Top Albums of 2023
1. V - Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Favorite Track: The Garden)
2. Scaring The Hoes Vol. 1 - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown (Favorite Track: Garbage Pale Kids)
3. STRUGGLER - Genesis Owusu (Favorite Track: The Old Man)
4. Let’s Start Here - Lil Yachty (Favorite Track: IVE OFFICIALLY LOST ViSiON!!!!)
5. Soul, PRESENT - Q (Favorite Track: Incapable Heart)
6. Lahai - Sampha (Favorite Track: Stereo Colour Cloud)
7. This Is Why - Paramore (Favorite Track: You First)
8. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? - Kara Jackson (Favorite Track: rat)
9. My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross - ANOHNI and the Johnsons (Favorite Track: Why Am I Alive Now?)
10. Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor (Favorite Track: Parody)
11. The Patience - Mick Jenkins (Favorite Track: Show & Tell)
12. DIAMONDS & FREAKS - BLY ODYSSY (Favorite Track: HONEYSUCKLE NECKBONE)
13. Higher - Chris Stapleton (Favorite Track: White Horse)
14. Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Lana Del Rey (Favorite Track: Paris, Texas)
15. PetroDragonic Apocalypse - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Favorite Track: Dragon)
16. Time Will Wait For No One - Local Natives (Favorite Track: Just Before The Morning)
17. Snake Sideways - Do Nothing (Favorite Track: The Needle)
18. falling or flying - Jorja Smith (Favorite Track: Try Me)
19. NEVER ENOUGH - Daniel Caesar (Favorite Track: Toronto 2014)
20. Through & Through - Baby Rose (Favorite Track: I Won’t Tell)
21. Desolation’s Flower - Ragana (Favorite Track: In the Light of the Burning World)
22. But Here We Are - Foo Fighters (Favorite Track: Beyond Me)
23. Javelin - Sufjan Stevens (Favorite Track: Shit Talk)
24. UTOPIA - Travis Scott (Favorite Track: MY EYES)
25. MICHAEL - Killer Mike (Favorite Track: Something For Junkies)
26. Porches - REASON (Favorite Tracks: Caucasian Estates!)
27. VOLCANO - Jungle (Favorite Track: Candle Flame)
28. PANIC - TOBi (Favorite Track: Keep From Falling)
29. PHANTOM OF THE AFTERS - Kojaque (Favorite Track: Cabra Drive)
30. Unreal Unearth - Hozier (Favorite Track: De Selby - Part 2)
31. Everything Harmony - The Lemon Twigs (Favorite Tracks: Any Time Of Day)
32. That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware (Favorite Track: Pearls)
33. JAGUAR II - Victoria Monet (Favorite Track: Smoke)
34. Fountain Baby - Amaarae (Favorite Track: Sociopathic Dance Queen)
35. MID AIR - Paris Texas (Favorite Track: Sean-Jared)
Honorable Mention:
F65 - IDK, LoveSick - Don Toliver, Lavendr - Muhteyoh, Across The Spiderverse Soundtrack - Metro Boomin, My 21st Century Blues - RAYE, Cracker Island - Gorillaz, A Reckoning - Kimbra, Maps - Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Space Heavy - King Krule, The Great Escape - Larry June & The Alchemist, Ends & Begins - Labrinth, Masego - Masego, Red Moon In Venus - Kali Uchis, Alchemy - Disclosure, Sunburn - Dominic Fike, Quest For Fire - Skrillex, Gag Order - Kesha, AURORA - Daisy Jones & The Six, Slugs Of Love - Little Dragon, 72 Seasons - Metallica, Playing Robots Into Heaven - James Blake, Timeless - Davido, I Was Mature For My Age, But I Was Still a Child - grouptherapy., ...And Nobody Made A Sound - Model Home, Gold & Heaven - Cleo Sol, the record - boygenius, Radio Misterio - Pedro Martins, Scarlet - Doja Cat, Life Under The Gun - Militarie Gun, Sundial - noname, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek, In Times New Roman... - Queens of the Stone Age, Water Made Us - Jamila Woods, nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana - Bad Bunny, Blanket - Kevin Abstract, Quaranta - Danny Brown, The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We - Mitski, Blondshell - Blondshell, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan, Black Rainbows - Corinne Bailey Rae, Metamorphosis - Infinity Song, Soft Spot - JMSN, Paranoia, Angels, True Love - Christine and the Queens, The Art Of Forgetting - Caroline Rose, How Do You Sleep At Night? - Teezo Touchdown, Am I British Yet? - V V Brown
Albums Worth Checking Out Despite Not Making HM:
