KEXP Staff, Volunteers & Interns Top 10 Albums of 2015, Part 1

2015 Countdown
12/21/2015
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Wolf Alice // photo by Rachel White

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 HellerDJ Assistant for Cheryl Waters& in-studio hospitality
Tame ImpalaCurrentsInterscope
Wolf AliceMy Love is CoolRCA
Father John MistyI Love you, HoneybearSub Pop
Unknown Mortal OrchestraMulti-LoveJagjaguwar
DeerhunterFading Frontier4AD
Jacco GardnerHypnophobiaPolyvinyl
TorresSprinterPartisan
King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardPaper Mache Dream BalloonATO
Django DjangoBorn Under SaturnBecause Music
Hippo CampusBashful CreaturesGrand Jury

Sara Green WilliamsController & Director of Human Resources
RadkeyDark Black MakeupLittle Man Records
The Dead WeatherDodge & BurnThird Man
JD McPhersonLet The Good Times RollRounder Records
Denver Broncos UK (DBUK)Songs 1 Through 8SCAC Unincorporated
Dorthia CottrellSelf-TitledForcefield Records
Gill LandrySelf-TitledATO Records
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsSelf-TitledStax Records
Róisín MurphyHairless ToysPlay It Again Sam
Grace Love & The True LovesSelf-TitledSelf-Released
Ex's With BenefitsBad HotelSelf-Released

Jackson LongAudio Engineer & Producer
Leon BridgesComing HomeColumbia
The SonicsThis is the SonicsRe>> >>Vox
Best CoastCalifornia NightsHarvest/Capitol
Death Cab For CutieKintsugiAtlantic
Sleater-KinneyNo Cities To LoveSub Pop
WilcoStar WarsdBpm Records
METZIISub Pop
SeaponyA Visionself-released
Parquet CourtsContent NauseaWhat's Your Rupture
Mikal CroninMCIIIMerge
Kendrick Lamar // photo by Matthew B. Thompson

Brian HillMusic and Business Support
Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyTDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Jamie XXIn ColourYoung Turks
DrakeIf You're Reading This It's Too LateCash Money/Young Money/OVO Sound/Republic
Chastity BeltTime To Go HomeHardly Art
Tame ImpalaCurrentsInterscope
ProtomartyrThe Agent IntellectHardly Art
Kurt Vileb'lieve i'm goin downMatador
DoomtreeAll HandsDoomtree
Viet CongViet CongJagjaguwar/Flemish Eye
Maribou StatePortraitsCounter

Van WolfeDJ Assistant for Cheryl Waters
EnvyAtheist's CorneaTemporary Residence
DeafheavenNew BermudaAnti-
MyletsArizonaSargent House
Lo' There Do I See My BrotherNorthern ShoreSelf-Released
TorresSprinterPartisan Records
Chelsea WolfeAbyssSargent House
The Ghost EaseRAWCabin Games
Death GripsThe Powers That BHarvest Records
Holly HerndonPlatformResident Advisor
Mew+ -Play It Again Sam

Jay KardongApplications Developer
Jason Isbell Something More Than FreeSoutheastern Records/Thirty Tigers
Josh RitterSermon on the RocksPytheas Recordings /Thirty Tigers
Caitlin CantyReckless SkylineSelf-Released
Jeffrey FoucaultSalt as WolvesSignature Sounds
Beach HouseDepression CherrySub Pop
Long Dark MoonMythologiesFactory Belt
Patty GriffinServant Of LoveThirty Tigers
FernandoLeave The Radio OnFluff & Gravy
WidowerDark BlueSelf-Released
Mike GiacolinoBroken RoadsSelf-Released

Dan Deacon // photo by Dave Lichterman

Evelynn KaplanFormer Major Giving Intern/Major Giving Volunteer
OughtSun Coming DownConstellation Records
ShamirRatchetXL Recordings
Beach HouseDepression CherrySub Pop
Dan DeaconGliss RifferDomino
Jamie xxIn ColourYoung Turks
Car Seat HeadrestTeens of StyleMatador
Alabama ShakesSound & ColorATO
José GonzálezVestiges and ClawsImperial Recordings
Tame ImpalaCurrentsInterscope
EL VYReturn to the Moon4AD

Lisa LeClairFront Desk Volunteer
Sleater-KinneyNo Cities To LoveSub Pop
The ArcsYours, DreamilyNonesuch
Lord HuronStrange TrailsIamsound
Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom + Pop
JD McPhersonLet The Good Times RollRounder
Pony TimeRumours 2: The Rumours Are TrueSelf-Released
The Dead WeatherDodge and BurnThird Man
Pokey LaFargeSomething In The WaterRounder
Deep CreepDeep CreepSelf-Released
ChildbirthWomen's RightsSuicide Squeeze

Carol DuPuisAccount Executive - Business Support
Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just SitMom + Pop
Father John MistyI Love You, HoneybearSub Pop
El VyReturn To The Moon4AD
Leon BridgesComing HomeColumbia
Jamie XXIn ColorYoung Turks
Unknown Mortal OrchestraMulti-LoveJagjaguwar
Tame ImpalaCurrentsInterscope
Deer HunterFading Frontier 4AD
Beach HouseDepression CherrySub Pop
Wolf AliceMy Love is CoolRCA

