Best of 2023!

[hutch]

It’s been a long long year…for me

I liked the Belle and Sebastian, YLT,  Jessie Ware, Lucinda Williams albums that came out but nothing knocked me out

The QOTSA was a bit of a return to form

Most disappointed by the Gaz Coombes…and Iggy Pop…and Ian Hunter….

My favorite concerts were YLT, Love and Rockets, Pixies, Luna, Living Colour, Jeff Tweedy, and Los Auténticos Decadentes (my favorite) oh and the Cure

Truth I didn’t go to many shows but just about everything I saw I loved..

[Yada]

Albums

And the Wind (Live and Loose!) - MJ Lenderman
Electrophonic Chronic - The Arcs
This Stupid World - Yo La Tengo
Secret Stratosphere - William Tyler and The Impossible Truth
Isn't It Now? - Animal Collective
Smalltown Stardust - King Tuff
Supernatural Thing - M.Ward

Shows

Yo La Tengo
Phish
Tortoise
Panda Bear/Sonic Boom
Outlaw Music Fest
Jeff Tweedy
JRAD
The Roots
Built to Spill

[nkotb]

My lists...meant to cap all at 10, but accidentally put an extra song and then couldn't figure out which to remove so kept it

Favorite Albums:

A Giant dog - Bite
Deerhoof - Miracle-level
Guided by Voices - Welshpool Frillies
Marnie Stern - The Comeback Kid
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
OSEES - Intercepted Message
Purling Hiss - Drag on Girard
Screaming Females - Desire Pathways
Tee Vee Repairmann - What's On TV?
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World


Favorite Songs:

A Giant Dog - A Daydream
CIVIC - Blood Rushes
GBV - Mother Mirth
Marine Stern - Working Memory
noname - balloons
Purling Hiss - Baby
Screaming Females - Mourning Dove
Tanlines - The Big Mess
Tee Vee Repairmann - Drownin'
Water From Your Eyes - Barley
Yo La Tengo - - This Stupid World


Favorite Shows:

Black Cat birthday
Guided by Voices at Ottobar
Horsegirl at DC9
Marnie Stern / Blonde Redhead at Howard
Oneida at Rhizome
OSEES at Union Transfer
Screaming Females / Breeders at Fillmore Silver Spring
Sky Ferreira at Fillmore Silver Spring
Snail Mail at Ottobar (night 3, I think?)
Yo La Tengo at 9:30 / Atlantis

[hutch]

Albums

And the Wind (Live and Loose!) - MJ Lenderman
Electrophonic Chronic - The Arcs
This Stupid World - Yo La Tengo
Secret Stratosphere - William Tyler and The Impossible Truth
Isn't It Now? - Animal Collective
Smalltown Stardust - King Tuff
Supernatural Thing - M.Ward

Shows

Yo La Tengo
Phish
Tortoise
Panda Bear/Sonic Boom
Outlaw Music Fest
Jeff Tweedy
JRAD
The Roots
Built to Spill

Oh yeah Panda Bear/Sonic Boom…I was at that..was pretty good

[sweetcell]

Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2023

[sweetcell]

Song of the Year: boygenius, ‘Not Strong Enough’

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Song of the Year: boygenius, ‘Not Strong Enough’

The Paul Simon cover?

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Song of the Year: boygenius, ‘Not Strong Enough’

The Paul Simon cover?

nope

[Space Freely]

Song of the Year: boygenius, ‘Not Strong Enough’

I just don't get the hoopla for that band. I swear, I tried to like them individually, then collectively, but just can't get into any of it.

And though I've come to appreciate the Strokes, I still can't get into Arcade Fire, the White Stripes, or the Hives.

[Mobius]

Boygenius definitely captures something in the zeitgeist and I think they appeal to you and empower you ‘as needed.’ 

Did you ever see White Stripes, Arcade Fire or Hives live? 

[Space Freely]

Boygenius definitely captures something in the zeitgeist and I think they appeal to you and empower you ‘as needed.’ 

Did you ever see White Stripes, Arcade Fire or Hives live?

No, yes  and no.

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Hives are one of the best live acts I've seen. Sound and show are always tight and enthusiastic. Can't say I listen to their recorded stuff that much, it's good and punchy, but nothing like their live show

[Space Freely]

Hives are one of the best live acts I've seen. Sound and show are always tight and enthusiastic. Can't say I listen to their recorded stuff that much, it's good and punchy, but nothing like their live show

I can believe that.

[hutch]

An aggregated best of list….

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67822639

[sweetcell]

Pitchfork's The 50 Best Albums of 2023

Pitchfork's The 37 Best Rock Albums of 2023

the lists are very... pitchforky.  still, i picked up a few suggestions imma gunna check owt.