I mean, I'm a huge Pollard stan and I think he's doing some really great work with GBV in recent years, I might argue he's at another career peak, but even I'd have a hard time dropping even just one of those in my top ten for the year.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 December 2023 22:38 (nine months ago) link
Protomartyr #7 Loud and Quiet, #9 Ripcord, #15 Fastnbulbous, #49 Beats Per Minute, #73 Piccadilly.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 16 December 2023 04:54 (nine months ago) link
The Quietus Tracks Of The Year 2023https://thequietus.com/articles/33708-quietus-tracks-2023nice to see the inclusion of Heartworms, Audiobooks, Max Tundra, Special Interest, Loraine James, Creep Show, Overmono.The Quietus Tracks Of The Year 20231: John Francis Flynn – Mole In The Ground2: Earth – Angels (The Bug Remix Feat. Flowdan)3: Heartworms – Retributions Of An Awful Life4: UKAEA ft. Dali de Saint Paul – Habibi5: Lunch Money Life – Mother ((feat. Lady Lykez & Suku Ward)6: Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam7: Teeth Of The Sea – Megafragma8: Yaeji – For Granted9: Hey Colossus – You Laugh At My Face10: Mclusky – Unpopular Parts Of A Pig11: Lana Del Rey – A&W12: Audiobooks – Burnt Pictures13: Jessica Winter – Funk This Up14: Jellyskin – Bringer Of Brine15: Max Tundra – This Woman’s Work16: Patrick Wolf – The Night Safari17: Desire Marea – If You Know18: Special interest – Concerning Peace (Machine Girl Remix)19: Mandy, Indiana – Pinking Shears20: Jam City – Times Square21: Underworld – Denver Luna22: Aphex Twin – In A Room7 F76023: Nadine Shah – Topless Mother24: Shit And Shine – Infinite Shite25: William Doyle – Relentless Melt26: Acid Klaus – You’re A Freak (Feat. Philly Piper)27: HMLTD – The End Is Now28: Meatraffle – Lovesong Industrial Complex29: DRIFT. – Red Lights30: Loraine James – 200331: Creep Show – Bungalow32: Lankum – Go Dig My Grave33: Overmono – Blow Out34: Pangaea – Installation35: In The Trunk – Everything Will Be Alright36: NewJeans – Super Shy37: Nicky Wire – Contact Sheets38: Pole – Stechmück (Sleaford Mods rework)39: Kelela – Enough For Love40: Y U QT – Y'All Ready For Dis41: Lisa O’Neill – Old Note42: Elvin Brandhi & Lord Spikeheart – Drunk In Love43: Slowdive – The Slab44: Heinali – Kyiv Eternal45: Yves Tumor – Echolalia46: Sealionwman – Giselle47: The Haxan Cloak – N/Y48: Minor Science – Workahol49: Jaaw Rot50: Fifty Fifty – Cupid51: Carmen Jaci – Oh Ah Eh Ih Ah Oh52: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Mr Medicine53: Astrid – Kostarika54: Paszka – Jade55: Manni Dee – For Love & Money56: Depeche Mode – Ghosts Again (Nik Colk Void Remix)57: IFS MA – Yaksoq58: L'Rain – New Year's UnResolution59: Slauson Malone 1 – Voyager60: Health – Children Of Sorrow61: KWARP – New Arising62: Dragonchild – LTD63: Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire64: Tara Clerkin Trio – Marble Walls65: Alex Zethson – Öja66: Enchanted Forest – Day Song67: Klara Lewis & Nik Void – I’ll Always68. Wacław Zimpel – Train Spotter69: Sleaford Mods – West End Girls70: Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – FaceTime (ft. Sam Herring)71: Enola Gay – PTS.DUP72: CHAI – Para Para73: Boris & Uniform – You Are The Beginning74: Fat White Family – Religion For One75: WaqWaq Kingdom – Buri Buri (feat. Catu Diosis)
― djmartian, Monday, 18 December 2023 08:23 (nine months ago) link
Relentless Melt
― imago, Monday, 18 December 2023 08:37 (nine months ago) link
Everyone's favorite culture paper of record, The Economist:
https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/12/08/the-best-albums-of-2023-as-chosen-by-the-economist
The best albums of 2023, as chosen by The Economist
“Blomi”. By Susanne Sundfor“False Lankum”. By Lankum“Fountain Baby”. By Amaarae“Gold”. By Cleo Sol“Guts”. By Olivia Rodrigo“Heavy Heavy”. By Young Fathers“Hit Parade”. By Róisín Murphy“Manzanita”. By Shana Cleveland“New Vietnam and Singles”. By Civic“Perfect Saviours”. By The Armed“The Price of Progress”. By The Hold Steady“The Record”. By Boygenius“Scaring the Hoes”. By Danny Brown and JPEGMafia“Strays”. By Margo Price“Sundown”. By Eddie Chacon
― Indexed, Monday, 18 December 2023 15:17 (nine months ago) link
does the anonymous economist music critic post on ilm?
