The 2023 End of Year music lists thread

Also, that House Of All is fucking rancid. Okay enough out of you lad

oh there's plenty of stuff i've never heard of as usual, at least a little of which should be worthwhile. just surprised at the top 2 being critical favourites for once

the Lankum album is almost precision-designed to win the Quietus AOTY tbf, and PJ Harvey is a sort of looming everpresence behind a lot of UK music (which I have to admit even as a non-fan)

if you want an insight into the parlous, awful state of UK art-rock and experimental atm though, surfing through this will give you some idea. we are dying out here

Good to see Oozing Wound on there. Everybody listen to Oozing Wound.

will give 'em a spin! as i say, i'll try a few not-heard-ofs out from that list just in case.

it always occurs to me that i'd probably be a fair candidate for a quietus contributor if i wasn't always so keen to torch all my bridges with them. DORAN. DORAN I WILL WRITE ABOUT CARDIACS WANNABE BANDS FOR YOU AND YOUR SILLY ZINE

Oozing Wound album is good. Thymme from Cheer-accident features on a few tracks!

the James Holden album was… not very interesting! Best records on there are the Surgeon, Gray/Hanson/Seru, and the Stetson.

The Jellyskin is sounding quite promising 2 tracks in

Upgrade that to 'awesome', bloody hell

At first John Francis Flynn's closing track, a cover of "Dirty Old Town" sounded hapless and made me laugh. Then Shane died and it pretty much represented what I felt.

Benefits - Nails includes a couple members of The Chapman Family, who's Burn Your Town (2011) I liked. But man, more of that shouty Sleaford Mods stuff is rough going. I guess some people find catharsis having someone on too much cocaine/alcohol ranting at their face, spittle flying. I prefer death metal. Or old Chicago faves Oozing Wound!

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2023/

delighted we are now at the point where "super shy" is top ten. definitely the wrong olivia rodrigo single in the top ten. still don't get what everyone hears in the second half of "a&w". finally another list with jim legxacy! how did they go for "needs" and not any of tinashe's absolutely brilliant tracks this year

NME TOP 50 songs

https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/best-songs-of-2023-3551141

Every eoy best songs lists so far looking very homogenic at the top and the interesting stuff at the low end.

Guardian, pitchfork, nme and rolling stone have almost the exact same songs in the top 20.

"A&W" deserving of the year's top spot, imo

MXLX (who won't be on any lists save this one and my own)

I actually haven't heard the new one yet, but as the one person who has repeatedly voted for Matt's work over the years, this reads verrrrry snobby to me. "Only I, imago, am visionary enough to understand this." Okay, well, just ignore me then!

Yeah like “A&W” but I’m suspicious of liking it now haha

Would love to see any lists that don’t look like they were paid off by the same 100 PR groups. Where do all the amateur music critics of the 00s homegrown blogs broadcast their taste these days?

Here.

I actually haven't heard the new one yet, but as the one person who has repeatedly voted for Matt's work over the years, this reads verrrrry snobby to me. "Only I, imago, am visionary enough to understand this." Okay, well, just ignore me then!

― emil.y, Monday, 4 December 2023 15:43 (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Oh I know you've been a fan! Just, this album had a totally botched and stupid release and I just assumed basically nobody had heard it because of this, it has 3 RYM ratings total! You should absolutely grab hold of it!

I did ramble on about it quite a lot a month ago to crickets :p

I mean the number of people I've tried to get to listen to his Won't album (about 20) rather exceeds the number who actually have (0), he's a hard sell!

There still some 00s blogs with great eoy selections:

Said the Gramophone, gorilla vs bear, raven sings the blues, aquarium drunkard…

Looking forward to the Boomkat lists

Really enjoying the a.P.A.t.T. album from the Quietus list. It's only taken them 20 years but they've made something that doesn't have me rolling my eyes (much). Full of great tunes even!

Love this Chappell Roan album! My favorite find from the year-end lists so far.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, December 3, 2023 12:35 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Dan Nigro's been a busy guy this year huh.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, December 3, 2023 12:40 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

seconded

this album had a totally botched and stupid release and I just assumed basically nobody had heard it because of this, it has 3 RYM ratings total! You should absolutely grab hold of it!

