05-23-2022

KEXP Charts for the Week of May 13-19  

Add Date: May 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:  

1. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (Top Dawg) 
2. Ibeyi – Spell 31 (XL)  
3. Toro y Moi – MAHAL (Dead Oceans)  
4. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia (Partisan)  
5. The Smile – A Light For Attracting Attention (XL)  
6. Obongjayar – Some Nights I Dream of Doors (September)  
7. Sharon Van Etten – We've Been Going About This All Wrong (Jagjaguwar) 
8. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)  
9. Hollis – Subliminal (AntiFragile Music)  
10. Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future (Loma Vista)  
11. Tank and the Bangas – Red Balloon (Verve Forecast)  
12. ODESZA – The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective)  
13. Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph (Dead Oceans)  
14. Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Jazz Is Dead 011 (Jazz Is Dead) 
15. Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful (Fat Possum)  
16. Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name (Sub Pop)  
17. Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes (BMG)  
18. Leikeli47 – Shape Up (Hardcover/RCA)  
19. Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever (Polydor)  
20. Poppy Ajudha – The Power in Us (self-released) 
21. Wet Leg – Wet Leg (Domino)  
22. Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity (Merge) 
23. Dehd – Blue Skies (Fat Possum) 
24. Samora Pinderhughes – Grief (Stretch Music/Ropeadope) 
25. Hatchie – Giving the World Away (Secretly Canadian) 
26. Koffee – Gifted (Promised Land Recordings)  
27. Angel Olsen – Big Time (Jagjaguwar)  
28. Sudan Archives – Home Maker (Stones Throw) 
29. Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 (PGLang/Top Dawg) 
30. Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever (Loma Vista)  
31. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Omnium Gatherum (KGLW)  
32. Ravyn Lenae – Hypnos (Atlantic)  
33. Stella Donnelly – Flood (Secretly Canadian)  
34. Pahua & Terror/Cactus - Suena Tu Canto (Nacional)  
35. Foals – Life is Yours (Warner)  
36. Kikagaku Moyo – Kumoyo Island (Guruguru Brain)  
37. High Pulp – Pursuit of Ends (ANTI-)  
38. Sea Lemon – Close Up EP (Spirit Goth)  
39. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms (Sub Pop) 
40. Syd – Broken Hearts Club (Columbia)  
41. Kurt Vile - (watch my moves) (Verve)  
42. Bartees Strange – Farm to Table (4AD)  
43. The Lounge Society – Tired of Liberty (Speedy Wunderground) 
44. Hot Chip – Freakout/Release (Domino)  
45. Ethel Cain – Preacher's Daughter (Daughters of Cain)  
46. Pierre Kwenders - José Louis & The Paradox of Love (Arts & Crafts)  
47. Confidence Man – TILT (Heavenly)  
48. Sonny Singh – Chardi Kala (self-released)  
49. Belle and Sebastian – A Bit of Previous (Matador)  
50. Sunflower Bean – Headful of Sugar (Mom+Pop)  
51. Aldous Harding – Warm Chris (4AD)  
52. Working Men’s Club – Fear Fear (Heavenly)  
53. Rosalía - Motomami (Columbia)  
54. Orville Peck – Bronco (Columbia)  
55. Kae Tempest – The Line is a Curve (American/Republic) 
56. Sudan Archives – Selfish Soul (Stones Throw) 
57. Black Midi – Hellfire (Rough Trade)  
58. Lizzo – Special (Nice Life/Atlantic)  
59. Santigold – High Priestess (Little Jerk)  
60. Jamie xx – Let's Do It Again (Young)  
61. Vince Staples – Ramona Park Broke My Heart (Blacksmith/Motown) 
62. Warpaint – Radiate Like This (Heirlooms/Virgin)  
63. Congotronics International – Where's the One? (Crammed Discs)  
64. Melody’s Echo Chamber – Emotional Eternal (Domino)  
65. Şatellites - Şatellites (Batov)  
66. Porridge Radio – Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky (Secretly Canadian)  
67. Camp Cope – Running With the Hurricane (Run For Cover)  
68. Damien Jurado – Reggae Film Star (Maraqopa)  
69. Wilco – Cruel Country (dBpm)  
70. Dazy & Militarie Gun – Pressure Cooker (Very Loud Sounds)  
71. Theo Croker – Love Quantum (Star People Nation/Sony)  
72. Momma – Household Name (Polyvinyl)  
73. Kokoroko – Could We Be More (Brownswood) 
74. Ty Segall - “Hello, Hi” (Drag City) 
75. POLIÇA - Madness (Memphis Industries) 
76. Helms Alee – Keep This Be The Way (Sargent House)  
77. Chris Carroll – Still (self-released)  
78. Monophonics – Sage Motel (Colemine) 
79. Desire – Escape (Italians Do It Better)  
80. Say Sue Me – The Last Thing Left (Damnably)  
81. Alabaster dePlume – Gold: Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love (International Anthem) 
82. Missy D – Case Départ (Birthday Cake) 
83. Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time (Sony)  
84. Jean Carne, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Jean Carne JID012 (Jazz Is Dead)  
85. Cola – Deep in View (Fire Talk) 
86. Mavis Staples & Levon Helm – Carry Me Home (ANTI-) 
87. !!! - Let It Be Blue (Warp)  
88. Vero – Unsoothing Interior (PNKSLM) 
89. Zola Jesus – Arkhon (Sacred Bones) 
90. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer (DEEWEE/Because)       

