So...How's It Going?
2023 has been good to us so far. So good, in fact, that I actually had to whittle down this list to make this cool 5x5 grid (eat your heart out, old website) of my favorite 25 albums of the year so far. There’s quite the variety from the mad-weird of PEGGY x Danny Brown, to the sad-weird of Swans; from the stark beauty of Lucinda Chua, to the crunchy maximalism of the new Queens of the Stone Age.
If you haven’t been following along, or if you spot something that catches your eye, each photo is a link to the album on Spotify! And if you might be so bold as to check out a review of one of the albums I covered earlier, just follow the ol’ hamburger menu or click HERE.
Happy listening! And here’s to a great rest of 2023!
10,000 Gecs
100 Gecs - hyperpop
But Here We Are
Foo Fighters - alternative rock
PetroDragonic Apocalypse…
KGLW - progressive metal
In Times New Roman…
Queens of the Stone Age - alternative rock
Amatssou
Tinariwen -tishoumaren
Shook
Algiers - post-industrial
The Love Invention
Alison Goldfrapp - dance-pop
False Lankum
Lankum - irish folk music
The Art of Forgetting
Caroline Rose - art pop
That! Feels Good!
Jessie Ware - disco
Yian
Lucinda Chua - ambient pop
No Highs
Tim Hecker - ambient
mini mix vol. 3
Magdalena Bay - synthpop
UGLY
slowthai - post-punk
Rat Saw God
Wednesday - indie rock
Multitudes
Feist - contemporary folk
Scaring the Hoes
JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - experimental hip hop
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Caroline Polacheck - art pop
The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
Sparks - art pop
Maps
billy woods & Kenny Segal - abstract hip hop
Radical Romantics
Fever Ray - art pop
Raven
Kelela - Alternative R&B
Formal Growth in the Desert
Protomartyr - post-punk
The Beggar
Swans - post-rock
…Hot Between Worlds
Yves Tumor - neo-psychedelia
P.S. I have been informed that the really awesome 5x5 I spent so many hours painstakingly crafting is not visible on mobile. I guess that means you’ll just have to use a real computer like a moral person.