Aye, okay, that makes a lot more sense. Think I'm being massively oversensitive as well, so fair dos. I will seek it out.

The big question for me is whether all of ilx will hate me if I nominate five+ songs from this year's Eurovision for the EoY poll. It was a good year!

all good xp!

always up for eurovision nominations, think i even voted for one once without knowing it was eurovision (go_a)

Ted Gioia:

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-best-recordings-of-2023-honorable

Cabbages (best hip hop albums)

https://www.cabbageshiphop.com/best-hip-hop-rap-albums-2023/

I fucking love Go_A - they played London earlier this year and I told myself I would go but I'm too goddamned tired and brain-fucked these days to do travelling to gigs. Released a couple of tracks this year that I may well nom (but I'm not counting them as Eurovision any more).

xxp

Treblezine top 100 songs

https://www.treblezine.com/the-100-best-songs-of-2023/

Xps cha cha cha will be in my track vote

Benefits - Nails includes a couple members of The Chapman Family, who's Burn Your Town (2011) I liked. But man, more of that shouty Sleaford Mods stuff is rough going. I guess some people find catharsis having someone on too much cocaine/alcohol ranting at their face, spittle flying. I prefer death metal. Or old Chicago faves Oozing Wound!

― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 4 December 2023 14:22 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is one of the worst things i have ever heard, ever

i didn't realize A&W was so beloved

you can get veggie burgers there, which is helpful

Revolver - 30 Best Albums of 2023
https://www.revolvermag.com/music/30-best-albums-2023

including albums by Baroness, Blackbraid, Queens of the Stone Age.

a rather disappointing list overall.

Allmusic Year in Review
Top 100 Albums of 2023
https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review

has started first up its:

100 Highlighted 2023 Albums unranked in A-Z order

I did ramble on about it quite a lot a month ago to crickets

I’m crickets

Consequence 50 Best Albums of 2023
https://consequence.net/2023/12/consequence-50-best-albums-of-2023-list/6/

a different number 1 at Consequence

01. Yves Tumor — Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume

this yves tumor album was a step down, imo

first part of Bandcamp's Best Albums of 2023

bandcamp Best Albums of 2023 A-E
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2023/the-best-albums-of-2023-a-e

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2023

25. Cole Pulice: “If I Don’t See You in the Future, I’ll See You in the Pasture”
For the uninitiated, it may seem like Cole Pulice is simply leaning their forearm on all the white keys of an organ before wailing on a saxophone across this very long song. But what you are actually hearing is all saxophone, including its sound being manipulated through signal processing live in the studio by the Oakland-based electro-acoustic composer’s feet. The auditory illusion fits the mood of the piece: liminal, transitory, extremely trippy. Pulice saves the best for the end, when they repeat a squiggly little pitch-bendy riff over and over: As the production is stripped away, they intimately struggle with their altissimo register, like they’re trying to crawl back into the last 22 minutes of a dream slipping away from memory. –Jeremy D. Larson

I used to babysit this kid. Good for them!

a list from the UK music website, The Line of Best Fit

The Line of Best Fit - Albums of the Year
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/articles/2023-best-albums-ranked

AOTY Summary - The Line of Best Fit - Albums of the Year
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2131-the-line-of-best-fits-best-albums-of-the-year-2023/

Number 1 Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?

Good number 1

Bristol's Crack Magazine presents their albums of the year

essential reading, plenty of interesting leftfield choices on this list to explore further.

Crack Magazine - The Top 50 Albums of the Year

https://crackmagazine.net/article/list-article/best-albums-2023/

number 1 from imago approved:

Jim Legxacy
Homeless N**** Pop Music
(!)

shocked (in a good way) to see vayda up there. fun list, probably my favorite so far

Oh! that Crack list has a lot of albums I loved that I haven’t seen in any other list yet. Yeah probably my fave so far.

Do they also do a songs list? Interested on seeing what they rank there too.

crickets, and fgti saying he was a really diamond bloke and then not listening to the album ;)

Bandcamp list usually has some good stuff on it...

Crack did a top 25 tracks list last year. So we just have to wait.