August 22, 2026

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

Public radio chart, August 22, 2026
Rank	Album	Stations	Spins
1	Oh Yeah? Steve Lacy KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	8 spins
2	Happiness Anytime Leon Bridges KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	7 spins
3	Lost Weekend Phoebe Bridgers KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	7 spins
4	Little Wide Open Kevin Morby KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	6 spins
5	Time Will Tell Devon Gilfillian KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	9 spins
6	Middle of Nowhere Kacey Musgraves KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	7 spins
7	Foreign Tongues The Rolling Stones KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	7 spins
8	Dopamine Chamber Fontaines D.C. KEXP, KUTX, WXPN	KEXP, KUTX, WXPN	6 spins
9	Show Me Thao KEXP, KUTX, The Current	KEXP, KUTX, The Current	6 spins
10	I Must Be Dreaming Alabama Shakes KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	5 spins
11	Frozen Charlotte Jack White KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	5 spins
12	Reality Awaits The Strokes KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	5 spins
13	Ride Lonesome Beck KCRW, The Current, WXPN	KCRW, The Current, WXPN	4 spins
14	This Mirror Weighs A Ton Interpol KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	4 spins
15	London Calling The Clash KUTX, The Current, WXPN	KUTX, The Current, WXPN	3 spins
16	Masks Off Jesse Welles The Current, WXPN	The Current, WXPN	5 spins
17	Sunshine Jungle KCRW, KUTX	KCRW, KUTX	5 spins
18	Blowin' Up Kiwi Jr. The Current, WXPN	The Current, WXPN	5 spins
19	Megasound Megasound KUTX, The Current	KUTX, The Current	5 spins
20	Over Before You Know It Michigander The Current, WXPN	The Current, WXPN	5 spins
21	you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love Olivia Rodrigo The Current, WXPN	The Current, WXPN	5 spins
22	Cry Baby Vince Staples KUTX, The Current	KUTX, The Current	5 spins
23	YEARNALISM Baby Rose KUTX, The Current	KUTX, The Current	4 spins
24	I Built You A Tower Death Cab For Cutie The Current, WXPN	The Current, WXPN	4 spins
25	bitknot feeble little horse KUTX, The Current	KUTX, The Current	4 spins
26	Wowed Out Jim James KUTX, The Current	KUTX, The Current	4 spins
27	Romanticize The Dive Metric The Current, WXPN	The Current, WXPN	4 spins
28	The Womack Sisters The Womack Sisters KUTX, WXPN	KUTX, WXPN	4 spins
29	You're Gonna Need A Little Music Yard Act KUTX, WXPN	KUTX, WXPN	4 spins
30	Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall Caroline Rose KUTX, WXPN	KUTX, WXPN	3 spins