Phantogram // photo by Matthew B. Thompson
For the last two weeks, we've been sharing with you KEXP DJs' Top Ten Albums of 2014 lists, but KEXP is also supported by many dedicated people who work behind the scenes as staff, volunteers and interns, and who are all passionate music fans themselves. Below, you can see what they chose for their Top Ten Albums of 2014.
You still have time to vote for your own Top Ten Albums of 2014! VOTE HERE by 6PM on Tuesday, December 16, and then tune in to KEXP on Friday, December 19, starting at 10AM, to hear the entire countdown of KEXP listeners' top albums of 2014.
Ann Allen
DJ Assistant for Kevin Cole
Real Estate
Atlas
Domino
Jungle
Jungle
XL
Temples
Sun Structures
Fat Possum
Woods
With Light and With Love
Woodsist
Ty Segall
Manipulator
Drag City
Mac Demarco
Salad Days
Captured Tracks
The War on Drugs
Lost in the Dream
Secretly Canadian
Phantogram
Voices
Republic
ODESZA
In Return
Counter Records
We Were Promised Jet Packs
Unravelling
FatCat
Graham Amsden
Financial Coordinator
Mac DeMarco
Salad Days
Captured Tracks
Chad VanGaalen
Shrink Dust
Sub Pop
Angel Olsen
Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Jagjaguwar
Shabazz Palaces
Lese Majesty
Sub Pop
Alvvays
Alvvays
Polyvinyl
Les Sins
Michael
Company Records
Parquet Courts
Sunbathing Animal
What's Your Rupture?
Avi Buffalo
At Best Cuckold
Sub Pop
Juan Wauters
N.A.P. North American Poetry
Captured Tracks
King Tuff
Black Moon Spell
Sub Pop
Wussy // photo by Brady Harvey
Jim Beckmann
Online Content Manager / Senior Video Producer
Wussy
Attica!
Shake It Records
Ty Segall
Manipulator
Drag City
The War on Drugs
Lost in the Dream
Secretly Canadian
Sólstafir
Ótta
Season of Mist
Parquet Courts
Sunbathing Animal
What's Your Rupture?
Low Roar
0
Tonequake Records
Big Ups
Eighteen Hours of Static
Dead Labour
The Barr Brothers
Sleeping Operator
Secret City Records
The Orwells
Disgraceland
Atlantic / Canvasback
Thee Oh Sees
Drop
Castle Face
Roxy Boggio
DJ Assistant for Cheryl Waters/Programming Assistant
The Unicorns
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Caterpillar Records (Reissue)
Kevin Morby
Still Life
Woodsist
The Growlers
Chinese Fountain
Everloving Records
Wimps
Repeat
End of Time Records
Cherry Glazerr
Haxel Princess
Burger
The Shivas
You Know What To Do
K
Shintaro Sakamoto
Let's Dance Raw
Other Music Recording Co.
Zig Zags
Zig Zags
In the Red
Posse
Soft Opening
Beating A Dead Horse
Caribou
Our Love
Merge
Alaia D'Alessandro
Creative Production Intern and DJ Assistant for Larry Rose
Temples
Sun Restructured
Heavenly
King Tuff
Black Moon Spell
Sub Pop
AJ Davila
Terror Amor
Burger Records
Deerhoof
La Isla Bonita
Polyvinyl
Julian Casablancas and The Voidz
Tyranny
Cult Records
Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
Midnight Sun
Chimera Music
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Give the People What They Want
Daptone Records
tUnE-yArDs
Nikki Nack
4AD
La Sera
Hour of the Dawn
Hardly Art
Perfect Pussy
Say Yes To Love
Sswampzz
Perfume Genius // photo by Morgen Schuler
Cyrus Despres
Manager of Information Technology
Run the Jewels
RTJ2
Mass Appeal
Flying Lotus
You're Dead
Warp
Perfume Genius
Too Bright
Turnstile
Ty Segall
Manipulator
Drag City
Eno / Hyde
High Life
Warp
Parquet Courts
Sunbathing Animal
What's Your Rupture?
