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 extremely talented and dedicated volunteer photographers, who generously donate so much of their time and talent to give everyone direct access to the hundreds of live sessions, concerts and events at and around KEXP. Their passion is truly what drives them, and, like all KEXP listeners, they care deeply about music. Check out their picks for Top 10 albums of 2015 below, and be sure to see what KEXP listeners voted as their Top 90.3 Albums of 2015 here.
| Charina Pitzel | (more photos) | |
| New Order | Music Complete | Mute |
| Foals | What Went Down | Warner Bros. |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Samaris | Silkidranger Sessions | One Little Indian |
| Caspian | Dust and Disquiet | Triple Crown |
| East India Youth | Culture of Volume | XL |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| The Away Days | THIS [EP] | self-released |
| Public Service Broadcasting | The Race for Space | Test Card |
| Vaadat Charigim | Sinking as a Stone | Burger |
| Dave Lichterman | (more photos) | |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Grimes | Art Angels | 4AD |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Jamie xx | In Colour | Young Turks |
| Foals | What Went Down | Transgressive |
| Dan Deacon | Gliss Riffer | Domino |
| Vince Staples | Summertime '06 | Def Jam |
| HEALTH | Death Magic | Loma Vista |
| Nicolas Jaar | Pomegranates | Other People |
| Amber Knecht | (more photos) | ||
| Will Butler | Policy | Merge | |
| Lord Huron | Strange Trails | Iamsound | |
| Patrick Watson | Love Songs For Robots | Domino | |
| FIDLAR | Too | Mom + Pop Music | |
| 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 |
| Jim Bennett | (more photos) | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Quarters! | Flightless |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| St Germain | St Germain | Nonesuch |
| Mbongwana Star | From Kinshasa | World Circuit |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Kurt Vile | b'lieve i'm going down... | Matador |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Columbia |
| El Vy | Return To The Moon | 4AD |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Multi-Love | Jagjaguwar |
| Bebe Besch | (more photos) | |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeyear | Sub Pop |
| The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness | XO/Republic |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| HEALTH | Death Magic | Lima Vista |
| Mas Ysa | Seraph | Downtown Records |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Multi-Love | Jagjaguwar |
| Foals | What Went Down | Warner Bros. |
| Superhumanoids | Do You Feel OK? | Innovative Leisure |
| Ludvig Forssell / Various Artists | Metal Gear Solid V Original Sountrack | Sony Music |
| Brittany Brassell | (more photos) | |
| Brandon Flowers | The Desired Effect | Island Records |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Hot Chip | Why Make Sense? | Domino |
| El Vy | Return to the Moon | 4AD |
| Will Butler | Policy | Merge |
| Jamie xx | In Colour | Young Turks |
| Ty Segall | Ty Rex | Goner |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | EMOTION | Interscope |
| The Vaccines | English Graffiti | Columbia |
| New Order | Music Complete | Mute |
| Tori Dickson | (more photos) | |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Ezra Furman | Perpetual Motion People | Bella Union |
| The Grizzled Mighty | Close Knuckled Jaw | Self-Released |
| Fauna Shade | Baton Rouge | Self-Released |
| Summer Cannibals | Show Us Your Mind | New Moss Records |
| Hanni El Khatib | Moonlight | Self-Released |
| Shannon and the Clams | Gone By the Dawn | Hardly Art |
| Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Columbia |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| JD McPherson | Let the Good Times Roll | Rounder |
| Melissa Wax | (more photos) | |
| Foals | What Went Down | Warner Bros. |
| Lemolo | Red Right Return | Self-Released |
| Beirut | No No No | 4AD |
| Chrvches | Every Open Eye | Glassnote |
| Sleater-Kinney | No Cities To Love | Sub Pop |
| Destroyer | Poison Season | Merge |
| Modest Mouse | Strangers to Ourselves | Epic |
| Wolf Alice | My Love is Cool | RCA |
| Grimes | Art Angels | 4AD |
| Deerhunter | Fading Frontier | 4AD |
| Alan Lawrence | (more photos) | |
| Kurt Vile | b'lieve I'm Goin Down | Matador |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Steven Wilson | Hand.Cannot.Erase | K-Scope |
| Blur | The Magic Whip | Parlophone |
| Beach House | Depression Candy | Sub Pop |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Jamie xx | In Colour | Young Turks |
| Deerhunter | Fading Frontier | 4AD |
| Jason Isbell | Something More Than Free | Southeastern |
| Niffer Calderwood | (more photos) | |
| Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | RCA |
| Bully | Feels Like | Columbia |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Wasted on the Dream | Infinity Cat |
| Maniac | Demimonde | latidarecords |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Fashion | Matador |
| The Sonics | This Is the Sonics | Revox |
| THEESatisfaction | EarthEE | Sub Pop |
| Rose Windows | Rose Windows | Sub Pop |
| Matthew B. Thompson | (more photos) | |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Wilco | Star Wars | dBpm Records |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | Sub Pop |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| José González | Vestiges and Claws | Mute |
| Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard | Django & Jimmie | Sony Legacy |
| Sufjan Stevens | Carrie and Lowell | Asthmatic Kitty |
| Alabama Shakes | Sound and Color | ATO |
| Motopony | Welcome You | eOne Music |
| Eric Gonzalez Alfaro | (more photos) | |
| Kamasi Washington | The Epic | Brainfeeder |
| Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Columbia |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Interscope |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Low | Ones and Sixes | Sub Pop |
| The Tallest Man on Earth | Dark Bird Is Home | Dead Oceans |
| Kurt Vile | b'lieve i'm goin' down | Matador |
| Sharon Van Etten | I Don't Want to Let You Down (EP) | Jagjaguwar |
| THEESatisfaction | EarthEE | Sub Pop |
| Grimes | Art Angels | 4AD |
| Greg Stonebraker | (more photos) | |
| Brett Netson & Snakes | Scavenger Cult EP | Self-Released |
| Wimps | Suitcase | Kill Rock Stars |
| Kurt Vile | b’lieve i’m goin down | Matador |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Mom + Pop |
| Fuzz | II | In the Red |
| Built To Spill | Untethered Moon | Warner Bros. |
| La Luz | Weirdo Shrine | Hardly Art |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | TDE/Aftermath/Interscope |
| Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Columbia |
| Shana Cleveland & the Sandcastles | Oh Man, Cover the Ground | Suicide Squeeze |
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!
