Charts & Adds: Week of 9/17 – 9/24

Fall is here and, more importantly, spooky season is right around the corner! We’ve got plenty of great things spinning at the station, so make sure to keep reading for a recap of our latest and greatest records.

Top 5 Charts:

1.) Clairo – Immunity

Clairo holds down the number one spot for the fifth consecutive week, although this will (unfortunately) be her last week eligible for the KJHK charts. Debut album Immunity marks a clear maturation in this young artist’s sound; she doesn’t shy away from hard topics, relying more heavily on her vocals than ever before to pack the tracks with emotion. Read our review of the album here!

2.) Joy Again – Piano [EP]

Despite the band’s sunny name, the tracks Joy Again puts forth on the new Piano EP toy with topics which range from morbid to heart-breaking. The band’s signature heavy implementation of distortion doesn’t prevent them from toeing genre lines.

3.) Bon Iver – i,i

According to Justin Vernon, each Bon Iver album thus far has been tied to a certain season. i,i, the fourth album, rounds out the cycle with a sweeping representation of autumn. Bon Iver, as always, artfully treads the line between pre-established sound and musical innovation.

4.) Cuco – Para Mí

After surviving a near-fatal car crash, the members of Cuco realized that they had lost most of the files containing the music which would have become their debut album. Para Mí was born as the group metaphorically rose from the ashes, a cathartic, healing project that sounds more cheerful than one might expect.

5.) (Sandy) Alex G – House of Sugar

Though House of Sugar may be Alex G’s ninth album, the artist has not lost any momentum — far from it. This highly-anticipated record is perhaps his most cohesive work yet, somehow both starkly relatable and whimsically fantastic.

Top 30 Charts

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	Clairo	Immunity	Fader
2	Joy Again	Piano [EP]	Honeymoon
3	Bon Iver	i,i	Jagjaguwar/secretly Group
4	Cuco	Para Mí	Interscope
5	(Sandy) Alex G	House Of Sugar	Domino
6	Jay Som	Anak Ko	Polyvinyl
7	BROCKHAMPTON	Ginger	Question Everything/rca
8	Steve Lacy	Apollo XXI	3qtr/awal
9	Softee	Slow Melt [EP]	Self-released
10	Peaer	A Healthy Earth	Tiny Engines
11	Black Belt Eagle Scout	At The Party With My Brown Friends	Saddle Creek
12	Ra Ra Riot	Superbloom	Rob The Rich/caroline
13	Tropical F*ck Storm	Braindrops	Joyful Noise
14	Frankie Cosmos	Close It Quietly	Sub Pop
15	Shikoswe	Back In The Tall Grass	Self-released
16	Whitney	Forever Turned Around	Secretly Canadian
17	Phil And The Osophers	From The Rise Of Fall	Self-released
18	Mallrat	Driving Music [EP]	Nettwerk
19	Angie Mcmahon	Salt	Dualtone
20	Queen Of Jeans	If You’re Not Afraid, I’m Not Afraid	Topshelf
21	Bodywash	Comforter	Luminelle
22	Twin Peaks	Lookout Low	Grand Jury
23	Infinity Crush	Virtual Heaven	Joy Void
24	RIDE	This Is Not A Safe Place	Wichita
25	Girl In Red	Beginnings	Self-released
26	Surf Curse	Heaven Surrounds You	Danger Collective
27	Becky Ninkovic	Woe	Paper Bag
28	Marika Hackman	Any Human Friend	Sub Pop
29	Metronomy	Metronomy Forever	Because
30	Shannon Lay	August	Sub Pop

Top 3 Adds:

1.) Chastity Belt – Chastity Belt

Recommended if you like: IAN SWEET, Snail Mail, Lala Lala, Forth Wanderers

2.) Peach Pyramid – Bright Blue

Recommended if you like: Lucy Dacus, Hand Habits, Caroline Says, Bridal Party

3.) Dear Boy – The Strawberry [EP]

Recommended if you like: Snail Mail, Tomberlin, Mitski, Jay Som, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Belt Eagle Scout

Rank	Artist	Record	Label
1	Chastity Belt	Chastity Belt	Hardly Art
2	Peach Pyramid	Bright Blue	Oscar St
3	Dear Boy	The Strawberry [EP]	Easy Hell
4	Common Holly	“Joshua Snakes” / “Central Booking”	Barsuk
5	FRANKIIE	Forget Your Head	Paper Bag
6	Molly Sarle	Karaoke Angel	Partisan
7	Chelsea Wolfe	Birth Of Violence	Sargent House
8	Twen	Awestruck	Frenchkiss
9	Low Hum	Room To Breathe	Last Gang
10	The Berries	Berryland	Run For Cover