Best Music 🎵 of 2023!
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avecigrec
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I really need to get Take It Like A Man, The Tree of Forgiveness, and A Southern Gothic.
I'm also surprised The Highwomen doesn't show up, since he's got songwriting credit on that one.
[edit:] ALSO MISSING: The Complete Dirty South
avecigrec
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A few things here I've not listened to. Gonna add those to one of my queues!
Nee Lewman
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You should check out HGM if you haven’t as well.
avecigrec
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Long enough ago that it's probably worth revisiting with the current ears...
Nee Lewman
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I don’t know that I’d start with the new one. It’s a little Grateful Dead meets War on Drugs. I’d start with Quietly Blowing It or Terms of Surrender
avecigrec
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ALBUMS
Rae Spoon – Not Dead Yet
jaimie branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
OSEES – Intercepted Message
King Khan – The Invaders – Original Score
Sonic Youth – Live in Brooklyn, Ny.
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
Anna Tivel – Outsiders (Live in a Living Room)
Khalab – Layers
Joell Ortiz & L’Orange – Signature
EPs
DJ Karaba – Souvenirs
Ludovico Einaudi - Still Light
Everything But The Girl – At Maida Vale
Rae Spoon – Not Dead Yet
jaimie branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
OSEES – Intercepted Message
King Khan – The Invaders – Original Score
Sonic Youth – Live in Brooklyn, Ny.
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
Anna Tivel – Outsiders (Live in a Living Room)
Khalab – Layers
Joell Ortiz & L’Orange – Signature
EPs
DJ Karaba – Souvenirs
Ludovico Einaudi - Still Light
Everything But The Girl – At Maida Vale
Nee Lewman
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THERE'S ANOTHER DAY! HOW DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING DOESN'T BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF??!!??
avecigrec
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I mean, this one likely would've been in that collage had I listened before tonight...
wokeupnew
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Haven't done an update in a while. Since, there's a lot coming out this month and next I wanted to get solid ranking on others before then. Lots more shuffing in my top 10 than new albums being added. This Cut Worms album is really, really good.
Updates in bold
Best of 2023:
- The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
- Cut Worms - Cut Worms
- Sigur Rós - Átta
- Bodywash - I Held The Shape While I Could
- Tennis - Pollen
- Beach Fossils - Bunny
- The Tallest Man on Earth - Henry St.
- Wednesday - Rat Saw God
- Anna St. Louis - In The Air
- Narrow Head - Moments of Clarity
- Cathedral Bells - Everything at Once
- Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental
- Eluvium - (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality
- The National - The First Two Pages of Frankenstien
- Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
- boygenius - the record
- Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
- The Muder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
- Jedu Heart - Derealised
- Bully - Lucky For You
- Tim Hecker - No Highs
- White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
- Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert
- Jenny Lewis - Joy'All
- Sufjan Stevens - Reflections
- Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers
- Daughter - Stereo Mind Game
- Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is a Junkyard
- Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting
- The New Pornographers - Continue As Guest
- Blur - The Ballad of Darren
- Trillion - So Soon Now
- Parannoul - After the Magic
- Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, The Water, The Sky
- Steady Holiday - Newfound Oxygen
- Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall
- M. Ward - Supernatural Thing
- Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
- Shame - Food For Worms
- Italia 90 - Living Human Treasure
- Dream Wife - Social Lubrication
- CIVIC - Taken By Force
- Fucked Up - One Day
- M83 - Fantasy
- Squid - O Monolith
- Andy Shauf - Norm
- The Men - New York City
- Swans - The Beggar
Needs more listens before ranking:
- Ratboys
- Slowdive
- Speedy Ortiz
- Do Nothing
- bdrmm
- Palehound
- Andrew Bird
- Islands
- Beirut
- Camera Obscura
- Kacey Johansing
- Mitski
- Molly Burch
- The Mountain Goats
- Nation of Language
- Sufjan Stevens
- Vagabon
- Wild Nothing
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DownIsTheNewUp
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The past couple weeks have been slammed with great music, especially weirdo pop:
Jaimie Branch: Fly or Die Fly (jazz)
Yeule: softscars (art pop)
Underscores: Wallsocket (glitch pop, indie rock) This album is absolutely batshit! Watch this song slip through genres seamlessly...
