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Peter Zimmerman writesCHIRP Radio’s Best of 2023: Pete Zimmerman
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2023. Our next list is from DJ Pete Zimmerman.
I listened to a ton of great music in 2023 (including every single record that came through CHIRP!) and these are the ones I listened to the most.
#1 The Window by Ratboys (Topshelf)
#2 I've Got Me by Joanna Sternberg (Fat Possum)
#3 Everything Harmony by The Lemon Twigs (Captured Tracks)
#4 Cut Worms by Cut Worms (Jagjaguwar)
#5 Sundial by Noname (self-released)
#6 Rat Saw God by Wednesday (Dead Oceans)
#7 Dancing on the Edge by Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band (Sophomore Lounge)
#8 Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again by Lydia Loveless (Bloodshot)
#9 Yard by Slow Pulp (ANTI-)
#10 Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? by Kara Jackson (September)
Honorable Mentions
The Next 20:
1. Slaughter Beach, Dog "Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling" (Lame-O)
2. Florry "The Holey Bible" (Dear Life)
3. Charlotte Cornfield "Could Have Done Anything" (Double Double Whammy / Polyvinyl)
4. Indigo De Souza "All of This Will End" (Saddle Creek)
5. Jess Williamson "Time Ain't Accidental" (Mexican Summer)
6. Bonny Doon "Let There Be Music" (ANTI-)
7. Jamila Woods "Water Made Us" (Jagjaguwar)
8. Claud "Supermodels" (Saddest Factory / Dead Oceans)
9. Superviolet "Infinite Spring" (Lame-O)
10. The Uni Boys "Buy This Now!" (Curation)
11. Course "Tight Feathers" (self-released)
12. Sen Morimoto "Diagnosis" (City Slang / Sooper)
13. Wilco "Cousin" (dBpm)
14. Jenny Lewis "Joy'all" (Blue Note/Capitol)
15. boygenius "The Record" (Interscope)
16. Caroline Polacheck "Desire, I Want to Turn Into You" (Perpetual Novice)
17. Girl Ray "Prestige" (Moshi Moshi)
18. The Lost Days "In the Store" (Speakeasy Studios)
19. Connections "Cool Change" (Trouble in Mind)
20. Dusk "Glass Pastures" (Don Giovanni)
And a bunch of other records that I enjoyed this year!
Squirrel Flower "Tomorrow's Fire" (Polyvinyl)
Sydney Sprague "somebody in hell loves you" (Rude)
Sunny War "Anarchist Gospel" (New West)
Video Age "Away from the Castle" (Winspear)
The Reds, Pinks and Purples "The Town That Cursed Your Name" (Slumberland)
New Pornographers "Continue as a Guest" (Merge)
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit "Weathervanes" (Southeastern)
Jalen Ngonda "Come Around and Love Me" (Daptone)
Beach Fossils "Bunny" (Bayonet)
Diners "Domino" (Bar/None)v Crocodiles "Upside Down in Heaven" (Lollipop)
Buck Meek "Haunted Mountain" (4AD)
Locate S, 1 "Wicked Jaw" (Captured Tracks)
OK Cool "fawn" (Take a Hike)
Blonde Redhead "Sit Down for Dinner" (section1)
Greenlights Music "Solid Gold Gravy" (self-released)
The Watson Twins "Holler" (Bloodshot)
Free Range "Practice" (Mick)v Nation of Language "Strange Disciple" (Play it Again Sam)
Miya Folick "ROACH" (Nettwerk)
The Drums "Jonny" (ANTI-)
Tanukichan "Gizmo" (Carpark)
Deeper "Careful!" (Sub Pop)
Shalom "Sublimation" (Saddle Creek)
Esther Rose "Safe to Run" (New West)
Belle and Sebastian "Late Developers" (Matador)
U.S. Girls "Bless This Mess" (4AD)
Blues Lawyer "All in Good Time" (Dark Entries)
En Attendant Ana "Principia" (Trouble in Mind)
Allison Russell "The Returner" (Fantasy)
DAIISTAR "Good Time" (Fuzz Club)
Glyders "Maria's Hunt" (Country Thyme)
Blondshell "Blondshell" (Partisan)
Hotline TNT "Cartwheel" (Third Man)
Ian Sweet "SUCKER" (Polyvinyl)
Fruit Bats "A River Running to Your Heart" (Merge)
Margot Cilker "Valley of Heart's Delight" (Fluff and Gravy)
McKinley Dixon "Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?" (City Slang)
Sun June "Bad Dream Jaguar" (Run for Cover)
Bobbie Lovesong "On the Wind" (Woodsist)
Gerald Dowd "Father's Day" (self-released)
Arlo Parks "My Soft Machine" (Transgressive / PIAS)
Big Nobody "Ripped from the Dream" (Legacy Junk LTD.)
