Mid-Year 2023 Lists (Best of 2023 ... So Far) • Page 2

thought I had listened to way more new stuff but last.fm says otherwise.

current favs

Paramore "This is Why"
Wednesday "Rat Saw God"
Hot Mulligan "Why Would I Watch"
Superviolet"Infinite Spring"
Foo Fighters "But Here We Are"
Webbed Wing "Right After I Smoke This"

I'm sure Home is Where , Millatrie Gun, Origami Angel & Quees of the Stone Age will be in here by the end of the month

 

Holding off on an actual list until end of the month. Still some of my most anticipated records coming out the next 3 weeks (The Japanese House, Bdrmm). Here's some personal highlights so far though:

• Narrow Head
• Initiate
• Tanukichan
• Beach Fossils
• DRAIN
• Keep
• Flyying Colours
• Wednesday
• Sign Language
• Foo Fighters
• Militarie Gun
• Heavenward

 

This record is so great and Nick is an awesome dude. So cool to see that someone else has heard it.

 

Dad Hats - Spill
Stress Fractures - Stress Fractures
Can't Swim - Thanks but No Thanks
Thanks! I Hate It - Lovers Lane
Heart Attack Man - Freak of Nature
Bully - Lucky for You

I haven't fallen in love with anything yet, but I've got a bunch of albums to look forward to (Fiddlehead chief among them)

 

Not doing a full list until the month is over but I can tell you right now that Wednesday will be at the top

 

VÉRITÉ album is awesome

are we done yet? is up there for SOTY for me

 

1. hot mulligan - why would i watch
2. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
3. jeromes dream - the gray in between
4. samia - honey
5. midwife & vyva melinkolya - orbweaving

 

https://www.ravensingstheblues.com/2023-favorites-so-far/

 

Parannoul - After the Magic
LIES - Lies
Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
Indigo De Souza - All of This Will End
Wednesday - Rat Saw God
Home Is Where - The Whaler
Bully - Lucky for You

EPs
Manchester Orchestra - The Valley of Vision
Origami Angel - The Brightest Days
Adjy - June Songs Vol. 1
Flycatcher - Stunt
Balance & Composure - Too Quick to Forgive
Big Loser - Left on Delmar Drive
Kevin Klein - Random Space

 

As far as what I've revisited most/have been enjoying a ton so far this is my rough top 10 so far.

1. Paramore - This Is Why
2. Drain - Living Proof
3. Sunami - Sunami LP
4. Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination
5. Initiate - Cerebral Circus
6. Never Ending Game - Outcry
7. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
8. The Acacia Strain - Step Into The Light
9. Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal Ecstasy
10. Gel - Only Constant

 

the albums + songs of the first half of 2023

GVB list dropped

 

These are my favorites so far in no order.

The Sons of Rainier - Take Me Anywhere
Dean Johnson - Nothing For Me, Please
Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel
Jason Isbell - Weathervanes
Dougie Poole - The Rainbow Wheel of Death
Kassi Valazza - Knows Nothing
Rose City Band - Garden Party
Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert
The Pink Stones - You Know Who
Bobby Lee - Endless Skyways
Cory Hanson - Western Cum
Nat Myers - Yellow Peril
Esther Rose - Safe to Run
Stella Kola - s/t
Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love
Anna St. Louis - In the Air
Country Westerns - Forgive the City

 

My top 10 is (loosely ordered):

1) Colony House - The Cannonballers
2) Nickel Creek - Celebrants
3) SYML - The Day My Father Died
4) Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust
5) Taylor Janzen - I Live In Patterns
6) Boygenius - The Record
7) Origami Angel - The Brightest Days
8) Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting
9) Donna Missal - Revel
10) Paramore - This Is Why
probably will be in my top 10 once I’ve had more than a morning with it) Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City
H/M: The Aces, Kimbra, Meet Me @ The Altar, Freya Ridings

 

The Bouncing Souls - Ten Stories High
Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
The National - Two Pages of Frankenstein
Paramore - This Is Why
Danvers - Like We Knew What It Meant
Superviolet - Infinite Spring
Initiate - Celebral Circus
Rich Ragany and The Regressions - What We Do
Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here

 

