2025 is behind us, but we're still reeling from all the great music the year gave us. We've already seen top albums from our DJs, but what about the rest of the KEXP staff? Below find lists from the behind-the-scenes crew of KEXP. And don't forget to tune in this Friday, December 19th for the Top Albums of 2025, as voted on by KEXP listeners!
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bon Iver | SABLE, fABLE | Jagjaguwar |
| 2 | Tyler Childers | Snipe Hunter | Hickman Holler |
| 3 | Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Goose | Chain Yer Dragon | No Coincidence Records |
| 5 | Oblé Reed | LINE LEADERS | UndeCurrent |
| 6 | Brandi Carlile | Returning to Myself | Lost Highway Records |
| 7 | Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| 8 | Jason Isbell | Foxes in the Snow | Southeastern |
| 9 | Sam Fender | People Watching | Polydor |
| 10 | Phil Cook | Appalachia Borealis | Psychic Hotline |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Bitch Trio | Now Would Be A Good Time | Jagjaguwar |
| Maddie Jay | I Can Change Your Mind | Real Canadian Cheddar |
| Blondshell | If You Asked For A Picture | Partisan Records |
| Conan Gray | Wishbone | Republic Records |
| Dijon | Baby | R&R/Warner Records |
| Twin Shadow | Georgie | Dom Recs |
| HAIM | I quit | Columbia Records |
| Bad Bunny | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS | Rimas Entertainment |
| Neggy Gemmy | She Comes From Nowhere | Neggy Gemmy |
| Kesha | . | Kesha Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Adrián Quesada | Boleros Psicodélicos II | ATO Records |
| Juana Molina | DOGA | Sonamos |
| Bad Bunny | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS | Rimas |
| Ela Minus | DÍA | Interscope |
| Mengers | Flavio | Self released |
| Depresión Sonora | Depresión Sonora – Los Perros No Entienden Internet (…Y Yo no Entiendo De Sentimientos) | Sonido Muchacho |
| Rusowsky | DAISY | Rusia-IDK/Warner Records |
| Juana Aguirre | Anónimo | Self released |
| Los Thuthanaka | Los Thuthanaka | Self released |
| Lucrecia Dalt | A Danger to Ourselves | RVNG Intl. |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks |
| Snocaps | Snocaps | Anti- |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| The Beths | Straight Line Was A Lie | Anti- |
| Turnstile | Never Enough | Roadrunner Records |
| Alex G | Headlights | RCA |
| Coral Grief | Air Between Us | Suicide Squeeze |
| Wet Leg | moisturizer | Domino |
| Blondshell | If You Asked For A Picture | Partisan |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Childs | The Hash Brown Demos | self-released |
| Ahya Simone | Neptunian Blue | self-released |
| Effie | E | A MASS CULTURE |
| KennyHoopla | rebirth // renaissance | GARBAGEHILL |
| MADMADMAD | Run | Def Pressé |
| Proper Monday Number | Deep clean your house | DFA |
| Skiifall | Lovers Till I’m Gone | self-released |
| Swank Mami | Worldstar | Honeymoon |
| TATYANA | Amour Armour | Sinderlyn |
| Westside Cowboy | This Better Be Something Great | Heist or Hit |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| The Beths | Straight Line Was a Lie | ANTI |
| Tame Impala | Deadbeat | Modular |
| Matt Berninger | Get Sunk | Concord |
| Doves | Constellations for the Lonely | Heavenly |
| Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Bolts | Sub Pop |
| Alan Sparhawk | Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles | Sub Pop |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | SubPop |
| Big Thief | Double Infinity | 4AD |
| Hamilton Leithauser | This Side of the Island | Glassnote |
| Hatchie | Liquorice | Secretly Canadian |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Saya Gray | SAYA | Dirty Hit |
| billy woods | GOLLIWOG | Backwoodz Studioz |
| Wet Leg | moisturizer | Domino |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan |
| Neko Case | Neon Grey Midnight Green | ANTI- |
| Tyler, the Creator | Don't Tap the Glass | Columbia Records |
| Packaging | Packaging | Share It Music |
| Moreish Idols | All In The Game | Speedy Wunderground |
| Ora The Molecule | Dance Therapy | Mute |
| Foxwarren | 2 | ANTI- |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Momma | Welcome to My Blue Sky | Polyvinyl Record Co |
| Wet Leg | moisturizer | Domino Recording Co. |
| Aesop Rock | Black Hole Superette | Rhymesayers Entertainment |
| Alex G | Headlights | RCA Records |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| Tate McRae | So Close to What | RCA Records |
| Lady Gaga | Mayhem | Interscope Records |
| Lola Young | I’m Only F**king Myself | Island Records |
| Suzzallo | The Quiet Year | Thirty Something Records |
| Rocket | R is for Rocket | Transgressive Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Lily Allen | West End Girl | BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited |
| Olivia Dean | The Art of Loving | Capitol Records and Polydor Records |
| Lucy Dacus | Forever Is A Feeling | Geffen Records |
| Hayley Williams | Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party | Post Atlantic |
| Fickle Friends | Fickle Friends | Palmeira Music |
| Wolf Alice | The Clearing | Columbia Records |
| Balu Brigada | Portal | WM Australia |
| The Beths | Straight Line Was A Lie | ANTI- |
| ROLE MODEL | Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye) | Interscope Records |
| Wet Leg | moisturizer | Domino Recording Company |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub Pop |
| The Beths | Straight Line Was a Lie | ANTI- |
| David Byrne | Who Is the Sky? | Matador |
| clipping. | Dead Channel Sky | Sub Pop |
| Coral Grief | Air Between Us | Suicide Squeeze |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Kingfishr | Halcyon | B-Unique/Atlantic |
| Kassa Overall | CREAM | WARP |
| Packaging | Packaging | Share It Music |
| Mavis Staples | Sad and Beautiful World | ANTI- |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Say She She | Cut & Rewind | drink sum wtr |
| Automatic | Is it Now? | Stones Throw Records |
| Marie Davidson | City of Clowns | DEEWEE |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub Pop |
| Jay Som | Belong | Polyvinyl |
| Obongjayar | Paradise Now | September Recordings |
| Sault | 10 | Forever Living Originals |
| Ora the Molecule | Dance Therapy | Mute |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caravan Palace | Dusty House Mix | Le Plan Recordings |
| 2 | Rochelle Jordan | Through The Wall | Empire |
| 3 | Chris Lake | Chemistry | Black Book Records |
| 4 | Röyksopp | True Electric | Dog Triumph Records |
| 5 | Siriusmo | Buletten & Blumen | Monkeytown Records |
| 6 | KWN | With All Due Respect | RCA Records |
| 7 | Kaytranada | Ain't No Damn Way! | Kaytranada/RCA Records |
| 8 | Loaded Honey | Love Made Trees | Vetra Records |
| 9 | PinkPantheress | Fancy That! | Warner Records |
| 10 | Amaarae | BLACKSTAR | Golden Angel/Interscope Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Wolf Alice | The Clearing | Columbia Records |
| Wet Leg | moisturizer | Domino Recording Co Ltd |
| Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Warp Records |
| ROSALÍA | LUX | Columbia Records |
| Momma | Welcome to My Blue Sky | Polyvinyl Record Co. |
| Little Simz | Lotus | AWAL Recordings Ltd |
| Anna von Hausswolff | ICONOCLASTS | YEAR0001 |
| FKA twigs | EUSEXUA | Young Recordings Limited |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop Records |
| The Beths | Straight Line Was A Lie | Anti |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Stay Inside | Lunger | Tiny Engines |
| Σtella | Adagio | Sub Pop |
| Memory Pearl | Cosmic-Astral | Boiled Records |
| Tanpopo Crisis | Meridian | n/a |
| Keaton Henson | Parader | Play It Again Sam |
| Herbal Tea | Hear as the Mirror Echoes | Orindal Records |
| BAMBARA | Birthmarks | Wharf Cat Records |
| Nuvolascura | How This All Ends | Zegema Beach Records |
| Clifford | Golden Caravan | Sipsman |
| AFI | Silver Bleeds the Black Sun... | Run For Cover Records |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop Records |
| 2 | Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | Jagjaguwar |
| 3 | Sprints | All that Is Over | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Nation of Language | Dance called Memory | Sub Pop |
| 5 | Drink The Sea | Drink The Sea | Sunyata Records |
| 6 | The Last Dinner Party | From The Pyre | Island Records |
| 7 | Wet Leg | Moisturizer | Domino Records |
| 8 | Suede | Antidepressants | BMG |
| 9 | Die Spitz | Something to Consume | Third Man Records |
| 10 | Pulp | More | Rough Trade Records |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAMAG3 | BLiND | Independent |
| 2 | LaRussell | SOBRIETY | Independent |
| 3 | Strange Men | Come Yesterday | Puzz Records |
| 4 | Open Mike Eagle | Neighborhood Gods Unlimited | Independent |
| 5 | Frick | Go To Heck | Puzz Records |
| 6 | Shaylee | This Band Is Called Shaylee | Independent |
| 7 | Video Dave | Old Chicago Stadium | Independent |
| 8 | Shad | Start Anew | Independent |
| 9 | thegoodnews | This Just In! | Nature Sounds |
| 10 | Rebecca Sykes | Face To Face | Dusty Mars Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| bdrmm | Microtonic | Rock Action Records |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Doves | Constellations For The Lonely (Deluxe Edition) | EMI North |
| Ivy | Traces of You | Bar/None Records |
| Jacob Alon | In Limerance | Island/EMI Records |
| Just Mustard | WE WERE JUST HERE | Partisan Records |
| Miki Berenyi Trio | Tripla | Bella Union |
| Mogwai | The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Soundtrack) | Rock Action Records |
| Postcards | Ripe | Ruptured |
| R. Missing | Like the Sound of Injured Love | Terminal Echo |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| Jay Som | Belong | Polyvinyl |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| Obongjayar | paradise now | September Recordings |
| Packaging | Packaging | Share It Music |
| Tame Impala | Deadbeat | Columbia Records |
| tune-yards | Better Dreaming | 4AD |
| Turnstile | Never Enough | Roadrunner Records |
| Wet Leg | Moisturizer | Domino Recording Company |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Turian | Blood Quantum Blues | Wise Blood Records |
| Trhä | lact’eben | self-released |
| Blanco Teta | La Debacle de las Divas | self-released |
| Clan Dos Mortos Cicatriz | Técnicas de Morte | Sentient Ruin Laboratories |
| Adrian Quesada | Boleros Psicodélicos II | ATO |
| Muñeca | HOCICO | self-released |
| Clipse | Let God Sort Em Out | Roc Nation |
| Am I in Trouble? | Spectrum | self-released |
| Mengers | Flavio | Psyched! Records |
| Wormrot | TNT | Earache |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Jackie Venson | The Love Anthology | Venson Records |
| Lorde | Virgin | Republic Records |
| Weatherday | Hornet Disaster | Topshelf Records |
| Hannah Jadagu | Describe | Sub Pop Records |
| Olivia Dean | The Art of Loving | Capitol Records |
| Joy Crookes | Juniper | Insanity Records |
| marQ | Matchbox | Hayden Inc. |
| Janine Berdin | LAB SONGS NG MGA TANGA | Island Records |
| Luna Li | When A Thought Grows Wings (Reimagined) | In Real Life |
| Hayley Williams | Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party | Post Atlantic |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| Wet Leg | Moisturizer | Domino Recording Co |
| Packaging | Packaging | Sub Pop |
| Mien | Mien | Fuzz Club |
| Jacob Alon | In Limerence | EMI Records |
| Little Simz | Lotus | AWAL |
| Perfume Genius | Glory | Matador Records |
| Brandi Carlile | Returning to Myself | Interscope & Lost Highway |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Stereolab | Instant Holograms on Metal Film | Duophonic & Warp |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Little Barrie & Malcom Catto | Electric War | Easy Eye Sound |
