Dan Burney (Social Media/RPM)
1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
2. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
3. Björk – Vulnicura
4. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden Of Delete
5. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
6. Nils Frahm – Solo
7. Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufield – Never Were The Way She Was
8. Ought – Sun Coming Down
9. Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie
10. Colleen – Captain Of None
11. Hop Along – Painted Shut
12. Storming The Beaches With Logos In Hand – Southwick Howls
13. Grimes – Art Angels
14. Floating Points – Eleania
15. Four Tet – Morning/Evening
James Calvet (Music Director/Local Shakedown)
1. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden Of Delete
2. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Lil Ugly Mane – Third Side Of The Tape
4. Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
5. Nap Eyes – Whine Of The Mystic
6. Young Thug – The Barter 6
7. American Culture – Pure American Gum
8. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
9. Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again
10. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
Elijah Jarocki (Volunteer Coordinator/Jazz)
1. Twerps – Range Anxiety
2. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
4. Benjamin Clementine – At Least For Now
5. Kendrick Scott Oracle – We Are The Drum
6. Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too
7. Jamie xx – In Colour
8. Ought – Big Beautiful Blue Sky
9. Viet Cong – Viet Cong
10. Aye Nako – The Blackest Eye
Honorable Mentions: Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp, Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell, Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment – Surf, American Culture – American Gum
Emilia Cassidy (Program Director/Rotation)
1. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
2. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
3. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden Of Delete
4. Ought – Sun Coming Down
5. FKA Twigs – M3LL155X
6. Father John Misty – I Love You Honey Bear
7. Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
8. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
9. Jamie xx – In Colour
10. Joanna Newsom – Divers
Honorable Mentions: Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Eskimeaux – O.K.
Caden Marchese (Promotions/The Careerist)
1. Alex G – Beach Music
2. Mount Eerie – Sauna
3. Ought – Sun Coming Down
4. Viet Cong – Viet Cong
5. Neon Indian – Vega Int’l Night School
6. Title Fight – Hyperview
7. Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie
8. Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
10. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
Colton O’Connor (Engineer/Rotation)
1. Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie
2. Krill – A Distant Fist Unclenching
3. Ought – Sun Coming Down
4. Alex G – Beach Music
5. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
6. Viet Cong – Viet Cong
7. Spencer Radcliffe – Looking In
8. American Culture – Pure American Gum
9. Katie Dey – asdfasdf
10. Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect
Honorable Mentions: Ricky Eat Acid – Mixtape, Spray Paint – Dopers, Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too, Palm – Trading Basics, Jeff Rosenstock – We Cool?
Alexis Aaeng (Air Board Chair/Historics)
1. Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again
2. FKA Twigs – M3LL155X
3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
4. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
5. Ought – Sun Coming Down
6. Krill – A Distant Fist Unclenching
7. Viet Cong – Viet Cong
8. American Culture – Pure American Gum
9. Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie
10. Braids – Deep In The Iris
Honorable Mentions: Jamie xx – In Colour, U.S. Girls – Half Free, Chastity Belt – Time To Go Home, Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
Kenneth Prior (Membership Director/Rotation)
1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
3. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
4. Death Grips – Jenny Death
5. Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass
6. Pet Cemetery – Dietary Requirements
7. Alex G – Beach Music
8. Lil Ugly Mane – Third Side of Tape
9. FKA Twigs – M3LL155X
10. Katie Dey – asdfasdf
Honorable Mentions: Viet Cong – Viet Cong, Peach Kelli Pop – III, Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness, Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden Of Delete, Ricky Eat Acid – Mixtape
Donato Ruscitti (Production/Rotation)
Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Ought – Sun Coming Down
Pile – You’re Better Than This
Krill – A Distant Fist Unclenching
Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie
Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect
Hop Along – Painted Shut
Speedy Ortiz – Foil Deer
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufield – Never Were The Way She Was
Death Grips – Jenny Death
Honorable Mentions: Spray Paint – Dopers
Dan Le (Morning Show)
1. Delta Sleep – Twin Galaxies
2. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
3. Elvis Depressedly – New Alhambra
4. Julia Holter – Have You In My WIlderness
5. Deafheaven – New Bermuda
6. Death Grips – Jenny Death
7. Viet Cong – Viet Cong
8. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
9. Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie
10. Sorority Noise – Joy, Departed
Honorable Mentions: Jamie xx – In Colour, Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete, Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly, Ought – Sun Coming Down, Ratatat – Magnifique, Car Seat Hedrest – Teens of Style
Lazlo (Dark and Gloomy w/ Yours Truly)
1. Prurient – Frozen Niagara Falls
2. Death Grips – Jenny Death
3. Paysage D’Hiver – Paysage D’Hiver
4. Bell Witch – Four Phantoms
5. An Autumn For Crippled Children – The Long Goodbye
6. Leviathan – Scar Sighted
7. Bosse-De-Nage – All Fours
8. Mamaleek – Via Dolorosa
9. Deafheaven – New Bermuda
10. Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect
Honorable Mentions: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress, Joey Badass – B4.DA.$$, Mastery – Valis
Bob Slade (Static)
1. Killing Joke – Pylon
2. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love
3. Gang of Four – What Happens Next
4. Teenage Time Killers – Greatest Hits
5. Wavves – V
6. Wire – Wire
7. Beach Slag – The Things we Do to Find People who Like Us
8. Fat Wreck Chords 25th Anniversary CD Comp)
9. Dressy Bessy – Lady Liberty (7″)
8. The Sonics – This Is The Sonics
9. Pottymouth – E.P.
10. The Go! Team – The Scene Between
11. NOFX – Home Street Home Soundtrack
12. Pins – Wild Nights
13. !!! – As If
14. Off! – Live @ BBC
15. Spoon – TV Set (10″)
Jolie Klefeker (Rotation)
1. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
2. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
4. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Harmlessness
5. Peach Kelli Pop – Peach Kelli Pop III
6. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
7. Pookie & the Poodlez – Young Adult
8. Colleen Green – I Want to Grow Up
9. Hop Along – Painted Shut
10. American Culture – Pure American Gum
Honorable Mentions: Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear, Jamie xx – In Colour, Surfer Blood – 1000 Palms, Mac Demarco – Another One
Submit your own top 10 here, and stay tuned for the results of our Official Radio 1190 Listeners’ Albums of the Year list!