KEXP Staff, Volunteers & Interns Top Ten Albums of 2014, Part 1

Phantogram // photo by Matthew B. Thompson

For the last two weeks, we’ve been sharing with you KEXP DJs’ Top Ten Albums of 2014 lists, but 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. Below, you can see what they chose for their Top Ten Albums of 2014.

You still have time to vote for your own Top Ten Albums of 2014! VOTE HERE by 6PM on Tuesday, December 16, and then tune in to KEXP on Friday, December 19, starting at 10AM, to hear the entire countdown of KEXP listeners’ top albums of 2014.

Ann Allen	DJ Assistant for Kevin Cole
Real Estate	Atlas	Domino
Jungle	Jungle	XL
Temples	Sun Structures	Fat Possum
Woods	With Light and With Love	Woodsist
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
Mac Demarco	Salad Days	Captured Tracks
The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Secretly Canadian
Phantogram	Voices	Republic
ODESZA	In Return	Counter Records
We Were Promised Jet Packs	Unravelling	FatCat

Graham Amsden	Financial Coordinator
Mac DeMarco	Salad Days	Captured Tracks
Chad VanGaalen	Shrink Dust	Sub Pop
Angel Olsen	Burn Your Fire For No Witness	Jagjaguwar
Shabazz Palaces	Lese Majesty	Sub Pop
Alvvays	Alvvays	Polyvinyl
Les Sins	Michael	Company Records
Parquet Courts	Sunbathing Animal	What’s Your Rupture?
Avi Buffalo	At Best Cuckold	Sub Pop
Juan Wauters	N.A.P. North American Poetry	Captured Tracks
King Tuff	Black Moon Spell	Sub Pop

Wussy // photo by Brady Harvey

Jim Beckmann	Online Content Manager / Senior Video Producer
Wussy	Attica!	Shake It Records
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Secretly Canadian
Sólstafir	Ótta	Season of Mist
Parquet Courts	Sunbathing Animal	What’s Your Rupture?
Low Roar	0	Tonequake Records
Big Ups	Eighteen Hours of Static	Dead Labour
The Barr Brothers	Sleeping Operator	Secret City Records
The Orwells	Disgraceland	Atlantic / Canvasback
Thee Oh Sees	Drop	Castle Face

Roxy Boggio	DJ Assistant for Cheryl Waters/Programming Assistant
The Unicorns	Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?	Caterpillar Records (Reissue)
Kevin Morby	Still Life	Woodsist
The Growlers	Chinese Fountain	Everloving Records
Wimps	Repeat	End of Time Records
Cherry Glazerr	Haxel Princess	Burger
The Shivas	You Know What To Do	K
Shintaro Sakamoto	Let’s Dance Raw	Other Music Recording Co.
Zig Zags	Zig Zags	In the Red
Posse	Soft Opening	Beating A Dead Horse
Caribou	Our Love	Merge

Alaia D’Alessandro	Creative Production Intern and DJ Assistant for Larry Rose
Temples	Sun Restructured	Heavenly
King Tuff	Black Moon Spell	Sub Pop
AJ Davila	Terror Amor	Burger Records
Deerhoof	La Isla Bonita	Polyvinyl
Julian Casablancas and The Voidz	Tyranny	Cult Records
Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger	Midnight Sun	Chimera Music
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	Give the People What They Want	Daptone Records
tUnE-yArDs	Nikki Nack	4AD
La Sera	Hour of the Dawn	Hardly Art
Perfect Pussy	Say Yes To Love	Sswampzz

Perfume Genius // photo by Morgen Schuler

Cyrus Despres	Manager of Information Technology
Run the Jewels	RTJ2	Mass Appeal
Flying Lotus	You’re Dead	Warp
Perfume Genius	Too Bright	Turnstile
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
Eno / Hyde	High Life	Warp
Parquet Courts	Sunbathing Animal	What’s Your Rupture?
Chad VanGaalen	Shrink Dust	Sub Pop
Mac DeMarco	Salad Days	Captured Tracks
The Men	Tomorrow’s Hits	Sacred Bones
Moodymann	Moodymann	KDJ

Sam Dunnington	Development Communications Intern
St. Vincent	St. Vincent	Loma Vista/Republic
Angel Olsen	Burn Your Fire For No Witness	Jagjaguwar
FKA Twigs	LP1	Young Turks
Perfume Genius	Too Bright	Matador
Drake	Nothing Was The Same	Cash Money
Sun Kil Moon	Benji	Caldo Verde Records
Open Mike Eagle	Dark Comedy	Mello Music Group
Spoon	They Want My Soul	Loma Vista
Run The Jewels	Run The Jewels 2	Mass Appeal
Future	Honest	Epic

