08-14-2023

KEXP Charts for the Week of Aug. 4-10  

Add Date: Aug. 14     

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. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)  
2. The Budos Band – Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West)  
3. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL)  
4. Jessy Lanza – Love Hallucination (Hyperdub)  
5. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
6. Blur – The Ballad of Darren (Warner)  
7. Nation of Language – Strange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)  
8. Maribou State – Blackoak (Ninja Tune) 
9. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
10. Jamila Woods – Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)  
11. Being Dead – When Horses Were Run (Bayonet)  
12. Janelle Monae – The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland)  
13. Killer Mike – Michael (Loma Vista)  
14. Cherry Glazerr – I Don’t Want You Anymore (Secretly Canadian)  
15. Girl Ray – Prestige (Moshi Moshi)  
16. Tony Allen, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID018 (Jazz Is Dead)  
17. Gabriel Teodros – Spacetime (self-released)  
18. Say She She – Silver (Karma Chief) 
19. Geese – 3D Country (Partisan)  
20. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)  
21. Strange Ranger – Pure Music (Fire Talk)  
22. James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven (Republic)  
23. Animal Collective – Isn’t It Now? (Domino)  
24. BAMBII – Infinity Club EP (Innovative Leisure)  
25. MMYYKK – The Midst of Things (Sway Heavy)  
26. Tomo Nakayama – Contigo (Ricebelly Music)  
27. Courtney Barnett – Different Now (Suicide Squeeze)  
28. Nubya Garcia – Lean In (Concord Jazz)  
29. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee – Los Angeles (Play It Again Sam) 
30. Burna Boy – I Told Them… (Atlantic)  
31. CHAI – CHAI (Sub Pop)  
32. Noga Erez – Quiet (Atlantic)  
33. The Chemical Brothers – Live Again (EMI) 
34. Sa-Roc – Talk to Me Nice (Rhymesayers)  
35. George Clanton – Ooh Rap I Ya (100% Electronica)  
36. Danger Mouse & Jemini – Born Again (Lex)  
37. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
38. Squid – O Monolith (Warp)  
39. Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (4AD)  
40. Sheer Mag – All Lined Up (Third Man) 
41. The Mountain Goats – Jenny from Thebes (Merge)  
42. Mitski – The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans) 
43. Big Thief – Vampire Empire (4AD)  
44. Jessie Ware & Roisin Murphy – Freak Me now (EMI)  
45. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (ANTI-)  
46. Jenny Lewis – Joy’All (Blue Note)  
47. La Sécurité - Stay Safe! (Mothland)  
48. Wilco – Cousin (dBpm)  
49. Jalen Ngonda – Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)  
50. Deeper – Careful! (Sub Pop)  
51. Yard Act – The Trench Coat Museum (Republic) 
52. Hot Chip – Fire of Mercy (Domino)  
53. Kali Uchis, El Alfa & JT – Munekita (Geffen)  
54. Pahua – Habita (Nacional)  
55. La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released)  
56. Romy – Mid Air (Young)  
57. Sampha – Spirit 2.0 (Young)  
58. The Smile – Bending Hectic (XL)  
59. Small Paul – Come Alive and Live Again (self-released)  
60. Cut Worms – Cut Worms (Jagjaguwar)  
61. Black Milk – Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)  
62. Youth Lagoon – Heaven is a Junkyard (Fat Possum)  
63. Claud – Supermodels (Saddest Factory/Dead Oceans) 
64. KAYTRAMINÉ - KAYTRAMINÉ (Venice Music)  
65. The Clientele – I Am Not There Anymore (Merge)  
66. Who Is She? – Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)  
67. Genesis Owusu – Struggler (OURNESS/AWAL)  
68. Slowdive – Everything is Alive (Dead Oceans)  
69. Empty Country – Empty Country II (Get Better)  
70. The Breeders – Go Man Go (4AD)  
71. Roosevelt – Embrace (Counter/Ninja Tune)  
72. ODESZA & Yellow House – Flaws in Our Design EP (Foreign Family Collective)  
73. The Watson Twins – Holler (Bloodshot)  
74. African Head Charge – A Trip to Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)  
75. Mikaela Davis – And Southern Star (Kill Rock Stars)  
76. Beverly Glenn-Copeland – The Ones Ahead (Transgressive)  
77. Django Django – Off Planet (Because Music)  
78. Margo Cilker – Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy)  
79. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
80. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (Interscope)  
81. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
82. Captain Planet – Sounds Like Home (Bastard Jazz)  
83. MJ Lenderman – Knockin (Anti-)  
84. Fust – Genevieve (Dear Life)  
85. Chris Farren – Doom Singer (Polyvinyl)  
86. Florry – The Holey Bible (Dear Life)  
87. Grian Chatten – Chaos for the Fly (Partisan) 
88. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes (Southeastern) 
89. Palehound – Eye on the Bat (Polyvinyl)  
90. Lucinda Wiliams – Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers) 

