07-14-2025

KEXP Charts for the Week of July 4 - July 10

Add Date: July 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 Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  2. TURNSTILE - NEVER ENOUGH (Roadrunner)
  3. WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
  4. Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
  5. Dark Chisme - “Breathe, Break it” (self-released)
  6. Leikeli47 - Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only (Acrylic/Hardcover/Thirty Tigers)
  7. Obongjayar - Paradise Now (September Recordings)
  8. Ty Segall - Possession (Drag City)
  9. Brittany Davis - Black Thunder (Loosegroove)
  10. Durand Jones & The Indications - Flowers (Dead Oceans)
  11. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  12. Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)
  13. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
  14. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  15. Annahstasia - Tether (drink sum wtr)
  16. Saba & No ID - From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID (self-released)
  17. Black Whales - A Guide To Photographing The Sun (Cult Of Maybe)
  18. Nilüfer Yanya - Dancing Shoes EP (Ninja Tune)
  19. Madison McFerrin - SCORPIO (MadMcFerrin Music)
  20. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island (p(doom))
  21. The Cure - Mixes of a Lost World (Lost Music Limited/Polydor)
  22. Neggy Gemmy - She Comes From Nowhere (100% Electronica)
  23. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
  24. Blood Orange - “The Field” (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar) (RCA)
  25. Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory (Sub Pop)
  26. NoSo - When Are You Leaving? (Partisan Records)
  27. SPRINTS - All That Is Over (Sub Pop)
  28. Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
  29. Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
  30. The Budos Band - VII (Diamond West)
  31. Kali Uchis - Sincerely, (Capitol)
  32. Tune-Yards - Better Dreaming (4AD)
  33. Cerrone & Christine and the Queens - Catching feelings EP (Because)
  34. Yaya Bey - do it afraid (drink sum wtr)
  35. Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be The Light (BMG)
  36. Tunde Adebimpe - Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop)
  37. Geese - Getting Killed (Partisan)
  38. Indigo De Souza - Precipice (Loma Vista)
  39. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  40. Syd - “Die For This” (Free Lunch/Warner)
  41. The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie (ANTI-)
  42. Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
  43. Alex G - Headlights (RCA)
  44. Four Tet - “Into Dust (Still Falling)” (XL Recordings)
  45. Kerala Dust - An Echo Of Love (Play It Again Sam)
  46. Lady Wray - Cover Girl (Big Crown Records)
  47. supermodel* - “i used to live in england” (f***ing whatever.)
  48. Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
  49. Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
  50. Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon (Third Man Records)
  51. Arc De Soleil - Lumin Rain (Maison)
  52. Gelli Haha - Switcheroo (Innovative Leisure)
  53. Mocky - Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1) (Stones Throw)
  54. HAIM - I quit (Columbia)
  55. Dam Swindle - Open (Heist Recordings)
  56. Matt Berninger - Get Sunk (Book/Concord)
  57. Casual Hex - Zig Zag Lady Illusion II (Youth Riot)
  58. Sampology - Ripen, Vol. 1 (Middle Name)
  59. The Reds, Pinks & Purples - The Past Is a Garden I Never Fed (Fire Records)
  60. Smerz - Big city life (Escho)
  61. Night Heron - ESCAPISM (Literal Gold)
  62. Miso Extra - Earcandy (Transgressive)
  63. Erika de Casier - Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
  64. Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)
  65. Curtis Harding - Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI-)
  66. Jay Som - Belong (Polyvinyl)
  67. MxNxSTxR & Destructo - “What You Need” (feat. Thundercat & Channel Tres) (All My Friends)
  68. NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
  69. Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
  70. Automatic - Is It Now? (Stones Throw Records)
  71. El Michels Affair - 24 Hr Sports (Big Crown)
  72. Lucius - Joyride EP (Fantasy)
  73. Mae Powell - Making Room for the Light (Colemine / Karma Chief Records)
  74. Sofia Kourtesis - Volver EP (Ninja Tune)
  75. Sudan Archives - “DEAD” (Stones Throw)
  76. Bikini Trill - Bikini Trill (Ineffable Records)
  77. Night Tapes - portals//polarities (Nettwerk)
  78. Still Corners - “Summer Nights” (Wrecking Light)
  79. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation (Full Time Hobby)
  80. Blondshell - If You Asked For A Picture (Partisan)
  81. Small Paul - I Was Love, I Was Light (self-released)
  82. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
  83. Cola Boyy - Quit to Play Chess (Record Makers)
  84. L'Éclair - Cloud Drifter (Innovative Leisure)
  85. Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Recs)
  86. Loaded Honey - Love Made Trees (Vetra Records/AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  87. yeule - Evangelic Girl is a Gun (Ninja Tune)
  88. Tropical Fuck Storm - Fairyland Codex (Fire)
  89. Herbert & Momoko - Clay (Strut)
  90. Joe Armon‐Jones - All The Quiet (Part II)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)
  2. Annahstasia - Tether (drink sum wtr)
  3. Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
  4. Matt Berninger - Get Sunk (Book/Concord)
  5. Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)
  6. Small Paul - I Was Love, I Was Light (self-released)
  7. Florry - Sounds Like... (Dear Life)
  8. Luke Roberts & Kurt Vile - “classic love” (Verve)
  9. Byland - “These Days” (self-released)
  10. Cass McCombs - Interior Live Oak (Domino)

