For the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing with you KEXP DJs’ Top 10 Albums of 2016 lists in anticipation of KEXP Listener's Top 90.3 Albums of 2016, which we will reveal, and countdown on air, this Friday starting at 6AM.
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. Here are their favorite albums of 2016. Where will their choices land on our countdown?
Bryn Santillan
Development Assistant
Savages
Adore Life
Matador
Shura
Nothing's Real
Interscope
Warpaint
Heads Up
Rough Trade
Midnight Faces
Heavenly Bodies
Midnight Faces
Kaytranada
99.90%
Kaytranada
NAO
For All We Know
RCA Records
NAVVI
Omni
Hush Hush
Preoccupations
Preoccupations
Jagjaguwar
Golden Gardens
Reign
self-released
HÆLOS
Full Circle
Matador
Lisa LeClair
Guest Services | DJ Assistant - The Morning Show
Kate Tempest
Let Them Eat Chaos
Fiction Records
The Julie Ruin
Hit Reset
Hardly Art
Michael Kiwanuka
Love & Hate
Interscope
Desert Mountain Tribe
Either That or the Moon
Metropolis Records
Summer Cannibals
Full Of It
Kill Rock Stars
HÆLOS
Full Circle
Matador
The Coathangers
Nosebleed Weekend
Suicide Squeeze
Sex Stains
s/t
Don Giovanni Records
Adia Victoria
Beyond The Bloodhounds
Atlantic Records
The Lumineers
Cleopatra
Dualtone Records
Jon Hamilton
Programming Intern
Beyonce
Lemonade
Parkwood Entertainment
David Bowie
Blackstar
Columbia
Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
GOOD Music
Chance the Rapper
Coloring Book
self released
Frank Ocean
Blonde
Boy's Don't Cry
Kendrick Lamar
untitled unmastered.
Aftermath Entertainment
the James Hunter Six
Hold On!
Daptone Records
Ty Segall
Emotional Mugger
Drag City
Margo Price
Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Third Man Records
The Frightnrs
Nothing More to Say
Daptone Records
Margo Price // photo by Melissa Wax
Gerrit Feenstra
Blog Contributor
Savages
Adore Life
Matador
James Blake
The Colour in Anything
Columbia
Junior Boys
Big Black Coat
City Slang
Clams Casino
32 Levels
Columbia
Factory Floor
25 25
DFA
Porches
Pool
Domino
Ice Choir
Designs in Rhythm
Shelflife
The Range
Potential
Domino
Nada Surf
You Know Who You Are
Barsuk
Operators
Blue Wave
Last Gang
Brittany Feenstra
Photographer
Savages
Adore Life
Matador
White Lies
Friends
BMG
Nada Surf
You Know Who You Are
Barsuk
Gucci Mane
Everybody Looking
Atlantic
The Lonely Island
Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping
Republic
Head Wound City
A New Wave of Violence
Vice
Nice as F*ck
Nice as F*ck
Love's Way
Slaves
Take Control
EMI
Yeasayer
Amen & Goodbye
Mute
Trentemøller
Fixion
Poker Flat Recordings
Anna Rogers
Development Communications Intern & Blog Contributor
Gazebos
Die Alone
Hardly Art
David Bowie
Blackstar
Columbia
The Avalanches
Wildflower
Astralwerks
Ty Segall
Emotional Mugger
Drag City
Kikagaku Moyo
House in the Tall Grass
Guruguru Brain
Tacocat
Lost Time
Hardly Art
Animal Collective
Painting With
Domino Recording Co.