Chad VanGaalen
Shrink Dust
Sub Pop
Mac DeMarco
Salad Days
Captured Tracks
The Men
Tomorrow's Hits
Sacred Bones
Moodymann
Moodymann
KDJ
Sam Dunnington
Development Communications Intern
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
Loma Vista/Republic
Angel Olsen
Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Jagjaguwar
FKA Twigs
LP1
Young Turks
Perfume Genius
Too Bright
Matador
Drake
Nothing Was The Same
Cash Money
Sun Kil Moon
Benji
Caldo Verde Records
Open Mike Eagle
Dark Comedy
Mello Music Group
Spoon
They Want My Soul
Loma Vista
Run The Jewels
Run The Jewels 2
Mass Appeal
Future
Honest
Epic
Carol DuPuis
A.E. Business Support
Elbow
The Take Off and Landing Of Everything
Fiction
The War On Drugs
Lost in the Dream
Secretly Canadian
Alt-J
This Is All Yours
Infectious Music
Thom Yorke
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
self-released
The Barr Brothers
Sleeping Operator
Secret City
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
Loma Vista/Republic
Beck
Morning Phase
Capitol
Temples
Sun Structures
Heavenly
Little Dragon
Nabuma Rubberband
Loma Vista
First Aid Kit
Stay Gold
Columbia
Meagan Dupre
Front Desk Assistant
Alt-J
This Is All Yours
Infectious Records
Lo Fang
Blue Film
4AD
FKA Twigs
LP1
Young Turks
Hozier
Hozier
Island Records
Broods
Evergreen
Universal
Sir Sly
You Haunt Me
Interscope Records
Vance Joy
Dream Your Life Away
Atlantic Records
Caribou
Our Love
City Slang Worldwide
Spoon
They Want My Soul
Loma Vista Recordings
Perfume Genius
Too Bright
Matador Records
The War on Drugs with Cheryl Waters // photo by Renata Steiner
Gerrit Feenstra
Blog Contributor
Shabazz Palaces
Les Majesty
Sub Pop
The War on Drugs
Lost in the Dream
Secretly Canadian
Operators
EP1
self-released
Future Islands
Singles
4AD
Thom Yorke
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
self-released
Run the Jewels
Run the Jewels 2
Mass Appeal
Lykke Li
I Never Learn
Atlantic
Mac DeMarco
Salad Days
Captured Tracks
Tinashe
Aquarius
RCA
Fucked Up
Glass Boys
Matador
Lizzy Rose Flores
Traffic Assistant
The Skull Defekts
Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown
Thrill Jockey
Oskar Schuster
Sneeuwland
self-released
Wolves in the Throne Room
Celestite
Artemisia Records
Shellac
Dude Incredible
Touch & Go
Israel Nash
Israel Nash’s Rain Plans
Continental
Zig Zags
Zig Zags
In The Red
Lusine
Arterial
Ghostly
Sun Glitters
Scattered Into Light
Mush Records
Ty Segall
Manipulator
Drag City
Swans
To Be Kind
Mute
Andrew Franks
Videographer
Jungle
Jungle
XL Recordings
RAC
Strangers
Interscope
MØ
No Mythologies to Follow
RCA
Röyksopp
The Inevitable End
Wall of Sound
Chromeo
White Woman
Atlantic
SBTRKT
Wonder Where We Land
Young Turks
ODESZA
In Return
Counter Records
Sylvan Esso
Sylvan Esso
Partisan
Lyla Foy
Mirrors the Sky
Sub Pop
Flying Lotus
You're Dead!
Warp
Atticus George-Andrijeski
DJ Assistant and Development Intern
Phantogram
Voices
Republic
alt-J
This is All Yours
Infectious
Hundred Waters
The Moon Rang Like a Bell
OWSLA
Chet Faker
Built on Glass
Future Classic
Tom Vek
Luck
Moshi Moshi
Liars
Mess
Mute
Beck
Morning Phase
Capitol
Total Control
Typical System
Iron Lung
Warpaint
Warpaint
Rough Trade
Jamie T
Carry on the Grudge
Virgin
Temples // photo by Dave Lichterman
Rischel Granquist
Manager of Administrative Services
Temples
Sun Structures
Fat Possum
Ty Seagall
Manipulator
Drag City
The New Pornographers
Brill Bruisers
Matador
Taylor Swift
1989
Big Machine
The Both
The Both
Superego
Phantogram
Voices
Republic
Imogen Heap
Sparks
RCA
Sia
1000 Forms of Fear
RCA
First Aid Kit
Stay Gold
Columbia
Wampire
Bazaar
Polyvinyl
Jon Hamilton
DJ Assistant for the Monday Afternoon Show
Jack White
Lazaretto
Third Man Records/Columbia
Beck
Morning Phase
Capitol
Jesus Sons
Jesus Sons
Mock Records
Kishi Bashi
Lighght
Joyful Noise
Jenny Lewis
the Voyager
Warner Brothers
Ty Segall
Manipulator
Drag City
Meatbodies
Meatbodies
In the Red
Conor Oberst
Upside Down Mountain
Nonesuch
Thee Oh Sees
Drop
Castle Face
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
Loma Vista/Republic
Katrina Harvie-Watt
Major Gifts Officer
Augustines
Augustines
Votiv
Alt-J
This is All Yours
Infectious Records
Phantogram
Voices
Republic
Glass Animals
ZABA
Harvest
Strand of Oaks
Heal
Dead Oceans
Perfume Genius
Too Bright
Matador
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Only Run
self-released
First Aid Kit
Stay Gold
Columbia
The Black Keys
Turn Blue
Nonesuch
Drowners
Drowners
Frenchkiss
Greta Heller
KEXP Business Support Intern and DJ Assistant
Bod
Party Drug
Swoon Records
Perfume Genius
Too Bright
Matador
The New Pornographers
Bill Bruisers
Matador
Cataldo
Guilded Oldies
self-released
Jungle
Jungle
XL
jj
V
Secretly Canadian
Zola Jesus
Taiga
Mute
Caribou
Our Love
Merge
Museum of Love
Museum of Love
DFA
tUnE-yArDs
Nikki Nack
4AD
Brian Hill
Music and Business Support
Cloud Nothings
Here and Nowhere Else
Carpark Records
FKA Twigs
LP1
Young Turks
Mac DeMarco
Salad Days
Captured Tracks
Run the Jewels
Run the Jewels 2
Mass Appeal
Dreamsalon
Soft Stab
Sweet Rot Records
Warpaint
Warpaint
Rough Trade
Todd Terje
It's Album Time
Olsen Records
GOAT
Commune
Sup Pop
Caribou
Our Love
Merge
The War on Drugs
Lost in the Dream
Secretly Canadian
Strand of Oaks // photo by Renata Steiner
Susan Hood
Blog Volunteer
Bob Mould
Beauty & Ruin
Merge
Ex Hex
Rips
Merge
Ty Segall
Manipulator
Drag City
Strand of Oaks
Heal
Dead Oceans
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Give the People What They Want
Daptone
Parquet Courts
Sunbathing Animal
What's Your Rupture?
The New Pornographers
Brill Bruisers
Matador
Temples
Sun Structures
Fat Possum
Phantogram
Voices
Republic
Foxygen
And Star Power
Jagjaguwar
Jay Kardong
Software Engineer
Sturgill Simpson
Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
High Top Mountain
Daniel Lanois
Flesh and Machine Plus Songs I Love
Red Floor Records
Shakey Graves
And the War Came
Dualtone
First Aid Kit
Stay Gold
Columbia
Maggie Bjorklund
Shaken
Bloodshot
Beck
Morning Phase
Capitol
Woods
With Light and With Love
Woodsist
Steelism
615 to Fame
Single Lock Records
Shovels & Rope
Swimmin' Time
Dualtone
Tomo Nakayama
Fog On The Lens
self-released
Chris Kellogg
Operations Manager, Programming and Production
Ty Segall
The Manipulator
Drag City
Thee Oh Sees
Drop
Castle Face
The Donkeys
Ride the Black Wave
Easy Sound Recording Co.
The Barr Brothers
Sleeping Operator
Secret City
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Singer's Grave A Sea of Tongues
Drag City
Pete Molinari
Theosophy
Clarksville Recordings
Meatbodies
Meatbodies
In the Red
The Horrors
Luminous
XL
Tacocat
NVM
Hardly Art
Diarrhea Planet
Aliens in the Outfield EP
Infinity Cat Recordings
Jackson Long
Audio Engineer
Nick Waterhouse
Holly
Stone's Throw
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Half the City
Single Lock Records
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Give The People What They Want
Daptone
Taylor Swift
1989
Big Machine
Foo Fighters
Sonic Highways
RCA
First Aid Kit
Stay Gold
Columbia
Ryan Adams
s/t
Pax AM
The New Pornographers
Brill Bruisers
Matador
Angel Olsen
Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Jagjaguwar
Jen Wood
Wilderness
New Granada
The Drums // photo by Bebe Labree Besch
Clare McGrane
Licensing/Podcasting Intern
Phantogram
Voices
Republic
Alt-J
This is All Yours
Infectious Music
Lake Street Dive
Bad Self Portraits
Signature Sounds
Childbirth
It’s A Girl!
Help Yourself Records
The Drums
Encyclopedia
Minor Records
Conor Oberst
Upside Down Mountain
Nonesuch
Amy Nygaard
Front Desk Volunteer
The War On Drugs
Lost in a Dream
Secretly Canadian
Metronomy
Love Letters
Because Music
Chromeo
White Women
Atlantic
Pixies
Indie Candy
Pixiemusic
Warpaint
Warpaint
Rough Trade
Taylor Swift
1989
Big Machine Records
Kimbra
The Golden Echo
Warner Bros
Alt-J
This is all yours
Infectious Records
Beck
Morning Phase
Capitol Records
Jack White
Lazaretto
Third Man Records
Charina Pitzel
Photographer / DJ Assistant for Kevin Cole
Mogwai
Rave Tapes
Sub Pop
The Twilight Sad
Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave
Fat Cat
Interpol
El Pintor
Matador
Marissa Nadler
July
Sacred Bones
Stile Antico
From the Imperial Court: Music for the House of Hapsburg
Harmonia Mundi
Sharon Van Etten
Are We There
Jagjaguwar
The War on Drugs
Lost in the Dream
Secretly Canadian
Angela Hewitt
Bach: The Art of Fugue
Hyperion
The Young Evils
False Starts (EP)
No-Count
Johnny Marr
Playland
New Voodoo
Brandon Schoepf
Assistant to the Morning Show
Morrissey
World Peace Is None of Your Business
Harvest
The Faint
Doom Abuse
SQE Music
The New Pornographers
Brill Bruisers
Matador
Total Control
Typical System
Iron Lung Records
Phantogram
Voices
Republic
The Raveonettes
Pe'ahi
The Beat Dies
Iceage
Plowing Into the Field of Love
Matador
Mogwai
Rave Tapes
Rock Action
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
Loma Vista
Perfume Genius
Too Bright
Matador
Kris Orlowski // photo by Morgen Schuler
Jacob Uitti
Blog Writer
Prom Queen
Midnight Veil
self-released
Inly
Inly
self-released
Julia Massey and the Five Finger Discount
A.L.I.T.E.
self-released
Lonesome Shack
More Primitive
Alive Naturalsound
Catskills
Time Away
self-released
The Hoot Hoots
Colorpunch
self-released
Stereo Embers
Stereo Embers
self-released
Kris Orlowski
Believer
self-released
Spekulation
Home of the Mighty
self-released
The Jesus Rehab
The Zoo at Night
self-released
Jeff Vetting
Events and Outreach Manager
Run The Jewels
Run The Jewels 2
Mass Appeal
The Hold Steady
Teeth Dreams
Razor & Tie
How To Dress Well
What Is This Heart
Domino
Rich Gang
Tha Tour Mixtape
Self-released
Ex Hex
Rips
Merge
Ty Segall
Manipulator
Drag City
Chad VanGaalen
Shrink Dust
Sub Pop
Strand of Oaks
Heal
Dead Oceans
Braid
No Coast
Top Shelf
Kithkin
Rituals, Trances & Ecstasies for Humans in Face of The Collapse
For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2014, leading up to our 2014 90.3 Top Album Countdown! Voting ends on Tuesday, December 16th at 6:00 PM PT, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 19th to hear if your picks made the list!