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 December 2023 15:20 (nine months ago) link
Lol didn’t expect The Economist to be one of the best lists.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 18 December 2023 15:32 (nine months ago) link
Late Entrieshttps://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-23/#late
La Rosa Noir is a Chicago band lead by Yeshi Regalado. The Chicana songwriter tells stories of the punk scene, relationships, and the loss of her mother. The dreamy post-punk/surf noir hybrid fits in perfectly with women-lead trip jam (a term I took from Peluché years ago) bands like Body Type, Goat Girl, Mere Women, Groupie and Warpaint. Still waiting for a way to actually buy the album.
1. La Rosa Noir – Arellano 2. Upper Wilds – Jupiter3. Vanity Mirror – Puff 4. The Treasures Of Mexico – Burn the Jets 5. Volksempfänger – Attack of Sound6. Sweat – Who Do They Think They Are?7. Dust – et cetera, etc EP8. Axis: Sova – Blinded by Oblivion 9. The Toads – In the Wilderness10. Death And Vanilla – Flicker11. Catatonic Suns – Catatonic Suns12. Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn – Fantastic Light 13. Cornelius – Dream in Dream
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 18 December 2023 19:59 (nine months ago) link
London metal record shop Crypt Of The Wizard end-of-year lists:
https://www.cryptofthewizard.com/blogs/news/end-of-year-list-2023
― blazin' squab (NickB), Monday, 18 December 2023 21:03 (nine months ago) link
of course the economist would put roisin murphy on their list
― ufo, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:52 (nine months ago) link
Oh shit, I didn't realize Waqwaq Kingdom had a new one!! Downloading post-haste, love them.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Monday, 18 December 2023 21:57 (nine months ago) link
No one posted a link to my thing so I'll do it
https://www.stereogum.com/2245430/the-10-best-experimental-albums-of-2023/lists/year-in-review/2023-in-review/
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 December 2023 23:00 (nine months ago) link
― ufo, Monday, December 18, 2023 4:52 PM (one hour ago)
the write-up is very "which opinions, motherfucker" meme
― rob, Monday, 18 December 2023 23:15 (nine months ago) link
No one posted a link to my thing so I'll do ithttps://www.stereogum.com/2245430/the-10-best-experimental-albums-of-2023/lists/year-in-review/2023-in-review🕸/
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Monday, 18 December 2023 23:35 (nine months ago) link
thanks whiney, gonna check out the Hecker because of you— i was so disappointed in the albums after Ravedeath that i stopped paying attention― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Monday, December 18, 2023 bookmarkflaglink
It's is best since Virgins.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 18 December 2023 23:41 (nine months ago) link
Phonica Records BEST OF 2023 features
https://www.phonicarecords.com/best-of-2023
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 14:01 (nine months ago) link
The Obelisk Presents: THE BEST OF 2023 — Year in Review
https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2023/12/18/the-best-of-2023/
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 16:18 (nine months ago) link
Folk Radio, 100 best folk and alternative albums, unanked list. Plenty of good stuff and plenty I’ve never heard. https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2023/12/top-100-folk-alternative-albums-of-2023/
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 16:30 (nine months ago) link
here's Ted Gioia's unranked top 100:
00. Aberdeen — Held Together00. Christopher Adler — Landscape Traces00. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily — Love in Exile00. Ambrose Akinmusire — Beauty is Enough00. Blick Bassy — Mádibá00. Jean-Paul Bataille — Les Cailloux00. Betty Benedeadly & Brand Guess — At the Institute of Mentalphysics00. Debashish Bhattacharya — The Sound of the Soul00. Jonathan Bockelmann — Childish Mind00. The Bombadils — Dear Friend00. boygenius — The Record00. Chris Brain — Steady Away00. Alison Brown — On Banjo00. Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman — Lady of the Lake00. Peter Bufano — Sunset Circus00. Joachim Carr — Numinosum00. Brìghde Chaimbeul — Carry Them With Us00. Billy Childs — The Winds of Change00. Complete Mountain Almanac — Complete Mountain Almanac00. Concerto Caledonia — Shepherds and Tea Tables00. Covet — Catharsis00. Marta Del Grandi — Selva00. John Depew — Yellow Threads00. Alabaster DePlume — Come with Fierce Grace00. Bokani Dyer — Radio Sechaba00. Iye Echa & Mark Lotz — Nomykom00. Tanya Ekanayaka — 18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms00. Faith & Harmony — I Heard the Voice00. Natascha Falcão — Ave Mulher00. JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra — Adolphus Hailstork & Danny Elfman: Concertos00. Fendika & K-Sanchis — Gojo00. Sullivan Fortner — Solo Game00. Fosse, Gyan Riley, Ben Almén — Ground00. Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate — Terri Kunda00. The Gaslamp Killer & The Heliocentrics — The Gaslamp Killer Meets the Heliocentrics00. Ricardo Dias Gomes — Muito Soul00. Galina Grigorjeva — Music for Male-Voice Choir00. Joel Harrison & the Stardust Reunion Band — Joel Harrison & the Stardust Reunion Band00. Miho Hazama and M-Unit — Beyond Orbits00. Jennifer Higdon — Duo Duel & Concerto for Orchestra00. Marie-Luise Hinrichs — Visions00. Lain Huuto — Valoon!00. Ivan Ilić — Joseph Jongen: Preludes for Piano00. Jantra — Synthesized Sudan00. Keith Jarrett — Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach00. Rickie Lee Jones — Pieces of Treasure00. Andrzej Karałow — Stone Music00. Emily King — Special Occasion00. Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens & Miriam Encinas — Music for Shepherds and Sultans00. Bobby Lee — Endless Skyways00. Lisel — Patterns for Auto-tuned Voices and Delay00. Matterhorn Well — Sketches for Francis00. Brad Mehldau — Your Mother Should Know00. Joni Mitchell — Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)00. Jason Moran — From the Dancehall to the Battlefield00. Willie Nelson — Bluegrass00. Jalen Ngonda — Come Around and Love Me00. Novelty Island — Wallsend Weekend Television00. Of Tropique — Buster Goes West00. Víkingur Ólafsson — Bach: Goldberg Variations00. Peter One — Come Back to Me00. Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke — Lean In00. PJEV, Kit Downes & Hayden Chisholm — Medna Roso00. Chris Potter (with Craig Taborn) — Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard00. Quartet San Francisco; Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; Take Six — Raymond Scott Reimagined00. Hania Rani — On Giacometti00. Rodrigo y Gabriela — In Between Thoughts…A New World00. Raphael Rogiński — Talàn00. Róis — Uisce Agus Bean00. The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamond00. Roomful of Teeth — Rough Magic00. Antonio Rugolo — Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete Italian Solo Guitar Music00. Kim Rysstad, Arve Henriksen & Tord Gustavsen — Villfarande Barn00. Moise Sagara and John Meade — Things Come Together00. Ryuichi Sakamoto — 1200. Cécile McLorin Salvant — Mélusine00. Lucas Santtana — O Paraíso00. Adam Semijalac — Ode Dite00. Sam Shackleton, Waclaw Zimpel & Siddhartha Belmannu — In the Cell of Dreams00. Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Keri Fuge and Roderick Williams — Bernard Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights00. J.D. Simo — Songs from the House of Grease00. Emilio Solla and Antonio Lizana — El Siempre Mar00. Tyshawn Sorey (with Aaron Diehl & Matt Brewer) — Continuing00. Dele Sosimi & the Estuary 21 — The Confluence00. Sylvan Weekends — Outliers00. Tashkezar — Ew'aa00. Dan Tepfer — Bach: Inventions/Reinventions00. Tiny Habits — Tiny Things00. Ralph Towner — At First Light00. Rian Treanor & Ocen James — Saccades00. Triptides — Starlight00. Various Artists — Tell Everybody!00. Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve — Music by Henrik Ødegaard00. Franek Warzywa & Młody Budda — Wykopki00. Gareth Williams — Songs from the Last Page00. Young Fathers — Heavy Heavy00. Dhafer Youssef (with Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, etc.) — Street of Minarets00. Denny Zeitlin — Crazy Rhythm: Exploring George Gershwin00. Krystian Zimerman — Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works00. John Zorn — Quatrain
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 17:15 (nine months ago) link
https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2023/12/19/70-or-so-best-singles-of-2023/
Xchuck Eddy top 70 singles list
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 19:38 (nine months ago) link
Good one! Lots of non-obvious choices and underrated singles.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 19:58 (nine months ago) link
RA - The Best Tracks of 2023https://ra.co/features/4289Track of the YearDJ SWISHA - CLUB MEGAMIXXXa link to a Spotify playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZnFwsmho6wwFSNuEgcpoz?si=dasiRcs9QSOyJhNlMq6SSg&pi=e-AohL18m3Qv6y
― djmartian, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 20:23 (nine months ago) link
blogger billdifferen always has an interesting list, grabbing from the more extreme ends of internet music. most of these i have never heard, and many i will likely choose to never hear again, but the discoveries are very much worth it.
https://billdifferen.blogspot.com/2023/12/billdifferens-top-100-songs-of-2023.htmlhttps://billdifferen.blogspot.com/2023/12/billdifferens-top-100-songs-of-2023-pt.html
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 20:39 (nine months ago) link
Ilxor, k4th3rin3 st. 4s4ph presents a poptimist article:Stereogum - The Top 40 Pop Songs Of 2023BY k4th3rin3 st. 4s4phhttps://www.stereogum.com/2245807/best-pop-songs-2023/columns/chained-to-the-rhythm/
― djmartian, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 20:52 (nine months ago) link
I think the Aquarium Drunkard and Crack lists are the best I've encountered, at least as regards my personal tastes.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 20:57 (nine months ago) link
Brooklynvegan - 50 Best Punk Albums of 2023https://www.brooklynvegan.com/50-best-punk-albums-of-2023/Number 1Home Is Where - The Whaler
― djmartian, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 21:05 (nine months ago) link
It seems that the AD and RSTB lists this year have more than the usual amount of three-star sunny cosmic vibes to wade through.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 21:05 (nine months ago) link
The Line of Best FitStaff Picks 2023: The Year in Musichttps://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/staff-picks-best-albums-2023"Best Fit editors and writers reveal their lesser-known personal favourite records of the year, from Sol Chylyd to Pure Adult and more."
