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. Yesterday, we shared Part 1, which you can viewhere. Today and tomorrow, you'll find even more! And be sure to check out what KEXP listeners voted as their Top 90.3 Albums of 2015 here).
| Isaac Kaplan-Woolner | Production Assistant | |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Telekinesis | Ad Infinitum | Merge |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Built To Spill | Untethered Moon | Warner Bros. |
| Kurt Vile | b'lieve i'm goin down | Matador |
| Deerhunter | Fading Frontier | 4AD |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| FIDLAR | Too | Mom + Pop |
| Ken Tarleton | DJ Assistant; Front Desk Volunteer | |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Bob Dylan | The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 | Columbia |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| The Mountain Goats | Beat the Champ | Merge |
| Sleater-Kinney | No Cities to Love | Sub Pop |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Titus Andronicus | The Most Lamentable Tragedy | Merge |
| White Reaper | White Reaper Does It Again | Polyvinyl |
| Ben Holman | Traffic Intern | |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Interscope/Aftermath |
| Vince Staples | Summertime '06 | ARTium/Def Jam |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Destroyer | Poison Season | Merge/Dead Oceans |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Dr. Dre | Compton | Aftermath/Interscope |
| D'Angelo & The Vanguard | Black Messiah | RCA |
| Lupe Fiasco | Tetsuo & Youth | Atlantic |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Florence + The Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | Island/Republic |
| John Gleason | DJ Assistant and Tabling Events | |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Pinkshinyultrablast | Everything Else Matters | Shelflife Records |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Viet Cong | Viet Cong | Jagjaguwar |
| Jamie XX | In Colour | Young Turks |
| Beach House | Depression Cherry | Sub Pop |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Deerhunter | Fading Fontier | 4AD |
| Chastity Belt | Time To Go Home | Hardly Art |
| Jacob Webb | Blog Writer | |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Interscope/Aftermath |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Hop Along | Painted Shut | Saddle Creek |
| Sleater-Kinney | No Cities To Love | Sub Pop |
| Chvrches | Every Open Eye | Virgin/Glassnote |
| Beach House | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Sub Pop |
| Title Fight | Hyperview | ANTI- |
| Speedy Ortiz | Foil Deer | Carpark |
| Brandon Schoepf | Programming Volunteer & DJ Assistant | |
| Belle and Sebastian | Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance | Capitol |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | TDE/Interscope/Aftermath |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Multi-Love | Jagjaguwar |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Low | Ones and Sixes | Sub Pop |
| Deerhunter | Fading Frontier | 4AD |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Ann Allen | DJ Assistant for Kevin Cole | |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| The Helio Sequence | The Helio Sequence | Sub Pop |
| Hot Chip | Why Make Sense? | Domino |
| Built to Spill | Untethered Moon | Warner |
| Lord Huron | Strange Trails | IAMSOUND |
| Grace Love and The True Loves | Grace Love and The True Loves | Self-Released |
| The Chemical Brothers | Born In Echoes | Capitol |
| Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax |
| Darlingside | Bird Say | More Doug Records |
| Matthew Howland | DJ Assistant, Programming Intern | |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Chastity Belt | Time To Go Home | Hardly Art |
| Deerhunter | Fading Frontier | 4AD |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | Interscope |
| Julia Holter | Have You in My Wilderness | Domino |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Girl Band | Holding Hands with Jamie | Rough Trade |
| Sleater-Kinney | No Cities to Love | Sub Pop |
| Protomartyr | The Agent Intellect | Hardly Art |
| Childbirth | Women's Rights | Suicide Squeeze |
| Andy Klatt | Information Specialist | |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | TDE/Interscope/Aftermath |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| A$AP Rocky | At. Long. Last. A$AP. | A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds/RCA |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Columbia |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| Brandi Carlile | The Firewatcher's Daughter | ATO |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Houndmouth | Little Neon Limelight | Rough Trade |
| Jason Isbell | Something More Than Free | Southeastern |
| Jon Hamilton | DJ Assistant for Kevin Cole | |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Fuzz | II | In the Red |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Paul Orwell | Blowing Your Mind Away | Heavy Soul Records |
| Mikal Cronin | MCIII | Merge |
| Lonna Kelley | Take Me Home Spiderman | Self-Released |
| The Mountain Goats | Beat the Champ | Merge |
| Thee Oh Sees | Mutilator Defeated At Last | Castle Face |
| Desaparecidos | Payola | Epitaph |
| The Dead Weather | Dodge and Burn | Third Man Records |
| Elise Hirschi | Major Giving Intern | |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | TDE/Interscope/Aftermath |
| Blackalicious | Imani Vol. 1 | OGM Records |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Christine and the Queens | Christine and the Queens | Because Music |
| Speedy Ortiz | Foil Deer | Carpark |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Natasha Kmeto | Inevitable | Dropping Gems |
| TV Ugly | UCLA Yankee Cola | Alarum |
| Waxahatchee | Ivy Tripp | Merge |
