Fireworks Fall Out Boy boygenius Caroline Polachek Enter Shikari The Japanese House Miniature Tigers Lana Del Rey The National Indigo De Souza Foo Fighters Lil Yachty Scaring the Hoes Rebecca Black Looking forward to Vagabon, Boys Like Girls, The Maine, Bombay Bicycle Club, and The Bravery (?)
Copypasting from the Article Discussion thread. For the first time I have an ongoing list I'm updating each time there's a 2023 release I love so much I consider it an AOTY contender, and so far it looks like this: Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You Paramore - This Is Why Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors Kelela - Raven Spangle call Lilli line - Ampersand Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus Rebecca Black - Let Her Burn Skrillex - Quest for Fire Daughter - Stereo Mind Game Tim Hecker - No Highs Avalon Emerson - & the Charm Snakehips - never worry yunè pinku - BABYLON IX Kesha - Gag Order Aural Vampire - 鰐 Phoxjaw - notverynicecream UJU - The Sun Is in Our Eyes Ehla - Pause Amaarae - Fountain Baby Night Tapes - Perfect Kindness 8485 - Personal Protocol Donna Missal - Revel It's been an interesting year for music. Not many of my faves are releasing album and if they are, these haven't been AOTY great. That means I have more opportunities to go out of my comfort zone by checking artists in other genres and who are less popular, stumbling upon hidden gems in the process.
Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust Lauren Daigle - Lauren Daigle Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance Revisited 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs Paramore - This is Why The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein The Japanese House - In the End It Always Does Rebecca Black - Let Her Burn That’s a pretty solid start to the year music-wise for me. Don’t need much more to have a real good EOTY list. No good at paying attention to upcoming shit, but the new singles by Olivia Rodrigo and Taking Back Sunday are both real good imo.
Jyocho - As The God's Say (EP) Kota The Friend & Statik Selektah - To See A Sunset Ruston Kelly - The Weakness Kenny Barron - The Source Dreyton Farley - Twenty On High Honorable Mention: Ryo Fuki - Scenery, a 1976 album I discovered.
Looking at all these lists reminds me that I’ve only listened to Paramore, Foo Fighters, Lies, and FOB’s new albums. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any other 2023 albums I’ve listened to, let alone also really liked haha.
1. Home Is Where - The Whaler 2. Wednesday - Rat Saw God 3. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes 4. Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance Revisited 5. boygenius - The Record 6. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness 7. Manchester Orchestra - The Valley of Vision 8. Origami Angel - The Brightest Days 9. Lies - LIES 10. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
1. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 2. Paramore - This Is Why 3. Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust 4. Boygenius - the record 5. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 6. Gorillaz - Cracker Island 7. Skrillex - Quest For Fire 8. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 9. 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs 10. The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein Pretty slow year for me so far
some of my favs from this year Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life Story Of The Year - Tear Me To Pieces Atmosphere - So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously The Bouncing Souls - Ten Stories High Arrows In Action - Built To Last Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust Trophy Eyes - Suicide And Sunshine Redhook - Postcard From A Living Hell Emarosa - Sting Nothing, Nowhere. - Void Eternal Dead Bundy - Held Back Honey Revenge - Retrovision The Amity Affliction - Not Without My Ghosts Tightwire - Head Full Of Snakes McFly - Power To Play The Aces - I've Loved You For So Long
My top ten is probably something like this: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes Wednesday - Rat Saw God Narrow Head - Moments of Clarity Ruston Kelly - The Weakness White Reaper - Asking for a Ride Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World Sigur Rós - ÁTTA boygenius - the record Fucked Up - One Day Margo Price - Strays But really it's the first two albums way out in front, with Wednesday and Isbell essentially tied for my favorite, and then everything else is pretty equal. Great year so far!
My favs so far, in no order: Ava Max - Diamonds and Dancefloors RAYE - My 21st Century Blues Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn into You Meet Me @ The Altar - Past // Present // Future 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs DMA’S - How Many Dreams? Ruston Kelly - The Weakness Jessie Ware - That! Feels! Good! The Dirty Nil - Free Rein to Passions Foo Fighters - But Here We Are The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does
Bdrmm - I Don't Know Why The Japanese House - In the End It Always Does Youth Lagoon - Heaven is a Junkyard Stik Figa & The Expert - Ritual SUN ORGAN - Candlelight Showertime