1. Crosses - Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete 2. Lana Del Rey - Did you know there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 3. Eluvium - (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality
Spanish Love Songs - No Joy The Menzingers - Some Of It Was True The Gaslight Anthem - History Books Dave Hause - Drive It Like It's Stolen Blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... ZSK - HassLiebe MxPx - Find A Way Home Taking Back Sunday - 152 Team Scheisse - 042124192799 The Bouncing Souls - Ten Stories High
Silent Planet- SUPERBLOOM M83- Fantasy Blink 182 - One More Time Paramore - This Is Why Spiritbox - The Fear of Fear There Will Be Fireworks - Summer Moon Manchester Orchestra - Valley of Vision The Arcadian wild - Welcome Skrillex - Quest For Fire Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are we
Unranked list of stuff I didn't hate from last year list: Full of Hell/Nothing - When No Birds Sing Full of Hell/Primitive Man - Suffocating Hallucination Bogside Sniper Squadron - DEMO 2023 Home Front - Games of Power Scarab - Self-Titled Demo + Seeking Chaos and Revenge After Betrayal EP Brain Tourniquet - ...An Expression in Pain Sea of Shit - S/T LP Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun Bowel Erosion - Death is the Orgasm of Life xNOMADx - Demo + On Skylines of Embers Spanish Love Songs - No Joy Fugitive - Blast Furnace b/w Standoff Chiens - 1.8.7. Myself Sentinel - Age of Decay Feverchild - Altering a Memory Rabbit - Bardo Bone Weapon - Thrive or Starve Conservative Military Image - Casual Violence Colossal Man - Demo 2023 Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis Wound Man - Human Outline Killing Frost - S/T EP Black Button - Rejoice High Vis - Society Exists/Stationhouse Demos Sugar Milk - S/T EP Kinetic Orbital Strike - The True Disaster Thrice - The Artist in The Ambulance Revisited Alienator - World of Hate Rifle - Under Two Flags MSPAINT - Post-American Stuff I regretfully still haven't listened to in full: The Menzingers Gaslight Anthem Violencia
and some fave great beautiful songs roughly ordered from the year for me. may some find you well blake rose - “magazine” tyler lyle - “violet priest” & “anna’s song” maisie peters - “history of man” superviolet - “angels on the ground” scott helman - “back together” andrew mcmahon - “little disaster” there will be fireworks - “so long, sundown” handsome ghost - “neptune” ruston kelly _ “breakdown” kevin klein - “the winds” juice webster - "returning” the gaslight anthem - “autumn” corsicana - “the torchbearer” mat kerekes - “how lucky am I?” dizzy - “are you sick of me yet?” jason isbell - “cast iron skillet” nikita karmen - “land speed records” zach bryan - “jake’s piano - long island” the japanese house - “boyhood” stablemate - “brotherhood” yellowcard - “the places we’ll go” luna shadows - “witches’ brew” adjy - “one 4th of july” lori mckenna - “the tunnel” long beard - “posters”
1. Daughter - Stereo Mind Game 2. The Gaslight Anthem - History Books 3. Ratboys - The Window 4. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes 5. The Menzingers - Some of it was true 6. The National - mix of the best songs from first two pages and laugh track 7. Taking Back Sunday - 152
Main list is up! Chorus.fm’s Top 30 Albums of 2023 Staff lists that were submitted to me are up! https://chorus.fm/blog/garrett-lemons-top-albums-of-2023/ https://chorus.fm/blog/craig-mannings-top-albums-of-2023/ https://chorus.fm/blog/adam-grundys-top-albums-of-2023/ https://chorus.fm/blog/jason-tates-top-albums-of-2023/
Not that they were top 3 records or anything but I’m a little sad I’m not seeing Taking Meds, Latewaves or Fiddlehead records on a lot of lists.
Throwing my hat into the ring. 2023 was mostly a bummer year, which led to a lot more hardcore/metal etc. Always fun to look at these as sort of a snapshot of the year as a whole: 1. Incendiary - Change the Way You Think About Pain 2. Initiate - Cerebral Circus 3. Dying Wish - Symptoms of Survival 4. Honey Revenge - Retrovision 5. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 6. Metro Boomin - Across The Spider-Verse 7. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes 8. Militarie Gun - Life Under the Gun 9. Stress Fractures - Stress Fractures 10. The Amity Affliction - Not Without My Ghosts Honorable Mentions: With Honor, Citizen Never thought I'd see an AA album on my list. Really scratched that metalcore itch this year. Those top 3 are some of the better heavier records Ive heard recently. And shout out to all the newcomers into my listening; MG, Honey Revenge, & Stress Fractures.