| Nourished by Time | The Passionate Ones | XL Recordings |
| Löwenzahnhonig | Kirschblütenboogie | Inselgruppe |
| Rose City Band | Sol Y Sombra | Thrill Jockey |
| Obongjayar | Paradise Now | September Recordings |
| Sparks | MAD! | Transgressive Records |
| Sea Lemon | Diving For A Prize | Luminate Recordings |
| Curtis Harding | Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt | Anti |
| Salami Rose Joe Louis | Lorings | Brainfeeder |
| Dean Johnson | I Hope We Can Still Be Friends | Saddle Creek |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annahstasia | Tether | drink sum wtr |
| 2 | Anna von Hausswolff | ICONOCLASTS | YEAR0001 |
| 3 | ROSALÍA | LUX | Columbia |
| 4 | Blondshell | If You Asked For A Picture | Partisan |
| 5 | Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp |
| 6 | Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan |
| 7 | Little Simz | Lotus | AWAL |
| 8 | SML | How You Been | International Anthem |
| 9 | Maruja | Pain to Power | Music For Nations |
| 10 | Prewn | System | Exploding In Sound |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Coral Grief | Air Between Us | Suicide Squeeze |
| Dean Johnson | I Hope We Can Still Be Friends | Saddle Creek |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Emi Pop | No Te Voy a Extrañar | Fink City |
| Great Grandpa | Patience, Moonbeam | Run For Cover |
| Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter | Forever, I’ve Been Being Born | Southern Lord |
| Kassa Overall | CREAM | Warp |
| LAKE | Bucolic Gone | Don Giovanni |
| Packaging | Packaging | Share It Music |
| Sea Lemon | Diving For A Prize | Luminelle Recordings |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub Pop Records |
| Viagra Boys | viagr aboys | Shrimptech Enterprises |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Phantom Island | pDoom Records |
| My Morning Jacket | is | ATO Records |
| Flying Mojito Bros. | Just Passing Through | Ubiquity Records Inc. |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| Car Seat Headrest | The Scholars | Matador Records |
| Panda Bear | Sinister Grift | Domino Recording Co. |
| Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | Carpe Diem, Moonman | What Reality? Records |
| Dumbo Gets Mad | Five Eggs | Carosello Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Cate Le Bon | Michelangelo Dying | Indian Summer |
| Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | Jagjaguwar |
| Rosalia | LUX | Columbia |
| SdC Big Band & Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna | El Secreto de los Arbustos | WM Chile |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Niño Cohete | Donde las serpientes toman el sol | Lanzallamas |
| Poliça | Dreams Go | Memphis Industries |
| Destroyer | Dan's Boogie | Merge |
| Camila Moreno | La Primera Luz | DAAM Discográfica Al Abordaje Muchachos |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Jean Thackray | Weirdo | Warner Music UK Limited & Brownwood Music Limited |
| Σtella | Adagio | Sub Pop Records |
| Lucy Dacus | Forever Is A Feeling | Geffen Records |
| Coral Grief | Air Between Us | Suicide Squeeze Records |
| Say She She | Cut & Rewind | drink sum wtr |
| Amber Mark | Pretty Idea | Interscope Records |
| Tame Impala | Deadbeat | Columbia Records |
| Turnstile | Never Enough | Roadrunner Records |
| De La Soul | Cabin In the Sky | Mass Appeal |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records/Play It Again Sam |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KPop Demon Hunters | Original Soundtrack | Vivsa Records/Republic |
| 2 | Taylor Swift | The Life of a Showgirl | Self released |
| 3 | The Greatest Showman | Original Soundtrack | Atlantic |
| 4 | ZOMBIES 4: Dawn of the Vampires | Original Soundtrack | Disney |
| 5 | Lady Gaga | MAYHEM | Interscope |
| 6 | Really Awesome Songs for Kids | Axylotl Songs for Kids | Self released |
| 7 | Imagine Dragons | Evolve | Interscope |
| 8 | Descendants: The Rise of Red | Original Soundtrack | Disney |
| 9 | Dua Lipa | Radical Optimism | Warner |
| 10 | The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical | Original Soundtrack | Broadway Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Puppet Wipes | Live Inside | Siltbreeze Records |
| xray xeroxx | Nevermind, Whatever | Robot Cannibal Records |
| The Prize | In The Red | Goner Records |
| Loose Lips | Last Laugh | Dig! Records |
| Citric Dummies | Split With Turnstile | Feel It Records |
| Illiterates | Does Not Compute | Sorry State Records |
| Sick Thoughts | Another Piece of Plastic | ROKK Records |
| Fen Fen | In Yer Sights | Sweet Time Records |
| Artificial Go | Musical Chairs | Feel It Records |
| Cult Crime | Self-Titled | Ugly Pop Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Laurie Torres | Après coup | Tonal Union |
| Sharp Pins | Radio DDR | Perennial/K |
| Suzzallo | The Quiet Year | Self-Released |
| Clipse | Let God Sort Em Out | Roc Nation |
| MIKE | Showbiz! | 10k |
| Earl Sweatshirt | Live Laugh Love | Tan Cressida / Warner |
| Oklou | choke enough | True Panther |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan |
| Hayden Pedigo | I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away | Mexican Summer |
| Jay Som | Belong | Polyvinyl |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Björk | Cornucopia: Live | one little independent records |
| Jenny Hval | Iris Silver Mist | 4AD |
| sunn o))) | Eternity's Pillars b/w Raise the Chalice &Reverential | Sub Pop Records |
| Mon Laferte | FEMME FATALE | Sony Music Entertainment US Latin |
| Darkside | Nothing | Matador Records |
| Cate Le Bon | Michelangelo is Dying | Mexican Summer |
| Orville Peck | Appaloosa | Warner Records INC |