Americana: 

1. Orville Peck – Bronco (Columbia) 
2. Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time (Sony)  
3. Drive-By Truckers – Welcome to Club XIII (ATO)  
4. Lola Kirke – Lady For Sale (Third Man)  
5. Banditos – Right On (Egghunt)  
6. Lyle Lovett – 12th of June (Verve)  
7. Mavis Staples & Levon Helm – Carry Me Home (ANTI-)  
8. John Doe – Fables in a Foreign Land (Yep Roc)  
9. Steve Earle & the Dukes – Jerry Jeff (New West)  
10. MJ Lenderman – Boat Songs (Dear Life)   

Global: 

1. Koffee – Gifted (Promised Land Recordings)  
2. Pahua & Terror/Cactus - Suena Tu Canto (Nacional)  
3. Pierre Kwenders - José Louis and the Paradox of Love (Arts & Crafts)  
4. Sonny Singh – Chardi Kala (self-released)  
5. ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI (Columbia)  
6. Congotronics International – Where's the One (Crammed Discs)  
7. Şatellites - Şatellites (Batov)  
8. Kokoroko – Could We Be More (Brownswood)  
9. Chronixx – Never Give Up (Forever Living Originals)  
10. Stromae – Multitude (Mosaert) 

Hip Hop: 

1. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (Top Dawg)  
2. Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future (Loma Vista) 
3. Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes (BMG)  
4. Leikeli47 – Shape Up (Hardcover/RCA)  
5. Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 (Top Dawg)  
6. Lizzo – Special (Nice Life/Atlantic)  
7. Vince Staples – Ramona Park Broke My Heart (Blacksmith/Motown)  
8. Missy D – Case Départ (Birthday Cake)  
9. EARTHGANG – Ghetto Gods (Dreamville/Interscope)  
10. Sampa the Great – Lane (Loma Vista) 

RPM/Electronic: 

1. ODESZA – The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective)  
2. Hot Chip – Freakout/Release (Domino)  
3. Confidence Man – TILT (Heavenly)  
4. Jamie xx – Let's Do It Again (Young)  
5. Desire – Escape (Italians Do It Better) 
6. Zola Jesus – Arkhon (Sacred Bones) 
7. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer (DEEWEE/Because)  
8. Floating Points – Grammar (Ninja Tune)  
9. Royksopp – Profound Mysteries (Dog Triumph)  
10. Sofi Tukker – Wet Tennis (Ultra)     