https://chorus.fm/blog/jason-tates-top-albums-of-2023/ For posterity in the forum, my list: Blink-182 – One More Time… Fall Out Boy – So Much (for) Stardust The Maine – The Maine Yellowcard – Childhood Eyes EP The Gaslight Anthem – History Books Taking Back Sunday – 152 Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan Thrice – The Artist in the Ambulance (Revisited) Boys Like Girls – Sunday at Foxwoods MxPx – Find a Way Home City and Colour – The Love Still Held Me Near FRND CRCL – Suburban Dictionary Origami Angel – The Brightest Days Ruston Kelly – The Weakness Foo Fighters – But Here We Are Dave Hause – Drive it Like It’s Stolen Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS Blink-182 – Live from Coachella Spanish Love Songs – No Joy Taylor Acorn – Certified Depressant EP The Menzingers – Some of It was True Crime in Stereo – House and Trance Heavenward – Pyrophonics Dizzy – Dizzy Hot Mulligan – Why Would I Watch Koyo – Would You Miss It? KC Rae – Think I’m Going to Die Paramore – This is Why Andrew McMahon – Tilt at the Wind No More Arrows in Action – Built to Last As a whole, I loved music in 2023. I loved how many bands that I’ve followed for years released albums that felt like incredible additions to their catalog. I loved how many new artists I discovered. I loved all the time I spent with music both old and new. And, perhaps most importantly, I loved the way music weaved its way through my year, providing a memorable soundtrack to the passing months. The Stats: I listened to over 14,470 songs this year (29,840 scrobbles), 988 different artists, and 2,081 different albums. My most played artist was Blink-182, and my most played album was One More Time…, because, of course.
Feels good to finally share my list! Blurbs/commentary here: https://chorus.fm/blog/craig-mannings-top-albums-of-2023/ Kelsea Ballerini - Rolling up the Welcome Mat Patrick Droney - Subtitles for Feelings Matchbox Twenty - Where the Light Goes Jason Isbell and the 400 Units - Weathervanes The Gaslight Anthem - History Books Holly Humberstone - Paint My Bedroom Black Jason Hawk Harris - Thin Places Trousdale - Out Of My Mind Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan Gracie Abrams - Good Riddance Boys Like Girls - Sunday at Foxwoods Foo Fighters - But Here We Are Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Tilt at the Wind No More Marvelous 3 - IV Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS Ruston Kelly - The Weakness The Menzingers - Some of It Was True The Maine - The Maine Turnpike Troubadours - A Cat in the Rain Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again FRND CTRL - Suburban Dictionary Chris Stapleton - Higher Caitlyn Smith - High & Low Alana Springsteen - Twenty Something Chad Perrone - What Would I Leave You With Lori McKenna - 1988 Sufjan Stevens - Javelin The National - Laugh Track Megan Moroney - Lucky The Young Hearts - Somewhere Through The Night
A bit late to the game with my list, but thar it blows: It Was a Good Dream - Rememory Origami Angel - The Brightest Days Movements - RUCKUS! hubris. - Of Light Spanish Love Songs - No Joy Patrick Droney - Subtitles for Feelings Holding Absence - The Noble Art of Self Destruction Mutoid Man - Mutants boygenius - The Record Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust
Finally got my post live: Jacob’s Top In 2023 Here's my top 30 albums: 1. The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does 2. The Maine - The Maine 3. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness 4. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy 5. Hot Mulligan - Why Would I Watch 6. Gia Margaret - Romantic Piano 7. Field Medic - Light Is Gone 2 8. Boygenius - The Record 9. Nanna - How To Start A Garden 10. KC Rae - Think I'm Gonna Die 11. Paramore - This Is Why 12. The Aces - I've Loved You For So Long 13. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 14. Overcoats - Winner 15. Sydney Sprague - Somebody In Hell Loves You 16. Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust 17. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard? 18. Petey - USA 19. Field Medic - Dope Girl Chronicles 20. Movements - RUCKUS! 21. Mike Mains & The Branches - Memory Unfixed 22. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time 23. All Get Out - All Get Out 24. Boys Like Girls - Sunday At Foxwoods 25. Blue Of Colors - Long Time Coming 26. Claud - Supermodels 27. Cub Sport - Jesus At The Gay Bar 28. Del Water Gap - I Miss You Already And I Haven't Left Yet 29. Holly Humberstone - Paint My Bedroom Black 30. Joe Vann - For Everyone It would be kind of weird to include Richard Edwards's Sling Shot To Heaven - Director's Cut in the ranking, but it's too good to not mention it at all.
Top ten albums of 2023 · Blink-182 – One More Time… · MxPx - Find A Way Home · Reneé Rapp – Snow Angel · Tightwire – Head Full Of Snakes · Youth Fountain – Together In Lonesome · Story Of The Year – Tear Me To Pieces · Holding Absence - The Noble Art Of Self Destruction · Broadside – Hotel Bleu · Taking Back Sunday – 152 · The Amity Affliction – Not Without My Ghosts Top ten EPs of 2023 · Yellowcard – Childhood Eyes · 408 – Generational · Girlfriends – Over My Dead Body · Normy – What The Fuck Planet Are These Guys From? · Bad Luck. – Books On Tape · Jamie’s Elsewhere – Paradise · Millington – Welcome Home · Spirit Leaves – To My Detriment · InBalanceCa - Elements · Attic Stories – Teenage Wasteland *lists are in no particular order