08-11-2025

KEXP Charts for the Week of August 1 - August 7

Add Date: August 11

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.    Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
2.    Curtis Harding - Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI-)
3.    Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory (Sub Pop)
4.    Tyler, the Creator - DON’T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
5.    Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
6.    DEBBY FRIDAY - The Starrr of the Queen of Life (Sub Pop)
7.    Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
8.    Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
9.    TURNSTILE - NEVER ENOUGH (Roadrunner)
10.  Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
11.  NoSo - When Are You Leaving? (Partisan)
12.  Automatic - Is It Now? (Stones Throw Records)
13.  Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
14.  WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
15.  Yves Tumor & NINA - “WE DONT COUNT” (Warp)
16.  Blood Orange - Essex Honey (RCA)
17.  Jorja Smith - “With You” (FAMM)
18.  Hot Chip - Joy In Repetition (Domino)
19.  Wolf Alice - The Clearing (Columbia/RCA)
20.  Sofia Kourtesis - Volver (Ninja Tune)
21.  Arc De Soleil - Lumin Rain (Maison)
22.  The Circling Sun - Orbits (Soundway)
23.  Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
24.  Obongjayar - Paradise Now (September Recordings)
25.  The Budos Band - VII (Diamond West)
26.  Dark Chisme - “Breathe, Break it” (self-released)
27.  Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
28.  Ya Tseen - Taste On My Lips (Sub Pop)
29.  Tame Impala - “End of Summer” (Columbia)
30.  SPRINTS - All That Is Over (Sub Pop)
31.  Saint Etienne - International (Heavenly Recordings)
32.  Wunderhorse - “The Rope” (Communion)
33.  Blush - Beauty Fades, Pain Lasts Forever (Kanine)
34.  Kae Tempest - Self Titled (Island)
35.  Acapulco Lips - Now (Killroom Records)
36.  Jarv Dee X Bad Colours - BLAKHOUSE 2: TRIAL BY FIRE (Moor Colours)
37.  M.O.S.S. - Youth Loser (Den Tapes)
38.  Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
39.  Gelli Haha - Switcheroo (Innovative Leisure)
40.  Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
41.  Jamie xx - “Dream Night” (Young)
42.  Yumi Zouma - “Cross My Heart and Hope to Die” (Nettwerk)
43.  Greg Kramer - “Heat Check” (Krameroriginals)
44.  Smerz - Big city life (Escho)
45.  Indigo De Souza - Precipice (Loma Vista)
46.  Leikeli47 - Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only (Acrylic/Hardcover/Thirty Tigers)
47.  Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)
48.  David Byrne - Who Is The Sky? (Matador)
49.  Geese - Getting Killed (Partisan)
50.  Rocket - R is for Rocket (Transgressive/Canvasback)
51.  The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie (ANTI-)
52.  Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
53.  Cory Hanson - I Love People (Drag City)
54.  Jim Legxacy - black british music (2025) (XL Recordings)
55.  Lord Huron - The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 (Mercury Records)
56.  Africa Express - Africa Express Presents... Bahidorá (World Circuit)
57.  Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Dom Salvador JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)
58.  Black Whales - A Guide to Photographing the Sun (Cult of Maybe)
59.  Nilüfer Yanya - Dancing Shoes (Ninja Tune)
60.  Daisy the Great - The Rubber Teeth Talk (S-Curve)
61.  Neggy Gemmy - She Comes From Nowhere (100% Electronica)
62.  Brian Jackson & Masters At Work - “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (feat. Black Thought) (BBE Music)
63.  Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 2 (ALC/ESGN)
64.  Hunx and His Punx - Walk Out On This World (Get Better)
65.  IDLES - Caught Stealing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Protozoa/Partisan)
66.  Blankenberge - Decisions (Automatic Music)
67.  Laura Groves - Yes (Bella Union)
68.  Jeanines - How Long Can It Last (Slumberland)
69.  seiji oda - HUMAN + NATURE (uknowme!)
70.  Pixel Grip - Percepticide: The Death of Reality (self-released)
71.  Loaded Honey - Love Made Trees (Vetra)
72.  Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
73.  Alex G - Headlights (RCA)
74.  Annahstasia - Tether (drink sum wtr)
75.  Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
76.  Ty Segall - Possession (Drag City)
77.  Saba & No ID - From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID (self-released)
78.  Jay Som - Belong (Polyvinyl)
79.  Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (Anti-)
80.  Syd - “Die For This” (Free Lunch/Warner)
81.  Water From Your Eyes - It’s a Beautiful Place (Matador)
82.  Big Freedia - Pressing Onward (Queen Diva Music)
83.  M.A. Sampson - Pistons of the Ages (Den Tapes)
84.  Wisp - If Not Winter (Music Soup/Interscope)
85.  Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)
86.  Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
87.  Ryli - Come and Get Me (Dandy Boy)
88.  Madison McFerrin - SCORPIO (self-released)
89.  sunking - I DON'T LIKE MY TELEPHONE (ANTI-)
90.  RIO KOSTA - Unicorn (Verdigris)

