Saturday 23 December 2023

Best Of 2023

As we wrap up 2023, here are 50 of the albums that made this year definitive to me. As always, keep in mind this is based purely on personal enjoyment and rankings are fairly arbitrary (within proximity to each other). No download links are provided to avoid copyright issues, though many of them can be found in the "2023 in Review..." link round-up. There are two Spotify playlists at the end, one containing all albums listed here and the other containing a representative song from each. Please let me know your favourites of the year, I'm always interested to hear what you guys have been listening to. Thank you for continuing to check this blog out, that's what keeps it going. I hope you all have a good  holiday and a Happy New Year. Enjoy!

Honourable Mentions:
Scalp - Black Tar
Squid Pisser - My Tadpole Legion
Obroa-skai - Science Progresses One Funeral At A Time
New Forms - As Dust Collects
Feverchild - Altering A Memory

50. Captain Jazz - Captain Jazz


49. Horsehip - Consume and Burn


48. MSPAINT - Post-American


47. Blonde Redhead - Sit Down For Dinner


46. the Mountain Goats - Jenny From Thebes


45. Ostraca - Disaster


44. KEN Mode - Void


43. Portrayal of Guilt - Devil Music


42. Pupil Slicer - Blossom


41. Sincere Engineer - Cheap Grills


40. Jesus Piece - ...So Unknown


39. The Dirty Nil - Free Rein To Passions


38. Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask


37. Incendiary - Change The Way You Think About Pain


36. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven


 35. Deathcrash - Less


34. Shame - Food For Worms


33. Drain - Living Proof


32. Fucked Up - One Day


31. Dreamwell - In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You


30. Loma Prieta - Last


29. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions


28. Single Mothers - Roy


27. Gel - Only Constant


26. Zulu - A New Tomorrow


25. The Hold Steady - The Price Of Progress


24. Danny Brown - Quaranta


23. Fiddlehead - Death Is Nothing To Us


22. Jeromes Dream - The Gray In Between


21. Spiritual Cramp - Spiritual Cramp


20. Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips


19. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun


18. The Armed - Perfect Saviors


17. Home Is Where - The Whaler


16. The HIRS Collective - We're Still Here


15. awakebutstillinbed - Chaos Takes The Wheel And I Am A Passenger


 14. Parannoul - After The Magic


13. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy


12. Boygenius - The Record


11. Wednesday - Rat Saw God


10. Initiate - Cerebral Circus


9. Ratboys - The Window


8. The Menzingers - Some Of It Was True


7. Jeff Rosenstock - Hellmode


6. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd


5. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring The Hoes


4. The Gaslight Anthem - History Books


3. The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein


2. The National - Laugh Track


1. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin