For the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing with you KEXP DJs’ Top 10 Albums of 2015 lists, and last Friday, we counted down KEXP listeners’ top 90.3 albums of 2015 (see the results here). 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. Today, we are sharing some of their lists with you.
Greta Heller
DJ Assistant for Cheryl Waters
& in-studio hospitality
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Wolf Alice
My Love is Cool
RCA
Father John Misty
I Love you, Honeybear
Sub Pop
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Multi-Love
Jagjaguwar
Deerhunter
Fading Frontier
4AD
Jacco Gardner
Hypnophobia
Polyvinyl
Torres
Sprinter
Partisan
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Paper Mache Dream Balloon
ATO
Django Django
Born Under Saturn
Because Music
Hippo Campus
Bashful Creatures
Grand Jury
Sara Green Williams
Controller & Director of Human Resources
Radkey
Dark Black Makeup
Little Man Records
The Dead Weather
Dodge & Burn
Third Man
JD McPherson
Let The Good Times Roll
Rounder Records
Denver Broncos UK (DBUK)
Songs 1 Through 8
SCAC Unincorporated
Dorthia Cottrell
Self-Titled
Forcefield Records
Gill Landry
Self-Titled
ATO Records
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Self-Titled
Stax Records
Róisín Murphy
Hairless Toys
Play It Again Sam
Grace Love & The True Loves
Self-Titled
Self-Released
Ex's With Benefits
Bad Hotel
Self-Released
Jackson Long
Audio Engineer & Producer
Leon Bridges
Coming Home
Columbia
The Sonics
This is the Sonics
Re>> >>Vox
Best Coast
California Nights
Harvest/Capitol
Death Cab For Cutie
Kintsugi
Atlantic
Sleater-Kinney
No Cities To Love
Sub Pop
Wilco
Star Wars
dBpm Records
METZ
II
Sub Pop
Seapony
A Vision
self-released
Parquet Courts
Content Nausea
What's Your Rupture
Mikal Cronin
MCIII
Merge
Kendrick Lamar // photo by Matthew B. Thompson
Brian Hill
Music and Business Support
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Jamie XX
In Colour
Young Turks
Drake
If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Cash Money/Young Money/OVO Sound/Republic
Chastity Belt
Time To Go Home
Hardly Art
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Protomartyr
The Agent Intellect
Hardly Art
Kurt Vile
b'lieve i'm goin down
Matador
Doomtree
All Hands
Doomtree
Viet Cong
Viet Cong
Jagjaguwar/Flemish Eye
Maribou State
Portraits
Counter
Van Wolfe
DJ Assistant for Cheryl Waters
Envy
Atheist's Cornea
Temporary Residence
Deafheaven
New Bermuda
Anti-
Mylets
Arizona
Sargent House
Lo' There Do I See My Brother
Northern Shore
Self-Released
Torres
Sprinter
Partisan Records
Chelsea Wolfe
Abyss
Sargent House
The Ghost Ease
RAW
Cabin Games
Death Grips
The Powers That B
Harvest Records
Holly Herndon
Platform
Resident Advisor
Mew
+ -
Play It Again Sam
Jay Kardong
Applications Developer
Jason Isbell
Something More Than Free
Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers
Josh Ritter
Sermon on the Rocks
Pytheas Recordings /Thirty Tigers
Caitlin Canty
Reckless Skyline
Self-Released
Jeffrey Foucault
Salt as Wolves
Signature Sounds
Beach House
Depression Cherry
Sub Pop
Long Dark Moon
Mythologies
Factory Belt
Patty Griffin
Servant Of Love
Thirty Tigers
Fernando
Leave The Radio On
Fluff & Gravy
Widower
Dark Blue
Self-Released
Mike Giacolino
Broken Roads
Self-Released
Dan Deacon // photo by Dave Lichterman
Evelynn Kaplan
Former Major Giving Intern/Major Giving Volunteer
Ought
Sun Coming Down
Constellation Records
Shamir
Ratchet
XL Recordings
Beach House
Depression Cherry
Sub Pop
Dan Deacon
Gliss Riffer
Domino
Jamie xx
In Colour
Young Turks
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Style
Matador
Alabama Shakes
Sound & Color
ATO
José González
Vestiges and Claws
Imperial Recordings
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
EL VY
Return to the Moon
4AD
Lisa LeClair
Front Desk Volunteer
Sleater-Kinney
No Cities To Love
Sub Pop
The Arcs
Yours, Dreamily
Nonesuch
Lord Huron
Strange Trails
Iamsound
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
JD McPherson
Let The Good Times Roll
Rounder
Pony Time
Rumours 2: The Rumours Are True
Self-Released
The Dead Weather
Dodge and Burn
Third Man
Pokey LaFarge
Something In The Water
Rounder
Deep Creep
Deep Creep
Self-Released
Childbirth
Women's Rights
Suicide Squeeze
Carol DuPuis
Account Executive - Business Support
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
Father John Misty
I Love You, Honeybear
Sub Pop
El Vy
Return To The Moon
4AD
Leon Bridges
Coming Home
Columbia
Jamie XX
In Color
Young Turks
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Multi-Love
Jagjaguwar
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Deer Hunter
Fading Frontier
4AD
Beach House
Depression Cherry
Sub Pop
Wolf Alice
My Love is Cool
RCA
Rose Windows // photo by Amber Knecht
Tim Gordon
Tuesday Morning Front Desk Volunteer
Father John Misty
I Love You, Honeybear
Sub Pop
Tame Impala
Currents
Modular Recordings
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
Aftermath/Interscope
Alabama Shakes
Sound and Color
ATO
Jason Isbell
Something More Than Free
Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers
Sufjan Stevens
Carrie & Lowell
Asthmatic Kitty
Rose Windows
Rose Windows
Sub Pop
Beirut
No No No
4AD
Deerhunter
Fading Frontier
4AD
Wolf Alice
My Love is Cool
RCA
Geran Landen
Blog Writer
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Mom + Pop
Pond
Man It Feels Like Space Again
Modular
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
Surf
Self-Released
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Quarters
Castle Face
Vince Staples
Summertime '06
Def Jam
Wolf Alice
My Love Is CoolRCA
Toro y Moi
What For?
