Hello My Name is Patrick Brown and these are my top things of 2023. |
New Music 1. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World 2. Gina Birch - I Play My Bass Loud 3. billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps 4. Adeem the Artist - White Trash Revelry (Dec. 2022 release) 5. Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet - Hear the Light Singing 6. Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens - Music Inferno 7. Acid Arab - Trois 8. Irreversible Entanglements - Protect Your Light 9. Tinariwen - Amatssou 10. Henry Threadgill Ensemble - The Other One 11. WITCH - Zango 12. Low Cut Connie - Art Dealers 13. London Brew - London Brew 14. Pere Ubu - Trouble on Big Beat Street 15. The Feelies - Some Kinda Love 16. Iris DeMent - Workin’ On A World 17. Rudy Royston / Flatbed Buggy - Day 18. PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying 19. 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs 20. Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips 21. Tyshawn Sorey Trio - Continuing 22. No-No Boy - Empire Electric 23. Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah Blu-ray Pasolini 101 (Criterion box set) Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers (Criterion box set) After Hours (Criterion) EO (Janus Contemporaries) The Watermelon Woman (Criterion) The Novelist’s Film (Cinema Guild) No Bears (Janus Contemporaries) Barbie (Warner Home Video) To Live and Die in L.A. (Kino) Fist of Legend / Tai Chi Master (Ronin Flix) |
Hello, my name is Abbey B and these are my favorite things of 2023. |
CDs: 1. Kali Uchis – Red Moon In Venus 2. SZA – SOS 3. Maneskin – Rush 4. Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer 5. Renee Rapp – Snow Angel 6. Karol G. – Mañana será bonito 7. Elle King – Come Get Your Wife 8. Original Soundtrack – Spider-Man Into the Spider-verse 9. Megan Maroney – Lucky 10. Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Vinyl: 1. Janelle Monae – Age of Pleasure 2. Melanie Martinez – Portals 3. Olivia Rodrigo – Guts 4. Demi Lovato – Revamped 5. Original Soundtrack – Barbie 6. Gorillaz – Cracker Island 7. Fall Out Boy – So Much For Stardust 8. Yves Tumor – Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Movies: 1. Barbie 2. Spider Man Across the Spider-verse 3. Evil Dead Rise 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. John Wick 4 6. Haunted Mansion 7. Dungeons and Dragons 8. The Little Mermaid 9. Boogeyman 10. Renfield |
Hello there, my name is Adam Reshotko and here's what I liked about 2023 |
Baroness - Stone Black Market Brass - Hox Boris & Uniform - Bright New Disease Miles Davis - Turnaround: Rare Miles from the Complete On the Corner Sessions (RSD) Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 17: Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) Bob Dylan - Shadow Kingdom Follakzoid - V Goat - Medicine Grateful Dead - RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73 Polibio Mayorga - Ecuatoriana Say She She - Silver Sonic Youth - Live in Brooklyn 2011 The Third Mind - The Third Mind 2 Various - Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 Various - Spiritual Jazz 14: Private Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World Neil Young - Chrome Dreams Frank Zappa - Funky Nothingness |
Hello, my name is Amy Goodall and these are 30 albums I thought were just OK this year. |
1. Asleep Country – Fake Opulent 2. Tinashe – BB/Ang3l 3. Black Country, New Road – Live at Bush Hall 4. Sampha – Lahai 5. Colin Stetson – When We Were That What Wept For The Sea 6. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World 7. Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions 8. Lana del Rey – Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd 9. Róisín Murphy – Hit Parade 10. George Clanton – Ooh Rap I Ya 11. Liv.e – Girl in the Half Pearl 12. Kali Uchis – Red Moon In Venus 13. Snow Strippers – April Mixtape 3 14. Sofia Kourtesis – Madres 15. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps 16. Squid – O Monolith 17. L’Rain – I Killed Your Dog 18. Parannoul – After the Magic 19. Unskilled Labor – The Meek Will Inherit Cherry Creek 20. Forest Swords – Bolted 21. Lia Kohl – The Ceiling Reposes 22. Arthur Russell – Picture of a Bunny Rabbit 23. Jlin – Perspective 24. Bianca Scout – The Heart of Anchoress 25. Kelela – Raven 26. Fever Ray – Radical Romantics 27. Model/Actriz – Dogsbody 28. Acid Arab – Trois 29. Mitski – This Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 30. Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan |
Howdy, my name is Anna and these are my top albums of 2023, in no particular order but also kinda a little bit in a particular order 😊 |
Be Your Own Pet – Mommy July Talk – Remember Never Before St. Paul & the Broken Bones – Angels in Science Fiction Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary) The Rapture – Echoes Gregory Alan Isakov – Appaloosa Bones The Unicorns – Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? (20th Anniversary) Durand Jones – Wait Till I Get Over Jenny Lewis – Joy’All Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – Weathervanes Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version) The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein WITCH - Zango Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds Movies: BARBIE |
blake britton; 2023 |
1. anhoni and the johnsons - my back was a bridge for you to cross 2. el michel’s affair & black thought - glorious game 3. kali malone - does spring hide its joy 4. kali uchis - red moon in venus 5. billy woods & kenny segal - maps 6. mitski - the land is inhospitable and so are we 7. jpegmafia & danny brown - scaring the hoes 8. black market brass - hox 9. yo la tengo - this stupid world 10. meshell ndegeocello - the omnichord real book |
Hello, my name is Brian Albright and these are my top things of 2022: |
New Music: 1. Midnight Callers – Rattled Humming Heart 2. The Anderson Council – The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon 3. Beach Fossils – Bunny 4. Rain Parade – Last Rays of a Dying Sun 5. The No Ones – My Best Evil Friend 6. Marty Stuart – Altitude 7. Cindy Wilson – Realms 8. Son Volt – Day of the Doug 9. The Long Ryders – September November 10. The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony Reissues/Collections: 1. Various Artists – Looking For the Magic: American Power Pop in the 70s 2. Bobby Sutliff – Only Ghosts Remain 3. Various Artists – Lounge Psychedelique 4. The Chills – Kaleidoscope World 5. The Windbreakers – Run 6. Marshall Crenshaw – Field Day (40th Anniversary deluxe) 7. Barracudas – Drop Out With the Barracudas 8. Klark Kent – Klark Kent (deluxe) 9. The Spinners – Complete Atlantic Singles 10. Owsley – Owsley DVD/Blu-ray: 1. The Elephant 6 Recording Co. |
Hola muchachos – mi nombre es B-Y y aqui estan mis 30 cosas favoritos de 2023!! (alphabetized): |
allah-las – zuma 85 brian jonestown massacre – future is your past crocodiles – upside down in heaven e-40 – revenue retrievin' day shift *1st release on vinyl frankie & the witch fingers – data doom goat – medicine hives – death of randy fitzsimmons holy wave – 5 cups king gizzard & the lizard wizard – petrodragonic apocalypse mondo drag – through the hourglass murlocs – calm ya farm natural child – be m' guest night beats – rajan baaba maal - being nuggets – deluxe box osees – intercepted message ryuichi sakamoto – 12 adrian sherwood – reset in dub sleaford mods – uk grim slift – ilion spectrum / silver apples – lake of teardrops marty stuart & the fabulous superlatives - altitude third mind – 2 tom waits – black rider / bone machine *first ever u.s. vinyl release fucking FINALLY! witch – zango go get you some fatherhood Extra Kool - and a Nuggets title while ya at it!!! Miss ya guy. my great homie Frankie Rat and the Buzzin Buoy – well done squirrel! thanks for chooglin' through wax mountain this year fellas: Blake, Scott, Eric, Ethan, James, The Hound and Paul from the confines! Awesome job. thanks to those of you who sweat, work hard and make this a better place to be, and those of you who DON'T BRING ME NO DRAMA!!!! I thank you wholeheartedly. Quinn – you're the fuckin' man. Love ya g. |
