08-18-2025

KEXP Charts for the Week of Aug 8 - Aug 14

Add Date: July 28

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. Obongjayar - Paradise Now (September Recordings)
  2. Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
  3. Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
  4. DEBBY FRIDAY - The Starrr Of The Queen Life (Sub Pop)
  5. Indigo De Souza - Precipice (Loma Vista)
  6. The Budos Band - VII (Diamond West)
  7. Ty Segall - Possession (Drag City)
  8. Tame Impala - “End Of Summer” (Columbia)
  9. Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)
  10. Tyler, The Creator - DON'T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
  11. Sofia Kourtesis - Volver EP (Ninja Tune)
  12. Nilüfer Yanya - Dancing Shoes EP (Ninja Tune)
  13. Curtis Harding - Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI-)
  14. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  15. Syd - “Die For This” (Free Lunch/Warner)
  16. Water From Your Eyes - It’s a Beautiful Place (Matador)
  17. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  18. Jamie xx - “Dream Night” (Young)
  19. Nine Inch Nails - TRON: Ares: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Interscope)
  20. Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
  21. Alex G - Headlights (RCA)
  22. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  23. Saba & No ID - From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID (self-released)
  24. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  25. Hibou - It Seems To Me (Spirit Goth)
  26. No Joy - Bugland (Hand Drawn Dracula)
  27. Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)
  28. Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
  29. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  30. Geese - Getting Killed (Partisan)
  31. Jay Som - Belong (Polyvinyl)
  32. SPRINTS - All That Is Over (Sub Pop)
  33. Ya Tseen - Taste On My Lips (Sub Pop)
  34. Yves Tumor & NINA - “WE DONT COUNT” (Warp)
  35. Lady Wray - Cover Girl (Big Crown Records)
  36. Acapulco Lips - Now (Killroom Records)
  37. Jarv Dee X Bad Colours - BLAKHOUSE 2: TRIAL BY FIRE (Moor Colours)
  38. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
  39. MONSTERWATCH - The Head (Killroom)
  40. seiji oda - HUMAN + NATURE (uknowme!)
  41. Blood Orange - Essex Honey (RCA)
  42. Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory (Sub Pop)
  43. Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)
  44. Saint Etienne - International (Heavenly Recordings)
  45. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  46. Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
  47. Wolf Alice - The Clearing (Columbia/RCA)
  48. Automatic - Is It Now? (Stones Throw Records)
  49. Cut Copy - Moments (Cutters)
  50. Four Tet - “Into Dust (Still Falling)” (XL Recordings)
  51. Worries And Other Plants - “Changin Me” (Nice Guys Records)
  52. Greg Kramer - “Heat Check” (Krameroriginals)
  53. Bikini Trill - Bikini Trill (Ineffable Records)
  54. Danger Mouse & MorMor - “Wonder” (30th Century)
  55. Annahstasia - Tether (drink sum wtr)
  56. WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
  57. Pulp - More (Rough Trade Records)
  58. TURNSTILE - NEVER ENOUGH (Roadrunner)
  59. Chitra - You Can See It When It's Dark (self-released)
  60. Galore - Dirt (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  61. Westside Cowboy - This Better Be Something Great (Heist of Hit)
  62. Big Freedia - Pressing Onward (Queen Diva Music)
  63. Blush - Beauty Fades, Pain Lasts Forever (Kanine)
  64. Kae Tempest - Self Titled (Island)
  65. Lord Huron - The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 (Mercury Records)
  66. Panic Shack - Panic Shack (Brace Yourself Records)
  67. Durand Jones & The Indications - Flowers (Dead Oceans)
  68. Madison McFerrin - SCORPIO (MadMcFerrin Music)
  69. Oh, Rose - For Art EP (Antiquated Future)
  70. Midnight Rodeo - Chaos Era (FatCat)
  71. Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band - New Threats From the Soul (Sophomore Lounge)
  72. Welcome Strawberry - desperate flower (Cherub Dream)
  73. Blankenberge - Decisions (self-released)
  74. Folk Bitch Trio - Now Would Be A Good Time (Jagjaguwar)
  75. Yaya Bey - do it afraid (drink sum wtr)
  76. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
  77. Calibro 35 - Exploration (Record Kicks)
  78. Hot Chip - Joy In Repetition (Domino)
  79. NoSo - When Are You Leaving? (Partisan)
  80. Wunderhorse - “The Rope” (Communion)
  81. Linda From Work - Linda From Work (self-released)
  82. Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
  83. Boyish - “Jumbos” (R&R)
  84. Brian Jackson & Masters At Work - EP One (BBE Music)
  85. Die Spitz - Something To Consume (Third Man)
  86. Fcukers - “Play Me” (Ninja Tune)
  87. Hermanos Gutiérrez - “Elegantly Wasted” (feat. Leon Bridges) (Easy Eye Sound)
  88. Just Mustard - WE WERE JUST HERE (Partisan Records)
  89. KennyHoopla - “orphan//” (GARBAGEHILL)
  90. POLIÇA - Dreams Go (Memphis Industries)
  91. The Haunted Youth - “Emo Song” (Mayway)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)
  2. Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)
  3. Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
  4. Annahstasia - Tether (drink sum wtr)
  5. Lord Huron - The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 (Mercury Records)
  6. Oh, Rose - For Art EP (Antiquated Future)
  7. Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band - New Threats From the Soul (Sophomore Lounge)
  8. Folk Bitch Trio - Now Would Be A Good Time (Jagjaguwar)
  9. M.A. Sampson - Pistons of the Ages (Den Tapes)
  10. Small Paul - I Was Love, I Was Light (self-released)