Charles Bradley
Changes
Daptone Records
Devendra Banhart
Ape in Pink Marble
Nonesuch
Gooch Palms
Introverted Extroverts
Summer Camp Records
Ty Segall & The Muggers // photo by Amber Knecht
Brian Hill
Music and Business Support
Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
GOOD Music
Preoccupations
Preoccupations
Jagjaguwar
Kendrick Lamar
Untitled Unmastered
Top Dawg
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
XL Recordings
Parquet Courts
Human Performance
Rough Trade
Sunflower Bean
Human Ceremony
Fat Possum Records
Bon Iver
22, A Million
Jagjaguwar
S U R V I V E
RR7349
Relapse
Navvi
Omni
Hush Hush
Haelos
Full Circle
Matador
Nikhil Sarma
Digitization Volunteer
Project Pablo
Beaubien Dream
SOBO Records
Lnrdcroy
Ooze City
Mood Hut
Anderson .Paak
Malibu
Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club/Empire
Mr. Fries
WOLFEP033
Wolf Music Recordings
Natural Child
Okey Dokey
Natural Child Records and Tapes
Jayda G
Jaydaisms
Freakout Cult
Kaytranada
99.90%
XL Recordings
Madteo Feat. Sensational
Special Offer
WANIA
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Matador
Marco Lazovic
Life Without Love
Jungle Gym Records
Dashel Schueler
Corporate, Foundation and Government Relations Manager
Tacocat
Lost Time
Hardly Art
Martha
Blisters in the Pit of My Heart
Fortuna Pop
LVL UP
Return to Love
Sub Pop
Dogbreth
Second Home
Asian Man Records
Frankie Cosmos
Next Thing
Bayonet Records
Chance the Rapper
Coloring Book
S/R
Florist
The Birds Outside Sang
Double Double Whammy
David Bazan
Blanco
Barsuk
Sloucher
Certainty
Swoon Records
Kate Tempest
Let Them Eat Chaos
Lex
Tacocat // photo by Victoria Holt
Isaac Kaplan-Woolner
Producer for KING 5 Evening segments and Special Programming
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Matador
David Bowie
Blackstar
Colombia
Beyonce
Lemonade
Parkwood Entertainment
Smokey Brights
Hot Candy
Freakout Records
Deep Sea Diver
Secrets
High Beam Records
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Nonagon Infinity
ATO
Margo Price
Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Third Man Records
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
XL Recordings
Sturgill Simpson
A Sailor's Guide to Earth
RJ Records
Tacocat
Lost Time
Hardly Art
Van Wolfe
DJ Assistant for Cheryl Waters
clipping.
Wriggle
Sub Pop
The Hotelier
Goodness
Tiny Engines
Crying
Beyond the Fleeting Gales
Run For Cover
ANOHNI
Hopelessness
Secretly Canadian
Panopticon
Revisions of the Past
Bindrune Recordings
Astronoid
Air
Blood Music
Death Grips
Bottomless Pit
Harvest Records
Touche Amore
Stage Four
Epitaph
clipping.
Splendor & Misery
Sub Pop
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Matador
Alan Lawrence
Photographer
David Bowie
Blackstar
Columbia
Nick Cave
Skeleton Tree
Bad Seed
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker
Columbia
Angel Olsen
My Woman
Jagjaguwar
Sturgill Simpson
A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Atlantic Records
Drive-By Truckers
American Band
ATO
Kyle Craft
Dolls of Highland
Sub Pop
Lucinda Williams
The Ghosts of Highway 20
Highway 20
Teenage Fanclub
Here
Merge
Shearwater
Jet Plane and Oxbow
Sub Pop
Drive-By Truckers // photo by Alan Lawrence
Hanna Stevens
Photographer
James Blake
The Colour in Anything
Polydor Records
Shaprece
C.O.A.L.S.