Carol DuPuis	A.E. Business Support
Elbow	The Take Off and Landing Of Everything	Fiction
The War On Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Secretly Canadian
Alt-J	This Is All Yours	Infectious Music
Thom Yorke	Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes	self-released
The Barr Brothers	Sleeping Operator	Secret City
St. Vincent	St. Vincent	Loma Vista/Republic
Beck	Morning Phase	Capitol
Temples	Sun Structures	Heavenly
Little Dragon	Nabuma Rubberband	Loma Vista
First Aid Kit	Stay Gold	Columbia

Meagan Dupre	Front Desk Assistant
Alt-J	This Is All Yours	Infectious Records
Lo Fang	Blue Film	4AD
FKA Twigs	LP1	Young Turks
Hozier	Hozier	Island Records
Broods	Evergreen	Universal
Sir Sly	You Haunt Me	Interscope Records
Vance Joy	Dream Your Life Away	Atlantic Records
Caribou	Our Love	City Slang Worldwide
Spoon	They Want My Soul	Loma Vista Recordings
Perfume Genius	Too Bright	Matador Records

The War on Drugs with Cheryl Waters // photo by Renata Steiner

Gerrit Feenstra	Blog Contributor
Shabazz Palaces	Les Majesty	Sub Pop
The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Secretly Canadian
Operators	EP1	self-released
Future Islands	Singles	4AD
Thom Yorke	Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes	self-released
Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels 2	Mass Appeal
Lykke Li	I Never Learn	Atlantic
Mac DeMarco	Salad Days	Captured Tracks
Tinashe	Aquarius	RCA
Fucked Up	Glass Boys	Matador

Lizzy Rose Flores	Traffic Assistant
The Skull Defekts	Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown	Thrill Jockey
Oskar Schuster	Sneeuwland	self-released
Wolves in the Throne Room	Celestite	Artemisia Records
Shellac	Dude Incredible	Touch & Go
Israel Nash	Israel Nash’s Rain Plans	Continental
Zig Zags	Zig Zags	In The Red
Lusine	Arterial	Ghostly
Sun Glitters	Scattered Into Light	Mush Records
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
Swans	To Be Kind	Mute

Andrew Franks	Videographer
Jungle	Jungle	XL Recordings
RAC	Strangers	Interscope
MØ	No Mythologies to Follow	RCA
Röyksopp	The Inevitable End	Wall of Sound
Chromeo	White Woman	Atlantic
SBTRKT	Wonder Where We Land	Young Turks
ODESZA	In Return	Counter Records
Sylvan Esso	Sylvan Esso	Partisan
Lyla Foy	Mirrors the Sky	Sub Pop
Flying Lotus	You’re Dead!	Warp

Atticus George-Andrijeski	DJ Assistant and Development Intern
Phantogram	Voices	Republic
alt-J	This is All Yours	Infectious
Hundred Waters	The Moon Rang Like a Bell	OWSLA
Chet Faker	Built on Glass	Future Classic
Tom Vek	Luck	Moshi Moshi
Liars	Mess	Mute
Beck	Morning Phase	Capitol
Total Control	Typical System	Iron Lung
Warpaint	Warpaint	Rough Trade
Jamie T	Carry on the Grudge	Virgin

Temples // photo by Dave Lichterman

Rischel Granquist	Manager of Administrative Services
Temples	Sun Structures	Fat Possum
Ty Seagall	Manipulator	Drag City
The New Pornographers	Brill Bruisers	Matador
Taylor Swift	1989	Big Machine
The Both	The Both	Superego
Phantogram	Voices	Republic
Imogen Heap	Sparks	RCA
Sia	1000 Forms of Fear	RCA
First Aid Kit	Stay Gold	Columbia
Wampire	Bazaar	Polyvinyl

Jon Hamilton	DJ Assistant for the Monday Afternoon Show
Jack White	Lazaretto	Third Man Records/Columbia
Beck	Morning Phase	Capitol
Jesus Sons	Jesus Sons	Mock Records
Kishi Bashi	Lighght	Joyful Noise
Jenny Lewis	the Voyager	Warner Brothers
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
Meatbodies	Meatbodies	In the Red
Conor Oberst	Upside Down Mountain	Nonesuch
Thee Oh Sees	Drop	Castle Face
St. Vincent	St. Vincent	Loma Vista/Republic

