Best Music 🎵 of 2023!
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Nee Lewman
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Here’s my ten most listened to date, this year:
1. Nickel Creek - Celebrants
2. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
3. Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over
4. Angel Bat Dawid - Requien For Jazz
5. Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump for Joy
6. Mighty Poplar - Mighty Poplar
7. Margo Price - Strays
8. Rhiannon Giddens - You’re the One
9. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - City of Gold
10. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
1. Nickel Creek - Celebrants
2. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
3. Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over
4. Angel Bat Dawid - Requien For Jazz
5. Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump for Joy
6. Mighty Poplar - Mighty Poplar
7. Margo Price - Strays
8. Rhiannon Giddens - You’re the One
9. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - City of Gold
10. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
DownIsTheNewUp
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Wildly ambitious.
Rip_City
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Liked this one but shy of a favorite.
DownIsTheNewUp
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Yeah I think that's where I'm at. 1 too many traditional singer songwriter songs on the back end. The first half bangs though and Put it Down is straight fire.
DownIsTheNewUp
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Guys it's shaping up to be a banger of a year. I didn't think anything was going to knock off Caroline's Desire for my AotY considering it's been there all year but while researching upcoming shows in the Chicago area, I came across a dude who guys by the name of Jitwam... I've spent most of the week binging music while chipping away at Earthbound, tonight that process was aided by an edible. I listened to "Third" twice with a bunch of stuff sprinkled in between listens. I'm in love.
Also, that Billy Woods album has fully clicked. His shit always takes awhile and I never should have given it a first listen in the car. My mistake. And I'm in love with the new Chemical Brothers-- it's become the go-to workout album.
I deleted my list on the other page cause it's gone through a lot of tweaks in recent days. I'll post a new one, limited to a 6x7 Topsters grid at the end of the weekend. But in the meantime, some under the radar drops I'm digging
Also, I still need to get to the new Sufjan. It was too mellow for my vibe tonight.
Also, that Billy Woods album has fully clicked. His shit always takes awhile and I never should have given it a first listen in the car. My mistake. And I'm in love with the new Chemical Brothers-- it's become the go-to workout album.
I deleted my list on the other page cause it's gone through a lot of tweaks in recent days. I'll post a new one, limited to a 6x7 Topsters grid at the end of the weekend. But in the meantime, some under the radar drops I'm digging
Also, I still need to get to the new Sufjan. It was too mellow for my vibe tonight.
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avecigrec
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FWIW: Looks like the original version of Third was released last year, and the deluxe edition this year. Figured you might wanna know in case it affects your metric. I've also added it to my queue, but expect it'll take a couple/few days to get to being a holiday weekend with family commitments up this way.
DownIsTheNewUp
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Well shit. Spotify misled me again.
I'll probably leave it on my lists here and on Spotify considering the last (bonus apparently) track might be my favorite thing on the whole album. But I'll refrain from giving it points.
Side note, he's utilizing funk and soul and mixing that with Kaytranada 99.9% style electronic touches. If that sounds up you're alley, def circle back to it when your less busy.
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Turbo
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I sampled a few tracks and that's straight up my alley as well. And I completely missed it whenever it came out. That's totally the kind of album I'd have in my collection. Adding it to my listening cue.
Fleetwood-Matt
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Kali Uchis is my AOTY and I don’t see that changing but I think that really captures just how meh I found this year because I’m not even that in love with it.
Still need to check out Amaare. And that Janelle Monae bored me sadly
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wokeupnew
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New Sufjan is really good but I don't think it's AOTY material for me. I fucking LOVE Sufjan but it's missing something really special. It's also quite short for a Sufjan album. All Delighted People was an "EP" and it's 59 minutes. This one comes in at 42 minutes. Carrie & Lowell was 43 minutes. Carrie & Lowell was phenomenal because it was a uniform idea (mourning the death of his mother) and mostly the same style musically. The new one is a little more scattered sound-wise, not much, but a little more. It's like an amalgam of all his albums combined. It'll probably be top 5 for me at the end of the year, but I had high hopes it might take the #1 spot. It has not done that (yet).
Fleetwood-Matt
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Mine (Overall Ranking in Parenthesis)
1. Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus (#1)
2. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! (#2)
3. Paramore - This is Why (#3)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time (#4)
5. Carole Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (#8)
6. 100 Gecs- 10,000 Gecs (#9)
7. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS (#10)
8. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know (#16)
9. Mitski - The Land is Inhospitable (#30)
10. King Gizzard - PetroDragonic (#33)
cbl
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I think this is roughly where I stand heading into "listen to as much '23 music as possible to complete your list as thoroughly as possible" season:
1. Cloth - Secret Measure
2. The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
3. The National - Laugh Track
4. The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein
5. boygenius - the record
6. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
7. Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting (Doldrums is almost certainly my song of the year)
8. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
9. Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert
10. Bully - Lucky for You
11. WITCH - Zango
12. Margo Price - Strays
13. Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman
14. Tennis - Pollen
15. Hania Rani - Ghosts (this is likely gonna climb a lot with more listens)
16. Slowdive - the slab
17. Shakey Graves - Movie of the Week
18. Complete Mountain Almanac - S/T
19. Woods - Perenial
20. Killer Mike - MICHAEL
1. Cloth - Secret Measure
2. The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
3. The National - Laugh Track
4. The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein
5. boygenius - the record
6. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
7. Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting (Doldrums is almost certainly my song of the year)
8. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
9. Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert
10. Bully - Lucky for You
11. WITCH - Zango
12. Margo Price - Strays
13. Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman
14. Tennis - Pollen
15. Hania Rani - Ghosts (this is likely gonna climb a lot with more listens)
16. Slowdive - the slab
17. Shakey Graves - Movie of the Week
18. Complete Mountain Almanac - S/T
19. Woods - Perenial
20. Killer Mike - MICHAEL
cbl
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Shit Talk is a pretty remarkable track, tho
wokeupnew
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Big Update!
Updates in bold
Best of 2023:
- The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
- Cut Worms - Cut Worms
- Sigur Rós - Átta
- Molly Burch - Daydreamer
- The National - Laugh Track
- Bodywash - I Held The Shape While I Could
- Tennis - Pollen
- Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
- Beach Fossils - Bunny
- The Tallest Man on Earth - Henry St.
- Slowdive - Everything is Alive
- 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
- Explosions in the Sky - End
- 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
- Nation of Language - Strange Disciple
- White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
- Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert
- Ratboys - The Window
- Jenny Lewis - Joy'All
- Sufjan Stevens - Reflections
- Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers
- Mitski - The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
- 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
- bdrmm - I Don't Know
- Trillion - So Soon Now
- Parannoul - After the Magic
- Speedy Ortiz - Rabbit Rabbit
- 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
- Do Nothing - Snake Sideways
- 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:
- Palehound
- Andrew Bird
- Islands
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Vagabon
- Cherry Glazerr
- Slow Pulp
- Beirut
- Camera Obscura
- Kacey Johansing
- The Mountain Goats
- Wild Nothing
musicjunkiegreg
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wokeupnew
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LOL
I was looking at the bottom of the list when I posted this update and thought "a lot of these albums I don't really like that much" the Swans one most of all. I should probably just remove the ones I haven't liked (Shame, Squid, Fucked Up). They're honestly all okay albums but nothing special.
cbl
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I've been skipping the Swans tracks on my '23 playlist every time they come on. To Be Kind blew my mind and there were moments on The Glowing Man, but nothing subsequent has hit for me.
Rip_City
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The Beggar is good. But that is it. It is merely good, which is not good enough for Swans. Isn't (and won't be) in my yearend top50.
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