self-released
Coco Columbia
When the Birds Begin to Walk
self-released
IG88
Hiding In My Hands
STYLSS
Anderson .Paak
Malibu
Steel Wool, OBE, Art Club, Empire
NAO
For All We Know
Little Tokyo Recordings
KAYTRANADA
99.90%
XL Recordings
Jack Garratt
Phase
Interscope
David Bowie
★
Columbia Records
Kiah Victoria
Everybody
Tralala Inc
William Barcelona
DJ Assistant for Evie
Ty Segall & The Muggers
Emotional Mugger
Drag City
Yoni & Geti
Testarossa
Joyful Noise
Jesu / Sun Kil Moon
Jesu / Sun Kil Moon
Caldo Verde
Danny Brown
Atrocity Exhibition
Warp
Open Mike Eagle + Paul White
Hella Personal Film Festival
Mello Music Group
Gazebos
Die Alone
Hardly Art
Chimurenga Renaissance
Girlz With Guns
Glitterbeat
Skepta
Konnichiwa
BBK
TEEN
Love Yes
Carpark
Flamingosis
Bright Moments
self-released
Jackson Long
Production Manager, Audio Engineer
Charles Bradley
Changes
Daptone Records
Nick Waterhouse
Never Twice
Innovative Leisure
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Sea of Noise
RECORDS
Nada Surf
You Know Who You Are
Barsuk
Bully
Feels Like
Columbia Records
Wilco
Schmilco
dBpm
Leon Bridges
Louisiana Sun 10"
Columbia Records
Sloucher
Certainty
Swoon Records
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Matador
The Sonics
Live at Easy Street
Re:Vox
The Sonics // photo by Jim Bennett
Owen Murphy
Producer, John in the Morning
Kate Tempest
Let Them Eat Chaos
Lex
Don Vail
Fades
self-released
Angel Olsen
My Woman
Jagjaguwar
Liv
Wings of Love (single)
INGRID
Stargazer Lillies
Door to the Sun
Graveface
David Bowie
Blackstar
Columbia
Michael Kiwanuka
Love and Hate
Communion
Drive-By Truckers
American Band
ATO
The Orange Kyte
Microdose (single)
self-released
Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam
I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
Glassnote
Julia Olson
DJ Assistant For Abbie 1-6 AM Wednesday
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Nonagon Infinity
ATO
Bon Iver
22, A Million
Jagjaguwar
Preoccupations
Preoccupations
Jagjaguwar
Jenny Hval
Blood Bitch
Sacred Bones
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
XL Recordings
DIIV
Is the Is Are
Captured Tracks
Jesu/ Sun Kil Moon
Jesu/ Sun Kil Moon
Caldo Verde Records
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Matador
Japanese Breakfast
Psychopomp
Dead Oceans
Andy Schauf
The Party
Arts and Crafts (ANTI-)
Melvin Yuan
Finance Intern
Angel Olsen
My Woman
Jagjaguwar
Daughter
Not to Disappear
4AD/Glassnote
TOY
Clear Shot
Heavenly Recordings
Mothers
When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired
Grand Jury Music
Sunflower Bean
Human Ceremony
Fat Possum
Leave the Planet
Nowhere (Both A & B sides)
Wiener Records
Minor Victories
Minor Victories
Fat Possum
Warpaint
Heads Up
Rough Trade
DIIV
Is The Is Are
Captured Tracks
Alpine Decline
Life’s A Gasp
Maybe Mars (Beijing, China)
Sunflower Bean // photo by Renata Steiner
Cyrus Despres
Director of Planning & Business Intelligence
Solange
A Seat At The Table
Saint Records/Columbia
A Tribe Called Quest
We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Epic
Noname
Telefone
self-released
Blood Orange
Freetown Sound
Domino
Chance The Rapper
Coloring Book
self-released
Frankie Cosmos
Next Thing
Bayonet Records
Cass McCombs
Mangy Love
Anti-
Parquet Courts
Human Performance
Rough Trade
Karl Blau
Introducing Karl Blau
Raven Marching Band Records
David Bowie
Blackstar
ISO Records
Geran Landen
Blog Contributor
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Matador
Chance The Rapper
Coloring Book
self-released
Whitney
Light Upon the Lake
Secretly Canadian
Frank Ocean
Blonde
Boys Don't Cry
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
XL Recordings
Anderson .Paak
Malibu
Steel Wool
Modern Baseball
Holy Ghost
Run For Cover Records
Kevin Abstract
American Boyfriend
Empire
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard
Nonagon Infinity
ATO
Boogie
Thirst 48 Part II
self-released
Amanda Lynn
Front Desk/phones/tabling/tours volunteer
The Lumineers
Cleopatra
Dualtone
Explosions in the Sky
The Wilderness
Temporary Resistance Ltd.
M83
Junk
Mute
Grouplove
Big Mess
Atlantic
The Head and the Heart
Signs of Light
Warner Bros.