Altin Gün - Aşk
Beach Fossils - Bunny
Cory Hanson - Western Cum
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse
Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here
The Murlocs - Calm Ya Farm
Militarie Gun - Life Under the Gun
Squid - O Monolith
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V
Wednesday - Rat Saw God
Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is a Junkyard
100 gecs - 10,000 gecs

 

that is a good reminder to listen to the new King Giz

 

Ok heres my mid-year list, feelin good about it:

1. Narrow Head - Moments of Clarity
2. Initiate - Cerebral Circus
3. Beach Fossils - Bunny
4. Heavenward - Pyrophonics
5. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
6. The Japanese House - In the End It Always Does
7. Drain - Living Proof
8. Tanukichan - Gizmo
9. Sign Language - Madison & Floral
10. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
11. Bdrmm - I Don't Know
12. Destiny Bond - Be My Vengeance

 

According to my last.fm these are my favorite records so far. I know, not all of them were released this year. I’ve got some highly anticipated ones coming this year yet, but it’s gonna take a lot to throw Rusty out of that top spot.

 

1. boygenius - the record
2. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
3. Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors
4. The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein
5. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
6. JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
7. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
8. Kelela - Raven
9. Yaeji - With a Hammer
10. Boldy James and RichGains - Indiana Jones
11. The japanese House - In the End It Always Does
12. billy woods and Kenny Segal - Maps
13. Loma Prieta - Last
14. Young Thug - BUSINESS IS BUSINESS
15. Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.
16. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
17. Parannoul - After the Magic
18. Gracie Abrams - Good Riddance
19. IDK - F65
20. Wednesday - Rat Saw God

So much good stuff this year! Vagabon is probably my most anticipated for the second half of the year. Can't wait to see
what else comes out this year.

 

https://chorus.fm/features/articles/the-best-albums-of-2023-so-far/

Combined list + staff lists.

 

Woooo!

My list:

1. Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling up the Welcome Mat
2. Matchbox Twenty – Where the Light Goes
3. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
4. FRND CRCL – Suburban Dictionary
5. Ruston Kelly – The Weakness
6. Gracie Abrams – Good Riddance
7. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – Tilt at the Wind No More
8. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
9. Maisie Peters – The Good Witch
10. Meghan Moroney – Lucky
11. Caitlyn Smith – High & Low
12. The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein
13. Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
14. Origami Angel – The Brightest Days
15. The Aces – I’ve Loved You for So Long
16. Joan – Superglue
17. The Jonas Brothers – The Album
18. Dean Johnson – Nothing for Me, Please
19. Margo Price – Strays
20. Paramore – This Is Why

 

in no particular order

Raye, Caroline Polachek, 100 gecs, Fall Out Boy, Kesha, Janelle Monae, Kelly Clarkson

overall a pretty slow year for me so far

 

My list:

1. Fall Out Boy – So Much (for) Stardust
2. Thrice – The Artist in the Ambulance (Revisited)
3. City and Colour – The Love Still Held Me Near
4. Dave Hause – Drive it Like It’s Stolen
5. Origami Angel – The Brightest Days
6. The Japanese House – In the End it Always Does
7. Hot Mulligan – Why Would I Watch
8. Ruston Kelly – The Weakness
9. Andrew McMahon – Tilt at the Wind No More
10. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
11. Heavenward – Pyrophonics
12. Arrows in Action – Built to Last
13. FRND CRCL – Suburban Dictionary
14. Blink-182 – Live from Coachella (April 14th, 2023)
15. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
16. Anti-Flag – Lies They Tell Our Children
17. Paramore – This is Why
18. Cub Sport – Jesus at a Gay Bar
19. White Reaper – Asking for a Ride
20. Manchester Orchestra – The Valley of Vision
21. Death Cab for Cutie – Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic)
22. Raye – My 21st Century Blues
23. Metallica – 72 Seasons
24. Ava Max – Diamonds & Dancefloors
25. Boygenius – The Record
26. Lies – Lies
27. Story of the Year – Tear Me to Pieces
28. The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein
29. Babymetal – The Other One
30. Meet Me @ the Altar – Past // Present // Future

 

Not sure on order yet but my favorites are Fireworks, Paramore, Wednesday, Parannoul, Hot Mulligan, Home is Where, GAMI GANG, bully, youth lagoon, Militarie Gun, Superviolet, LIES, Yves Tumor, FOB, the national, Foo.