Americana: 

1. Jenny Lewis – Joy’All (Blue Note)  
2. Wilco – Cousin (dBpm)  
3. The Watson Twins – Holler (Bloodshot) 
4. Margo Cilker – Valley of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy) 
5. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
6. MJ Lenderman – Knockin (Anti-)  
7. Fust – Genevieve (Dear Life) 
8. Florry – The Holey Bible (Dear Life)  
9. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes (Southeastern) 
10. Lucinda Wiliams – Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers) 

Global: 

1. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)  
2. Tony Allen, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID18 (Jazz Is Dead) 
3. Burna Boy – I Told Them… (Atlantic)  
4. Kali Uchis, El Alfa & JT – Munekita (Geffen)  
5. Pahua – Habita (Nacional) 
6. African Head Charge – A Trip to Bolgatanga (On-U Sound) 
7. Captain Planet – Sounds Like Home (Bastard Jazz) 
8. Bombino – Sahel (Partisan) 
9. N’dekho – Exile (Greco-Roman)  
10. Altin Gün - aşk (ATO)  

Hip Hop: 

1. Killer Mike – Michael (Loma Vista) 
2. Gabriel Teodros – Spacetime (self-released) 
3. BAMBII – Infinity Club EP (Innovative Leisure)  
4. Sa-Roc – Talk to Me Nice (Rhymesayers)  
5. Danger Mouse & Jemini – Born Again (Lex)  
6. Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (4AD) 
7. Black Milk – Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)  
8. KAYTRAMINÉ - KAYTRAMINÉ (Venice Music)  
9. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp) 
10. Mick Jenkins – The Patience (RBC/BMG) 

RPM/Electronic: 

1. Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune) 
2. Jessy Lanza – Love Hallucination (Hyperdub) 
3. Maribou State – Blackoak (Ninja Tiune)  
4. Girl Ray – Prestige (Moshi Moshi) 
5. James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven (Republic) 
6. The Chemical Brothers – Live Again (EMI) 
7. George Clanton – Ooh Rap I Ya (100% Electronica)  
8. Jessie Ware & Roisin Murphy – Freak Me now (EMI)  
9. Hot Chip – Fire of Mercy (Domino)  
10. Romy – Mid Air (Young) 

R&B/Blues: 

1. The Budos Band – Frontier’s Edge EP (Diamond West) 
2. Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL) 
3. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
4. Jamila Woods – Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar) 
5. Janelle Monae – The Age of Pleasure (Bad Boy/Wonderland) 
6. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) 
7. MMYYKK – The Midst of Things (Sway Heavy)  
8. Baby Rose – Through and Through (Secretly Canadian)  
9. Jalen Ngonda – Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)  
10. Sampha – Spirit 2.0 (Young) 

Jazz: 

1. Tony Allen, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Tony Allen JID18 (Jazz Is Dead) 
2. Nubya Garcia – Lean In (Concord Jazz) 
3. Kassa Overall – Animals (Warp)  
4. Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music (Nonesuch/Brownswood Recordings)  
5. Alfa Mist – Variables (Anti-)  
6. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (Anti-)  
7. Bokani Dyer – Radio Sechaba (Brownswood Recordings) 
8. Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE) 
9. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life (Impulse!)  
10. Asher Gamedze – Turbulence & Pulse (International Anthem) 

Northwest: 

1. Polyrhythmics – Filter System (self-released)  
2. Gabriel Teodros – Spacetime (self-released) 
3. Tomo Nakayama – Contigo (Ricebelly Music)  
4. High Pulp – Days in the Desert (ANTI-)  
5. La Fonda – We Are Infinite (self-released)  
6. Small Paul – Come Alive and Live Again (self-released)  
7. Who Is She? – Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)  
8. ODESZA & Yellow House – Flaws in Our Design EP (Foreign Family Collective) 
9. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please (Mama Bird)  
10. Mason Lowe – Morning People (Killroom)  

Adds: 

The Hives – The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Disques Hives) 
Jungle – Volcano (Caiola/AWAL) 
(Various) – Tell Everybody! 21st Century Juke Joint Blues from Easy Eye Sound (Easy Eye Sound) 
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Drag City) 
Hurry – Don’t Look Back (Lame-O) 
Hollie Cook – Happy Hour in Dub (Merge) 
JayWood – Grow On EP (Captured Tracks) 
Lost Under Heaven – Something is Announced by Your Life! (LUH.international) 
Ryan Bingham – Watch Out for the Wolf (The Bingham Recording Co./Thirty Tigers) 
Night Hikes – Keeper of Reality (self-released) 
Activity – Spirit in the Room (Western Vinyl)