa - Asian Tropical Bass Vol. 1 (Animist)
Loukeman - Sd-2 (SD Music Group)
Steen - Memory is Hunger (Den Tapes)