Thursday, November 30, 2023

Twist & Shout Staff Picks: the Best of 2023

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]