5-26-2025
KEXP Charts for the Week of May 16 - May 22
Add Date: May 26
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:
- Tune-Yards - Better Dreaming (4AD)
- Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- Wolf Alice - The Clearing (Columbia/RCA)
- SPELLLING - Portrait of My Heart (Sacred Bones)
- Preoccupations - Ill at ease (Born Losers Records)
- Nation of Language - “Inept Apollo” (Sub Pop)
- Tunde Adebimpe - Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop)
- Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
- Kali Uchis - Sincerely, (Capitol)
- Yuno - Blest (Sub Pop)
- Erika de Casier - Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
- Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)
- Curtis Harding - “There She Goes” (ANTI-)
- Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
- Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
- Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
- Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
- Miso Extra - Earcandy (Transgressive)
- Ribbon Skirt - Bite Down (Mint)
- 100%WET - 100%WET (Crunchy Frog)
- Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- Jorja Smith - “The Way I Love You” (FAMM)
- NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
- The Budos Band - VII (Diamond West)
- HEALTH & Chelsea Wolfe - “MEAN” (Loma Vista Recordings)
- Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
- The Maya Experience - Are You Influenced (Youth Riot)
- Blondshell - If You Asked For A Picture (Partisan)
- Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
- Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla (Bella Union)
- Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade? (Get Better Records)
- Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream (Lex Records)
- Flying Mojito Bros - Just Passing Through (Ubiquity)
- SAULT - 10 (Forever Living Originals)
- Dead Pioneers - PO$T AMERICAN (Hassle)
- Madame Gandhi - Let Me Be Water (We Make Noise)
- Obongjayar - Paradise Now (September Recordings)
- Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Recs)
- Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
- Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
- Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky (Polyvinyl)
- Bria Salmena - Big Dog (Sub Pop)
- Perfume Genius - Glory (Matador)
- Night Heron - ESCAPISM (Literal Gold)
- Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like A Weapon (Specialist Subject)
- spill tab - ANGIE (Because)
- Tagua Tagua - RAIO (Wonderwheel Recordings)
- Men I Trust - Equus Caballus (self-released)
- Pink Breath of Heaven - Colors Make a Sound (self-released)
- Deerhoof - Noble and Godlike in Ruin (Joyful Noise Recordings)
- Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Partisan)
- Chaos in the CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
- Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)
- SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen (Domino)
- Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
- Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon (Third Man Records)
- Indigo De Souza - Precipice (Loma Vista Recordings)
- Pulp - More (Rough Trade Records)
- TURNSTILE - NEVER ENOUGH (Roadrunner)
- Ty Segall - Possession (Drag City)
- Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
- Emi Pop - “Quiero Bailar Rocanrol” (Emi Pop Studios)
- Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
- WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
- Chong the Nomad - “Out The Window” (self-released)
- Death Valley Girls - Sisters of the Moon b/w Fire and Brimstone (Suicide Squeeze)
- Sofia Kourtesis - Volver EP (Ninja Tune)
- The Cure - Mixes of a Lost World (Lost Music Limited/Polydor)
- Adult Mom - Natural Causes (Epitaph)
- Mei Semones - Animaru (Bayonet)
- Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune)
- Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
- Now Always Fades - Into the Doldrums (Northern Underground)
- Ezra Furman - Goodbye Small Head (Bella Union)
- M(h)aol - Something Soft (Merge)
- Deradoorian - Ready For Heaven (Fire Records)
- Jenny Hval - Iris Silver Mist (4AD)
- Samantha Crain - Gumshoe (Real Kind)
- Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way (Matador)
- EKKSTACY - FOREVER (UnitedMasters/Dine Alone)
- Bouquet - Spellbreaker (Ulrike Records)
- Surprise Chef - Superb (Big Crown)
- Nell Smith - Anxious (Bella Union)
- Bobbyy x DERO - 20/40 (Stone Pixels)
- Pillowprince - pretty, baby! (Dune Altar)
- Jawdropped - Just Fantasy EP (Fire Talk)
- Romano - Güle Güle (Batov)
- Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
- Adrian Younge - Something About April III (Linear Labs)
- Pierre Kwenders - Tears on the Dancefloor (Moonshine)
Americana/Folk:
- Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
- Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
- Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
- Samantha Crain - Gumshoe (Real Kind)
- Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way (Matador)
- Bouquet - Spellbreaker (Ulrike Records)
- Alan Sparhawk & Trampled By Turtles - With Trampled by Turtles (Sub Pop)
- Esther Rose - Want (New West)
- Samia - Bloodless (Grand Jury)
- Colin Miller - Losin’ (Mtn Laurel Recording Co.)