Global: 

  1. Sofia Kourtesis - Volver EP (Ninja Tune)
  2. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
  3. WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
  4. Calibro 35 - Exploration (Record Kicks)
  5. Hermanos Gutiérrez - “Elegantly Wasted” (feat. Leon Bridges) (Easy Eye Sound)
  6. Mechatok - Wide Awake (Young)
  7. Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
  8. Empanadas Ilegales - Sancocho Trifásico (We Are Time)
  9. Captain Planet & Tony Allen - “Tony's House” (Bastard Jazz Recordings)
  10. Africa Express - Africa Express Presents... Bahidorá (World Circuit)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Tyler, The Creator - DON'T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
  2. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  3. Saba & No ID - From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID (self-released)
  4. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  5. Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)
  6. Jarv Dee X Bad Colours - BLAKHOUSE 2: TRIAL BY FIRE (Moor Colours)
  7. seiji oda - HUMAN + NATURE (uknowme!)
  8. Big Freedia - Pressing Onward (Queen Diva Music)
  9. Kae Tempest - Self Titled (Island)
  10. Yaya Bey - do it afraid (drink sum wtr)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. DEBBY FRIDAY - The Starrr Of The Queen Life (Sub Pop)
  2. Sofia Kourtesis - Volver EP (Ninja Tune)
  3. Jamie xx - “Dream Night” (Young)
  4. Nine Inch Nails - TRON: Ares: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Interscope)
  5. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  6. Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
  7. Jarv Dee X Bad Colours - BLAKHOUSE 2: TRIAL BY FIRE (Moor Colours)
  8. Saint Etienne - International (Heavenly Recordings)
  9. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  10. Cut Copy - Moments (Cutters)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  2. Tyler, The Creator - DON'T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
  3. Curtis Harding - Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI-)
  4. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  5. Syd - “Die For This” (Free Lunch/Warner)
  6. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  7. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  8. Lady Wray - Cover Girl (Big Crown Records)
  9. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
  10. seiji oda - HUMAN + NATURE (uknowme!)

Jazz: 

  1. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  2. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  3. Greg Kramer - “Heat Check” (Krameroriginals)
  4. Calibro 35 - Exploration (Record Kicks)
  5. Polyrhythmics - Life from Below (self-released)
  6. Brian Jackson & Masters At Work - EP One (BBE Music)
  7. sunking - I DON'T LIKE MY TELEPHONE (ANTI-)
  8. Empanadas Ilegales - Sancocho Trifásico (We Are Time)
  9. Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)
  10. Ami Taf Ra - The Prophet and The Madman (Brainfeeder)

Northwest: 

  1. Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
  2. Kassa Overall - CREAM (Warp)
  3. Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
  4. Hibou - It Seems To Me (Spirit Goth)
  5. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  6. Acapulco Lips - Now (Killroom Records)
  7. Jarv Dee X Bad Colours - BLAKHOUSE 2: TRIAL BY FIRE (Moor Colours)
  8. MONSTERWATCH - The Head (Killroom)
  9. Greg Kramer - “Heat Check” (Krameroriginals)
  10. Oh, Rose - For Art EP (Antiquated Future)

Adds: 

Alison Goldfrapp - Flux (A.G. Records)
Cass McCombs - Interior Live Oak (Domino)
Murs - Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation) (Mello Music Group)
Shaki Tavi - Minor Slip (Felte)
The Youth Play - someday, forever EP (self-released)
Anamanaguchi - Anyway (Polyvinyl)
Case Oats - Last Missouri Exit (Merge Records)
Evidence - Unlearning, Vol. 2 (Rhymesayers)
For Those I Love - Carving the Stone (September Recordings)
Land of Echo - Almost Music (Wah Wah 45s)
Mae Powell - Making Room for the Light (Karma Chief Records)
Marissa Nadler - New Radiations (Sacred Bones)
Oh, Rose - For Art EP (Antiquated Future)
Pool Kids - Easier Said Than Done (Epitaph)
SE SO NEON - <NOW> (AWAL)
she’s green - Chrysalis EP (Photo Finish)
Small Shake - Platonics EP (self-released)