Rose Windows // photo by Amber Knecht

Tim GordonTuesday Morning Front Desk Volunteer
Father John MistyI Love You, HoneybearSub Pop
Tame ImpalaCurrentsModular Recordings
Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyAftermath/Interscope
Alabama ShakesSound and ColorATO
Jason IsbellSomething More Than FreeSoutheastern Records/Thirty Tigers
Sufjan StevensCarrie & LowellAsthmatic Kitty
Rose WindowsRose WindowsSub Pop
BeirutNo No No4AD
DeerhunterFading Frontier4AD
Wolf AliceMy Love is CoolRCA

Geran LandenBlog Writer
Tame ImpalaCurrentsInterscope
Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom + Pop
PondMan It Feels Like Space AgainModular
Kendrick LamarTo Pimp A ButterflyTDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Donnie Trumpet & The Social ExperimentSurfSelf-Released
King Gizzard and The Lizard WizardQuartersCastle Face
Vince Staples Summertime '06Def Jam
Wolf AliceMy Love Is CoolRCA
Toro y MoiWhat For?Carpark
Fox and The LawThe Trouble With PeopleSelf-Released

Gerrit FeenstraBlog Writer
LiturgyThe Ark WorkThrill Jockey
Tame ImpalaCurrentsInterscope
Jamie xxIn ColourYoung Turks
Sufjan StevensCarrie & LowellAsthmatic Kitty
Vince StaplesSummertime '06Def Jam
New OrderMusic CompleteMute
ShlohmoDark RedTrue Panther
Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyTDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Hudson MohawkeLanternWarp
METZIISub Pop

EL VY // photo by Amber Knecht

Amber KnechtPhotographer
Will ButlerPolicyMerge
Lord HuronStrange TrailsIamsound
Patrick WatsonLove Songs For RobotsDomino
FIDLARTooMom + Pop
EL VY Return To The Moon4AD
METZIISub Pop
Rocky VotolatoHospital HandshakesNo Sleep Records
Ryan Adams1989Blue Note
Mikal CroninMCIIIMerge
Sufjan StevensCarrie & LowellAsthmatic Kitty

Katrina Harvie-WattMajor Gift Officer
Jamie XXIn ColorYoung Turks
FoalsWhat Went DownTransgressive - Warner Bros.
EL VYReturn to the Moon4AD
New OrderMusic CompleteTraffic Inc.
Lord HuronStrange TrailsIamsound Records
DeerhunterFading Frontier4AD
TelekinesisAd InfinitumMerge Records
Leon BridgesComing HomeColumbia
Car Seat HeadrestTeens of FashionMatador
ChvrchesEvery Open EyeGlassnote

Vince MayoDevelopment Assistant for Major Giving
Kendrick LamarTo Pimp A ButterflyTDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Lil DickyProfessional RapperSelf-Released
Purity RingAnother Eternity4AD
Lupe FiascoTetsuo & YouthAtlantic Records/1st & 15th Entertainment
Chris StapletonTravellerMercury
Jamie xxIn ColourYoung Turks
Vince StaplesSummertime '06Def Jam
Hudson MohawkeLanternWarp
Beat ConnectionProduct 3Anti-
Dan DeaconGlass RifferDomino

Ought // photo by Tori Dickson

Tim JohnstoneFinancial Coordinator
Modest MouseStrangers To OurselvesEpic
OughtSun Coming DownConstellation Records
Speedy OrtizFoil DeerCarpark
HappynessWeird Little BirthdayBar/None
ProtomartyrThe Agent IntellectHardly Art
Kurt Vileb'lieve i'm goin downMatador
Shana Cleveland & The SandcastlesOh Man, Cover The GroundSuicide Squeeze
Wolf AliceMy Love Is CoolRCA
PalehoundDry FoodExploding In Sound
FuzzIIIn The Red

Jake UittiBlog Writer
Pure UpsAll FlowingSelf-Released
Caspar BabypantsBeatles Baby!Self-Released
Stereo EmbersCode of the SoundSelf-Released
Grace Love and the True LovesGrace Love and the True LovesSelf-Released
LemoloRed Right ReturnSelf-Released
The Honorable ChiefThe Honorable Chief Ahamefule J. OluoSelf-Released
La LuzWeirdo ShrineHardly Art
Industrial RevelationLiberation & the Kingdom of NriSelf-released
The Hoot HootsCOLORPUNCHSelf-Released
CorespondentslolcatsSelf-Released

Terrance RobinsonDJ Assistant for DJ Miss Ashley
Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyTop Dawg Entertainment
OCnotesColor WheelHomeSkillet Records
10.4 ROGthe Vibe Continuumself released
OKEscape from TomorrowRare Nnudes
Dex Amora & goldenbeetsAi Leveleverydejavu
Bryce Bowden & ProspectQuality Over Quantity 2Honor Roll
Zuke SagaMegaloneverydejavu
J'Von & AckryteRaw SheepCascade Records
La LuzWeirdo ShrineHardly Art
dinoDNAsongs from my new matressRare Nnudes

Waxahatchee // photo by Bebe Labree Besch

Marcus ShriverBusiness Support Intern
WaxahatcheeIvy TrippMerge
Joey Bada$$B4.DA.$$Cinematic Music Group
Laura StevensonCocksureDon Giovanni Records
Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom + Pop
GirlpoolBefore the World Was BigWitchita Recordings
MiguelWildheartRCA Records
Dej Loaf#AndSeeThatsTheThingIBGM
Kendrick LamarTo Pimp A ButterflyTDE/Aftermath/Interscope
Donnie Trumpet & The Social ExperimentSurfSelf-Released
KehlaniYou Should Be HereAtlantic Records

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