| Ty Segall | Possession | Drag City |
| Charley Crockett | Lonesome Drifter | Lone Star Rider |
| Hayden Pedigo/ Chat Pile | In the Earth Again | Computer Students / Modular |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Nyron Higor | Nyron Higor | Far Out Recordings |
| Rio Kosta | Unicorn | Verdigris Recordings |
| Helado Negro | The Last Sound on Earth | Big Dada |
| Dean Johnson | I Hope We Can Still Be Friends | Saddle Creek |
| Swamp Wife | Your Love Is All I Know | LACE Records |
| SHOLTO | The Sirens | DeepMatter Records |
| Slick Rick | VICTORY | 7Wallace |
| Dirty Art Club | The Silver Suite | Dirty Art Club |
| Fly Golden Eagle | DoDoDa | ACT |
| Patchyman | Another Place | ATO Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| NoSo | When Are You Leaving | Partisan Records |
| Tomo Nakayama | Ocean | Porchlight Records |
| Obangjayar | Paradise Now | September Records |
| Packaging | Packaging | Share It Music |
| Just Mustard | WE WERE JUST HERE | Partisan Records |
| Shadow Basket | Frog Swan Song | Den Tapes |
| Annahstasia | Tether | Drink Sum Wtr |
| Coral Grief | Air Between Us | Suicide Squeeze Records |
| Adrian Quesada | Boleros Psicodélicos II | Electric Deluxe |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| David Byrne | Who Is The Sky? | Matador Records |
| De La Soul | Cabin in the Sky | Mass Appeal Records |
| St. Vincent | All Born Screaming | Virgin Music Group |
| King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard | Phantom Island | P(doom) |
| Tongues | One Trick Pony | Independent |
| Madeline Edwards | FRUIT | Independent |
| Vulfpeck | Clarity of Cal | Vulf Records |
| Kyle M | The Real Me | Stones Throw Music |
| Clipse | Let God Sort Em Out | ROC Nation Distribution |
| Snarky Puppy and the Metropole Orkest | SOMNI | GroundUP |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Tracey | Tracey EP | self-released |
| Joanne Robertson | Blurrr | AD 93 |
| Oklou | choke enough | True Panther |
| Acopia | Blush Response | Scenic Route |
| james K | Friend | AD 93 |
| Ichiko Aoba | Luminescent Creatures | Psychic Hotline |
| Nourished by Time | The Passionate Ones | XL |
| Smerz | Big city life | Escho |
| Lyra Pramuk | Hymnal | 7K! / pop.soil |
| Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer | Different Rooms | International Anthem |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samia | Bloodless | Grand Jury Music |
| 2 | Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| 3 | Pacing | PL*NET F*TNESS | Asian Man Records |
| 4 | Greg Freeman | Burnover | Transgressive Records |
| 5 | The Bug Club | Very Human Features | Sub Pop Records |
| 6 | The Beths | Straight Line Was A Lie | Anti |
| 7 | Fust | Big Ugly | Dear Life Records |
| 8 | Little Simz | Lotus | AWAL Recordings Ltd |
| 9 | Snocaps | Snocaps | Anti |
| 10 | Brògeal | Tuesday Paper Club | Play It Again Sam |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partison Records |
| Royal Otis | Hickey | Ourness / Capital Records |
| Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| Florence & the Machine | Everybody Scream | Republic Records |
| Turnstile | Never Enough | Roadrunner Records |
| Car Seat Headrest | Scholars | Matador Records |
| Packaging | Packaging | Share It Music |
| Momma | Welcome to My Blue Sky | Polyvinyl |
| Sea Lemon | Diving for a Prize | Luminelle Recordings |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| caroline | caroline 2 | Rough Trade |
| Anna von Hausswolff | ICONOCLASTS | YEAR0001 |
| MIKE | Showbiz! | 10k |
| Conjurer | Unself | Nuclear Blast |
| Lambrini Girls | Who Let The Dogs Out | City Slang |
| Just Mustard | WE WERE JUST HERE | Partisan |
| Annahstasia | Tether | drink sum wtr |
| Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | jagjaguwar |
| Saya Gray | SAYA | Dirty Hitt |
| Alabaster DePlume | A Blade Because a Blade is a Whole | International Anthem |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Say She She | Cut & Rewind | Drink Sum Wtr |
| Sea Lemon | Driving For a Prize | Luminelle Recordings |
| Khu.éex' | Red Cedar In The Hour Of Chaos | Self Released |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan |
| Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Warp |
| De La Soul | Cabin In The Sky | Mass Appeal |
| Tyler Childers | Snipe Hunter | Hickman Holler Records |
| James McMurtry | The Black Dog and the Wondering Boy | New West Records |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Neko Case | Neon Grey Midnight Green | Anti- |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kassa Overall | CREAM | Warp Records |
| 2 | Robert Glasper | Keys to the City Volume One | Loma Vista Recordings |
| 3 | Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| 4 | The Cure | Mixes of a Lost World | Fiction/Capitol Records |
| 5 | Brittany Davis | Black Thunder | Loosegroove Records |
| 6 | Polyrhythmics | Life From Below | Synesthesia Music |
| 7 | Ela Minus | DÍA | Domino Recording Company |
| 8 | Brandee Younger | Gadabout Season | Impulse! Records |
| 9 | Mavis Staples | Sad And Beautiful World | Anti Records |
| 10 | David Byrne | Who Is The Sky? | Matador Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Big Freedia | Pressing Onward | Queen Diva Music |
| Deafheaven | Lonely People with Power | Roadrunner Records |
| Greet Death | Die In Love | Deathwish Inc. |
| Heartworms | Glutton For Punishment | Speedy Wunderground |
| Just Mustard | We Were Just Here | Partisan |
| Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto | Electric War | Easy Eye Sound |
| Adrian Quesada | Boleros Psicodélicos II | ATO |
| Gwenifer Raymond | Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark | We Are Busy Bodies |
| Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Duophonic UHF Disks / Warp Records |
| Viagra Boys | Viagr Aboys | Shrimptech Enterprises |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Glyders | Forever | Drag City |
| Galactic and Irma Thomas | Audience With The Queen | Tchoup-Zilla Records |
| Nation Of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| Go Kurosawa | soft shakes | Guruguru Brain |
| WITCH | SOGOLO | Desert Daze Sound |
| Eliana Glass | E | Shelter Press |
| Khruangbin | The Universe Smiles Upon You ii | LeeMaDee Records under exclusive license to Dead Oceans, Inc. in association with Night Time Stories Ltd. |
| The Beths | Straight Line Was A Lie | Anti- |
| Curtis Harding | Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt | Anti- |
| SAVAK | SQUAWK! | Peculiar Works Music |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Cook | Appalachia Borealis | Psychic Hotline |
| 2 | Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Dean Johnson | I Hope We Can Still Be Friends | Saddle Creek |
| 4 | Freckle | Freckle | God? |
| 5 | Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Suzzallo | The Quiet Year | Thirty Something Records |
| 7 | Jeff Tweedy | Twilight Override | dBpm Records |
| 8 | Small Paul | I Was Love, I Was Light | Den Tapes |
| 9 | The Beths | Straight Line Was A Lie | Anti- |
| 10 | Car Seat Headrest | The Scholars | Matador |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Tivel | White Goose | Fluff and Gravy Records |
| Ann Annie | El Prado | Independent |
| Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover | What of Our Nature | Mama Bird Recording Co. |
| Annahstasia | Tether | Sacred Bones Records |
| Perfume Genius | Glory | Matador Records |
| Kassa Overall | Cream | Warp Records |
| Hannah Frances | Nestled in Tangles | Fire Talk |
| Ichiko Aoba | Luminescent Creatures | hermine |
| Hand Habits | Blue Reminder | Fat Possum Records |
| Alice Phoebe Lou | Oblivion | Independent |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Maribou State | Hallucinating Love | Ninja Tune |
| Kerala Dust | An Echo of Love | PIAS Recordings |
| Barry Can't Swim | Loner | Ninja Tune |
| Klaverson | Above Ground | Beyond Records |
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| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| HTRK | At Cafe Oto | self-released |
| Loscil | Lake Fire | Kranky |
| Ethel Cain | Perverts | Daughters of Cain Records |
| Soft Vein | Through Blinds | Artoffact Records |
| Blonde Redhead | The Shadow of the Guest | section1 |
| Deafheaven | Lonely People With Power | Roadrunner Records |
| Trevor Something | The Shadow | In Your Brain |
| Pixel Grip | Percepticide: The Death of Reality | Pixel Grip |
| NNHMN | Opera of Lust & The Art of Sorrow, Pt. 1 | K-Dreams Records |
| Johnny Nash | Once Was Ours Forever | Melody As Truth |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| The Tubs | Cotton Crown | Trouble in Mind Records |
| 銀杏BOYZ | ぶるぶる | Lauren Records |
| Say Sue Me | Time Is Not Yours | Damnably |
| Jeanines | How Long Can It Last | Slumberland Records |
| Autocamper | What Do You Do All Day? | Slumberland Records |
| Coral Grief | Air Between Us | Suicide Squeeze |
| Foot Ox | A Lighthouse With Silver Dog Eyes | Ernest Jenning Record Co. |
| The Bats | Corner Coming Up | Flying Nun Records |
| The Lemonheads | Love Chant | Fire Records |
| Tony Molina | On This Day | Slumberland Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Cryogeyser | Cryogeyser | Self-released |
| Freund | Dweller | Self-released |
| Sleeper's Bell | Clover | Angel Tapes |
| Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Warp Records |
| Erika de Casier | Lifetime | Independent Jeep Music |
| Wombo | Danger in Fives | Fire Talk Records |
| Nourished by Time | The Passionate Ones | XL Recordings |
| Automatic | Is It Now? | Stones Throw |
| E.R. Visit | my children will ignore you, my children will type amen | LocalHost3000 |
| Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Bunny | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS | Rimas Entertainment |
| Clipse | Let God Sort Em Out | Roc Nation |
| Hatchie | Liquorice | Secretly Canadian |
| Throwing Muses | Moonlight Concessions | Fire Records |
| Miguel | Caos | RCA Records |
| Neton Vega | Mi Vida Mi Muerte | Rosa Records |
| Panda Bear | Sinister Grift | Domino Recording Company |
| Viagra Boys | Viagr Aboys | Shrimptech Enterprises. |
| Dijon | Baby | R&R and Warner Records. |
| Marie Davidson | City of Clowns | DEEWEE |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROSALÍA | LUX | Columbia Records |
| 2 | Grayceon | Then The Darkness | We Can Records |
| 3 | Corpus Delicti | Liminal | Twilight Music |
| 4 | Mathbonus | Mulligan | Self Released |
| 5 | Besta Quadrada | Besta Quadrada | Self Released |
| 6 | Big Black Delta | ADONAI | Masters of Bates Records |
| 7 | Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Stereolab | Instant Holograms on Metal Film | Warp Records |
| 9 | Heartworms | Glutton for Punishment | Speedy Wunderground |
| 10 | Rpkprincess | The Ruins | Self Released |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Cécile McLorin Salvant | Oh Snap | Nonesuch Records |
| Katelyn Fajardo | Close Enough | self-released |
| Kibrom Birhane | LISANÉ BAHIR ልሳነ ባሕር | Flying Carpet Records |
| Emma Harner | Taking My Side | self-released |
| Kuunatic | Wheels of Ömon | Glitterbeat Records |
| Lola Kirke | Trailblazer | One Riot |
| Hannah Jadagu | Describe | Sub Pop Records |
| Night Heron | ESCAPISM | Literal Gold Records |
| Ashley Jackson | Take Me To The Water | Verve Records |
| Rafiq Bhatia | Environments | Anti- Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbraid | Blackbraid III | Wolf Mountain Productions |
| Blood Abscission | II | Debemur Morti Productions |
| Magus Lord | In the Company of Champions | Gotowarex |
| Θλίψις/Thlipsis | Servants of Apathy | Fucking Your Creation Records |
| Béton Armé | Renaissance | La Vida es Un Mus |
| Jade | Mysteries of a Flowery Dream | Pulverised Records |
| Hot Load | Fate Unknown | Going Underground Records |
| Habak | Mil orquídeas en medio del desierto | Persistent Vision |
| Visions | Decay | Ebullition Records |
| Zeicrydeus | La Grande Heresie | Nameless Grave Records |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayley Williams | Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party | Post Atlantic |
| 2 | Addison Rae | Addison | Columbia Records |
| 3 | Haim | I Quit | Columbia Records |
| 4 | Blood Orange | Essex Honey | RCA |
| 5 | John Maus | Later Than You Think | Young |
| 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Drop Nineteens | 1991 | Wharf Cat Records |
| Garrett David | Nu-Relix EP | Butter Side Up |
| Cut Copy | Moments | Cutters Records |
| Peel Dream Magazine | Taurus | Topshelf Records |
| Buscabulla | El Camino | Domino Recording Co |
| Pinkpantheress | Fancy That | Warner Records |
| Electric Guest | 10K | Independent |
| Skrillex | Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! | Atlantic Records |
| Panda Bear | Sinister Grift | Domino Recording Co |
| Safe Mind | Cutting the Stone | NUDE CLUB |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| Nourished By Time | The Passionate Ones | XL Recordings Ltd |
| Momma | Welcome To My Blue Sky | Polyvinyl |
| Garage Sale | Any Day Now | Other People Records |
| Puzzle | Damage Collection! | Vada Vada |
| Algernon Cadwallader | Trying Not To Have A Thought | Saddle Creek |
| Alien Boy | You Wanna Fade? | Get Better |
| Joyer | On the Other End of the Line... | Julia's War |
| Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band | New Threats From The Soul | SOPHOMORE LOUNGE |
| Acopia | Blush Response | Scenic Route |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklou | choke enough | True Panther Sounds |
| 2 | Addison Rae | Addison | Columbia Records |
| 3 | Lorde | Virgin | Universal New Zealand and Republic Records |
| 4 | quickly, quickly | I Heard That Noise | Ghostly International |
| 5 | Djo | The Crux | Djo Music |
| 6 | Pink Pantheress | Fancy That | Warner Records |
| 7 | Between Friends | WOW! | 10K Projects |
| 8 | FKA Twigs | EUSEXUA | Young and Atlantic Records |
| 9 | Tyler the Creator | DON'T TAP THE GLASS | Columbia Records |
| 10 | Sophia Stel | How to Win at Solitaire | Pack Records, Inc. |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal. The Man | SHISH | Knick Records |
| 2 | Michael The Band | TWELVE | n/a self supported |
| 3 | Mereba | The Breeze Grew a Fire | Secretly Canadian |
| 4 | Doomfolx | DREAMIN OF•••DOOMFOLX | Self Produced |
| 5 | Kinski | Stumbledown Terrace | Comedy Minus One |
| 6 | Slender Dan | I Had a Feeling Today | Gestalt Productions |
| 7 | Welp Disney | Eola Detritus | Self/Tony LaMothe aka Welp Disney |
| 8 | Khu.éex | Red Cedar In The Hour of Chaos | Not on Label Possibly |
| 9 | doNormaal | ""life"" | Not on Label |
| 10 | Fruit Juice | Engines | Not on Label |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Tame Impala | Deadbeat | Columbia Records |
| Lord Huron | The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 | Mercury Records |
| Castle Rat | The Bestiary | King Volume Records |
| Blondshell | If You Asked for a Picture | Partisan Records |
| Florence & the Machines | Everybody Scream | Republic Records |
| Coral Grief | Air Between Us | Suicide Squeeze Records |
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Phantom Island | P(doom) |
| Lady Gaga | Mayhem | Streamline and Interscope Records |
| strongboi | ep 1 | strongboi |
| Lambrini Girls | Who Let The Dogs Out | City Slang |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| TURNSTILE | NEVER ENOUGH | Roadrunner Records |
| Tame Impala | Deadbeat | Columbia |
| Fred again.. | USB002 | Warner Music UK Ltd. |
| Bicep | Chroma 000 | CHROMA |
| clipping. | Dead Channel Sky | Sub Pop |
| The Cure | Mixes of a Lost World | Polydor |
| Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke | Tall Tales | Warp |
| Röyksopp | True Electric | Dog Triumph |
| Sextile | yes, please. | Sacred Bones |
| Verses GT | Verses GT | LuckyMe |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Miki Berenyi Trio | Tripla | Bella Union |
| Marina Zispin | Now You See Me, Now You Don't | Scenic Route |
| Preoccupations | Ill At Ease | Born Losers Records |
| Boy Deluxe | From Black Sheep To Icon | Industry Houseplant |
| Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory | Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory | Jagjaguwar |
| Men I Trust | Equus Caballus | self-released |
| Water From Your Eyes | It's A Beautiful Place | Matador |
| L.A. Witch | Doggod | Suicide Squeeze Records |
| Double Wish | Double Wish | Hit The North Records |
| Odonis Odonis | Odonis Odonis | Royal Mountain Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| Rosalía | Lux | Columbia Records |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| Greg Freeman | Burnover | Transgressive Records |
| Indigo de Souza | Precipice | Loma Vista Recordings |
| Hannah Cohen | Earthstar Mountain | Bella Union |
| Jasmine.4.t | You are the Morning | Saddest Factory |
| Sasami | Blood On The Silver Screen | Domino Recording Co. |
| Florry | Sounds Like... | Dear Life |
| Saya Gray | SAYA | Dirty Hit |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Bon Iver | SABLE, fABLE | Jagjaguwar |
| Butcher Brown | Letters from the Atlantic | Concord Jazz |
| Neko Case | Neon Grey Midnight Green | Anti Records |
| Cut Copy | Moments | Cutters Records |
| Lord Huron | The Cosmic Selector, Vol. 1 | Mercury |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| Night Tapes | portals//polarities | Nettwerk Music Group |
| Mae Powell | Making Room for the Light | Karma Chief Records |
| Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | Jagjaguwar |
| Whitney | Small Talk | Whitney (self-released) |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic | Is it Now? | Stones Throw Records |
| Bad Bunny | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS | Rimas Entertainment |
| Big Thief | Double Infinity | 4AD |
| Brandi Carlile | Returning To Myself | Interscope Records |
| Curtis Harding | Departures & Arrivals: Adventures Of Captain Curt | Anti- |
| Obongjayar | Paradise Now | September Recordings |
| Packaging | Packaging | Share It Music |
| ROSALÍA | LUX | Columbia |
| Scowl | Are We All Angels | Dead Oceans |
| Wet Leg | moisturizer | Domino |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Wet Leg | moisturizer | Domino |
| 3 | Car Seat Headrest | The Scholars | Matador |
| 4 | Heartworms | Glutton For Punishment | Speedy Wunderground |
| 5 | Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Water From Your Eyes | It's a Beautiful Place | Matador |
| 7 | Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Sea Lemon | Diving For A Prize | Luminelle |
| 9 | Rocket | R is for Rocket | Transgressive |
| 10 | Portugal. The Man | SHISH | KNIK |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Erika de Casier | Lifetime | Independent Jeep Music |
| Mac DeMarco | Guitar | Mac's Record Label |
| Mustard Service | Vice City Magic | Handwritten Records |
| Lady Gaga | Mayhem | Interscope Records |
| Lily Allen | West End Girl | BMG |
| Jade | That's Showbiz Baby | Sony Music |
| Wet Lag | moisturizer | Domino Recording Co Ltd |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records / Play It Again Sam |
| Tyler, the Creator | Don't Tap the Glass | Columbia Records |
| Earl Sweatshirt | Live Laugh Love | Tan Cressida |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Tyler, The Creator | DON'T TAP THE GLASS | Columbia |
| Rosalía | LUX | Columbia |
| Say She She | Cut & Rewind | drink sum wtr |
| Guided By Voices | Thick Rich and Delicious | GBV Inc |
| Mei Semones | Animaru | Bayonet |
| The Beths | Straight Line Was A Lie | ANTI- |
| Jay Som | Belong | Polyvinyl |
| Superchunk | Songs in the Key of Yikes | Merge |
| Ichiko Aoba | Luminescent Creatures | Psychic Hotline |
| SAVAK | SQUAWK! | Peculiar Works/Ernest Jenning |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Bass Drum Of Death | Six | Cobraside |
| Ezra Furman | Goodbye Small Head | Bella Union |
| Freckle | Freckle | God? |
| The Hives | The Hives Forever Forever The Hives | Play It Again Sam |
| Little Sims | Lotus | AWAL Recordings |
| Scowl | Are We All Angels | Dead Oceans |
| Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub Pop |
| Turnstile | Never Enough | Roadrunner Records |
| Ty Segall | Possession | Drag City |
| Viagra Boys | Viagr Aboys | Shrimptech Enterprises |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Coma Cinema | Grand Delusion | Self released |
| Badvril | In Heaven | Superbloom |
| Youth Lagoon | Rarely Do I Dream | Fat Possum |
| Hotline TNT | Raspberry Moon | Third Man |
| Greet Death | Die In Love | Deathwish inc |
| Home Front | Watch It Die | La Vida Es Un Mus |
| Glare | Sunset Funeral | Deathwish inc |
| The Berries | The Berries | Self released |
| Fish Narc | Frog Song | K Records |
| Momma | Welcome to My Blue Sky | Polyvinyl |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| You, Infinite | You, Infinite | Pelagic Records |
| Destroyer | Dan’s Boogie | Merge Records |
| Panchiko | Ginkgo | Nettwerk Music Group |
| M83 | A Necessary Escape | Other Suns |
| The Album Leaf | Rotations | Nettwerk Music Group |
| Grails | Miracle Music | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| Jesse Beaman | What Was There Now Is Not | MAX/MIN |
| Sea Lemon | Diving for a Prize | Luminelle Recordings |
| The Pro-Teens | MF TEEN: Your Concurrence in the Above Is Assumed | College of Knowledge Recordings |
| Adebisi Shank | This Is the Christmas Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank | Self-Released |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Florry | Sounds Like... | Dear Life Records |
| Dean Johnson | I Hope We Can Still be Friends | Saddle Creek |
| Colter Wall | Memories and Empties | RCA/ La Honda |
| Calamity Cowboy | Roadkill Kingdom | No Nabel |
| Darling Farm | Darling Farm | Bible Jail |
| Racing Mount Pleasent | Racing Mount Pleasent | R&R |
| Wild Pink | Dulling the Horns | Fire Talk |
| Friendship | Caveman Wakes Up | Merge Records |
| Songs From A Thousand Frames of Mind | Kate Bollinger | Ghostly International |
| Jason Molina | I Will Swim To You: A Tribute to Jason Molina | Run For Cover Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Erika de Casier | Lifetime | Independent Jeep Music |
| Oklou | choke enough | True Panther Records |
| Smerz | Big city life | escho |
| Black Country, New Road | Forever Howlong | Ninja Tune |
| Blood Orange | Essex Honey | RCA Records/Domino Recording Co |
| Isabella Lovestory | Vanity | Isabella Lovestory Inc. / Giant Music |
| mark william lewis | Mark William Lewis | A24 Music |
| Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| Maria Somerville | Luster | 4AD Ltd. |
| Ribbon Skirt | Bite Down | Mint Records Inc. |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose City Band | Sol Y Sombra | Merge Records |
| 2 | Chaparelle | Western Pleasure | Mom+Pop |
| 3 | Lee Baggett | Everybody's Asking | Perpetual Doom |
| 4 | Black Country, New Road | Forever, Howlong | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | Sunflecks | Fools Errand | Bud Tapes |
| 6 | strongboi | ep 1 | self |
| 7 | Lilly Allen | West End Girl | BMG |
| 8 | Louis O'Hara | A Peaceful Kind of Fun | Libertino |
| 9 | Mae Powell | Making Room for the Light | Colemine Records |
| 10 | Dean Johnson | I Hope We Can Still Be Friends | Saddle Creek |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Charley Crocket | Dollar A Day | Lone Star Rider |
