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Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2023. Our next list is from DJ Drew.
Busy finish to a busy year, so these are being posted without comment, other than, out of the hundreds of albums dashed past our ears this year, these stuck out for me.
Under An Endless Sky by Dorothy Moskowitz & the united states of alchemy (Tompkins Square)
Funny Blue by Eel Romance (self-released)
First Aid Kit by Big Blood (Forced Exposure)
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by jaimie branch (International Anthem)
Only the Wicked by Henry True (self-released)
«Only the Wicked» and «Rule of the Game» : two 5-song EPs, both released this year; both wonderful
tough & skinny by Wes Cunningham (self-released)
The followup to Jeremy's amazing debut («12 Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking»). Dropped by the record label before seeing the light of day. Pat Sansone (Wilco) and others on this album. It's been proven record label execs don't know their a... -- well, you know the saying (Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot) -- and this is another example. 20+ songs were recorded; only 12 were saved.
III by Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble (Astral Spirits)
TWO by Quindar (self-released)
Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco) & James Merle Thomas
Passarinho by João Selva (Underdog Records)
Spectral Lines by Josh Ritter (Pytheas Recordings)
Honorable Mentions
20-Plus albums *a week* on average since January? Plus whatever is tripped across by accident? Frankly, it's all a blur. I'd mention Sessa, Duckwrth, & Crickle, but those were all officially 2022 releases.
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