5-5-2025

KEXP Charts for the Week of Apr 25 - May 1

Add Date: May 5

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. Flying Mojito Bros - Just Passing Through (Ubiquity)
  2. Tunde Adebimpe - Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop)
  3. Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
  4. SAULT - 10 (Forever Living Originals)
  5. The Budos Band - VII (Diamond West)
  6. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
  7. SPELLLING - Portrait of My Heart (Sacred Bones)
  8. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  9. Ty Segall - Possession (Drag City)
  10. Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky (Polyvinyl)
  11. Yukimi - For You (Ninja Tune)
  12. Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
  13. TURNSTILE - NEVER ENOUGH (Roadrunner)
  14. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
  15. Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Rec)
  16. Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
  17. Ribbon Skirt - Bite Down (Mint)
  18. Panda Bear - Sinister Grift (Domino)
  19. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  20. Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
  21. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen (Domino)
  22. Deerhoof - Noble and Godlike in Ruin (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  23. Witch Post - Beast EP (self-released)
  24. clipping. - Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop)
  25. Close Counters - LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY (HOLY SOUND)
  26. Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)
  27. Curtis Harding - “There She Goes” (ANTI-)
  28. Fontaines D.C. - Romance (Deluxe Edition) (XL Recordings)
  29. Wet Leg - moisturizer (Domino)
  30. Black Whales - A Guide To Photographing The Sun (Cult of Maybe)
  31. KennyHoopla - “NORTHERN LIGHTS//” (GARBAGEHILL)
  32. WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
  33. Death Valley Girls - “Sisters of the Moon” b/w “Fire and Brimstone” (Suicide Squeeze)
  34. Oblé Reed & TeZATalks - “HARD COPIES” (UnderCurrent)
  35. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
  36. Blondshell - If You Asked For A Picture (Partisan)
  37. Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla (Bella Union)
  38. Perfume Genius - Glory (Matador)
  39. Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  40. quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
  41. Destroyer - Dan’s Boogie (Merge)
  42. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way (Matador)
  43. Samia - Bloodless (Grand Jury)
  44. Anika - Abyss (Sacred Bones)
  45. Scowl - Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans)
  46. Uwade - Florilegium (Ehiose Records/Thirty Tigers)
  47. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart (Sub Pop)
  48. Ali - Patterns EP (self-released)
  49. Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
  50. BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R - Found a Light (Beale Street) (XL Recordings/Innovative Leisure)
  51. Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon (Third Man Records)
  52. Obongjayar - Paradise Now (September Recordings)
  53. Pulp - More (Rough Trade Records)
  54. The Beths - “Metal” (ANTI-)
  55. bad tuner - “dancing in the rain” (Bang! Jango)
  56. Subsonic Eye - Singapore Dreaming (Topshelf)
  57. Various Artists - Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young (Cinema Music Group)
  58. Air / Vegyn - Blue Moon Safari (Parlophone)
  59. Chaos In The CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
  60. The Cure - Mixes of a Lost World (Lost Music Limited/Polydor)
  61. Mei Semones - Animaru (Bayonet)
  62. HotWax - Hot Shock (Marathon Artists)
  63. Carriers - Every Time I Feel Afraid (Brassland)
  64. Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Partisan)
  65. Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream (Lex Records)
  66. Sunflower Bean - Mortal Primetime (Lucky Number)
  67. MIEN - MIIEN (Fuzz Club)
  68. Cold Specks - Light for the Midnight (Mute)
  69. Daughter Of Swords - Alex (Psychic Hotline)
  70. Marlon Williams - Te Whare Tīwekaweka (self-released)
  71. Backxwash - Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag)
  72. Σtella - Adagio (Sub Pop)
  73. L.A. Witch - DOGGOD (Suicide Squeeze)
  74. Mandrake Handshake - Earth-Sized Worlds (Tip Top Recordings)
  75. My Morning Jacket - is (ATO)
  76. Blackwater Holylight - If You Only Knew EP (Suicide Squeeze)
  77. The Jaws of Brooklyn - Crush On You (Weekend Furlough Records)
  78. Lizzy Dutton - See It All (Anxiety Blanket)
  79. Ana Tijoux & Hordatoj - SERPIENTE DE MADERA (Altafonte)
  80. Jawdropped - Just Fantasy EP (Fire Talk)
  81. Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
  82. Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)
  83. The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Gemini (Colemine)
  84. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-02 Bogotá (Jagjaguwar)
  85. AJ Suede - The Duke of Downtempo (Knowhatimean Incorporated)
  86. Wrong Way Up - Totally Right (Soundway)
  87. Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
  88. Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be the Light (BMG)
  89. Girl and Girl - “Okay” (Sub Pop)
  90. Madison McFerrin - “Ain’t It Nice” (MadMcFerrin Music)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
  2. Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
  3. quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
  4. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way (Matador)
  5. Samia - Bloodless (Grand Jury)
  6. Uwade - Florilegium (Ehiose Records/Thirty Tigers)
  7. Various Artists - Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young (Cinema Music Group)
  8. Carriers - Every Time I Feel Afraid (Brassland)
  9. My Morning Jacket - is (ATO)
  10. Lizzy Dutton - See It All (Anxiety Blanket)

