Favourite Albums of 2023

Indifference71

The Gaslight Anthem- History Books
Jason Isbell- Weathervanes
The National- both albums were great
The Menzingers- Some of it Was True
Deer Tick- Emotional Contracts
Dave Hause- Drive it Like It's Stolen

josevolution

brianlux said:

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The Heavy Heavy 

I don't know them, but I like the name!

Take a listen they are incredible how they’ve captured a 60’s vibe 

LukinFan

Here's my list for 2023:

1. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
2. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
3. Chris Stapleton - Higher
4. Ben Harper - Wide Open Light
5. Margo Price - Strays 
6. Stephen Marley - Old Soul
7. Glen Hansard - All That is East is West of Me Now
8. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond
9. Brad - The Moment You're Born
10. Ghost of Vroom - 3

HM: 

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - What If I EP
Galactic - Tchompitoulas EP
Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman...
Lukas Nelson & Promise of Real - Sticks and Stones
The Elovaters - Endless Summer 

May 30th

LukinFan said:

Here's my list for 2023:

1. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
2. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
3. Chris Stapleton - Higher
4. Ben Harper - Wide Open Light
5. Margo Price - Strays 
6. Stephen Marley - Old Soul
7. Glen Hansard - All That is East is West of Me Now
8. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond
9. Brad - The Moment You're Born
10. Ghost of Vroom - 3

HM: 

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - What If I EP
Galactic - Tchompitoulas EP
Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman...
Lukas Nelson & Promise of Real - Sticks and Stones
The Elovaters - Endless Summer 

Weathervanes was my top album too. Just so good!!

Johnny Abruzzo

My favorite (screw your "u" and your king! ) are Weathervanes & Strays by Margo Price. I haven't listened to new QOTSA for some reason. The new Black Pumas seems pretty good.

Tried the Foo Fighters & boygenius albums - on the fence about them. The Blondshell album seemed pretty good - gotta try it out again.

Pap

Johnny Abruzzo said:

My favorite (screw your "u" and your king! ) are...

Spiritual_Chaos

Glen Hansard 




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Ellen Sundberg





Neil Young/The Ducks




The Hives




Taylor Swift

JesseMcK

Stuff I Liked:
sorry mom - babyface
Rancid - Tomorrow Never Comes
AJJ - Disposable Everything
Fiddlehead - Death Is Nothing to Us
Iggy Pop - Every Loser

Stuff I Loved:
Screaming Females - Desire Pathway
wych elm - Field Crow (CHECK THESE GUYS OUT)
Paint It Black - Famine
Single Mothers - Roy
Militarie Gun - Life Under the Gun
Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman
Decent Criminal - There's More To It Than Climbing
Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine
Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE

ZoSoTim

Rival Sons - Darkfighter
Rival Sons - Lightbringer
The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
Metallica - 72 Seasons
Mammoth WVH - Mammoth II
Dirty Honey - Can’t Find The Brakes
Gov’t Mule - Peace…Like A River
Chris Stapleton - Higher
The Polyphonic Spree - Salvage Enterprise
Peter Gabriel - i/o

BrainofBGA

In no particular order:

Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman
Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
Brad - In the Moment You Were Born
Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

Didn’t listen as much but enjoyed:

The Coral - Sea of Mirrors
3rd Secret - Second 3rd Secret
Ben Harper - Wide Open Light

Also a bunch of non 2023 albums that I really enjoyed going back to! 

jjflash

Killer Mike -- MICHAEL
Zach Bryan -- S/T
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Danny Brown -- Quaranta
Kurt Vile -- Back to Moon Beach
The Wood Brothers -- Heart is the Hero
QOTSA -- In Times New Roman
Tyler Childers -- Rustin' in the Rain
The Rolling Stones -- Hackney Diamonds
Cat Power -- Sings Dylan
Andre 3000 -- New Blue Sun

*while they're not 'new' albums a chunk of De La Soul's catalog, which finally found its way to streaming services, spent a lot of time b/t my ears

May 30th

Just picked up Killer Mike the other day. Can’t wait to play it!!

Johnny Abruzzo

Every time I see "In Times New Roman" it reminds me of how some high level person at my last company talked negative about Times New Roman and I started putting all my emails, spreadsheets, etc. in that font. This week in "How to Get Behind in Corporate America"

helplessdancer

ms bettye lavette's new one, " lavette! ", needs to be added to this list  

Johnny Abruzzo

This Blondshell album is really awesome. RAWKS.

pledgeagrievance

The Heavy Heavy: Life and Life only (not released in ‘23 but I discovered it this year and played it more than any other new album)

QOTSA: In Times New Roman

Kurt Vile: back to moon beach 

Cat Power: Sings Dylan 

Jason Isbell: Weathervanes

May 30th

mfc2006 said:

In no particular order....

Ben Harper - Wide Open Light

Brad - In The Moment That You're Born

National - Laugh Track

National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes

QOTSA - In Times New Roman

Glen Hansard - All That was East is West of me now

Boygenius - The Record

Deaf Charlie - Catastrophic Metamorphic

Cat Power - Sings Dylan

Jenny Lewis - Joy All
Manchester Orchestra - The Valley Of Vision

Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World

Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond 

Wilco - Cousin

Spoon - Memory Dust

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse
Tyler Childers - Rustin' In The Rain

Listening to the Manchester Orchestra album now. Sounds awesome. 

Also picked up Boygenius on Boxing Day and after my second listen, really like it. 

josevolution

pledgeagrievance said:

The Heavy Heavy: Life and Life only (not released in ‘23 but I discovered it this year and played it more than any other new album)

QOTSA: In Times New Roman

Kurt Vile: back to moon beach 

Cat Power: Sings Dylan 

Jason Isbell: Weathervanes

Agreed on The Heavy Heavy I couldn’t get enough of this album! 

lexicondevil

lexicondevil said:

This is tough. I listened to a lot of music this year and every year. Problem is that a lot of artists I dig released new albums that were just okay. Here are some that I genuinely listen to regularly.

Gaslight Anthem - History Books
Brad - In the Moment
The National - both new ones
Obituary - Dying of Everything

Maybe there are others that I am forgetting, but I've mostly been listening to older albums.

I am going to have to add two stylistically different albums to my list.
1. Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
Interesting combination of different metal sub-genres that all work together.
2. Gabe Lee - Drink the River
Really great Americana folkiness. This guy should be more known.