Katrina Harvie-Watt	Major Gifts Officer
Augustines	Augustines	Votiv
Alt-J	This is All Yours	Infectious Records
Phantogram	Voices	Republic
Glass Animals	ZABA	Harvest
Strand of Oaks	Heal	Dead Oceans
Perfume Genius	Too Bright	Matador
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah	Only Run	self-released
First Aid Kit	Stay Gold	Columbia
The Black Keys	Turn Blue	Nonesuch
Drowners	Drowners	Frenchkiss

Greta Heller	KEXP Business Support Intern and DJ Assistant
Bod	Party Drug	Swoon Records
Perfume Genius	Too Bright	Matador
The New Pornographers	Bill Bruisers	Matador
Cataldo	Guilded Oldies	self-released
Jungle	Jungle	XL
jj	V	Secretly Canadian
Zola Jesus	Taiga	Mute
Caribou	Our Love	Merge
Museum of Love	Museum of Love	DFA
tUnE-yArDs	Nikki Nack	4AD

Brian Hill	Music and Business Support
Cloud Nothings	Here and Nowhere Else	Carpark Records
FKA Twigs	LP1	Young Turks
Mac DeMarco	Salad Days	Captured Tracks
Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels 2	Mass Appeal
Dreamsalon	Soft Stab	Sweet Rot Records
Warpaint	Warpaint	Rough Trade
Todd Terje	It’s Album Time	Olsen Records
GOAT	Commune	Sup Pop
Caribou	Our Love	Merge
The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Secretly Canadian

Strand of Oaks // photo by Renata Steiner

Susan Hood	Blog Volunteer
Bob Mould	Beauty & Ruin	Merge
Ex Hex	Rips	Merge
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
Strand of Oaks	Heal	Dead Oceans
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings	Give the People What They Want	Daptone
Parquet Courts	Sunbathing Animal	What’s Your Rupture?
The New Pornographers	Brill Bruisers	Matador
Temples	Sun Structures	Fat Possum
Phantogram	Voices	Republic
Foxygen	And Star Power	Jagjaguwar

Jay Kardong	Software Engineer
Sturgill Simpson	Metamodern Sounds In Country Music	High Top Mountain
Daniel Lanois	Flesh and Machine Plus Songs I Love	Red Floor Records
Shakey Graves	And the War Came	Dualtone
First Aid Kit	Stay Gold	Columbia
Maggie Bjorklund	Shaken	Bloodshot
Beck	Morning Phase	Capitol
Woods	With Light and With Love	Woodsist
Steelism	615 to Fame	Single Lock Records
Shovels & Rope	Swimmin’ Time	Dualtone
Tomo Nakayama	Fog On The Lens	self-released

Chris Kellogg	Operations Manager, Programming and Production
Ty Segall	The Manipulator	Drag City
Thee Oh Sees	Drop	Castle Face
The Donkeys	Ride the Black Wave	Easy Sound Recording Co.
The Barr Brothers	Sleeping Operator	Secret City
Bonnie “Prince” Billy	Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues	Drag City
Pete Molinari	Theosophy	Clarksville Recordings
Meatbodies	Meatbodies	In the Red
The Horrors	Luminous	XL
Tacocat	NVM	Hardly Art
Diarrhea Planet	Aliens in the Outfield EP	Infinity Cat Recordings

Jackson Long	Audio Engineer
Nick Waterhouse	Holly	Stone’s Throw
St. Paul & The Broken Bones	Half the City	Single Lock Records
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	Give The People What They Want	Daptone
Taylor Swift	1989	Big Machine
Foo Fighters	Sonic Highways	RCA
First Aid Kit	Stay Gold	Columbia
Ryan Adams	s/t	Pax AM
The New Pornographers	Brill Bruisers	Matador
Angel Olsen	Burn Your Fire For No Witness	Jagjaguwar
Jen Wood	Wilderness	New Granada

The Drums // photo by Bebe Labree Besch

Clare McGrane	Licensing/Podcasting Intern
Phantogram	Voices	Republic
Alt-J	This is All Yours	Infectious Music
Lake Street Dive	Bad Self Portraits	Signature Sounds
Childbirth	It’s A Girl!	Help Yourself Records
The Drums	Encyclopedia	Minor Records
Conor Oberst	Upside Down Mountain	Nonesuch