Global: 

  1. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
  2. WITCH - SOGOLO (Desert Daze Sound)
  3. Ali - Patterns EP (self-released)
  4. Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Partisan)
  5. Marlon Williams - Te Whare Tīwekaweka (self-released)
  6. Ana Tijoux & Hordatoj - SERPIENTE DE MADERA (Altafonte)
  7. Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)
  8. Wrong Way Up - Totally Right (Soundway)
  9. Pachyman - Another Place (ATO Records)
  10. Romano - Güle Güle (Batov)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  2. clipping. - Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop)
  3. Oblé Reed & TeZATalks - “HARD COPIES” (UnderCurrent)
  4. Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  5. Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream (Lex Records)
  6. Backxwash - Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag)
  7. Ana Tijoux & Hordatoj - SERPIENTE DE MADERA (Altafonte)
  8. The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Gemini (Colemine)
  9. AJ Suede - The Duke of Downtempo (Knowhatimean Incorporated)
  10. Jim Legxacy - “father” (XL Recordings)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Flying Mojito Bros - Just Passing Through (Ubiquity)
  2. Barry Can’t Swim - Loner (Ninja Tune)
  3. Close Counters - LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY (HOLY SOUND)
  4. Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)
  5. bad tuner - “dancing in the rain” (Bang! Jango)
  6. Air / Vegyn - Blue Moon Safari (Parlophone)
  7. Chaos In The CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
  8. The Cure - Mixes of a Lost World (Lost Music Limited/Polydor)
  9. Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
  10. Wrong Way Up - Totally Right (Soundway)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
  2. SAULT - 10 (Forever Living Originals)
  3. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  4. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
  5. Little Simz - Lotus (AWAL Recordings Ltd.)
  6. Yukimi - For You (Ninja Tune)
  7. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO)
  8. Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Rec)
  9. Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles (June Tunes Music/Concord)
  10. Close Counters - LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY (HOLY SOUND)

Jazz: 

  1. Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)
  2. The Budos Band - VIII (Diamond West)
  3. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings/Parlophone Records)
  4. Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Dom Rec)
  5. Close Counters - LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY (HOLY SOUND)
  6. BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R - Found a Light (Beale Street) (XL Recordings/Innovative Leisure)
  7. Chaos In The CBD - A Deeper Life (In Dust We Trust)
  8. Mei Semones - Animaru (Bayonet)
  9. Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lorings (Brainfeeder)
  10. Charif Megarbane - Hawalat (Habibi Funk)

Northwest: 

  1. Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night” (self-released)
  2. Black Whales - A Guide To Photographing The Sun (Cult of Maybe)
  3. Oblé Reed & TeZATalks - “HARD COPIES” (UnderCurrent)
  4. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam (Run For Cover)
  5. quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
  6. Destroyer - Dan’s Boogie (Merge)
  7. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart (Sub Pop)
  8. Sea Lemon - Diving For A Prize (Luminelle Recordings)
  9. Blackwater Holylight - If You Only Knew EP (Suicide Squeeze)
  10. The Jaws of Brooklyn - Crush On You (Weekend Furlough Records)

Adds: 

Blondshell - If You Asked For A Picture (Partisan)
Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (Matador)
Mei Semones - Animaru (Bayonet)
Suzzallo - The Quiet Year (self-released)
Boldy James & Real Bad Man - Conversational Pieces (Real Bad Man Records)
Carriers - Every Time I Feel Afraid (Brassland)
Esther Rose - Want (New West)
Jenny Hval - Iris Silver Mist (4AD)
Martin Luke Brown - man oh man! (Kartel Music Group)
Pink Breath of Heaven - Colors Make A Sound (self-released)
Samantha Crain - Gumshoe (Real Kind Records)
Bobbyy x DERO - 20/40 (Stone Pixels)
Cloth - Pink Silence (Rock Action)
Colin Miller - Losin’ (Mtn Laurel Recording Co.)
Fib - Heavy Lifting (Julia’s War)
Lael Neale - Altogether Stranger (Sub Pop)
Lizzy Dutton - See It All (Anxiety Blanket)
Lucius - Lucius (Fantasy)
Luke Titus - From What Was Will Grow A Flower (Sooper Records)
Model/Actriz - Pirouette (True Panther/Dirty Hit)
Muito Kaballa - Tomorrow A Flower (Batov)
Pillowprince - pretty, baby! (Dune Altar)
Pyramids - Pythagoras (The Flenser)
Röyksopp - True Electric (Dog Triumph)
Sextile - yes, please. (Sacred Bones)
Thanya Iyer - TIDE/TIED (Topshelf)
Viagra Boys - viagr aboys (Shrimptech Enterprises/Year0001)
Wild Gloriosa - Growing Pains (Hopestreet Recordings)