4-28-2025

KEXP Charts for the Week of Apr 18 - Apr 24

Add Date: April 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. Tunde Adebimpe - Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop)
  2. Davido - 5ive (Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited)
  3. Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
  4. Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
  5. Obongjayar - Paradise Now (September Recordings)
  6. Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
  7. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  8. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart (Sub Pop)
  9. L.A. Witch - DOGGOD (Suicide Squeeze)
  10. SPELLLING - Portrait of My Heart (Sacred Bones)
  11. Moreish Idols - All In The Game (Speedy Wunderground)
  12. Ribbon Skirt - Bite Down (Mint)
  13. Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla (Bella Union)
  14. clipping. - Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop)
  15. Blackwater Holylight - If You Only Knew EP (Suicide Squeeze)
  16. Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
  17. Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon (Third Man Records)
  18. Miso Extra - Earcandy (Transgressive)
  19. Pulp - More (Rough Trade Records)
  20. The Maya Experience - Are You Influenced (Youth Riot)
  21. Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
  22. Bria Salmena - Big Dog (Sub Pop)
  23. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (Dead Oceans)
  24. Panda Bear - Sinister Grift (Domino)
  25. SAULT - 10 (Forever Living Originals)
  26. MIEN - MIIEN (Fuzz Club)
  27. Fontaines D.C. - Romance (Deluxe Edition) (XL Recordings)
  28. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  29. Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
  30. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  31. GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times (Deluxe Edition) (p(doom))
  32. Brittany Davis - “Stand Up” (Loosegroove)
  33. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
  34. Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  35. HotWax - Hot Shock (Marathon Artists)
  36. Marie Davidson - City of Clowns (DEEWEE)
  37. quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
  38. Witch Post - Beast EP (self-released)
  39. Σtella - Adagio (Sub Pop)
  40. Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling (Geffen)
  41. Mandrake Handshake - Earth-Sized Worlds (Tip Top Recordings)
  42. Ali - Patterns EP (self-released)
  43. Fotoform - Grief is a Garden (Forever In Bloom) (Dismal Nitch)
  44. Beirut - A Study of Losses (Pompeii Records)
  45. Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)
  46. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-02 Bogotá (Jagjaguwar)
  47. Wrong Way Up - Totally Right (Soundway)
  48. Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar)
  49. Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)
  50. Girl and Girl - “Okay” (Sub Pop)
  51. The Hives - The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam)
  52. TURNSTILE - NEVER ENOUGH (Roadrunner)
  53. Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
  54. Deradoorian - Ready For Heaven (Fire)
  55. Frankie & The Witch Fingers - Trash Classic (The Reverberation Appreciation Society/Greenway Records)
  56. Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be the Light (BMG)
  57. Kae Tempest - “Statue In The Square” (Island)
  58. Kelly Finnigan - “Keep Me In Mind” (feat. Renaldo Domino) (Colemine Records)
  59. RIO KOSTA - “It’s Starting” (Verdigris)
  60. Flying Mojito Bros - “Wild Mountain Honey” (feat. Scott Hirsch) (Ubiquity)
  61. Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune)
  62. Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky (Polyvinyl)
  63. Perfume Genius - Glory (Matador)
  64. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen (Domino)
  65. Dining Dead - Is This A House? (self-released)
  66. Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Partisan)
  67. Cold Specks - Light for the Midnight (Mute)
  68. Dead Pioneers - PO$T AMERICAN (Hassle)
  69. Anika - Abyss (Sacred Bones)
  70. Backxwash - Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag)
  71. Scowl - Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans)
  72. Yukimi - For You (Ninja Tune)
  73. My Morning Jacket - is (ATO)
  74. Ora the Molecule - Dance Therapy (Mute)
  75. Circuit des Yeux - Halo On The Inside (Matador)
  76. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’ (Lower Third/PIAS)
  77. Cumulus - We’ve Got It All (Share It Music)
  78. TV Sundaze - Plastic Bags / Packing Tape (Howlin Banana Records / Le Cèpe Records)
  79. DJ Koze - Music Can Hear Us (Pampa)
  80. TOKiMONSTA - Eternal Reverie (Young Art)
  81. Hot 8 Brass Band - Big Tuba (Tru Thoughts)
  82. Nao - Jupiter (RCA)
  83. Shygirl - Club Shy Room 2 (Because)
  84. Heartworms - Glutton For Punishment (Speedy Wunderground)
  85. Doechii - “Anxiety” (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol)
  86. MRCY - VOLUME 2 (Dead Oceans)
  87. Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Rec)
  88. Ty Segall - Possession (Drag City)
  89. Yuno - Blest (Sub Pop)
  90. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
  2. Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
  3. quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
  4. Beirut - A Study of Losses (Pompeii Records)
  5. My Morning Jacket - is (ATO)
  6. Cumulus - We’ve Got It All (Share It Music)
  7. Florry - Sounds Like… (Dear Life)
  8. Small Paul - “Long Dark Night” (self-released)
  9. This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Deluxe) (Double Double Whammy)
  10. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way (Matador)

