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!
Sturgill Simpson // photo by Kristina Moravec (view set)
Don Slack's 2014 Top Ten Albums
| rank | artist | album | label |
| 10 | Cloud Nothings | Here And Nowhere Else | Carpark |
| 9 | Run The Jewels | Run The Jewels 2 | Mass Appeal |
| 8 | Sun Kil Moon | Benji | Caldo Verde |
| 7 | YG | My Krazy Life | Def Jam |
| 6 | Strand of Oaks | Heal | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | FKA twigs | LP1 | Young Turks |
| 4 | Ty Segall | Manipulator | Drag City |
| 3 | Cymbals Eat Guitars | Lose | Barsuk |
| 2 | Angaleena Presley | American Middle Class | Slate Creek |
| 1 | Sturgill Simpson | Metamodern Sounds in Country Music | High Top Mountain |
Don Slack is the host of Swingin’ Doors, airing Thursday nights, 6-9PM.
In the late '80s, three fellas outta Illinois — Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn — formed the influential alt-country band Uncle Tupelo. When the band broke up in 1994, Farrar went on to form Son Volt, while Tweedy created Wilco. Tonight, Thursday, February 26th, all those branches of the …
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!