Amy Nygaard	Front Desk Volunteer
The War On Drugs	Lost in a Dream	Secretly Canadian
Metronomy	Love Letters	Because Music
Chromeo	White Women	Atlantic
Pixies	Indie Candy	Pixiemusic
Warpaint	Warpaint	Rough Trade
Taylor Swift	1989	Big Machine Records
Kimbra	The Golden Echo	Warner Bros
Alt-J	This is all yours	Infectious Records
Beck	Morning Phase	Capitol Records
Jack White	Lazaretto	Third Man Records

Charina Pitzel	Photographer / DJ Assistant for Kevin Cole
Mogwai	Rave Tapes	Sub Pop
The Twilight Sad	Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave	Fat Cat
Interpol	El Pintor	Matador
Marissa Nadler	July	Sacred Bones
Stile Antico	From the Imperial Court: Music for the House of Hapsburg	Harmonia Mundi
Sharon Van Etten	Are We There	Jagjaguwar
The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Secretly Canadian
Angela Hewitt	Bach: The Art of Fugue	Hyperion
The Young Evils	False Starts (EP)	No-Count
Johnny Marr	Playland	New Voodoo

Brandon Schoepf	Assistant to the Morning Show
Morrissey	World Peace Is None of Your Business	Harvest
The Faint	Doom Abuse	SQE Music
The New Pornographers	Brill Bruisers	Matador
Total Control	Typical System	Iron Lung Records
Phantogram	Voices	Republic
The Raveonettes	Pe’ahi	The Beat Dies
Iceage	Plowing Into the Field of Love	Matador
Mogwai	Rave Tapes	Rock Action
St. Vincent	St. Vincent	Loma Vista
Perfume Genius	Too Bright	Matador

Kris Orlowski // photo by Morgen Schuler

Jacob Uitti	Blog Writer
Prom Queen	Midnight Veil	self-released
Inly	Inly	self-released
Julia Massey and the Five Finger Discount	A.L.I.T.E.	self-released
Lonesome Shack	More Primitive	Alive Naturalsound
Catskills	Time Away	self-released
The Hoot Hoots	Colorpunch	self-released
Stereo Embers	Stereo Embers	self-released
Kris Orlowski	Believer	self-released
Spekulation	Home of the Mighty	self-released
The Jesus Rehab	The Zoo at Night	self-released

Jeff Vetting	Events and Outreach Manager
Run The Jewels	Run The Jewels 2	Mass Appeal
The Hold Steady	Teeth Dreams	Razor & Tie
How To Dress Well	What Is This Heart	Domino
Rich Gang	Tha Tour Mixtape	Self-released
Ex Hex	Rips	Merge
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
Chad VanGaalen	Shrink Dust	Sub Pop
Strand of Oaks	Heal	Dead Oceans
Braid	No Coast	Top Shelf
Kithkin	Rituals, Trances & Ecstasies for Humans in Face of The Collapse	self-released

Erin Waters	Individual Giving Manager
Warpaint	Warpaint	Rough Trade
Goat	Commune	Sub Pop
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
Broncho	Too Hip to Be a Woman	Dine Alone Records
Benjamin Booker	Benjamin Booker	ATO Records
Temples	Sun Structures	Heavenly
Mac DeMarco	Salad Days	Captured Tracks
Perfume Genius	Too Bright	Matador
ODESZA	In Return	Counter Records
Courtney Barnett	The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas	Marathon Artists

Justin Wilmore	Video Producer
Mac Demarco	Salad Days	Captured Tracks
The War On Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Secretly Canadian
Big Ups	Eighteen Hours Of Static	Dead Labour
Ty Segall	Manipulator	Drag City
Tacocat	NVM	Hardly Art
Constant Lovers	Experience Feelings	Good To Die
Kiasmos	Kiasmos	Erased Tapes
Angel Olsen	Burn Your Fire For No Witness	Jagjaguar
Sylvan Esso	Sylvan Esso	Partison
PUP	PUP	Side One Dummy

Van Wolfe	DJ Assistant (mostly for Cheryl)
clipping.	CLPPNG	Sub Pop
Dude York	Dehumanize	Help Yourself
Taylor Swift	1989	Big Machine
S	Cool Choices	Hardly Art
Panopticon	Roads to the North	Self-Released
Hightek Lowlives	Humanoid Void	Cabin Games
Against Me!	Transgender Dysphoria Blues	Domino
Sun Kil Moon	Benji	Calo Verde
Run the Jewels	RTJ2	Mass Appeal
Swans	To Be Kind	Young God

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