Slowdive: Everything is Alive (shoegaze)
Puma Blue: Holy Waters (r&b, art rock)
Chai: Chai (art pop)
Roisin Murphy & DJ Koze: Hit Parade (art pop, house)
Chemical Brothers: For That Beautiful Feeling (electronic, dance)
And (came out earlier but just discovered while digging for hip-hop)...
Navy Blue: Ways of Knowing (hip-hop)
Larry June + Alchemist: The Great Escape (Rap)
Jaimie Branch: Fly or Die Fly (jazz)
Yeule: softscars (art pop)
Underscores: Wallsocket (glitch pop, indie rock) This album is absolutely batshit! Watch this song slip through genres seamlessly...
Slowdive: Everything is Alive (shoegaze)
Puma Blue: Holy Waters (r&b, art rock)
Chai: Chai (art pop)
Roisin Murphy & DJ Koze: Hit Parade (art pop, house)
Chemical Brothers: For That Beautiful Feeling (electronic, dance)
And (came out earlier but just discovered while digging for hip-hop)...
Navy Blue: Ways of Knowing (hip-hop)
Larry June + Alchemist: The Great Escape (Rap)
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Rip_City
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I like a lot of that.
wokeupnew
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The new Slowdive record is growing on me, but the track sequencing is all wrong. The second half of the album is way, way, way better than the first. "shanty" is fine to start off the album, but "prayer remembered" being second is too much of a vibe shift, likewise with "andalucia plays". reordered around I think they'd fit bitter on the back half, kind of like a slower second side a la Bowie's Low.
Rip_City
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Q3 Update
Total 2023 releases (albums/EPs/mixtapes) listened to as of June 30:141 219 300
This quarter was kind of a struggle. It did spawn some top10 contenders, including one that will surely be there by year's end.
Plenty of mediocre and bad, unfortunately. Has anyone noticed how mediocre of a year it has been for R&B/neo-soul? One of my go-to genres for casual listening, and it has been far from great. I am still grasping to try and find some hope...thankfully the Tinashe mini-album and Puma Blue record have helped in the meantime. I have waned off of Kelela's Raven after a revisit.
This quarter chart has been reduced even further, shrinking from a 4x4 to a 3x5. This past week of listening saved it from being only a 2x5.
Saving releases from today to be considered for Q4. Entries are alphabetized by band name/artist last name.
Q1 Update
Q2 Update
Total 2023 releases (albums/EPs/mixtapes) listened to as of June 30:
This quarter was kind of a struggle. It did spawn some top10 contenders, including one that will surely be there by year's end.
Plenty of mediocre and bad, unfortunately. Has anyone noticed how mediocre of a year it has been for R&B/neo-soul? One of my go-to genres for casual listening, and it has been far from great. I am still grasping to try and find some hope...thankfully the Tinashe mini-album and Puma Blue record have helped in the meantime. I have waned off of Kelela's Raven after a revisit.
This quarter chart has been reduced even further, shrinking from a 4x4 to a 3x5. This past week of listening saved it from being only a 2x5.
Saving releases from today to be considered for Q4. Entries are alphabetized by band name/artist last name.
Alabaster dePlume - Come With Fierce Grace [spiritual jazz, spoken word]
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings [singer/songwriter, chamber folk, ambient pop]
CHAI - CHAI [dance-pop, synth funk, J-pop]
Geese - 3D Country [alt-country, art punk]
Great Falls - Objects Without Pain [sludge metal, post-hardcore, noise rock]
Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time [dance-pop, synthpop]
Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination [UK bass, synthpop, balearic]
Jonny Nash - Point of Entry [ambient, new age, balearic]
Puma Blue - Holy Waters [alternative R&B, bedroom pop, trip hop]
Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE [power pop, pop punk]
Saloli - Canyon [ambient, progressive electronic]
Sprain - The Lamb as Effigy [no wave, experimental rock, drone]
Tinashe - BB/ANG3L [electronic, alternative R&B, UK garage]
underscores - Wallsocket [indietronica, electropop, hyperpop]
yeule - softscars [shoegaze, dream pop, glitch pop]
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings [singer/songwriter, chamber folk, ambient pop]
CHAI - CHAI [dance-pop, synth funk, J-pop]
Geese - 3D Country [alt-country, art punk]
Great Falls - Objects Without Pain [sludge metal, post-hardcore, noise rock]
Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time [dance-pop, synthpop]
Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination [UK bass, synthpop, balearic]
Jonny Nash - Point of Entry [ambient, new age, balearic]
Puma Blue - Holy Waters [alternative R&B, bedroom pop, trip hop]
Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE [power pop, pop punk]
Saloli - Canyon [ambient, progressive electronic]
Sprain - The Lamb as Effigy [no wave, experimental rock, drone]
Tinashe - BB/ANG3L [electronic, alternative R&B, UK garage]
underscores - Wallsocket [indietronica, electropop, hyperpop]
yeule - softscars [shoegaze, dream pop, glitch pop]
Q1 Update
Q2 Update
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DownIsTheNewUp
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I dunno. I love the new Monae, really enjoy the Puma Blue and like the Amaare. Was really disappointed by Kali's album and am leaning that way with Jorja Smith's that dropped today (but only got halfway through it while driving).
But I tend to be picky (love or hate) with R&B in the first place. Gonna check out the Tinashe off your rec.
Rip_City
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I do like Kali and Amaare's new releases, but only just "liked." I wished I could enjoy Janelle's as much as others have professed.
Tinashe's album has half of its production courtesy of Machinedrum (Azaelia Banks), so I'm optimistic that'll work for you.
DownIsTheNewUp
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That's how I felt about Dirty Computer which I was extrmely luke warm towards (after loving her earlier stuff). This one felt like everything I wish Anderson Paak would dabble in post-Malibu instead of the bland af route he has chosen.
And considering Broke With Expensive Tate is an all-timer to these ears? Consider me intrigued. Going to bed after finishing a 1st listen of the new Mitski and staying up way to late while playing Earthbound and waiting for the edible I took before RTJ to wear off
.Will give it a listen tomorrow.
avecigrec
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ALBUMS
Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light
Dead Pioneers – Dead Pioneers
James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet – For Mahalia, With Love
Kofi Flexxx – Flowers In The Dark
Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden...
Defcee – The Golem of Brooklyn (Original Soundtrack)
Dominique Fils-Aimé – Our Roots Run Deep
Elisapie – Inuktitut
EPs
Federico Albanese – Days Of Passage
Matt Muse – So Far, So Decent
Mykki Blanco – Postcards from Italia
Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light
Dead Pioneers – Dead Pioneers
James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet – For Mahalia, With Love
Kofi Flexxx – Flowers In The Dark
Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden...
Defcee – The Golem of Brooklyn (Original Soundtrack)
Dominique Fils-Aimé – Our Roots Run Deep
Elisapie – Inuktitut
EPs
Federico Albanese – Days Of Passage
Matt Muse – So Far, So Decent
Mykki Blanco – Postcards from Italia
avecigrec
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Angels & Queens by Gabriels
Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
Blackbraid II by Blackbraid
Broken Compass by Magic Carpet
Celestial by Knoel Scott featuring Marshall Allen
Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden... by Matana Roberts
Dead Pioneers by Dead Pioneers
Flowers In The Dark by Kofi Flexxx
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by jaimie branch
For Mahalia, With Love by James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet
The Golem of Brooklyn (Original Soundtrack) by Defcee
History by Lapgan
Intercepted Message by OSEES
Inuktitut by Elisapie
The Invaders – Original Score by King Khan
King Comfy by Tim Carman Trio
MID AIR by Paris Texas
Not Dead Yet by Rae Spoon
Old Growth by Nathanael Larochette
Our Roots Run Deep by Dominique Fils-Aimé
Protect Your Light by Irreversible Entanglements
Shoebox by K!mmortal
Stand Tall by Kioea
Take To The Streets by Eparapo
We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer
Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
Blackbraid II by Blackbraid
Broken Compass by Magic Carpet
Celestial by Knoel Scott featuring Marshall Allen
Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden... by Matana Roberts
Dead Pioneers by Dead Pioneers
Flowers In The Dark by Kofi Flexxx
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by jaimie branch
For Mahalia, With Love by James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet
The Golem of Brooklyn (Original Soundtrack) by Defcee
History by Lapgan
Intercepted Message by OSEES
Inuktitut by Elisapie
The Invaders – Original Score by King Khan
King Comfy by Tim Carman Trio
MID AIR by Paris Texas
Not Dead Yet by Rae Spoon
Old Growth by Nathanael Larochette
Our Roots Run Deep by Dominique Fils-Aimé
Protect Your Light by Irreversible Entanglements
Shoebox by K!mmortal
Stand Tall by Kioea
Take To The Streets by Eparapo
We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer