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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Mom + Pop |
| Girlpool | Before the World Was Big | Witchita Recordings |
| Miguel | Wildheart | RCA Records |
| Dej Loaf | #AndSeeThatsTheThing | IBGM |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment | Surf | Self-Released |
| Kehlani | You Should Be Here | Atlantic Records |
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!