Chad Boltz: This year I have 3. |
The Shit I Liked This Year™ Gel - Only Constant MSpaint - Post-American Scowl - Psychic Dance Routine |
Hello my name is Chris Bjork and these are my top 20 albums of the year in order :) |
1.) Artist: Cory Hanson album: Western Cum 2.) Artist: Symphony Orchestra. Album: Radiant Music 3.) Artist: El Michels Affair and Black Thought Album: Glorious Game 4.) Artist: A. Savage. Album: Several Songs About Fire 5.) Artist: Osees. Album: Intercepted Message 6.) Artist: The Murlocs Album: Calm Ya Farm 7.) Artist: Triptides. Album: Starlight 8.) Artist: Holy Wave. Album: Five of Cups 9.) Artist: Night Beats. Album: Rajan 10.) Artist: People Taking Pictures album: For Meta or For Worse 11.) Artist: Geese. Album: 3D Country 12.) Artist: Deeper. Album: Careful! 13.) Artist: Oriens Belt. Album: Women 14.) Artist: Sonny and the Sunsets. Album: Self Awareness Through Macrame 15.) Artist: Frankie and the Witch Fingers. Album: Data Doom 16.) Artist: Beach Fossils. Album: unny 17.) Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Album: V 18.) Artist: Vinyl Williams. Album: Aeterna 19.) Artist: Population ii. Album: Electrons Libres Du Quebec 20.) Artist: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Album: Petro Dragonic Apocalypse |
Hello my name is Eric Curley and these are my top things of 2023. |
1. ANNA: Intentions (5/19)
2. The Arcs: Electrophonic Chronic (1/27) 3. The Budos Band: Frontier's Edge (5/23) 4. Chemical Brothers: For That Beautiful Feeling (9/8) 5. DJ Shadow: Action Adventure (10/27) 6. El Michels & Black Thought: Glorious Game (4/14) 7. Robert Finley: Black Bayou (10/27) 8. Frankie & the Witch Fingers: Data Doom (9/1) 9. Goat: Medicine (10/13) 10. Helmet: Left (11/10) 11. Steve Gunn & David Moore: Let The Moon Be A Planet (3/31) 12. Hail The Sun: Divine Inner Tension (8/11) 13. Cory Hanson: Western Cum (6/23) 14. The Ironsides: Changing Light (5/19) 15. Dave Matthews Band: Walk Around The Moon (5/19) 16. Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We (9/15) 17. Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon, Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London 1974 (3/24) 18. QOTSA: In Times New Roman (6/16) 19. Rose City Band: Garden Party (4/21) 20. Say She She: Silver (9/29) 21. Skrillex: Quest For Fire (2/17) Vinyl-Only 22. The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms (reissue) 23. Frankie & The Witch Fingers: ZAM reissue (4/22) 24. Goat: World Music (10th Anniversary) 25. Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hollywood Bowl, August 18, 1967 (11/10) 26. King Gizz: PetroDragonic Apocalypse 27. King Gizz: The Silver Cord 28. Kx5 (9/22) 29. Dave Matthews Band: Before These Crowded Streets (25th Anniversary reissue) (11/3) 30. Phish: Farmhouse (reissue) (June 2023) |
2023 (Ethan's Version) |
New Albums (alphabetical by artist): Animal Collective - Isn't it Now? ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was A Bridge for You to Cross Beach Fossils - Bunny Grian Chatten - Chaos for the Fly Geese - 3D Country Cory Hanson - Western Cum Lonnie Holley - Oh Me Oh My King Krule - Space Heavy Buck Meek - Haunted Mountain MIKE - Burning Desire Model/Actriz - Dogsbody Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds shame - Food for Worms Avey Tare - 7s Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V Yaeji - With a Hammer Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World Youth Lagoon - Heaven is a Junkyard Honorable Mention: Water from Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed Reissues/Remasters/Compilations/Things that aren't "new": Animal Collective (Avey Tare & Panda Bear) - Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished [20th Anniversary Edition] The Beatles - 1962-1966 [The Red Album] (Expanded Remixed Edition)/1966-1970 [The Blue Album] (Expanded Remixed Edition) John Coltrane - Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw [40th Anniversary Expanded Edition]/Field Day [40th Anniversary Expanded Edition] Drive-By Truckers - The Complete Dirty South Pet Shop Boys - Smash: the Singles 1985 - 2020 The Replacements - Tim [Let it Bleed Edition] The Rolling Stones - Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) [180 Gram Reissue w/ Original Octogonal Gatefold Sleeve] Tame Impala - Lonerism [10th Anniversary Edition] |
Listen up, my name is Harrison Mains and these are the albums that buttered my biscuit this year: |
1. Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA – Scaring the Hoes 2. 100 gecs – 10,000 gecs 3. Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips 4. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps 5. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin 6. Queef Jerky – Queef Undergruond 7. Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 8. Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions 9. Screaming Females – Desire Pathway 10. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You 11. Time & namebuddha – Still Everything Blessed 12. ANONHI & the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross 13. Unskilled Labor – The Meek Will Inherit Cherry Creek 14. Extra Kool – Giallo Argento 15. Boygenius – The Record 16. PinkPantheress – Heaven Knows 17. Fever Ray – Radical Romantics 18. El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game 19. Olivia Rodrigo – Guts 20. Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – Voir Dire 21. PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying 22. Acid Arab – Trois 23. Paramore – This Is Why 24. Yaeji – With A Hammer 25. Danny Brown – Quaranta (it’s not out at the time of me writing this but it’s probably great) |
Hello, my name is Jack Brown and these are my favorite things of 2023. |
1. Raul Malo – Say Less 2. Godflesh – Purge 3. Kali Uchis – Red Moon In Venus 4. Various Artists – Latin Freestyle 5. Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21 6. African Head Charge – Trip to Bolgatanga 7. Creation Rebel – Hostile Environment 8. Dave Lombardo – Rites of Percussion 9. Swans – The Beggar 10. Earth – Earth 2.23 Lower Frequency Mix |
Hello, my name is Jack Pumphret and these are my favorite things of 2023. |
Music: 1. Sampha – Lahai 2. Animal Collective – Isn’t It Now? 3. George Clanton – Ooh I Rap Ya 4. Ana Frango Elétrico – Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua 5. Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs 6. Chai – Chai 7. Yves Tumor – Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) 8. 100 Gecs – 10,000 Gecs 9. King Krule – Space Heavy 10. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin 11. Wilco – Cousin 12. Róisín Murphy & DJ Koze – Hit Machine 13. Yaeji – With A Hammer 14. Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA – Scaring the Hoes 15. Model/Actriz – Dogsbody 16. Sextile – Push 17. Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – Voir Dire 18. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps 19. Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People To Love? 20. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! |
Hello, my name is James Grau and these are my top things of 2023. |
Top 10 Vinyl / CD • Blood Incantation - luminescent bridge (Century Media) • Cult of Youth - with open arms (Hospital Records) • Tanith - voyage (Metal Blade) • Channing Wilson - Dead Man (Ol’ Dog Records) • Moonlight Sorcery - horned lord of the thorned castle (Avantgarde Records) • Godflesh - Purge (Avalanche) • Rainforest spiritual enslavement - killer whale atmospheres (Hospital Records) • Katatonia - Sky Void of Stars (Napalm Records) • Majesties - vast reaches unclaimed (20 Buck Spin) • Depressive Silence - “Twenty-Five Years” Complete Discography box set (Ancient Meadow Records) Top BluRay / 4K UHD • Dr Caligari (USA, 1989) - UHD, Mondo Macabro • Special Silencers (Indonesia, 1982) - BluRay, Mondo Macabro • The Inferno (Japan, 1979) - BluRay, Mondo Macabro • To Live and Die in LA (USA,1985 ) - UHD, Kino Lorber • Motel Hell (USA, 1980) - UHD, Shout! Factory • Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers (USA, 1925-1932) - BluRay, Criterion • The Others (Spain, 2001) - UHD, Criterion • Yakuza Graveyard (Japan, 1976) - BluRay, Radiance • Infinity Pool Uncut (Canada, 2022) UHD, Decal • Bollywood Horror box set (India, 1984-2006) - BluRay, Mondo Macabro Best Regards, James |
Hello, my name is Kolby Eisenmenger and these are my favorite LPs of 2023 (in no particular order). |
New Albums 1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – V 2. Prince – Diamonds & Pearls (reissue) 3. Japanese House – In the End It Always Does 4. Slowdive – Everything Is Alive 5. Wednesday – Rat Saw God 6. The 1975 – The 1975 (10 year anniversary bundle) |
Best of 2023 (Maggie’s Version) |
New Music: 1. 100 gecs – 10,000 gecs 2. Wednesday – Rat Saw God 3. SZA – SOS 4. PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying 5. Kali Uchis – Red Moon In Venus 6. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori 7. Gracie Abrams – Good Riddance 8. Samia – Honey 9. Paramore – This Is Why 10. John Cale – Mercy Reissues: 1. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense 2. Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version) 3. Nirvana – In Utero 4. The Cranberries – To the Faithful Departed 5. New Order – Substance 6. Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) 7. Sinéad O'Connor – The Lion and the Cobra 8. The Breeders – Last Splash 9. Green Day – Dookie 10. HAIM – Days Are Gone |
Hello, my name is Max and these are the top 5 albums that helped me navigate the intersection of my feelings, reality and the world around me, in no particular order. |
-Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps -Militarie Gun - Life Under the Gun -MSPaint - Post-American -Ragana - Desolation Flower -JPEGmafia & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes Other albums that came out this year that made me feel, also in no particular order -Fugitive - Maniac EP/Blast Furnace single -Jeff Rosenstock - Hellmode -Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit -Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips -Kenny Beats – Louie (late '22 but the physical came out in '23) -Open Mike Eagle - Another Triumph in Ghetto Engineering -Destiny Bond - Be My Vengeance -Snooper - Super Snooper -100 gecs – 10000 gecs -Wayfarer - American Gothic -Yusef Dayes - Black Classical Music -Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume;(or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) -Scowl - Psychic Dance Routine EP -Black Country, New Road - live at bush hall My favorite concerts that happened within the state that made life worth living this year -Soul Glo & Zulu w/ Playtime @ the marquis -Botch with Primitive Man @ Summit Music Hall -Baroness with Wayfarer and Destiny Bong @ Summit Music Hall -The Bronx @ Globe Hall -LCD Soundsystem with MIA and Peaches @ Red Rocks -Death Grips @ Mission Ballroom -Lingua Ignota and Chat Pile @ The Stanley Hotel (this is the show this year I really wish Kevin was able to see with the rest of us, I still miss you everyday) |
Quinn's Top 30 |