Alex Lahey "The Answer is Always Yes" (Liberation)
Samia "Honey" (Grand Jury)
Shana Cleveland "Manzanita" (Hardly Art)
Yo La Tengo "This Stupid World" (Matador)
Chris Farren "Doom Singer" (Polyvinyl)
Melenas "Ahora" (Trouble in Mind)
Molly Burch "Daydreamer" (Captured Tracks)
Sharp Pins "Turtle Rock" (Hallogallo)
Teenage Fanclub "Nothing Lasts Forever" (Merge)
Woods "Perennial" (Woodsist)
Seablite "Lemon Lights" (Mt. St. Mtn)
Cusp "You Can Do it All" (self-released)
Cat Power "Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert" (Domino)
Robbie Fulks "Bluegrass Vacation" (Compass)
Black Cat Heart Attack "Black Cat Heart Attack" (Hit Refresh)
The Tubs "Dead Meat" (Trouble in Mind)
Rose City Band "Garden Party" (Thrill Jockey)
Bully "Lucky for You" (Sub Pop)
Julie Byrne "The Greater Wings" (Ghostly International)
RVG "Brain Worms" (Fire)
Palehound "Eye on the Bat" (Polyvinyl)
Romy "Mid Air" (Young)
Cleo Sol "Gold" / "Heaven" (Forever Living Originals)
yuele "softscars" (Ninja Tune)
Anna St. Louis "In the Air" (Woodsist)
Whitney's Playland "Sunset Sea Breeze" (Meritorio)
Good Looking Son "Confirmed Bachelor" (Feel It)
Wild Child "End of the World" (Reba's Ranch)
Sufjan Stevens "Javelin" (Asthmatic Kitty)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra "V" (Jagjaguwar)
Nathan Graham "Saint of Second Chances" (Pravda)
Poi Dog Pondering "Keep on Loving Each Other" (self-released)
Stuck "Freak Frequency" (Born Yesterday)
The No Ones "My Best Evil Friend" (Yep Roc)
Frankie Rose "Love as Projection" (Slumberland)
Slowdive "everything is alive" (Dead Oceans)
Fenne Lily "Big Picture" (Dead Oceans)
Warm Human "Hometown Hero" (Weepy BB)
Karate School Dropout "Welcome to the Dojo" (self-released)
Babitha "Brighter Side of Blue" (Spunk)
Jeff Rosenstock "HELLMODE" (Polyvinyl)
Strawberry Runners "Strawberry Runners" (Duper Moon)
White Reaper "Asking for a Ride" (Elektra)
Jungle "Volcano" (Caiola/AWAL)
Ovef Ow "Vs. The Worm" (Whats For Breakfast?/Oort Cloud)
Kate Davis "Fish Bowl" (ANTI-)
The Handsome Family "Hollow" (Milk & Scissors)
Special Friend "Wait Until the Flames Come Rushing In" (Skep Wax)
Black Belt Eagle Scout "The Land, The Water, The Sky" (Saddle Creek)
Pearla "Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming" (Spacebomb)
Adi Oasis "Lotus Glow" (Unity)
Taleen Kali "Flower of Life" (Dum Dum)
Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home "For Keeps and a Single Day" (self-released)
Tagua Tagua "Tanto" (Wonderwheel Recordings)
Shamir "Homo Anxietatem" (Kill Rock Stars)
Keturah "Keturah" (Hen House Studios)
Liza Anne "Utopian" (Anti-Fragile)
Yves Tumor "Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)" (Warp)
underscores "Wallsocket" (Mom+Pop)
Deer Tick "Emotional Creatures" (ATO)
M83 "Fantasy" (Mute)
Subsonic Eye "All Around You" (Topshelf)
Wastelander "What is Left of Me" (self-released)
Lower Plenty "No Poets" (Bedroom Suck)
Maple Glider "I Get Into Trouble" (Partisan)
Munya "Jardin" (Luminelle)
Hannah Jadagu "Aperture" (Sub Pop)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You" (Drag City)
Panic Pocket "Mad Half Hour" (Skep Wax)
Skinny Pelembe "Hardly the Same Snake" (Partisan)
Flyying Colours "You Never Know" (Poison City)
PACKS "Crispy Crunchy Nothing" (Fire Talk)
Angel Du$t "Brand New Soul" (Pop Wig)
Pip Blom "Bobbie" (Heavenly/PIAS)
Jenn Champion "The Last Night of Sadness" (Gay Forever)
Jordi "Sorry I'm Late" (Dangerbird)
Pearl & The Oysters "Coast 2 Coast" (Stones Throw)
Seasaw "Projecting" (self-released)
Dessa "Bury the Lede" (Doomtree)
llo llo "Quit While You are Ahead" (self-released)
The Aces "I've Loved You For So Long" (Red Bull)
The Boo Radleys "Eight" (Booster)
The Clientele "I Am Not There Anymore" (Merge)
Slow Leaves "Meantime" (Birthday Cake)
Dollyrots "Night Owls" (Wicked Cool)
BJ The Chicago Kid "Gravy" (RCA)
The Smashing Times "This Sporting Life" (K)
Cafe Racer "Words in Error" (self-released)
Woolworthy "Electric Heartbreak" (Boss Tunage)
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