R&B/Blues: 

1. Ibeyi – Spell 31 (XL)  
2. Obongjayar – Some Nights I Dream of Doors (September)  
3. Hollis – Subliminal (AntiFragile Music)  
4. Tank and the Bangas – Red Balloon (Verve Forecast)  
5. Poppy Ajudha – The Power in Us (self-released)  
6. Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity (Merge)  
7. Samora Pinderhughes – Grief (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)  
8. Sudan Archives – Home Maker (Stones Throw)  
9. Ravyn Lenae – Hypnos (Atlantic)  
10. Syd – Broken Hearts Club (Columbia)     

Jazz: 

1. Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Jazz Is Dead 011 (Jazz Is Dead) 
2. High Pulp – Pursuit of Ends (ANTI-)  
3. Theo Croker – Love Quantum (Star People Nation/Sony)  
4. Alabaster dePlume – Gold: Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love (International Anthem)  
5. Jean Carne, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Jean Carne JID012 (Jazz Is Dead) 
6. DOMi & JD Beck – Smile (Apeshit/Blue Note)  
7. Melt Yourself Down - Pray For Me I Don't Fit In (Universal/Decca)  
8. Ebi Soda – Honk If You’re Sad (Tru Thoughts)  
9. John Carroll Kirby – Dance Ancestral (Stones Throw)  
10. Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey (Blue Note)  

Northwest: 

1. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic) 
2. Hollis – Subliminal (AntiFragile Music)  
3. ODESZA – The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective)  
4. High Pulp – Pursuit of Ends (ANTI-)  
5. Sea Lemon – Close Up EP (Spirit Goth)  
6. Damien Jurado – Reggae Film Star (Maraqopa)  
7. Helms Alee – Keep This Be The Way (Sargent House)  
8. Chris Carroll – Still (self-released)  
9. New Age Healers – Don't Let Me Go (self-released)  
10. FRED – Creature EP (self-released)  

Adds: 

Porridge Radio – Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky (Secretly Canadian)  
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Jazz Is Dead 011 (Jazz Is Dead) 
Craig Finn – A Legacy of Rental (Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers)  
Weird Nightmare – Weird Nightmare (Sub Pop) 
Cola – Deep in View (Fire Talk) 
Ben Marc - Glass Effect (Innovative Leisure) 
SOAK – If I Never Know You Like This Again (Rough Trade)  
Banditos – Right On (Egghunt) 
Jean Carne, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Jean Carne JID012 (Jazz Is Dead) 
Flume – Palaces (Future Classic)  
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm – Carry Me Home (ANTI-)  
Jembaa Groove - Susuma (Agogo) 
Black Star - No Fear Of Time (self-released) 
Lyle Lovett – 12th of June (Verve) 
Carla Geneve - Learn To Like It (Dot Dash Recordings)  
Primer - Incubator (Egghunt) 
John Doe – Fables in a Foreign Land (Yep Roc) 
Rosa Brunello – Sounds Like Freedom (Domanda)  
David Knudson – The Only Thing You Have to Change is Everything (Seawall)  
Charlie Hickey – Nervous at Night (Saddest Factory) 
Mallrat – Butterfly Blue (Nettwerk) 
Nick Sheppard & Marigold Sun – Pratunam EP (Hush Hush) 
Steve Monite - Only You (Soundway Recordings) 
Jo Schornikow – Altar (Keeled Scales)  
Grant-Lee Phillips – All That You Can Dream (Yep Roc) 
Inkswel & The Snaglepuss - Chasing Infinity (Cosmocities) 
Prins Thomas - 8 / 9 (Full Pupp) 
Braly Sangster – Permanent Wave (self-released) 
MJ Nebreda - Sin Pensar EP (GODMODE) 
Léa Sen – You of Now Pt. 1 EP (Partisan)