5-19-2025
KEXP Charts for the Week of May 9 - May 15
Add Date: May 19
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:
- Tunde Adebimpe - Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop)
- Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky (Polyvinyl)
- Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart (Sub Pop)
- Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
- Mei Semones - Animaru (Bayonet)
- Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla (Bella Union)
- Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
- Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade? (Get Better Records)
- Erika de Casier - Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
- Obongjayar - Paradise Now (September Recordings)
- Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
- Men I Trust - Equus Caballus (self-released)
- Pink Breath of Heaven - Colors Make a Sound (self-released)
- SAULT - 10 (Forever Living Originals)
- Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
- Witch Post - Beast EP (self-released)
- Yukimi - For You (Ninja Tune)
- Pulp - More (Rough Trade Records)
- The Budos Band - VII (Diamond West)
- Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
- Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
- The Maya Experience - Are You Influenced (Youth Riot)
- Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
- Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
- Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
- Perfume Genius - Glory (Matador)
- SPELLLING - Portrait of My Heart (Sacred Bones)
- Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (Dead Oceans)
- Σtella - Adagio (Sub Pop)
- Chaos in the CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
- Sextile - yes, please. (Sacred Bones)
- Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
- BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R - Found a Light (Beale Street) (XL Recordings/Innovative Leisure)
- Indigo De Souza - Precipice (Loma Vista Recordings)
- TURNSTILE - NEVER ENOUGH (Roadrunner)
- Elbow - “Sober” (Polydor)
- Guerilla Toss - “Psychosis Is Just A Number” (Sub Pop)
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island ((p)doom Records)
- Tommy Guerrero - “Tone of the Blade” (Too Good)
- Blondshell - If You Asked For A Picture (Partisan)
- Night Heron - ESCAPISM (Literal Gold)
- Yuno - Blest (Sub Pop)
- Deradoorian - Ready For Heaven (Fire Records)
- Samantha Crain - Gumshoe (Real Kind)
- Flying Mojito Bros - Just Passing Through (Ubiquity)
- Dead Pioneers - PO$T AMERICAN (Hassle)
- Anika - Abyss (Sacred Bones)
- L.A. Witch - DOGGOD (Suicide Squeeze)
- Scowl - Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans)
- Sharp Pins - Radio DDR (K/Perennial)
- Provoker - Mausoleum (YEAR0001)
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-02 Bogotá (Jagjaguwar)
- Panda Bear - Sinister Grift (Domino)
- Girl and Girl - “Okay” (Sub Pop)
- Matt Berninger - Get Sunk (Concord)
- Nation of Language - “Inept Apollo” (Sub Pop)
- NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
- Ty Segall - Possession (Drag City)
- Black Whales - A Guide To Photographing The Sun (Cult of Maybe)
- Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
- Florry - Sounds Like… (Dear Life)
- Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be the Light (BMG)
- Nilüfer Yanya - “Cold Heart” (Ninja Tune)
- Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
- Death Valley Girls - Sisters of the Moon b/w Fire and Brimstone (Suicide Squeeze)
- Lady Wray - “Be A Witness” (Big Crown)
- Bria Salmena - Big Dog (Sub Pop)
- Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
- Swamp Wife - Your Love Is All I Know EP (LACE Records)
- tUnE-yArDs - Better Dreaming (4AD)
- AMORE - Top Hits, Ballads, etc… (self-released)
- Boldy James & Real Bad Man - Conversational Pieces (Real Bad Man)
- Carriers - Every Time I Feel Afraid (Brassland)
- MIEN - MIIEN (Fuzz Club)
- Ribbon Skirt - Bite Down (Mint)
- Backxwash - Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag)
- Mandrake Handshake - Earth-Sized Worlds (Tip Top Recordings)
- Madame Gandhi - Let Me Be Water (We Make Noise)
- Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - Tall Tales (Warp)
- Lucius - Lucius (Fantasy)
- Röyksopp - True Electric (Dog Triumph)
- Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
- Orchidae - True Beginning (Birthday Cake)
- Sunbathe - Myself To You (Time Release)
- Ali - Patterns EP (self-released)
- Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
- Curtis Harding - “There She Goes” (ANTI-)
- Jorja Smith - “The Way I Love You” (FAMM)
Americana/Folk:
- Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
- Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
- Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
- Samantha Crain - Gumshoe (Real Kind)
- quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
- Matt Berninger - Get Sunk (Concord)
- Florry - Sounds Like… (Dear Life)
- Carriers - Every Time I Feel Afraid (Brassland)
- Lucius - Lucius (Fantasy)
- Esther Rose - Want (New West)
Global:
- Tommy Guerrero - “Tone of the Blade” (Too Good)
- Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
- AMORE - Top Hits, Ballads, etc… (self-released)
- Madame Gandhi - Let Me Be Water (We Make Noise)
- Ali - Patterns EP (self-released)
- Raissa - “MANZANA” (Neon Gold Records)
- WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
- Calibro 35 - Exploration (Record Kicks)
- The Bombillas - “Hatif” (F-Spot)
- Arooj Aftab - “raat ki rani” (Khruangbin Remix) (Verve)
Hip-Hop:
- Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
- Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
- Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- Boldy James & Real Bad Man - Conversational Pieces (Real Bad Man)
- Backxwash - Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag)
- Leikeli47 - Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only (Acrylic/Hardcover/Thirty Tigers)
- Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones (XL Recordings)
- Ilajide - POCKET JAMS 2 (self-released)
- Luke Titus - From What Was Will Grow A Flower (Sooper Records)
RPM/Electronic:
- Erika de Casier - Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
- Chaos in the CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
- Sextile - yes, please. (Sacred Bones)
- Flying Mojito Bros - Just Passing Through (Ubiquity)
- NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
- Madame Gandhi - Let Me Be Water (We Make Noise)
- Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - Tall Tales (Warp)
- Röyksopp - True Electric (Dog Triumph)
- Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
- Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
R&B/Blues/Soul:
- Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
- Erika de Casier - Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
- Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
- SAULT - 10 (Forever Living Originals)
- Yukimi - For You (Ninja Tune)
- The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
- Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
- Chaos in the CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
- BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R - Found a Light (Beale Street) (XL Recordings/Innovative Leisure)
Jazz:
- Mei Semones - Animaru (Bayonet)
- Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
- Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
- The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
- Chaos in the CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
- BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R - Found a Light (Beale Street) (XL Recordings/Innovative Leisure)
- Tommy Guerrero - “Tone of the Blade” (Too Good)
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-02 Bogotá (Jagjaguwar)
- Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
- Kamasi Washington - Lazarus, Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack (Milan)
Northwest:
- Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart (Sub Pop)
- Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
- Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade? (Get Better Records)
- Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
- The Maya Experience - Are You Influenced (Youth Riot)
- Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
- Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
- Night Heron - ESCAPISM (Literal Gold)
- Black Whales - A Guide To Photographing The Sun (Cult of Maybe)
- Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
Adds:
Adult Mom - Natural Causes (Epitaph)
Kali Uchis - Sincerely, (Capitol)
Tune-Yards - Better Dreaming (4AD)
Ezra Furman - Goodbye Small Head (Bella Union)
M(h)aol - Something Soft (Merge)
Miso Extra - Earcandy (Transgressive)
Preoccupations - Ill at ease (Born Losers Records)
Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like A Weapon (Specialist Subject)
spill tab - ANGIE (Because)
Tagua Tagua - RAIO (Wonderwheel Recordings)
Yuno - Blest (Sub Pop)
100%WET - 100%WET (Crunchy Frog)
Bouquet - Spellbreaker (Ulrike Records)
EKKSTACY - FOREVER (UnitedMasters/Dine Alone)
Friendship - Caveman Wakes Up (Merge)
Ilajide - POCKET JAMS 2 (self-released)
Madame Gandhi - Let Me Be Water (We Make Noise)
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Carpe Diem, Moonman (What Reality?)
Surprise Chef - Superb (Big Crown)
Tanika Charles - Reasons To Stay (Record Kicks)
Your Grandparents - The Dial (drink sum wtr)