I posted these lists to Substack Notes before I published by year end post, so I will move these over to the main site, so everyone can see them.
Some albums that didn’t make my list of 2023 favorites, but I still really enjoyed:
Alternative/Indie
- Pure Music by Strange Ranger (Listen)
- Infinite Spring by Superviolet (Listen)
- s/t by Liquid Mike (Listen)
- In the End It Always Does by The Japanese House (Listen)
- Limestone Ritual by Doom Flower (Listen)
- A New Reality Mind by Madeline Kenney (Listen)
- Lucky for You by Bully (Listen)
- Careful of Your Keepers by This is the Kit (Listen)
- Stereo Mind Game by Daughter (Listen)
- Continue as a Guest by The New Pornographers (Listen)
- Honey by Samia (Listen)
- My Big Day by Bombay Bicycle Club (Listen)
- 10,000 gecs by 100 gecs (Listen)
- 3D Country by Geese (Listen)
- Gizmo by Tanukichan (Listen)
- Cousin by Wilco (Listen)
R&B Adjacent
- The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monae (Listen)
- Red Moon in Venus by Kali Uchis (Listen)
- Falling or Flying by Jorja Smith (Listen)
- Fountain Baby by Amaarae (Listen)
- Raven by Kelela (Listen)
- Heaven by Cleo Sol (Listen)
- My Soft Machine by Arlo Parks (Listen)
Hip Hop
- To What End by Oddisee (Listen)
- And Then You Pray for Me by Westside Gunn (Listen)
- Scaring the Hoes by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown (Listen)
- Sundial by Noname (Listen)
- Indiana Jones by Boldy James & RichGains (Listen)
- We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer, Billy Woods, and ELUCID (Listen)
- Maps by Billy Woods and Kenny Segal (Listen)
Enjoy!