*Metropolis - Kahlil Blu, The Pink Tape - Lil Uzi Vert, Feed The Beast - Kim Petras, Business Is Business - Young Thug, For When It Hurts - Jake Isaac, Flounder - quinnie, Better Luck In The Next Life - Chiiild, The Age Of Pleasure - Janelle Monae, 4:23 - Mike Dean, Electrophonic Chronic - The Arcs, Once Upon A Time - Deante Hitchcock, College Park - Logic, EVERGREEN - PVRIS, THE RAT ROAD - SBTRKT, Rocket Power - Quavo, FORWARD - Jordan Ward, Fridayy - Fridayy, I Told Them... - Burna Boy, KAYTRAMINE - KAYTRAMINE, Hit Parade - Roisin Murphy, Magic 2 - Nas, Drumwork: The Album - Drumwork Records, Victor - Vic Mensa, CHAI - CHAI, And Then You Pray For Me - Westside Gunn, A Brief Nirvana - Khamari, Mirror To The Sky - Yes, Something To Give Each Other - Troye Sivan, For All The Dogs - Drake, The Above - Code Orange, Special Occasion - Emily King, another triumph of ghetto engineering - Open Mike Eagle, Future Reference - Yeek, Bewitched - Laufey, The Silver Cord - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Heaven Knows - PinkPantheress, Me You & God - Jidenna, Magic 3 - Nas, BB/ANG3L - Tinashe, VOIR DIRE - Earl Sweatshirt x The Alchemist, WON’T HE DO IT - Conway The Machine, New Blue Sun - Andre 3000, GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo, Multitudes - Feist, SUBMISSIVE - Destin Conrad, Jackman. - Jack Harlow, We Only Talk When We’re Fucked Up - Bas
Notable EPs/Mixtapes:
6 - Kenny Mason, BAD PREMONITION EP - Tei Shi, Clear 2: Soft Life - Summer Walker, High Profile - Nafe Smallz, Split Decision - Dave x Central Cee, Scaring The Hoes: DLC Pack - JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown, The Estate Sale - Tyler, The Creator, RIP Human Art - Earthgang, RAVAGE EP - Rema, Scrapyard I-III - Quadeca, Flying High Pt. 2 - The Alchemist, Scary Hours 3 - Drake
Great Songs on Decent to Bad Albums:
“No God” by Sam Smith
“Everybody Hurts Somebody” by Lance Skiiwalker
“Lain (Phone Clone)” by Miss Grit
“Handstand” by Miley Cyrus
“white wine” by Kamal.
“Talk” by 6LACK
“Miracle” by Jonas Brothers
“Something Real” by Post Malone
“Over There” by The Japanese House
“Wall Paper” by Paul Wall x Termanology
“JEALOUSY” by Offset x Cardi B
“Motorbike” by Poppy
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2023
1. H.C McEntire - Every Acre
The alt-country poet and band leader from North Carolina returns with her strongest work to date on which she explores the meaning of home, both physically and spiritually, while sounding like Neil Young and Tammy Wynette at their languid and guitar-drenched best. It's a rare pleasure nowadays to hear someone making great American music like this.
2. Blur - The Ballad Of Darren
The Britpop icons show up in surprisingly good form on their ninth studio album. Mature songwriting, lush harmonies, and a tight 36-minute run time make this take on middle-aged melancholy some of the best work of their career.
3. Kojaque - Phantom Of The Afters
Irish rapper-producer Kevin Smith delivers fresh, insightful, and poignant takes on immigrant song as he tells modern-day tales of a young Irish person relocating to London to pursue their dreams. If that sounds too specific, it turns out that the struggles are universal.
4. Buck 65 - Super Dope
The self-proclaimed "all-time undisputed king of drum breaks", who made my favorite album of 2022, came right back with another jaw-dropping set that he said is the best work of his career. It was the album I listened to most this year, by far.
5. Cory Hanson - Western Cum
Terrible title and even worse cover art aside, this is an extremely fun take on classic rock that fuses instantly enjoyable guitar shredding with surreal lyrics and a kind of bizarro Neil Young style of songwriting that works far better than you'd think.
6. The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors
20 years in, the Liverpool band are at the peak of their powers on this collection of twangy folk-rock tunes that are laden with all manner of metaphors about the crumbling of modern Britain.
7. Margaret Glaspy - Echo The Diamond
The Brooklyn alt-pop singer-songwriter returns with an album written and recorded under self-imposed time constraints that help capture an arresting immediacy in both the writing and the stripped-down performances.
8. Róisin Murphy - Hit Parade
The Irish singer's full-length collaboration with German DJ Koze is her strongest album yet, full of intentionally off-kilter house, funk, and disco tunes that see both artists giving their all to produce a sound that is truly original.
9. Jape - Endless Thread
Two decades into his career, the Dublin-born, Malmö-based songwriter has come up with his most accomplished and cohesive collection of songs yet, on which he filters his inquisitiveness and introspection through inspiration drawn from the great 1970s solo albums from the likes of Paul McCartney, John Cale, and Judy Sill.
10. Colter Wall - Little Songs
The 28-year old son of a prominent Canadian politician is an unlikely candidate for the second coming of Johnny Cash, but Colter Wall's take on country and western is the real deal.
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