Albums: Split 100 points among your top 10 albums. No less than 5 points and no more than 30 for each album; whole numbers only.
Singles: Name your top ten singles. Rule of thumb is if you listened to it out of the context of an album at least once, it's a single. Asterisk rule: You may put an asterisk by one single to give it an extra half-point. If you don't put an asterisk by any single, the half-point will go to the first single you name unless you state your list is unranked. The asterisk doesn't have to be given to your number one single (you might decide to vote tactically.)
EPs/mini-albums: Name up to five EPs or mini-albums. Assign an averageof 2 points to each of these EPs, with each entry getting no less than 1 point and no more than 5. (So if you name one EP it gets 2 points, while if you name 5 EPs you can split 10 points.) It's left to your judgment as to what counts as an EP/mini-album, but under 25 minutes is a good rule of thumb. You are encouraged to also vote for EPs in the albums poll if they have given you comparable pleasure to your favorite albums.
New category!Live artist: Name as many live artists (not shows) as you want. One point will be split equally among them.
The year-of-impact rule applies at your discretion. If you want reissues etc. to show up on the list, vote for them.
Anyone reading this is eligible to vote; ballots from women and people of color are especially encouraged.
Three ways to vote:
Post your ballot in this thread. If you want to plug a longer or better annotated list elsewhere, please include a link.
Email your ballot to bradluen@yahoo.co.nz with "Expert Witnesses Poll 2023" in the subject line.
Deadline: Friday 19th January Sunday 21st January at 11:59 pm in some reasonable time zone.
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
2011: Frank Ocean: Nostalgia, Ultra/Frank Ocean: "American Wedding" 2012: Loudon Wainwright III: Older Than My Old Man Now/Carly Rae Jepsen: "Call Me Maybe" 2014: Wussy: Attica!/Wussy: "Teenage Wasteland" 2015: Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit/Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment: "Sunday Candy" 2016: A Tribe Called Quest: We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service/Beyoncé: "Formation" 2017: Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Know/Paramore: "Hard Times" 2018: Parquet Courts: Wide Awake!/Ariana Grande: "thank u, next" 2013: Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City/Vampire Weekend: "Ya Hey" 2019: Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?/Lizzo: "Juice" 2020: Run the Jewels: RTJ4/Lil Baby: "The Bigger Picture" 2021: Olivia Rodrigo: Sour/No-No Boy: "The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming"/Kalie Shorr: I Got Here by Accident 2022: Beyoncé: Renaissance/Beyoncé: "Break My Soul"/Pillbox Patti: Florida
Results for 2018-22 are here. Results for 2011-13 are here. Results for 2014-17 are floating around the Internet somewhere.
First, thanks for my #2 album, which I don’t think I would have heard without you. I’ve included some runners-up in my album list because I’m indecisive. My singles list doesn’t include any music I’ve voted for in other categories (sorry, Olivia, Ashley and “Super Shy.”) I’ve only found three EPS I wanted to vote for, and I tried with corook, I really did. ( boygenius, too.)