― djmartian, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 21:40 (nine months ago) link
Chat Pile tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2023https://www.brooklynvegan.com/chat-pile-tell-us-about-their-10-favorite-albums-of-2023/
― djmartian, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 22:23 (nine months ago) link
good to see this one in the RA list, i love it so much ----->>>>
Spriitzz - Where R U (Ibiza Mix)
― blazin' squab (NickB), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 22:36 (nine months ago) link
^^^ the bounciest of summer bangers with a vocal that'll get stuck in your head all weekend
― blazin' squab (NickB), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 22:39 (nine months ago) link
Gorillla vs Bear Songs
https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-songs-of-2023/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 01:41 (nine months ago) link
That Gioia list is the only interesting one of these I've seen, big thanks for that
― Deverly (Bangelo), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 01:49 (nine months ago) link
Chuck Eddy list has a number of African artists including Sho Madjozi, Mr Eazi ,
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 03:30 (nine months ago) link
lol how did ra fuck up their text encoding
― ufo, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 09:53 (nine months ago) link
The Chat Pile list actually has a bunch of things I wouldn't mind checking out
― imago, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 10:03 (nine months ago) link
Film Stage 20 best soundtracks and scores of 2023. Number one, ‘The Boy and the Heron’ by Joe Hisaishi.
https://thefilmstage.com/the-best-scores-soundtracks-of-2023/
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 12:16 (nine months ago) link
just published, the extended Bleep albums of the year:Bleep Top 100 Albums of the Yearhttps://bleep.com/top-100-albums-of-the-year-2023?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Bleep+s+Top+100+Albums+of+the+Year+2023&utm_campaign=Top+100+Album+of+the+Year+2023
― djmartian, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 12:28 (nine months ago) link
100 albums for one year feels like too much…there just aren’t that many high quality releases worth remembering each year.
― zacata, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 12:34 (nine months ago) link
5-10 feels about right
Chat Pile list is good. They followed me on Twitter so obviously they know what’s up.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 13:00 (nine months ago) link
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 14:01 (nine months ago) link
Whenever I see Hackney Diamonds topping a list I have to rub my eyes. Like, really? Really?!
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 14:36 (nine months ago) link
If you hang around long enough people will often go from thinking you're passè to hoping you have a comeback. And you can't hang around much longer than the Stones have.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 14:49 (nine months ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-50-best-spanish-language-albums-of-2023-1234922548/
Karol G , Grupo Niche, Tainy, Diego Raposo y mas
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 16:33 (nine months ago) link
I split album lists in half at Burning Ambulance: I post a list of 50 in July, and another 50 in December. So here they both are.
Half-Year Roundup
Year-End Roundup
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 16:38 (nine months ago) link
Boomkat End of Year Charts 2023 have just dropped:
https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2023loads of individual lists to explore
Boomkat Albums Of The Year 2023 - top 100https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2023/2314
Laurel Halo takes Album of the YearLaurel Halo — Atlas (Awe)
― djmartian, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 17:08 (nine months ago) link
boomkat eoy charts rule
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 20 December 2023 18:18 (nine months ago) link
boomkat, new discovery
16. Hysterical Love Project — Lashes (Motion Ward)
Motion Ward’s ambient incubator drop shimmering shoegaze dream-pop and smudged downbeats for lovers of HTRK, A.R. Kane, Perila - issued in a limited CD edition. Pairing Kiwi musician Ike Zwanikken with vocalist Brooklyn Mellar, Hysterical Love Project subtly muddle the foggy memory banks of late ‘80s/early ‘90s shoegaze/dream-pop with prompts from Balearic downbeats and canny compression techniques that lend it a patina of micro-dosed psychedelic sensuality. Perfectly strung out on a late night tip, it flows from the bed-ways lullaby pop and back-combed partials of ‘Miracle-Mouthed’ to the beautifully out-of-reach gauze of ‘Cement’ via delectable highlights of ‘90s trip-pop in the slow-motion acidic lather and forlorn vox of ‘Ionian Sea’, and dreamily headlong wind-tunnel motion of ‘Boyracer’, while ‘Come 2 Me, My Baby’ and ’Sever/Strike’ are unmistakably redolent of HTRK, and likewise the weightless strums of ‘Lavender’ that show they can transfix attention without the beats. Definitely one to watch
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/album/4MC6wQDwPcHwIiqxQBW4E3?si=kFfAKQDbS2SVkIbEJ3pF6w
― djmartian, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 18:38 (nine months ago) link
So many guest lists! My record shows up in the CS & Kreme list (#17). <3
https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2023/2285
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 18:42 (nine months ago) link