Americana/Folk: 

1.   M.O.S.S. - Youth Loser (Den Tapes)
2.    Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)
3.    Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
4.    Cory Hanson - I Love People (Drag City)
5.    Lord Huron - The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 (Mercury Records)
6.    Alex G - Headlights (RCA)
7.    Annahstasia - Tether (drink sum wtr)
8.    Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (Anti-)
9.    M.A. Sampson - Pistons of the Ages (Den Tapes)
10.  Dean Johnson - I Hope We Can Still Be Friends (Saddle Creek)

Global: 

1.   WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
2.    Arc De Soleil - Lumin Rain (Maison)
3.    Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
4.    Africa Express - Africa Express Presents... Bahidorá (World Circuit)
5.    Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
6.    Captain Planet & Tony Allen - Tony’s House (Bastard Jazz)
7.    Thee Marloes - “I’d Be Lost” (Big Crown)
8.    Sababa 5 - Nadir (Batov)
9.    Adi Oasis - “Cheirinho” (Unity)
10.  Hollie Cook - Shy Girl (Mr Bongo)

Hip-Hop: 

1.   Tyler, the Creator - DON’T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
2.    Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
3.    Jarv Dee X Bad Colours - BLAKHOUSE 2: TRIAL BY FIRE (Moor Colours)
4.    Leikeli47 - Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only (Acrylic/Hardcover/Thirty Tigers)
5.    Jim Legxacy - black british music (2025) (XL Recordings)
6.    Brian Jackson & Masters At Work - “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (feat. Black Thought) (BBE Music)
7.    Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 2 (ALC/ESGN)
8.    seiji oda - HUMAN + NATURE (uknowme!)
9.    Saba & No ID - From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID (self-released)
10.  Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)

RPM/Electronic: 

1.   Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
2.    DEBBY FRIDAY - The Starrr of the Queen of Life (Sub Pop)
3.    Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
4.    Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
5.    Sofia Kourtesis - Volver (Ninja Tune)
6.    Tame Impala - “End of Summer” (Columbia)
7.    Saint Etienne - International (Heavenly Recordings)
8.    Jamie xx - “Dream Night” (Young)
9.    Pixel Grip - Percepticide: The Death of Reality (self-released)
10.  sunking - I DON'T LIKE MY TELEPHONE (ANTI-)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

1.   Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
2.    Curtis Harding - Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI-)
3.    Tyler, the Creator - DON’T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
4.    Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
5.    Blood Orange - Essex Honey (RCA)
6.    Jorja Smith - “With You” (FAMM)
7.    Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
8.    Obongjayar - Paradise Now (September Recordings)
9.    The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
10.  Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)

Jazz: 

1.   The Circling Sun - Orbits (Soundway)
2.    The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
3.    Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
4.    Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Dom Salvador JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)
5.    sunking - I DON'T LIKE MY TELEPHONE (ANTI-)
6.    Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
7.    Brittany Davis - Black Thunder (Loosegroove)
8.    Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Recs)
9.    Joe Armon‐Jones - All The Quiet (Part I)(Aquarii)
10.  Made Kuti - Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? (self-released)

Northwest: 

1.   Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
2.    Dark Chisme - “Breathe, Break it” (self-released)
3.    Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
4.    Acapulco Lips - Now (Killroom Records)
5.    Jarv Dee X Bad Colours - BLAKHOUSE 2: TRIAL BY FIRE (Moor Colours)
6.    M.O.S.S. - Youth Loser (Den Tapes)
7.    Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
8.    Greg Kramer - “Heat Check” (Krameroriginals)
9.    Black Whales - A Guide to Photographing the Sun (Cult of Maybe)
10.  Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)

Adds: 

Chitra - You Can See It When It's Dark (self-released)
Galore - Dirt (Speakeasy Studios SF)
Gordi - Like Plasticine (Mushroom Music)
Hibou - It Seems To Me (Spirit Goth)
Mechatok - Wide Awake (Young)
No Joy - Bugland (Hand Drawn Dracula)
Osees - ABOMINATION REVEALED AT LAST (Deathgod)
Westside Cowboy - This Better Be Something Great (Heist of Hit)
Ada Lea - when i paint my masterpiece (Saddle Creek)
Chatham Rise - Trillium (Infinite Spin)
DAYTIMERS - DAYTIMERS Presents: Alterations (Sony)
Midnight Rodeo - Chaos Era (FatCat)
Raekwon - The Emperor’s New Clothes (Mass Appeal)
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band - New Threats From the Soul (Sophomore Lounge)
Sai Galaxy - All Day Cool EP (Soundway)
The Thing - The Thing (Onion)
Welcome Strawberry - desperate flower (Cherub Dream)