ALBUMS
Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS 20
Isach Skeidsvoll: Dance to Summon 17
100 Gecs: 10,000 Gecs 16
Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You 11
Debbie Friday: Good Luck 8
A. Savage: A Few Songs About Fire 8
Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit 5
Gina Birch: I Play My Bass Loud 5
James Brandon Lewis: For Mahalia With Love 5
Wednesday: Rat Saw God 5
Zach Bryan. Zach Bryan
Steve Lehman and Orchestra National de Jazz: Ex Machina
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown: SCARIN’ THE HOES
Fever Ray: Radical Romantics
Water from Your Eyes: Everybody’s Crushed
Jamie Branch: Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))
Buck 65: Super Dope
Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
SINGLES ( Unranked)
Big Thief: “Vampire Empire”
Björk, ROSALÍA: “Oral”
Lana Del Rey: “A&W”
Margaret Glaspy: “Female Brain”
Kah-Lo: “Fund$”
Elle King and Miranda Lambert: “Drunk (and I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
ALBUMS (10 points to each one):
Romance & Dean Hurley, River of Dreams
Hannah Diamond, Perfect Picture
King Krule, Space Heavy
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, The Ones Ahead
Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS
Kelela, Raven
Lankum, False Lankum
Jlin, Perspective
The Tubs, Dead Meat
Underscores, Wallsocket
SINGLES (10 points to each):
Bizzarap & Shakira, “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
*Cristale X Teezandos X Fumez the Engineer, “Plugged In”
Troye Sivan, “One of Your Girls”
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ, “Say What You Mean”
Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage, “Sitting on Top of the World”
DJ Bosak, MC DA 12 & MC GW featuring MC BIEL PR, “Realidade Extradimensional”
Karol G, “Mi Ex Tenia Razon”
Olaf Dreijer, “Rosa Rugosa”
Sampha, “Spirit 2.0”
That Mexican OT, Drodi & Paul Wall, “Johnny Dang”
My extensive list of runners-up, other favorite singles and reissues is up here: https://steeveecom.wordpress.com/best-music-of-2023/
Albums
1. Rat Saw God, Wednesday 16 pts
2. Maps, billy woods and Kenny Segal 13 pts
3. GUTS, Olivia Rodrigo 11 pts
4. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love, Kara Jackson 10 pts
5. the whaler, Home is Where 10 pts
6. El Comienza, Grupa Frontera 9 pts
7. Eye on the Bat, Palehound 8 pts
8. The Window, Ratboys 8 pts
9. Scarlet, Doja Cat 8 pts
10. Almost Healed, Lil Durk 7 pts
Singles
“Money,” Hamish Hawk*
“Hollywood Baby,” 100 Gecs
“True Blue,” Boygenius
“I Want to Be Your Only Pet,” Bombay Bicycle Club
“Weightless,” Romy
“Scientists and Engineers,” Killer Mike, Future, Andre 3000
“Losers Look Like Me,” Morgan Wade
“Pretty Boy,” Noel Gallagher
“Scapegoat,” Anonhi and the Johnsons
“Hard to Love,” Bully
EPs
Waiting Around, Lilts 3 pts
Obsessed Pt. 2, Yahritza Y Su Esencia 3 pts
Dead Meat, The Tubs 2 pts
Get Up, NewJeans 1 pt
Voir Dire, Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist 1 pt
Live Artists
Drug Church
Deafheaven
Speedy Ortiz
Jamila Woods
Danny Brown
Perfume Genius
My Albums list from November is here: https://open.substack.com/pub/moocat/p/best-of-2023?r=3lvt5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
My Songs list from the same month is here: https://open.substack.com/pub/moocat/p/best-singles-of-2023?r=3lvt5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
First, thanks for my #2 album, which I don’t think I would have heard without you. I’ve included some runners-up in my album list because I’m indecisive. My singles list doesn’t include any music I’ve voted for in other categories (sorry, Olivia, Ashley and “Super Shy.”) I’ve only found three EPS I wanted to vote for, and I tried with corook, I really did. ( boygenius, too.)
