August 12, 2026

The most-played new albums across KEXP, KCRW, KRCL, KUTX, The Current, and WXPN, ranked by station consensus.

Public radio chart, August 12, 2026
Rank	Album	Stations	Spins
1	Happiness Anytime Leon Bridges KCRW, KEXP, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KCRW, KEXP, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	10 spins
2	Foreign Tongues The Rolling Stones KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	10 spins
3	Reality Awaits The Strokes KEXP, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KEXP, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	9 spins
4	Oh Yeah? Steve Lacy KEXP, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KEXP, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	8 spins
5	Ambiguous Desire Arlo Parks KRCL, KUTX, WXPN	KRCL, KUTX, WXPN	8 spins
6	I Built You A Tower Death Cab For Cutie KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	7 spins
7	Time Will Tell Devon Gilfillian KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	7 spins
8	Masks Off Jesse Welles KRCL, The Current, WXPN	KRCL, The Current, WXPN	7 spins
9	Little Wide Open Kevin Morby KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	7 spins
10	Lost Weekend Phoebe Bridgers KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	6 spins
11	I Must Be Dreaming Alabama Shakes KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	5 spins
12	YEARNALISM Baby Rose KEXP, KUTX, The Current	KEXP, KUTX, The Current	5 spins
13	Romanticize The Dive Metric KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	5 spins
14	Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall Caroline Rose KEXP, KUTX, WXPN	KEXP, KUTX, WXPN	4 spins
15	This Mirror Weighs A Ton Interpol KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	4 spins
16	Charm Clairo KEXP, KRCL, WXPN	KEXP, KRCL, WXPN	3 spins
17	Creature of Habit Courtney Barnett KRCL, KUTX, WXPN	KRCL, KUTX, WXPN	3 spins
18	Helado Tropical Helado Tropical KCRW, KEXP, The Current	KCRW, KEXP, The Current	3 spins
19	Metallica Metallica KEXP, The Current, WXPN	KEXP, The Current, WXPN	3 spins
20	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Spoon KRCL, KUTX, WXPN	KRCL, KUTX, WXPN	3 spins
21	Peaches! The Black Keys KRCL, The Current, WXPN	KRCL, The Current, WXPN	3 spins
22	Frozen Charlotte Jack White KUTX, The Current	KUTX, The Current	8 spins
23	new avatar Kelela KCRW, The Current	KCRW, The Current	8 spins
24	Cry Baby Vince Staples KUTX, The Current	KUTX, The Current	7 spins
25	The Womack Sisters The Womack Sisters KUTX, WXPN	KUTX, WXPN	6 spins
26	Pylon beabadoobee The Current, WXPN	The Current, WXPN	5 spins
27	Wowed Out Jim James KUTX, The Current	KUTX, The Current	5 spins
28	Sunshine Jungle KEXP, KUTX	KEXP, KUTX	5 spins
29	Role Model Hermit mary in the junkyard KEXP, WXPN	KEXP, WXPN	5 spins
30	you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love Olivia Rodrigo The Current, WXPN	The Current, WXPN	5 spins