1. V/A - The Buzzin Buoy w/ Frankie Rat, Vol. 1 2. V/A - The Buzzin Buoy w/ Frankie Rat, Vol. 2: The Halloween Special 3. Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity (30th Anniversary LP Reissue) 4. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres 5. Asleep Country - Fake Opulent 6. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden 7. Bully - Lucky For You 8. Guided by Voices - La La Land 9. Guided by Voices - Welshpool Frillies 10. Guided by Voices - Nowhere To Go But Up 11. Shonen Knife - Our Best Place 12. PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying 13. Jlin - Perspective 14. Unskilled Labor - The Meek Will Inherit Cherry Creek 15. Half Japanese - Jump Into Love 16. Laurel Halo - Atlas 17. Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) 18. Kool Keith - Black Elvis 2 19. Cherry Glazerr - I Don’t Want You Anymore 20. Nellie McKay - Hey Guys, Watch This 21. Colin Stetson - When We Were That Wept for the Sea 22. Sampha - Lahai 23. Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall 24. Squid - O Monolith 25. Bill Orcutt - Jump On It 26. Screaming Females - Desire Pathway 27. Altin Gün - Aşk 28. Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book 29. Sleaford Mods - UK Grim 30. Rickie Lee Jones - Pieces of Treasure |
Reggie's Top Ten 2023 |
1. PVA - Blush 10/28/22 2. Debbie Friday - Good Luck 03/24/23 3. Mandy, Indiana - I've Seen A Way 05/19/23 4. Slayyyter - Starfucker 09/22/23 5. Ladytron - Time's Arrow 01/20/23 6. Sextile - Push 09/15/23 7. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics 03/10/23 8. Be Your Own Pet - Mommy 08/25/23 9. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody 02/24/23 10. Alison Goldfrapp - Love Invention 05/12/23 * The Kills - God Games 10/27/23 * Metric - Formentera II 10/13/23 * Yaeji - With A Hammer 04/07/23 * Drain - Living Proof 05/05/23 * Maneskin - Rush 01/20/23 |
hi! i’m robin and these are my picks from 2023 in no particular order!! |
Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter – SAVED! Slowdive – everything is alive Sufjan Stevens – Javelin Swans – The Beggar Xiu Xiu – Ignore Grief Agriculture - Agriculture Wednesday – Rat Saw God boygenius – the record Sprain – The Lamb as Effigy Mitski – The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We The Church – The Hypnogogue Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f Tim Hecker – No Highs Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps Kali Uchis – Red Moon in Venus Doja Cat – Scarlet |
Hello, my name is Sam Seymour and these are my top listens of 2023! |
Top 5: 1. Wednesday - Rat Saw God 2. Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman 3. Heatmiser - The Music of Heatmiser 4. Royal Blood - Back to the Water Below 5. The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons Honorable Mentions (alphabetical): Bahamas - Bootcut Blur - The Ballad of Darren Boygenius - The Record Bully - Lucky for You Claud - Supermodels Del Water Gap - I Miss You Already Duran Duran - Danse Macabre Robert Finley - Black Bayou Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Hollywood Bowl Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love The Kills - God Games Metallica - 72 Seasons Mountain Goats - Jenny from Thebes Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade Palehound - Eye on the Bat Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds Slow Pulp - Cramps Chris Stapleton - Higher Wilco - Cousin Youth Lagoon - Heaven is a Junkyard Favorite Reissues: Nirvana - In Utero The Beatles - Red & Blue Albums The Breeders - Last Splash Have a good day! - Sam |
Hello, my name is Scott Campbell and these are my albums of the year for 2023. |
1. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps 2. Danny Brown & Jpegmafia – Scaring the Hoes 3. Wednesday – Rat Saw God 4. Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips 5. Bar Italia – Tracey Denim 6. Animal Collective – Isn’t It Now 7. George Clanton – Ooh Rap I Ya 8. Open Mike Eagle – Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering 9. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World 10. A. Savage – Several Songs About Fire 11. Jeff Rosenstock – Hellmode 12. Mountain Goats – Jenny From Thebes 13. Feeble Little Horse – Girl With Fish 14. Bar Italia – The Twits 15. AJJ – Disposable Everything 16. Timber Timbre – Lovage 17. 100 gecs – 10,000 gecs 18. Avey Tare – 7s 19. Ana Frango Elétrico – Me chama de gato que eu sou sua 20. Model/Actriz – Dogsbody 21. Andy Shauf – Norm 22. Jason Isbell – Weathervanes 23. Genesis Owusu – Struggler 24. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin 25. Slowdive – Everything Is Alive 26. Shame – Food For Worms 27. Medicine – Silences 28. Tim Hecker – No Highs 29. Flyying Colours – You Never Know 30. Cory Hanson – Western Cum |