ALBUMS
Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS 20
Isach Skeidsvoll: Dance to Summon 17
100 Gecs: 10,000 Gecs 16
Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You 11
Debbie Friday: Good Luck 8
A. Savage: A Few Songs About Fire 8
Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit 5
Gina Birch: I Play My Bass Loud 5
James Brandon Lewis: For Mahalia With Love 5
Wednesday: Rat Saw God 5
Zach Bryan. Zach Bryan
Steve Lehman and Orchestra National de Jazz: Ex Machina
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown: SCARIN’ THE HOES
Fever Ray: Radical Romantics
Water from Your Eyes: Everybody’s Crushed
Jamie Branch: Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))
Buck 65: Super Dope
Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
SINGLES ( Unranked)
Big Thief: “Vampire Empire”
Björk, ROSALÍA: “Oral”
Lana Del Rey: “A&W”
Margaret Glaspy: “Female Brain”
Kah-Lo: “Fund$”
Elle King and Miranda Lambert: “Drunk (and I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Kylie Minogue: “Padam Padam (Extended Mix)”
Pink Pantheress, Ice Spice: “Boy’s a Liar Part 2”
Chappell Roan: “Femininomeon”
Taylor Smith: “Cruel Summer (live)” *
EPS
New Jeans: Get Up 2
The Cucumbers: Old Shoes 2
Ashley McBryde: Cool Little Bars EP 2
Philip Brasor
Albums
1. Robert Forster, THE CANDLE AND THE FLAME (17)
2. Felo Le Tee with Mellow & Sleazy, THE III WISE MEN (14)
3. Anohni and the Johnsons, MAY BACK WAS A BRIDGE FOR YOU TO CROSS (13)
4. Lenhart Tapes, DENS (11)
5. Mon Laferte, AUTOPOIÉTICA (10)
6. The Sundae Painters, SUNDAE PAINTERS (9)
7. CMAT, CRAZYMAD, FOR ME (8)
8. Amaarae, FOUNTAIN BABY (7)
9. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily, LOVE IN EXILE (6)
10. Noname, SUNDIAL (5)
Singles
1. New Jeans, "ETA"
2. Yo La Tengo, "Sinatra Drive Breakdown"
3. Hemlocke Springs, "POS"
4. Olivia Rodrigo, "Bad Idea Right?"
5. Young Fathers, "I Saw"
6. 1000 Gecs, “Dumbest Girl Alive”
7. Jamila Woods, "Tiny Garden"
8. Doja Cat, "Demons"
9. Indigo De Souza, "You Can Be Mean"
10. Joy Oladokun, "Keeping the Light On"
EPs
1. Hemlocke Springs, Going, Going, Gone (4)
2. New Jeans, Get Up (2)
3. Ice Spice, Like..? (2)
4. Tyla, Tyla (1)
5. MTS No Beat, Outobro 2023 (1)
more info: https://philipbrasor.com/2023/12/31/best-albums-2023/
See my earlier long-ass list with links at https://livingtolisten.blog/2023/12/29/it-ends-here-my-favorite-albums-of-2023/
Albums
1. James Brandon Lewis: For Mahalia (with Love) / These are Soulful Days (TAO Forms) 25
2. Anohni: My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (Secretly Canadian) 20
3. Bounaly: Dimanche a Bamako (Sahel Sounds) 15
4. Lubomyr Melnyk: The Sacred Thousand (Jersika Records) 10
5. boygenius: the record (Interscope) 10
6. Robert Finley: Black Bayou (Easy Eye) 4
7. Romy: Midair (Young) 4
8. Jessie Ware: That! Feels Good! (Universal) 4
9. Jamila Woods: Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar) 4
10. Gina Burch: I Play My Bass Loud (Third Man) 4
Singles
1. Jessie Ware: “That! Feels Good!”
2. Zach Bryan (w/Kasey Musgraves): “I Remember Everything”
3. 100 gecs: “Dumbest Girl Alive”
4. Olivia Rodrigo: “bad idea, right?’
5. Robert Finley: “Miss Kitty”
6. Corinne Bailey Rae: “New York Transit Queen”
7. DJ Maphorisa (w/Tman Xpress, Mello & Sleazy: “Chukela”
8. Jelly Roll: “Need a Favor”
9. Romy: “The Sea”
10. Sexyy Red (w/Chief Keef): “Ghetto Princess”
Live Acts
1. The Sun Ra Arkestra
2. James Brandon Lewis
3. Mdou Moctar
4. Lubomyr Melnyk
5. Irreversible Entanglements
6. Olivia Rodrigo
7. Snotty Nose Rez Kids
8. boygenius
9. Tri-County Liquidators
10. Immanuel Wilkins
Tempted to revise the album list a bit, and my, er, gut says Olivia deserves 30, but I'm voting a little tactically.
Albums:
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts (20)
James Brandon Lewis – For Mahalia, With Love/These Are Soulful Days (13)
Ricardo Dias Gomes – Muito Sol (13)
Filipe Catto – Belezas São Coisas Acesas por Dentro (13)
Marina Sena – Vício Inerente (13)
Aluna – MYCELiUM (8)
Javier Red’s Imaginary Converter – Life & Umbrella (5)
The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling (5)
James Brandon Lewis – Eye of I (5)
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown – Scaring the Hoes (5)
Singles:
Olivia Rodrigo – “Bad Idea, Right?”*
Marina Sena – “Tudo Pra Amar Você”
Julia Mestre – “Arrepiada”
Chemical Brothers – “Beautiful Feeling”
Vic Brow and Grag Queen – “Fofoca”
Eps:
YMA/Jadsa – Zelena (3)
Nei Lopes – Nei Lopes 80 (3)
Booger68 – Scrapyard (2)
Tasha & Tracie, Kyan and Rapper Gregory – Yin Yang (1)
Ná Ozzetti, Zécarlos Rebeiro, Danilo Penteado – Ná Canta Zécarlos Rebeiro (1)
Live:
Los Lobos
Posting on behalf of Chuck Eddy:
ALBUMS
much longer list and essay here: https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2024/01/05/150-best-albums-of-2023/
1. Jason Moran - From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) 20
2. Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra - America: The Rough Cut (ESP-Disk) 20
3. (Various) Clairvoyance is the Dance Vol. 1 (Huveshta Rituals Belgium) 11
4. Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix (Whirlwind) 10
5. Los Mohanes La Tumbia (Moli Del Tro Belgium) 9
6. Faizal Mostrixx - Mutations (Glitterbeat Germany) 8
7. DJ Finale - Mille Morceau (Nyege Nyege Tapes Uganda) 6
8. Ria Treanor/Ocen James - Saccades (Nyege Nyege Tapes Uganda) 6
9. (Various) Bié Records Meets Shika Shika (Shika Shika Collective/Bie Portugal) 5
10. Ndox Electrique - Tëd ak Mame Coumba Lamba ak Mame Coumba Mbang (Les Disques Bongo Joe Switzerland) 5
EPs
1. Khalil Epi - Romena (Shouka France) 4
2. Tia Maria Produções - São Dicas (Tia Maria Produções Portugal) 2
3. Cumgirl8 - Phantasea Pharm (4AD) 2
4. Lauren Alaina - Unlocked (Big Loud)] 1
5. Blue Dolphin - Robert's Lafitte (Post Present Medium/Cleta Patra) 1
SINGLES
much longer list and writeups here: https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2023/12/19/70-or-so-best-singles-of-2023/
long list of country singles and writeups here: https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2023/12/26/40-best-country-singles-of-2023/
1. Miley Cyrus “Handstand“
2. Sho Madjozi “Chalé“
3. Priya Ragu “Black Goose“
4. Skrillex feat. Nai Barghouti “Xena“
5. That Chick Angel, CasaDi & Steve Terrell “One Margarita (The Margarita Song)“
6. Mr. Eazi “Werser“
7. María Daniela Y Su Sonido Lasser “Mosca Muerta”
8. María Daniela Y Su Sonido Lasser “Robot Pantera“
9. Terrace Martin feat. Channel Tres “Chucks“
10. Zuchu “Honey“
(I saw a handful of live shows this year, but not nearly enough to have opinions.)
1. Gina Birch - I Play My Bass Loud 20
2. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume- 18
3. Jpeg/ Danny Brown - Scarin' the Hoes 11
4. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE - 9
5. Kenny Segal/ Billy Woods - Maps- 9
6. Ice Spice - Like...? (DELUXE ) - 8
7. Isach Skeidsvoll: Dance to Summon - 7
8. Hamell on Trial - Bring the Kids -7
9. The Feelies - Some Kinda Love 6
10. Danny Brown - Quaranta - 5
Albums
Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS - 17
Robert Forster, The Candle and the Flame - 15
Withered Hand, How to Love - 15
Lydia Loveless, Nothing’s Gonna Stand in My Way- 10
Marina Sena, Vicio Inerente - 10
Speedy Ortiz, Rabbit Rabbit - 10
Victoria Monet, JAGUAR II- 8
Piconema: East African Hits On the Colombian Coast- 5
Jessie Ware, That! Feels! Good! - 5
Body Type, Expired Candy - 5
EPs
NewJeans, Get Up - 2
Singles
Lydia Loveless, Sex and Money*
NewJeans, Super Shy
Olivia Rodrigo, get him back!
Carly Rae Jensen, Shy Boy
Megan Moroney, Sleep on My Side
CMAT, California
Janelle Monae, Lipstick Lover
Pink Pantheress, Mosquito
boygenius, Not Strong Enough
Body Type, Miss The World
Albums:
Wednesday - Rat Saw God 16
Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 16
JPEGMafia x Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes 12
Speedy Ortiz - Rabbit Rabbit 12
100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 10
billy woods and Kenny Segal - Maps 8
Blondshell - Blondshell 8
Ratboys - The Window 7
Iris Dement - Workin’ on a World 6
Gina Birch - I Play My Bass Loud 5
EPs:
Corook - serious person (Part 1) 4
JPEGMafia x Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes: DLC Pack EP 3
Zach Bryan - Boys of Faith 1
boygenius- the rest 1
Girl Scout - Real Life Human Garbage 1
Songs:
Lewis Capaldi - ‘Heavenly Kind of State of Mind’ *
Wednesday- ‘Chosen to Deserve’
Ratboys - ‘The Window’
100 gecs - ‘I Got My Tooth Removed’
Wednesday - ‘Got Shocked’
Speedy Ortiz - ‘Scabs’
Iris Dement - ‘Workin’ on a World’
Iris Dement - ‘Going Down to Texas’
Wednesday - ‘Got Shocked’
Lewis Capaldi - ‘Pointless’
Live Artists:
Lucinda Williams
Wednesday
Link to me talking with my fiancé about the Lewis Capaldi album: https://youtu.be/p0H0V4g4ORM?si=yCy5PUnGZCfBrl6b
Albums
1. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES (20)
2. Ice Spice - Like..? (20)
3. Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (15)
4. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan (10)
5. Gina Birch - I Play My Bass Loud (10)
6. Felo Lo Tee + Mellow & Sleazy - The III Wise Men (5)
7. Uncle Waffles - Asylum (5)
8. DJ Black Low - Impumelelo (5)
9. Danny Brown - Quaranta (5)
10. Billy Woods - Maps (5)
Singles
1. Gogol Bordello (Feat. Bernard Sumner) - “SOLIDARITY”
2. Olivia Rodrigo - “Vampire”
3. A$AP Rocky - “SAME PROBLEMS?”
4. Ice Spice - “In Ha Mood”
5. PinkPantheress & Ice Spice - “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”
6. 100 geks - “Dumbest Girl Alive”
7. Lana Del Rey - “A&W”
8. boygenius - “$20”
9. Olivia Rodrigo - “bad idea right?”
10. Bizarrap & Shakira - “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
Albums - 10 points each
The New Pornographers – Continue as a Guest
Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
Guided By Voices – Welshpool Follies
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine
The Clientele – I Am Not There Anymore
Eyelids – A Colossal Waste of Light
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Gina Birch – I Play My Bass Loud
Expert Witness ballot 2023
Frank Kogan
ALBUMS
DJ Jeffdepl - Forrozinho CD De Carnaval 2023 - 16
MTS No Beat - Outubro 2023 - 15
D'Athiz x Ke-nny x Locofire - What's The Sound? - 15
DJ Jeffdepl - CD Forrozinho Fim De Ano 2.0 - 13
DJ Ws da Igrejinha - Caça Fantasma, Vol. 1 - 10
MC Madan - Controle Mental - 9
Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra - America: The Rough Cut - 7
Actress - LXXXVIII - 5
Felo Le Tee x Mellow & Sleazy - The III Wise Men - 5
V/Z - Suono Assente - 5
SINGLES
MC Pipokinha, DJ Kleytinho "Bota Na Pipoka"
Billie Eilish "hotline (edit)"
Sho Madjozi "Chalé" *
MTS No Beat, MC Pipokinha "Bota Na Pipokinha - Quando Morre Eu Quero Ser Entrada De Quatro (Forrozinho Remix)"
DJ Jeffdepl, Murilo Cajaiba, MC Gw "Forrozinho Tô Invisível"
Jiraya Uai, MC Tarapi "Hoje Tem Rodeio, Baile De Favela"
MC Pipokinha, MC Jhenny, DJ Boladão dz7 "Alarme Da Putaria"
DJ Will DF, MC Pipokinha, MC Naninha "Bota Na Patricinha Com Carinha De Piranh4"
Mary Apelona, MC Boyugo "O Apelão Me Convocou"
Altégo "Dark Horse x Better Off Alone" (Katy Perry x Alice Deejay) [TikTok]
YES, I ASTERISKED TACTICALLY.
EPs
99 no Beat - Tremzinho do 99 - 3
MC Rogerinho - DVD Pode Crê (Ao Vivo) - 3
NewJeans - Get Up - 2
Jeong Dong Won - Collection of Props Vol. 1 - 1
DJ Alef Rodrigo - Evolução do Mandelão - 1
LIVE ACT
People's Pop Polls commentariat
Exemplary live show: PPP commentariat Twitter comment threads regarding Weird Al Yankovic, April 2023
albums:
1. Underscores, Wallsocket - 30
2. leroy, Graverobbing - 20
3. Wednesday, Rat Saw God - 10
4. Jane Remover, Census Designated -10
5. 100 gecs, 10,000 gecs - 5
6. JPEGMAFIA X DANNY BROWN, Scaring the Hoes 5
7. yeule, Softscars - 5
8. Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer - 5
9. Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - 5
10. NOVAGANG / Zephrxd, Zephrxd: The Hellsing Conspiracy - 5
eps:
Femtanyl, Chaser - 3
JPEGMAFIA X DANNY BROWN, Scaring the Hoes DLC Pack - 2
bl4ck m4rket c4rt, Today I Laid Down - 2
Quadeca, Scrapyard III - 2
corook, serious person (Part 1) - 1
singles:
underscores, Seventyseven Dog Years*
Big Thief, Vampire Empire
The Beatles, Now and Then
100 gecs, Hollywood Baby
JPEGMAFIA X DANNY BROWN, Lean Beef Patty
Pink Pantheress, Ice Spice, Boy’s a Liar Part 2
Olivia Rodrigo, bad idea, right?
Wednesday, Chosen to Deserve
Jane Remover, Census Designated
Mitski, My Love Mine All Mine
Live:
Wednesday
R.A.P. Ferreira
Mount Eerie
Albums
1. The Greater Wings – Julia Byrne – 15
2. HELLMODE – Jeff Rosenstock – 14
3. The Whaler – Home is Where – 12
4. Liquid Mike – Liquid Mike – 12
5. Scaring the Hoes – JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown – 10
6. Madres – Sofia Kourtesis – 10
7. Rat Saw God – Wednesday – 10
8. Good Living is Coming for You – Sweeping Promises – 8
9. Cartwheel – Hotline TNT – 6
10. Nothing’s Gonna Stand in My Way – Lydia Loveless – 3
Singles
1. “Unknown Summer” – Burial*
2. “Do It Faster” – Militarie Gun
3. “Scaring the Hoes” – JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
4. “Memory Lane” – Taking Meds
5. “Sociopathic Dance Queen” – Amaarae
6. “Locket” – Superviolet
7. “Something More” – Hurry
8. “Someday I’ll Go Surfing” – Diners
9. “Hardwired” – MSPAINT
10. “40’s and 9’s” – 2KBABY
EP
1. NewJeans 2nd EP “Get Up” – NewJeans – 2
Live Artists
Sweeping Promises
ALBUMS:
1. Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS (18)
2. Zach Bryan (15)
3. Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit (13)
4. Wednesday: Rat Saw God (11)
5. Tyler Childers: Rustin’ in the Rain (9)
6. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown: SCARING THE HOES (9)
7. boygenius: the record (8)
8. Robert Forster: The Candle and the Flame (7)
9. Buck 65: Super Dope (5)
10. Danny Brown: Quaranta (5)
SINGLES:
PinkPantheress & Ice Spice: “Boy’s a liar, Pt. 2”
*Tamara Stewart: “The Orphan”
corook: “if i were a fish”
Olivia Rodrigo: “Pretty Isn’t Pretty”
100 gecs: “Hollywood Baby”
Hamell on Trial: “Jelly”
Tyler Childers: “In Your Love”
Sho Madjozi: “Chale”
PinkPantheress: “Angel”
The New Pornographers: “Cat and Mouse with the Light”
EPS:
1. corook: serious person (part 1) (4)
2. Nia Archives: Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall (2)
3. Hemlocke Springs: going…going…GONE! (2)
4. corook: serious person (part 2) (1)
5. Ice Spice: Like..? (1)
LIVE (going back a couple years):
Wussy/Wussy Duo
Todd Snider
Pavement
Tune-Yards
Liz Phair
Lizzo
My 2023 ballot:
1. Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (20)
2. Withered Hand - How to Love (15)
3. JPEGMafia & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes (15)
4. Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) (10)
5. 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs (10)
6. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn into You (10)
7. Danny Brown - Quaranta (5)
8. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy (5)
9. Billy Nomates - CACTI (5)
10. Ratboys - The Window (5)
10 points each
Parchman Prison Prayer, Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
Tubs, Dead Meat
Lankum, False Lankum
Romy, Mid Air
Mckinley Dixon, Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Tamara Stewart, Woman
Kabeaushe, Hold on to Deer Life
Esther Rose, Safe to Run
Smokey Robinson, Gasms
J Noa, Autodidactica
Shows: Pernice Brothers, Perceptionists, Ronan McManus, Bombino,
ALBUMS:
1. Olivia Rodrigo: Guts [14]
2. Jason Moran: From the Dancehall to the Battlefield [14]
3. Isach Skeidsvoll: Dance to Summon [13]
4. Victoria Monét: Jaguar II [13]
5. James Brandon Lewis: For Mahalia, with Love/These Are Soulful Days [13]
6. Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden [13]
7. NewJeans: Get Up [5]
8. Grupo Frontera: El Comienzo [5]
9. Dlala Thukzin: Permanent Music 3 [5]
10. Romy: Mid Air [5]
SINGLES:
NewJeans: “Ditto”
Olivia Rodrigo: “Vampire”
Cristale x TeeZandos x Fumez the Engineer: “Plugged In”
Tamara Stewart: “The Orphan”
Corook & Olivia Barton: “If I Were a Fish”
Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny: “un x100to”
Lady Amar, JL SA, Cici, Murumba Pitch: “Hamba Juba”
Morgan Wade: “Phantom Feelings”
*Sho Madjozi: “Chalé”
Wednesday: “Bath County”
EPS:
NewJeans: Get Up [5]
Panic Shack: Baby Shack [2]
Cydnee with a C: Confessions of a Fangirl [1]
Grrrl Gang: Spunky! [1]
Corook: Serious Person (Part 1) [1]
LIVE ARTISTS:
Ceramic Dog
Speedy Ortiz