| US Girls | Half Free | 4AD |
| Kari Stark | Gift Processor | |
| METZ | II | Sub Pop |
| Desaparecidos | Payola | Epitaph |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Sleater-Kinney | No Cities to Love | Sub Pop |
| Wimps | Suitcase | Kill Rock Stars |
| FIDLAR | Too | Mom + Pop |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Django Django | Born Under Saturn | Ribbon Music |
| Bully | Feels Like | Columbia/Startime |
| Mikal Cronin | Mcii | Merge |
| AJ Howard | DJ Assistant | |
| Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Columbia |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| Foals | What Went Down | Warner Bros. |
| JD McPherson | Let the Good Times Roll | Rounder |
| Grimes | Art Angels | 4AD |
| Beirut | No No No | 4AD |
| Jamie xx | In Colour | Young Turks |
| Kurt Vile | b'lieve i'm goin down... | Matador Records |
| The Arcs | Yours, Dreamily | Nonesuch |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Multi-Love | Jagjaguwar |
| William Barcelona | DJ Assistant & Morning Show Programming Volunteer | |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | Emotion | Interscope |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Multi-Love | Jagjaguwar |
| Low | Ones & Sixes | Sub Pop |
| Dam-Funk | Invite the Light | Stones Throw |
| Death Grips | The Powers That B | Harvest |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Lou Barlow | Brace the Wave | Joyful Noise |
| Sleater-Kinney | No Cities To Love | Sub Pop |
| Chimurenga Renaissance | Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema | Brick Lane Records |
| Atticus George-Andrijeski | DJ Assistant | |
| Viet Cong | Viet Cong | Jagjaguwar |
| Thee Oh Sees | Mutilator Defeated at Last | Castle Face |
| Kurt Vile | b'lieve i'm goin down... | Matador |
| METZ | II | Sub Pop |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Chastity Belt | Time to Go Home | Hardy Art |
| Protomartyr | The Agent Intellect | Hardly Art |
| Fuzz | II | In the Red |
| Shlohmo | Dark Red | True Panther |
| Yppah | Tiny Pause | Ninja Tune |
| Roxy Boggio | Programming Assistant | |
| Shannon & the Clams | Gone by the Dawn | Hardly Art |
| Future Fridays | From Fun-zo to Done-zo | Self-Released |
| Wimps | Suitcase | Kill Rock Stars |
| Childbirth | Women's Rights | Suicide Squeeze |
| The Dagoes | Supreme (rerelease) | Sinister Torch / Light in the Attic |
| Ryley Walker | Primrose Green | Dead Oceans |
| Deerhunter | Fading Frontier | 4AD |
| The Space Lady / Burnt Ones | Split | Castle Face |
| Larry Gus | I Need New Eyes | DFA |
| Fauna Shade | Baton Rouge | Self-Released |
| Lizzy Rose Flores | Traffic Assistant | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Elements (Deluxe Edition) | Ponderosa Music & Art |
| Michaël Bijker | Be Here Now | Self-Released |
| Lulacruza | Orcas | Uji Music |
| Yppah | Tiny Pause | Counter |
| Helios | Yume | Unseen |
| Lightning Bolt | Fantasy Empire | Thrill Jockey |
| Kanoi | Buru Haze | Gasstation Rainbow |
| Bob Holroyd | Blueprint | Self-Released |
| Fuzz | II | In The Red |
| Low | Ones and Sixes | Sub Pop |
| Anna Alter | Charts Intern, DJ Assistant, misc. volunteer | |
| Born Ruffians | Ruff | Yep Roc |
| Lord Huron | Strange Trails | Iamsound |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Beirut | No No No | 4AD |
| The Districts | A Flourish and A Spoil | Fat Possum |
| Chastity Belt | Time to Go Home | Hardly Art |
| Blitzen Trapper | All Across This Land | Lojinx |
| Built to Spill | Untethered Moon | Warner Bros. |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Dashel Schueler | Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations Manager | |
| All Dogs | Kicking Every Day | Salinas |
| Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Style | Matador |
| Sick Sad World | Fear and Lies | Help Yourself Records |
| Chastity Belt | Time to Go Home | Hardly Art |
| Saintseneca | Such Things | Anti- |
| Vince Staples | Summertime '06 | Def Jam |
| Bully | Feels Like | Columbia |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Upset | 76 | Lauren Records |
| Colleen Green | I Want To Grow Up | Hardly Art |
| Blake Madden | Front Desk/ DJ Assistant Fill-in | |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | Interscope |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| John Carpenter | Lost Themes | Sacred Bones |
| Connan Mockasin and Devonte Hynes | Marfa Myths 001 | Mexican Summer |
| FFS (Franz Ferdinand/ Sparks) | FFS | Domino |
| Kayo Dot | Coffins on lo | The Flenser |
| Stern | Bone Turquoise | New Atlantis Records |
| Viet Cong | Viet Cong | Jagjaguwar |
| Thundercat | The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam | Brainfeeder |
| John Grant | Grey Tickles, Black Pressure | Bella Union |
| Jeff Vetting | Events and Outreach Manager | |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Vince Staples | Summertime '06 | Def Jam |
| Beach Slang | The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us | Tiny Engines |
| Future | DS2 | Epic |
| Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment | Surf | Self-Released |
| Ought | Sun Coming Down | Constellation Records |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Speedy Ortiz | Foil Deer | Carpark |
| Earl Sweatshirt | I Don't Like Sh#t, I Don't Go Outside | Columbia |
| Foals | What Went Down | Warner Bros. |
| Jim Beckmann | Online Content Manager & Senior Video Producer | |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Viet Cong | Viet Cong | Jagjaguwar |
| METZ | II | Sub Pop |
| Ought | Sun Coming Down | Constellation Records |
| Algiers | Algiers | Matador |
| Girl Band | Holding Hands with Jamie | Rough Trade |
| Salad Boys | Metalmania | Trouble in Mind |
| Froth | Bleak | Burger |
| Æla | Vettlingatök | Self-Released |
| Quarto Negro | Amor Violento | Balaclava |
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!
