Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2014. Our next list is from volunteer Kelsey Phillips.

Bestiary by Hail Mary Mallon (Rhymesayers)
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Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic come together once again to give us tracks like "Jonathan". "Jonathan" is everything.

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs (Secretly Canadian)
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Adam Granduciel is a wizard.

Atlas by Real Estate (Domino)
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This is one of my favorite albums in a long time. It might be completely due to Matt Mondanile's guitar leads on "Had To Hear." But it's all good regardless.

Disgraceland by The Orwells (Atlantic)
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Not just teenagers from the suburbs anymore, The Orwells show off their bigger production value on this one.

Underneath The Rainbow by Black Lips (Interscope)
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Garage rock in pure form. With some help from Bradford Cox.

Oxymoron by Schoolboy Q (Interscope)
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This is West Coast rap at it's finest, set to Schoolboy Q's story-telling lyrics and plenty of guest appearances.

Wild Onion by Twin Peaks (Grand Jury)
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These hometown boys show us a more polished, thoughtful version of their power chord-heavy tracks.

Here And Nowhere Else by Cloud Nothings (Carpark)
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Not as dark as 2012's Attack On Memory, but the punk trio still knocks out some hard-hitting tracks.

Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels (Mass Appeal)
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Their first album made my Top 10 list last year, and they did it again this year. El-P and Killer Mike can't make bad music together.

Kenny Dennis III by Serengeti (Joyful Noise)
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Chicago's (and CHIRP softball's) own Serengeti (born David Cohn) released Kenny Dennis III this year, which is more of the greatness that was "Dennehy."

Honorable Mentions

Step Brothers -- Lord Steppington

BOYTOY -- BOYTOY

Woods -- With Light And With Love