| Other Lives | V | PIAS |
| Kula Shaker | Be Merciful | Strange F.O.L.K. LLP |
| Pink Breath of Heaven | Colors Make a Sound | Self Released |
| Glyders | Forever | Drag City |
| Black Whales | A Guide To Photographing the Sun | Cult Of Maybe |
| Dominik Eulberg | Lepidoptera | !K7 Music |
| Austra | Chin Up Buttercup | Domino Recording CO Ltd |
| Anika | Abyss | Sacred Bones |
| Hot Wax | Hot Shock | Marathon Artists |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Orange | Essex Honey | RCA |
| Wolf Alice | The Clearing | Dirty Hit/Columbia |
| Turnstile | Never Enough | Roadrunner |
| Last Dinner Party | From the Pyre | Island/Universal |
| Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| Wet Leg | Moisturiser | Domino |
| Viagra Boys | viagr aboys | Shrimptech |
| Agnostic Front | Echoes in Eternity | Reigning Phoenix Music |
| Die Spitz | Something to Consume | Third Man |
| Pink Breath of Heaven | Colours Make a Sound | not sure |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Fust | Big Ugly | Dear Life Records |
| Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| Justin Bieber | Swag | Def Jam Recordings |
| Ninajirachi | I Love My Computer | NLV Records |
| Water From Your Eyes | It's A Beautiful Place | Matador Records |
| Leith Ross | I Can See The Future | Republic Records |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| Nourished By Time | The Passionate Ones | XL Recordings |
| Black Country, New Road | Forever Howling | Ninja Tune |
| Big Thief | Double Infinity | 4AD |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub Pop Records |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop Records |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop Records |
| Lucius | Lucius | Wildewoman Music, LLC |
| Port Velvet | Midnight is Calling | Self released |
| Matt Berninger | Get Sunk | Concord Records |
| Fruit Bats | Baby Man | Merge Records |
| Cataldo | Two Way Mirror | Cataldo Music |
| The Beths | Straight Line Was a Lie | Anti |
| Haim | I quit | Columbia Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Kerala Dust | An Echo of Love | Play It Again Sam |
| Ezra Furman | Goodbye Small Head | Bella Union |
| Dead Pioneers | PO$T AMERICAN | Hassle Records |
| Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub Pop Records |
| Big Wild | Wild Child | Giant Music |
| Dispatch | Yellow Jacket | Bomber Records |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop Records |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop Records |
| Kae Tempest | Self Titled | Island Records |
| Lord Huron | The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 | Mercury Records |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday | Bleeds | Dead Oceans |
| 2 | Snocaps | Snocaps | ANTI |
| 3 | Colin Miller | Losin' | Mtn Laurel Recording Co. |
| 4 | Greg Freeman | Burnover | Transgressive |
| 5 | Hotline TNT | Raspberry Moon | Third Man |
| 6 | Worlds Worst | American Muscle | Julia's War |
| 7 | Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| 8 | Dutch Interior | Moneyball | Fat Possum Records |
| 9 | Water From Your Eyes | It's a Beautiful Place | Matador |
| 10 | Far Caspian | Autofiction | Tiny Library Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Pool Kids | Easier Said Than Done | Epitaph |
| Bad Bunny | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS | Rimas Entertainment |
| Indigo De Souza | Precipice | Loma Vista Recordings |
| Action/Adventure | Ever After | Pure Noise Records |
| Dikembe | King | Skeletal Lightning |
| Fred again.. | USB | Atlantic Records UK |
| Dead Pioneers | PO$T AMERICAN | Hassle Records |
| Tyler, The Creator | DON'T TAP THE GLASS | Columbia Records |
| Rich Brian | WHERE IS MY HEAD? | 88rising Records LLC |
| The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die | Dreams of Being Dust | Epitaph |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz | Sub-Pop |
| Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory | Sub Pop |
| Panda Bear | Sinister Grift | Domino |
| Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory | Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory | Jagjaguwar |
| Mogwai | The Bad Fire | Temporary Residence Limited |
| Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart | Sub Pop |
| Geese | Getting Killed | Partisan Records |
| Destroyer | Dan's Boogie | Merge Records |
| WITCH | SOGOLO | Desert Daze Sound |
| Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Duophonic UHF Disks / Warp Records |
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| Tiny Vipers | Tormentor | self released |
| Uwade | Florilegium | Ehiose |
| Ron Sexsmith | Hangover Terrace | Cooking Vinyl Limited |
| LAKE | Bucolic Gone | Don Giovanni |
| Dean Johnson | I Hope We Can Still Be Friends | Saddle Creek |
| Stargazr | Unheard Stories | self released |
| Christopher Icasiano | All of it, Derailed | self released |
| Jay Som | Belong | Polyvinyl |
| oono yuuki band | Mawari-michi, Kaze no Sankaku | Lemon House Inc |
| Cass McCombs | Interior Live Oak | Domino |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turnstile | NEVER ENOUGH | Roadrunner Records |
| 2 | clipping. | Dead Channel Sky | Sub Pop Records |
| 3 | TOKiMONSTA | Eternal Reverie | Young Art Records |
| 4 | Barry Can't Swim | Loner | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | Soulwax | All Systems are Lying | Because Music |
| 6 | Igorrr | Amen | Metal Blade Records |
| 7 | Viagra Boys | viagr aboys | Shrimptech Enterprises |
| 8 | Polo & Pan | 22:22 | Hamburger Records / Ekler |
| 9 | Tame Impala | Deadbeat | Columbia Records |
| 10 | Coroner | Dissonance Theory | Century Media Records |
2025 is coming to a close, and it's time for the KEXP DJs to share their Top Albums of the year.