Carpark
Fox and The Law
The Trouble With People
Self-Released
Gerrit Feenstra
Blog Writer
Liturgy
The Ark Work
Thrill Jockey
Tame Impala
Currents
Interscope
Jamie xx
In Colour
Young Turks
Sufjan Stevens
Carrie & Lowell
Asthmatic Kitty
Vince Staples
Summertime '06
Def Jam
New Order
Music Complete
Mute
Shlohmo
Dark Red
True Panther
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Hudson Mohawke
Lantern
Warp
METZ
II
Sub Pop
EL VY // photo by Amber Knecht
Amber Knecht
Photographer
Will Butler
Policy
Merge
Lord Huron
Strange Trails
Iamsound
Patrick Watson
Love Songs For Robots
Domino
FIDLAR
Too
Mom + Pop
EL VY
Return To The Moon
4AD
METZ
II
Sub Pop
Rocky Votolato
Hospital Handshakes
No Sleep Records
Ryan Adams
1989
Blue Note
Mikal Cronin
MCIII
Merge
Sufjan Stevens
Carrie & Lowell
Asthmatic Kitty
Katrina Harvie-Watt
Major Gift Officer
Jamie XX
In Color
Young Turks
Foals
What Went Down
Transgressive - Warner Bros.
EL VY
Return to the Moon
4AD
New Order
Music Complete
Traffic Inc.
Lord Huron
Strange Trails
Iamsound Records
Deerhunter
Fading Frontier
4AD
Telekinesis
Ad Infinitum
Merge Records
Leon Bridges
Coming Home
Columbia
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Fashion
Matador
Chvrches
Every Open Eye
Glassnote
Vince Mayo
Development Assistant for Major Giving
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Lil Dicky
Professional Rapper
Self-Released
Purity Ring
Another Eternity
4AD
Lupe Fiasco
Tetsuo & Youth
Atlantic Records/1st & 15th Entertainment
Chris Stapleton
Traveller
Mercury
Jamie xx
In Colour
Young Turks
Vince Staples
Summertime '06
Def Jam
Hudson Mohawke
Lantern
Warp
Beat Connection
Product 3
Anti-
Dan Deacon
Glass Riffer
Domino
Ought // photo by Tori Dickson
Tim Johnstone
Financial Coordinator
Modest Mouse
Strangers To Ourselves
Epic
Ought
Sun Coming Down
Constellation Records
Speedy Ortiz
Foil Deer
Carpark
Happyness
Weird Little Birthday
Bar/None
Protomartyr
The Agent Intellect
Hardly Art
Kurt Vile
b'lieve i'm goin down
Matador
Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles
Oh Man, Cover The Ground
Suicide Squeeze
Wolf Alice
My Love Is Cool
RCA
Palehound
Dry Food
Exploding In Sound
Fuzz
II
In The Red
Jake Uitti
Blog Writer
Pure Ups
All Flowing
Self-Released
Caspar Babypants
Beatles Baby!
Self-Released
Stereo Embers
Code of the Sound
Self-Released
Grace Love and the True Loves
Grace Love and the True Loves
Self-Released
Lemolo
Red Right Return
Self-Released
The Honorable Chief
The Honorable Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo
Self-Released
La Luz
Weirdo Shrine
Hardly Art
Industrial Revelation
Liberation & the Kingdom of Nri
Self-released
The Hoot Hoots
COLORPUNCH
Self-Released
Corespondents
lolcats
Self-Released
Terrance Robinson
DJ Assistant for DJ Miss Ashley
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
Top Dawg Entertainment
OCnotes
Color Wheel
HomeSkillet Records
10.4 ROG
the Vibe Continuum
self released
OK
Escape from Tomorrow
Rare Nnudes
Dex Amora & goldenbeets
Ai Level
everydejavu
Bryce Bowden & Prospect
Quality Over Quantity 2
Honor Roll
Zuke Saga
Megalon
everydejavu
J'Von & Ackryte
Raw Sheep
Cascade Records
La Luz
Weirdo Shrine
Hardly Art
dinoDNA
songs from my new matress
Rare Nnudes
Waxahatchee // photo by Bebe Labree Besch
Marcus Shriver
Business Support Intern
Waxahatchee
Ivy Tripp
Merge
Joey Bada$$
B4.DA.$$
Cinematic Music Group
Laura Stevenson
Cocksure
Don Giovanni Records
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
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, leading up to our 2015 90.3 Top Album Countdown on Friday, December 18! Tune in to make sure your favorites made the list!
