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
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
37. Incendiary - Change The Way You Think About Pain
36. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
35. Deathcrash - Less
34. Shame - Food For Worms
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
25. The Hold Steady - The Price Of Progress
24. Danny Brown - Quaranta
23. Fiddlehead - Death Is Nothing To Us
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
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
Good list. My top 5 in no order is probably Cece Coakley, Chamber, Fuming Mouth, Koyo, Serration.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the music, right now I'm listening to some of the albums on the list. 🤙
that Armed album is ridiculously underrated.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know Jeromes Dreams had a new album out 😱
ReplyDeleteAnd it's their best ever!
Deletethanks, brother
ReplyDeletei think im the only person that didnt like Javelin
ReplyDeleteTemple Of Angels and Institute had the best records this year and it's not even close.
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ReplyDeleteMy late entry for my album of the year has to go to Agabas - A Hate Surpreme. A Death Jazz band from Norway.
ReplyDeleteYou are missing Hotel Etiquette (ex pentimento) but solid list otherwise.
ReplyDeletethanks for the list. lots of releases that i completely missed
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great list! i’m a huge fan of the blog. here’s one that may have slipped your radar!
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