Hey, what’s up my name is Steph and this is my list of 2023. |
Albums: 1. Blonde Redhead – Sit Down For Dinner 2. Slowdive – Everything Is Alive 3. Kaytramine – Kaytramine 4. Kari Faux – Real B*tches Don’t Die! 5. SZA – SOS 6. Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music 7. Jalen Ngonda – Come Around and Love Me 8. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine 9. Ice Spice – Like…? 10. Bully – Lucky For You Some movies that I definitely enjoyed this year! 1. Reality Bites (1994) 2. Ginger Snaps (2000) 3. On the Count of Three (2021) 4. House of 1000 Corpses (2003) 5. Carrie (1976) 6. Clockwatchers (1997) 7. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) 8. Infinity Pool (2023) 9. Talk To Me (2023) 10. Garden State (2004) Shows I’ve watched this year (and am still watching): 1. Reservation Dogs (2021) 2. Ted Lasso (2020) 3. The Bear (2022) 4. Yellowjackets (2021) 5. The Sopranos (1999) 6. The King of Queens (1998) |
Hello, my name is Toni Elton and these are my favorite things of 2023. |
1. Militarie Gun – Life Under the Gun 2. Blondeshell – Blondeshell 3. Bully – Lucky For You (vinyl & CD) 4. Deeper – Careful! 5. The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony 6. The Replacements – Tim (Let It Bleed edition) (vinyl & CD) 7. The Breeders – Last Splash (30th anniversary edition) (vinyl & CD) 8. Feeble Little Horse – Girl With Fish 9. Spiritual Cramp – Spiritual Cramp 10. Upchuck – Bite the Hand That Feeds 11. Shame – Food For Worms 12. Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA – Scaring the Hoes 13. Nirvana – In Utero (30th anniversary edition) |
Hi, my name is Travis Harris and I’m certain I’m missing a million things. |
1. Fever Ray — Radical Romantics 2. PJ Harvey — I Inside the Old Year Dying 3. Tim Hecker — No Highs 4. Mary Lattimore — Goodbye, Hotel Arkada 5. Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER 6. Ryuichi Sakamoto — 12 7. Sleaford Mods — UK GRIM 8. Timber Timbre — Lovage 9. Tinariwen — Amatssou 10. Kali Uchis — Red Moon In Venus 11. Nick Waterhouse — The Fooler 12. Yo La Tengo — This Stupid World Reissues in alphabetical order. 1. Julee Cruise — Floating Into The Night 2. Nirvana — In Utero (30th Anniversary Super Deluxe) 3. Les Rallizes Dénudés — CITTA’ ‘93 4. Pharoah Sanders — Pharoah 5. Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection 6. Tom Waits — The Black Rider/Bone Machine/Frank’s Wild Years/Rain Dogs 7. Hiroshi Yoshimura — Surround Movies: Because I haven’t gotten around to a lot of new things this year (yet!) I’m going to focus this list on physical releases. If you’re wondering though, of the dozen or so movies released in 2023 I have seen, John Wick: Chapter 4 and Dead Reckoning are the faves so far. 1. After Hours (1985) dir. Martin Scorsese [4K; Criterion Collection] 2. The Blob (1988) dir. Chuck Russell [4K; Scream Factory] 3. Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams (1984-1989) dir. Various [Blu-Ray; Arrow Video] 4. Mean Streets (1973) dir. Martin Scorsese [4K; Criterion Collection] 5. Pasolini 101 (1961-1969) dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini [Blu-Ray; Criterion Collection] 6. Showgirls (1995) dir. Paul Verhoeven [4K; Vinegar Syndrome] 7. The Slumber Party Massacre/Slumber Party Massacre II (1982/1987) dir. Amy Holden Jones/Deborah Brock [4K; Scream Factory] 8. Targets (1968) dir. Peter Bogdanovich [4K; Criterion Collection] 9. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) dir. Tobe Hooper [4K; Dark Sky Films] 10. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) dir. William Friedkin (R.I.P.) [4K; Kino Lorber] |