This week, as we continue to post KEXP DJs’ Top 10 Albums of 2015 lists, we also want to share the favorites of KEXP's staff, volunteers and interns, the many many dedicated people who work behind the scenes at KEXP, and who are all passionate music fans themselves. We've already shared Part 1 and Part 2, which you can view here and here. Today, you'll find even more! And be sure to check out what KEXP listeners voted as their Top 90.3 Albums of 2015 here.
Alli Adamonis
KEXP Donor Services Manager
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Jamie xx
In Colour
Young Turks
FKA twigs
M3LL155X
Young Turks
D'Angelo and The Vanguard
Black Messiah
RCA
BRAIDS
Deep in the Iris
Arbutus
Grimes
Art Angels
4AD
Majical Cloudz
Are You Alone?
Matador
Shamir
Ratchet
XL
Miguel
Wildheart
RCA/Bystorm
Panda Bear
Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
Domino
Megan Ternes
Front Desk Volunteer
Shana Cleveland & the Sandcastles
Oh Man, Cover the Ground
Suicide Squeeze
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
Chastity Belt
Time to Go Home
Hardly Art
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Style
Matador
Childbirth
Women's Rights
Suicide Squeeze
Protomartyr
Agent Intellect
Hardly Art
Hibou
Hibou
Barsuk
Beach House
Depression Cherry
Sub Pop
Hannah Violet
Front Desk Volunteer
Joanna Newsom
Divers
Drag City
Julia Holter
Have You In My Wilderness
Domino
Björk
Vulnicura
One Little Indian
Chastity Belt
Time To Go Home
Hardly Art
Jamie XX
In Colour
Young Turks
THEESatisfaction
EarthEE
Sub Pop
Sick Sad World
Fear and Lies
Help Yourself
White Poppy
Natural Phenomena
Not Not Fun
Briana Marela
All Around Us
Jagjaguwar
Lower Dens
Escape From Evil
Ribbon Music
Mac Demarco // photo by Dave Lichterman
Nikhil Sarma
Production Intern
Mac Demarco
Another One
Captured Tracks
Blond:ish
Welcome To The Present
Kompakt
Fouk
Kill Frenzy EP
Heist Recordings
Jack J
Thirstin'
Future Times
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Style
Matador
Childbirth
Women's Rights
Suicide Squeeze Records
Various Artists
Volume II
Bedroomer
A Tribe Called Quest
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (25th Anniversary Edition)
Sony Legacy
Pender Street Steppers
MH008
Mood Hut
Sick Sad World
Fear and Lies
Help Yourself
Sharon Branson
Front Desk, Programming Assistant, DJ Assistant
Belle and Sebastian
Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance
Matador
Bob Moses
Days Gone By
Domino
The Arcs
Yours, Dreamily
Nonesuch
El Vy
Return To The Moon
4AD
Foals
What Went Down
Warner Bros.
Chemical Brothers
Born In The Echoes
Capitol
Lost Lander
Medallion
Self-Released
The Twilight Sad
Òran Mór Session
FatCat
Sufjan Stevens
Carrie & Lowell
Asthmatic Kitty
Small Feet
From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like The Ocean
Barsuk
McKenna Haley
Community Partnership/Events Intern
Mount Eerie
Sauna
P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.
Björk
Vulnicura
One Little Indian
Beach House
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Sub Pop
Homeshake
Midnight Snack
Sinderlyn
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Mikal Cronin
MCIII
Merge
Fuzz
II
In The Red
Sick Sad World
Fear And Lies
Help Yourself Records
Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles
Oh Man Cover The Ground
Suicide Squeeze
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
youryoungbody // photo by Melissa Wax
Alexander Barr
Audioasis Research Assistant & DJ Assistant
TRANS FX
Into the Blu
Perennial Death
Nail Polish
Nail Polish
Help Yourself
Molly Nillson
Zenith
Night School
Wimps
Suitcase
Kill Rock Stars
Pure Bathing Culture
Pray For Rain
Partisan
youryoungbody
betrayer
Self Released
Soft Kill
Heresy
No Sun Recordings
G.L.O.S.S.
Demo
Self Released
iji
whatever will happen
Team Love
LUNCH
Let Us Have Madness Openly
Mass Media Records
Tom Wiebe a.k.a yacht rock tom
DJ assistant to Kevin Cole
Midday Veil
This Wilderness
Beyond Beyond is Beyond
Alabama Shakes
Sound and Color
ATO
Beach House
Depression Cherry
Sub Pop
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and think, Sometimes I just Sit
Mom+Pop Music
Ought
Sun Coming Down
Constellation
Destroyer
Poison Season
Merge
Deerhunter
Fading Frontier
4AD
Thee Oh Sees
Mutilator Defeated At Last
Castle Face
Father John Misty
I Love You, Honeybear
Sub Pop
Todd Hochradel
DJ Assistant, Podcast & Licensing Intern
DJ Richard
Grind
Dial
Steve Hauschildt
Where All Is Fled
Kranky
Oneohtrix Point Never
Garden of Delete
Warp
Grimes
Art Angels
4AD
M.E.S.H.
Pietous Gate
PAN
Julien Baker
Sprained Ankle
6131 Records
Deafheaven
New Bermuda
ANTI-
Jamie XX
In Colour
Young Turks
Childbirth
Women's Rights
Suicide Squeeze
Björk
Vulnicura
One Little Indian
Young Fathers // photo by Amber Knecht
Alaia D'Alessandro
Board Operator, Production Intern
Destroyer
Poison Season
Merge
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Young Fathers
White Men Are Black Men Too
BIG Dada
Ezra Furman
Perpetual Motion People
Bella Union
Shamir
Ratchet
XL
My Morning Jacket
Waterfall
Capitol
Royal Headache
High
What's Your Rupture
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Bomba Estereo
Amanecer
Sony
William James Brown
Production Intern
Thee Oh Sees
Mutilator Defeated at Last
Castle Face
Mike Krol
Turkey
Merge
Deerhunter
Fading Frontier
4AD
Broncho
Just Hip Enough To Be Woman
Dine Alone
Viet Cong
Viet Cong
Jagjaguwar
Blood Drugs
Blood Drugs
Good To Die
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
Miley Cyrus + The Flaming Lips
Miley Cyrus And Her Dead Petz
Smiley Miley Inc.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
ATO
Lightning Bolt
Fantasy Empire
Thrill Jockey
Dylan Flesch
Librarian / Licensing & Podcasting Coordinator
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
Alabama Shakes
Sound & Color
ATO
Grimes
Art Angels
4AD
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Wilco
Star Wars
Self-released
Kurt Vile
b'lieve i'm goin down
Matador
Happyness
Weird Little Birthday
Bar/None
Torres
Sprinter
Partisan
Mac Demarco
Another One
Captured Tracks
Mommy Long Legs // photo by Greg Stonebraker
Dylan Flesch
Librarian / Licensing & Podcasting Coordinator
Mommy Long Legs
Life Rips
Self-released
Built To Spill
Untethered Moon
Warner Bros.
THEESatisfaction
EarthEE
Sub Pop
Car Seat Headrest
Teens Of Style
Matador
Sick Sad World
Fear and Lies
Help Yourself
Wimps
Suitcase
Kill Rock Stars
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Multi-Love
Jagjaguwar
Chastity Belt
Time to Go Home
Hardly Art
Father John Misty
I Love You, Honeybear
Sub Pop
Grace Love and The True Loves
Grace Love and The True Loves
Self-released
Rischel Granquist
Manager of Administrative Services
The Weeknd
Beauty Behind The Madness
XO/Republic
Björk
Vulnicura
One Little Indian
Major Lazer
Peace Is The Mission
Mad Decent
Grimes
Art Angels
4AD
Tame Impala
Currents
Modular
Bomba Estereo
Amancer
Sony
Brandi Carlile
The Firewatcher's Daughter
ATO
Kasey Musgraves
Pageant Material
Mercury
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
Surf
Self-Released
Jose Gonzales
Vestiges & Claws
Mute
Chris Kellogg
Operations Manager of Programming and Production
Thee Oh Sees
Mutilator Defeated at Last
Castle Face
Ought
Sun Coming Down
Constellation Records
Best Coast
California Nights
Harvest
Ryan Adams
1989
Pax-Am
Kurt Vile
B'lieve I'm Going Down
Matador
Telekinesis
Ad Infinitum
Merge
La Luz
Weirdo Shrine
Hardly Art
Male Gaze
Gale Maze
Castle Face
Built to Spill
Untethered Moon
Warner Bros.
Ryan Adams
Ten Songs from Carnegie Hall
Pax-Am
Viet Cong // photo by Brittney Bollay
Cyrus Despres
Manager of Information Technology
Father John Misty
I Love You, Honeybear
Sub Pop
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Wimps
Suitcase
Kill Rock Stars
Colleen
Captain of None
Thrill Jockey
Kamasi Washington
The Epic
Brainfeeder
Red Sea
In the Salon LP & Yardsticks for Human Intelligence EP
Bayonet Records
Viet Cong
Viet Cong
Jagjaguwar
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Multi-Love
Jagjaguwar
Royal Headache
High
What's Your Rupture?
Charles Cohen
Brother I Prove You Wrong
Morphine Records
Rob Bender
Senior Account Executive, Business Support & Sponsorship
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Interscope/Aftermath
Kurt Vile
b'lieve i'm goin down...
Matador
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
Fuzz
II
In the Red
Titus Andronicus
The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Merge
Ought
Sun Coming Down
Constellation Records
Thee Oh Sees
Mutilator Defeated at Last
Castle Face
Doomtree
All Hands
Doomtree Records
Desaparecidos
Payola
Epitaph
Big Grams
Big Grams
Epic
Jon Joslin
DJ Assistant
Funkstörung
Funkstörung
Monkeytown
Miguel
Wildheart
RCA
Portico
Living Fields
Ninja Tune
Claptone
Charmer
Different Recordings
Blackalicious
Imani Vol. 1
OGM Recordings
Low
Ones And Sixes
Sub Pop
A$AP Rocky
At. Long. Last. ASAP
RCA
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Beach House
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Sub Pop
Nocturnal Sunshine
Nocturnal Sunshine
I/AM/ME
The Tallest Man on Earth // photo by Dave Lichterman
For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2015. Click here to check out other lists from our DJs, staff, volunteers, and interns, and click here to see the Top 90.3 Albums of 2015, as voted on by KEXP listeners!
For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2015. Click here to check out other lists from our DJs, staff, volunteers, and interns, and click here to see the Top 90.3 Albums of 2015, as voted on by KEXP listeners!
