2023 was a great year for music. Here are my top non-Historian picks:
25. boygenius
the record
Key Tracks:
"$20", "Emily I'm Sorry", "We're In Love"
24. Young Fathers
Heavy Heavy
Key Tracks:
"Tell Somebody", "Ululation", "Holy Moly"
23. Fever Ray
Radical Romantics
Key Tracks:
"Shiver", "Even It Out", "Carbon Dioxide"
22. Sigur Ros
Atta
Key Tracks:
"Skel", "Klettur", "Gold"
21. BC Camplight
The Last Rotation of Earth
Key Tracks: "The
Last Rotation of Earth", "Kicking Up a Fuss", "I'm
Ugly"
20. Noname
Sundial
Key Tracks:
"black mirror", "balloons", "namesake"
19. Blur
The Ballad of Darren
Key Tracks:
"Barbaric", "The Narcissist", "The
Heights"
18. PJ Harvey
I Inside the Old Year Dying
Key Tracks: "I
Inside the Old Year Dying", "A Child's Question, August",
"August"
17. Julie Byrne
The Greater Wings
Key Tracks: "The
Greater Wings", "Portrait of a Clear Day", "Summer
Glass"
16. yeule
softscars
Key Tracks:
"sulky baby", "4ui12", "software update"
15. Water From Your Eyes
Everyone's Crushed
Key Tracks:
"Open", "Remember Not My Name", "14"
14. Titanic
Vidrio
Key Tracks:
"Anonima", "Palacio", "Balanza"
13. Parannoul
After the Magic
Key Tracks:
"Arrival", "We Shine at Night", "After the
Magic"
12. Jaimie Branch
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))
Key Tracks:
"Baba Louie", "Take Over the World"
11. Billy Woods and Kenny Segal
Maps
Key Tracks:
"Soft Landing", "Babylon By Bus", "NYC
Tapwater"
10. Wednesday
Rat Saw God
Key Tracks:
"Chosen to Deserve", "Quarry", "Turkey
Vultures"
9. Olivia Rodrigo
GUTS
Key Tracks: "bad idea right?", "vampire", "lacy"
8. Grian Chatten
Chaos For The Fly
Key Tracks:
"Last Time Every Time Forever", "Fairlies",
"Bob's Casino"
7. The Clientele
I Am Not There Anymore
Key Tracks:
"Garden Eye Mantra", "Lady Grey", "Blue Over
Blue"
6. Mitski
The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
Key Tracks: "My
Love Mine All Mine", "Bug Like an Angel", "The Frost"
5. MF Tomlinson
We Are Still Wild Horses
Key Tracks: "End
of the Road", "Winter Time Blues", "A Cloud"
4. Lana Del Rey
Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Key Tracks: "Let
The Light In", "Kintsugi", "Grandfather Please Stand…"
3. Sufjan Stevens
Javelin
Key Tracks:
"Will Anybody Ever Love Me?", "Everything That
Rises", "Shit Talk"
2. L'Rain
I Killed Your Dog
Key Tracks: "Our
Funeral", "Pet Rock", "5 to 8 Hours a Day (WWwaG)"
1. Caroline Polachek
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Key Tracks: "Blood and Butter", "Butterfly Net", "Billions"