Global: 

  1. Davido - 5ive (Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited)
  2. Ali - Patterns EP (self-released)
  3. Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)
  4. Wrong Way Up - Totally Right (Soundway)
  5. Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Partisan)
  6. DJ Koze - Music Can Hear Us (Pampa)
  7. WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
  8. Adrian Younge - Something About April III (Linear Labs)
  9. Pierre Kwenders - Tears on the Dancefloor (Moonshine)
  10. Calibro 35 - Exploration (Record Kicks)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. clipping. - Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop)
  2. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  3. Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  4. Kae Tempest - “Statue In The Square” (Island)
  5. Backxwash - Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag)
  6. Doechii - “Anxiety” (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol)
  7. MĀ - Blame It On The Weather (self-released)
  8. Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream (Lex Records)
  9. Homeboy Sandman & yeyts. - Corn Hole Legend (Dirty Looks)
  10. Antony Szmierek - Service Station at the End of the Universe (Mushroom)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Miso Extra - Earcandy (Transgressive)
  2. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  3. Marie Davidson - City of Clowns (DEEWEE)
  4. Wrong Way Up - Totally Right (Soundway)
  5. Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)
  6. Flying Mojito Bros - “Wild Mountain Honey” (feat. Scott Hirsch) (Ubiquity)
  7. Ora the Molecule - Dance Therapy (Mute)
  8. Circuit des Yeux - Halo On The Inside (Matador)
  9. DJ Koze - Music Can Hear Us (Pampa)
  10. TOKiMONSTA - Eternal Reverie (Young Art)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Davido - 5ive (Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited)
  2. Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
  3. Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
  4. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  5. SAULT - 10 (Forever Living Originals)
  6. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  7. Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  8. Wrong Way Up - Totally Right (Soundway)
  9. Kelly Finnigan - “Keep Me In Mind” (feat. Renaldo Domino) (Colemine Records)
  10. Yukimi - For You (Ninja Tune)

Jazz: 

  1. Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
  2. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  3. Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)
  4. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-02 Bogotá (Jagjaguwar)
  5. Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune)
  6. Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Partisan)
  7. Hot 8 Brass Band - Big Tuba (Tru Thoughts)
  8. Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Rec)
  9. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
  10. Adrian Younge - Something About April III (Linear Labs)

Northwest: 

  1. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart (Sub Pop)
  2. Blackwater Holylight - If You Only Knew EP (Suicide Squeeze)
  3. Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
  4. The Maya Experience - Are You Influenced (Youth Riot)
  5. Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
  6. Brittany Davis - “Stand Up” (Loosegroove)
  7. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
  8. quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
  9. Fotoform - Grief is a Garden (Forever in Bloom) (Dismal Nitch)
  10. Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)

Adds: 

Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
Deerhoof - Noble and Godlike in Ruin (Joyful Noise Recordings)
Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Partisan)
Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream (Lex Records)
Flying Mojito Bros - Just Passing Through (Ubiquity)
Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way (Matador)
Samia - Bloodless (Grand Jury)
SAULT - 10 (Forever Living Originals)
Sunflower Bean - Mortal Primetime (Lucky Number)
Ana Tijoux & Hordatoj - SERPIENTE DE MADERA (Altafonte)
Bells Larsen - Blurring Time (Royal Mountain)
Brat - Welcome Back (self-released)
Davido - 5ive (Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited)
Jawdropped - Just Fantasy EP (Fire Talk)
Jensen McRae - I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! (Dead Oceans)
Real Lies - We Will Annihilate Our Enemies (Tonal Recordings)
Romano - Güle Güle (Batov)
Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
Tennis - Face Down in the Garden (Mutually Detrimental)
Uwade - Florilegium (Ehiose Records/Thirty Tigers)
Wishy - Planet Popstar EP (Winspear)