Daughter
Not To Disappear
4AD
Santigold
99c
Atlantic
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
A Man Alive
Ribbon Music
Bear Hands
You'll Pay for This
Spensive Records
The Kills
Ash & Ice
Domino
Explosions in the Sky // photo by Melissa Wax
Stacy McCauslin
Hospitality Volunteer, DJ Assistant, Show Stickering, Events, and any/everything else I can!
Operators
Blue Wave
Last Gang
Wolf Parade
EP 4
Sub Pop
Deep Sea Diver
Secrets
High Beam
Fruit Bats
Absolute Loser
Easy Sound Recording
Mass Gothic
Mass Gothic
Sub Pop
Kyle Craft
Dolls of Highland
Sub Pop
Nada Surf
You Know Who You Are
Barsuk
Whitney
Light Upon the Lake
Secretly Canadian
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Matador
The Veils
Total Depravity
Nettwerk
Caroline "Coco" O'Keefe
Guest Services Coordinator/ Receptionist
Bob Mould
Patch the Sky
Merge
Frightened Rabbit
Painting of a Panic Attack
Atlantic
Band of Horses
Why Are You OK?
Interscope
Phantogram
Three
Universal
Dinosaur Jr.
Give a Glimpse of What yer Not.
Jagjaguwar
Pixies
Head Carrier
[PIAS]
Killswitch Engage
Incarnate
RoadRunner
Against Me!
Shape Shift With Me
Total Treble Music
Aesop Rock
Impossible Kid
Rhymesayers
Hiss Golden Messenger
Heart like a Levee
Merge
Aarin Wright
DJ Assistant for El Sonido
Hinds
Leave Me Alone
Mom + Pop
Xenia Rubinos
Black Terry Cat
Anti/Epitaph
Helado Negro
Private Energy
Asthmatic Kitty
Elia
Futuro Hermano
Don't Know!
Quantic
Presenta Flowering Inferno: 1000 Watts
TRU THOUGHTS
Crater
Talk To Me So I Can Fall Asleep
Help Yourself Records
Angel Olsen
My Woman
Jagjaguwar
NAVVI
Omni
Hush Hush
El Guincho
Hiperasia
Nacional Records
beGun
Amma
Foehn Records
Hinds // photo by Melissa Wax
John Gleason
DJ Assistant and Show Tabler
Angel Olson
My Woman
Jagjaguwar
Jamila Woods
HEAVN
Self-Release
Chance The Rapper
Coloring Book
self-released
A Tribe Called Quest
We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Epic
Kendrick Lamar
Untitled Unmastered
Interscope
Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Matador
Pinkshinyultrablast
Grandfeathered
Club AC30
The Avalanches
Wildflower
Modular
Kamaiyah
A Good Night In The Ghetto
self-released
Danny Brown
Atrocity Exhibition
Warp
Rebecca Brown
Front Desk Volunteer
The Album Leaf
Between Waves
Relapse
Tycho
Epoch
Ghostly International
Bon Iver
22, A Million
Jagjaguwar
The Weeknd
Starboy
XO
Andrew Bird
Are You Serious
Loma Vista
Manatee Commune
Manatee Commune
Bastard Jazz
Kishi Bashi
Sonderlust
Joyful Noise
Justice
Woman
Ed Banger
NAVVI
Omni
Hush Hush
STRFKR
Being No One, Going Nowhere
Polyvinyl Record Co.
Andrew Franks
Volunteer Videographer
Frank Ocean
Blonde
Boys Don't Cry
Beyonce
Lemonade
Columbia
How To Dress Well
Care
Domino
Anderson .Paak
Malibu
EMPIRE
De La Soul
and the Anonymous Nobody...
Kobalt
Angel Olsen
My Woman
Jagjaguwar
Aesop Rock
The Impossible Kid
Rhymesayers
A Tribe Called Quest
We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Epic
Bon Iver
22, A Million
Jagjaguwar
Blood Orange
Freetown Sound
Domino
Anderson .Paak // photo by Brittany Feenstra
Stephanie Monk
Content Calendar research for the Morning Show/substitute DJ assistant
For the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing with you KEXP DJs’ Top 10 Albums of 2016 lists in anticipation of KEXP Listener's Top 90.3 Albums of 2016, which we will reveal, and countdown on air, this Friday starting at 6AM.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Morn…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Morn…