Global:
- Tagua Tagua - RAIO (Wonderwheel Recordings)
- Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Partisan)
- Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)
- Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
- WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
- Romano - Güle Güle (Batov)
- Adrian Younge - Something About April III (Linear Labs)
- Pierre Kwenders - Tears on the Dancefloor (Moonshine)
- Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - DOM SALVADOR JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)
- Lido Pimienta - La Belleza (ANTI-)
Hip-Hop:
- Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
- Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream (Lex Records)
- Original Koffee - “KOFFEE” (Promised Land)
- Surprise Chef - Superb (Big Crown)
- Bobbyy x DERO - 20/40 (Stone Pixels)
- Revival Season - Formless (Heavenly Recordings)
- MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball II (10k)
- Reginald Omas Mamode IV - “No Maybes” (Melting Pot Music)
RPM/Electronic:
- Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
- Erika de Casier - Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
- Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)
- Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
- Miso Extra - Earcandy (Transgressive)
- 100%WET - 100%WET (Crunchy Frog)
- NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
- HEALTH & Chelsea Wolfe - “MEAN” (Loma Vista Recordings)
- Flying Mojito Bros - Just Passing Through (Ubiquity)
- Madame Gandhi - Let Me Be Water (We Make Noise)
R&B/Blues/Soul:
- Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- Kali Uchis - Sincerely, (Capitol)
- Erika de Casier - Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
- Curtis Harding - “There She Goes” (ANTI-)
- Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
- Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
- Jorja Smith - “The Way I Love You” (FAMM)
- NxWorries - “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)
- The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
- Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
Jazz:
- Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
- The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
- Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
- Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Recs)
- Chaos in the CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
- Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)
- Mei Semones - Animaru (Bayonet)
- Surprise Chef - Superb (Big Crown)
- Romano - Güle Güle (Batov)
- Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
Northwest:
- Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)
- Coral Grief - Air Between Us (Suicide Squeeze)
- Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
- Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
- The Maya Experience - Are You Influenced (Youth Riot)
- Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade? (Get Better Records)
- Night Heron - ESCAPISM (Literal Gold)
- Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
- Chong the Nomad - “Out The Window” (self-released)
- Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
Adds:
Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
Artificial Go - Musical Chairs (Feel It)
Florry - Sounds Like... (Dear Life)
lavender - we’re having a barn dance (Night Time Stories)
Now Always Fades - Into the Doldrums (Northern Underground)
Sparks - MAD! (Transgressive)
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Big Crown Vaults Vol. 4 (Big Crown)
Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Fontana Rosa (Légère Recordings)
DJ Dadaman & Moscow Dollar - Ka Gaza (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
Home Is Where - Hunting Season (Wax Bodega)
Ken Pomeroy - Cruel Joke (Rounder)
Kills Birds - Crave (Lucky Number)
Maria Usbeck - Naturaleza (Cascine)
pablopablo - Canciones En Mí (Mom+Pop)
Pachyman - Another Place (ATO)
S.3.R - N?C EP (self-released)
Say Sue Me - Time is Not Yours (Damnably)
Sedona - Getting Into Heaven (Kiss This)
Shamir - Ten (Kill Rock Stars)
Shanti Celeste - Romance (METHOD 808)