To see some of our DJs’ individual votes, head here.

Top 50

1. Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp A Butterfly" [Interscope / Aftermath / Top Dawg]
2. Sufjan Stevens - "Carrie & Lowell" [Asthmatic Kitty]
3. Father John Misty - "I Love You, Honeybear" [Sub Pop]
4. Girlpool - "Before The World Was Big" [Wichita]
5. Alex G - "Beach Music" [Domino]
6. Tame Impala - "Currents" [Interscope]
7. Ex-Breathers - "Past Tense" [Exploding In Sound / Hex]
8. Oneohtrix Point Never - "Garden Of Delete" [Warp]
9. Mitski - "Bury Me At Makeout Creek" [Don Giovanni]
10. Hop Along - "Painted Shut" [Saddle Creek]
11. Courtney Barnett - "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit" [Mom + Pop]
12. Jamie XX - "In Colour" [Young Turks]
13. The Spirit Of The Beehive - "You Are Arrived (But You've Been Cheated)" [Ranch / Ice Age]
14. Kamasi Washington - "The Epic" [Brainfeeder]
15. D'Angelo And The Vanguard - "Black Messiah" [RCA]
16. Protomartyr - "The Agent Intellect" [Hardly Art]
17. Arca - "Mutant" [Mute]
18. Palehound - "Dry Food" [Exploding In Sound]
19. Death Grips - "The Powers That B" [Harvest]
20. Julia Holter - "Have You In My Wilderness" [Domino]
21. Woozy - "Blistered" [Commmunity / Exploding In Sound]
22. Lianne La Havas - "Blood" [Nonesuch]
23. Vince Staples - "Summertime '06" [Def Jam]
24. Woset - "Woset" [Elestial Sound]
25. Holydrug Couple - "Moonlust" [Sacred Bones]
26. Grimes - "Art Angels" [4AD]
27. Ava Luna - "Infinite House" [Western Vinyl]
28. Sleater-Kinney - "No Cities To Love" [Sub Pop]
29. Swings - "Sugarwater" [Exploding In Sound]
30. Mac DeMarco - "Another One" [Captured Tracks]
31. Hiatus Kaiyote - "Choose Your Weapon" [Flying Buddha]
32. Chelsea Wolfe - "Abyss" [Sargent House]
33. Shamir - "Ratchet" [XL]
34. Downtown Boys - "Full Communism" [Don Giovanni]
35. Foxing - "Dealer" [Triple Crown]
36. Neon Indian - "VEGA INTL. Night School" [Mom + Pop]
37. Empress Of - "Me" [Terrible]
38. Beach House - "Depression Cherry" [Sub Pop]
39. Joanna Newsom - "Divers" [Drag City]
40. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Multi-Love" [Jagjaguwar]
41. Palm - "Trading Basics" [Inflated / Exploding In Sound]
42. Hundred Waters - "The Moon Rang Like A Bell (Remixed)" [OWSLA]
43. Toe - "Hear You" [Topshelf]
44. Deafheaven - "New Bermuda" [Anti-]
45. Dâm-Funk - "Invite The Light" [Stones Throw]
46. Dikembe - "Ledge" [Self-Released]
47. Stara Rzeka - "Zamknęły się oczy ziemi" [Instant Classic]
48. Destroyer - "Poison Season" [Merge]
49. PWR BTTM - "Ugly Cherries" [Miscreant / Father/Daughter]
50. Zs - "Xe" [Northern Spy]

Superlatives

Best 7" Release: Sheer Mag - "II" [Katorga Works]
Best Punk Release: Ex-Breathers - "Past Tense" [Exploding In Sound / Hex]
Best Electronic Release: Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden Of Delete" [Warp]
Best Local Release: Ex-Breathers - "Past Tense" [Exploding In Sound / Hex]
Best Singer-Songwriter/Folk Release: Father John Misty - "I Love You, Honeybear" [Wichita]
Best Metal Release: Deafheaven - "New Bermuda" [Anti-]
Best Soul/Funk/R&B Release: [Tie:] D'Angelo And The Vanguard - "Black Messiah" [RCA]; Lianne La Havas - "Blood" [Nonesuch]
Best Latin Release: Downtown Boys - "Full Communism" [Don Giovanni]
Best Obscuro Release: Lewis Baloue - "Romantic Times" [Light In The Attic]
Best Experimental Release: Oneohtrix Point Never - "Garden Of Delete" [Warp]
Best Jazz Release: Kamasi Washington - "The Epic" [Brainfeeder]
Best Reissue: Mitski - "Bury Me At Makeout Creek" [Don Giovanni]
Best Hip Hop Release: Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp A Butterfly" [Interscope / Aftermath / Top Dawg]
Best World Release: Bitchuka Na Kafumbe - "Bitchuka Black Mambo" [Datatone]
Best Compilation Release: Various Artists - "Elestial Sound 2015 Forecast" [Elestial Sound]
Best Debut Release: Natalie Prass - "Natalie Prass" [Spacebomb]
Best EP Release: The Spirit Of The Beehive - "You Are Arrived (But You've Been Cheated)" [Ranch / Ice Age]
Most Annoying Release: [Tie:] Girlpool - "Before The World Was Big" [Wichita]; Joanna Newsom - "Divers" [Drag City]
Most Disappointing Release: The Pop Group - "Citizen Zombie" [Freaks R Us]
Best Album Art: Battles - "La Di Da Di" [Warp]
Worst Band Name: Coke Weed
Best/Most Consistent Record Label: Exploding In Sound
Best Specialty Show: Club Convergence
Best Region For Music: Northeastern U.S.
Best Local Show: Screaming Females, Downtown Boys, Palehound, and Buffalo Buffalo @ All Saints Cafe
Best WVFS In-Studio: Nude Tayne
Best DJ: Kevin H.

Charts Archive