Global: 

  1. WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
  2. Arc De Soleil - Lumin Rain (Maison)
  3. Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
  4. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
  5. BALTHVS - “Flesh and Soul” (Mito Records)
  6. Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Dom Salvador JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)
  7. Buscabulla - Se Amaba Así (Domino)
  8. Dávila 666 - Dávila 666 EP (In The Red Records)
  9. Juan Wauters - MVD LUV (Captured Tracks)
  10. The Mighty Mocambos - A Higher Frequency (Mocambo)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  2. Leikeli47 - Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only (Acrylic/Hardcover/Thirty Tigers)
  3. Saba & No ID - From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID (self-released)
  4. Yaya Bey - do it afraid (drink sum wtr)
  5. Dam Swindle - Open (Heist Recordings)
  6. NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
  7. Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
  8. Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Recs)
  9. Joe Armon‐Jones - All The Quiet (Part II)
  10. Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
  2. Dark Chisme - “Breathe, Break it” (self-released)
  3. Leikeli47 - Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only (Acrylic/Hardcover/Thirty Tigers)
  4. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  5. The Cure - Mixes of a Lost World (Lost Music Limited/Polydor)
  6. Neggy Gemmy - She Comes From Nowhere (100% Electronica)
  7. Cerrone & Christine and the Queens - Catching feelings EP (Because)
  8. Four Tet - “Into Dust (Still Falling)” (XL Recordings)
  9. Dam Swindle - Open (Heist Recordings)
  10. Sampology - Ripen, Vol. 1 (Middle Name)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  2. Leikeli47 - Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only (Acrylic/Hardcover/Thirty Tigers)
  3. Durand Jones & The Indications - Flowers (Dead Oceans)
  4. Annahstasia - Tether (drink sum wtr)
  5. Madison McFerrin - SCORPIO (MadMcFerrin Music)
  6. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
  7. Blood Orange - “The Field” (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar) (RCA)
  8. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  9. Kali Uchis - Sincerely, (Capitol)
  10. Yaya Bey - do it afraid (drink sum wtr)

Jazz: 

  1. Brittany Davis - Black Thunder (Loosegroove)
  2. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
  3. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  4. Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
  5. L'Éclair - Cloud Drifter (Innovative Leisure)
  6. Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Recs)
  7. Joe Armon‐Jones - All The Quiet (Part II)
  8. Ami Taf Ra - The Prophet and The Madman (Brainfeeder)
  9. Mei Semones - Animaru (Bayonet)
  10. Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Dom Salvador JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)

Northwest: 

  1. Dark Chisme - “Breathe, Break it” (self-released)
  2. Brittany Davis - Black Thunder (Loosegroove)
  3. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  4. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
  5. Black Whales - A Guide To Photographing The Sun (Cult Of Maybe)
  6. Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
  7. Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
  8. Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
  9. Casual Hex - Zig Zag Lady Illusion II (Youth Riot)
  10. Night Heron - ESCAPISM (Literal Gold)

Adds: 

Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
Africa Express - Africa Express Presents... Bahidorá (World Circuit)
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)
Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Dom Salvador JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)
Gwenno - Utopia (Heavenly Recordings)
Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
Raissa - DESIRE PATH EP (Neon Gold/Futures/Virgin)
Autocamper - What Do You Do All Day? (Slumberland)
Boxxer - Veil EP (self-released)
Jools - Violent Delights (Hassel Records)
Khatumu - free therapy EP (Bright Antenna)
Leroi Conroy - A Tiger’s Tale (Colemine)
Mal Blum - The Villain (Get Better Records)
Maxo - MARS IS ELECTRIC (SMILEFORME)
Mike Polizze - Around Sound (Paradise of Bachelors)
Nomi Ruiz & Eli Escobar - Love Louder (Razor-N-Tape)
Sampology - Ripen, Vol. 1 (Middle Name)
sunking - I DON'T LIKE MY TELEPHONE (ANTI-)
The Cure - Mixes of a Lost World (Lost Music Limited/Polydor)
They Say Stories - Daydreams Will Do (self-released)
Tropical Fuck Storm - Fairyland Codex (Fire)