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Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2023. Our next list is from DJ and Special Events Co-Director Val Woj.
I would love to be that person who can narrow down their year-end list to a simple top ten. I am the opposite of that person. I’ve probably already changed my mind since this has been posted. The best I can do is a loosely ranked top ten, followed by a 20-way tie for #11, a separate list of albums from local artists and, for no reason at all, my top ten favorite live shows of 2023. Enjoy.
#1 Radical Romantics by Fever Ray (Mute)
#2 Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey (Polydor)
#3 the record by boygenius (Interscope)
#4 SCARING THE HOES by Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA (AWAL)
#5 All of This Will End by Indigo De Souza (Saddle Creek)
#6 Dogsbody by Model/Actriz (True Panther)
#7 10,000 Gecs by 100 Gecs (Dog Show/Atlantic)
#8 Mitski by The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
#9 Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor (Warp)
#10 Sweet Pea by Lila Blue (Tiger Bomb)
Honorable Mentions
Unranked Honorable Mentions:
Integrated Tech Solutions, Aesop Rock
GOOD LUCK, Debbie Friday
Sweet Justice, Tkay Maidza
Congratulations, EYES
I Inside The Year Old Dying, PJ Harvey
Let’s Start Here, Lil Yachty
The Comeback Kid, Marnie Stern
Variables, Alfa Mist
CBD Reiki Moonbeam, Neggy Gemmy
Good Lies, Overmono
Javelin, Sufjan Stevens
Quest for Fire, Skrillex
Fuse, Everything But The Girl
That! Feels! Good!, Jessie Ware
Madres, Sofia Kourtesis
Raven, Kelela
Only Constant, GEL
Desire Pathway, Screaming Females
Good Living Is Coming For You, Sweeping Promises
Death is Nothing to Us, Fiddlehead
Top 10 Local 2023:
Fear This, NO MEN
Vs. The Worm, Ovef Ow
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), Jaimie Branch
Water Made Us, Jamila Woods
Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?, Kara Jackson
The Window, Ratboys
Diagnosis, Sen Morimoto
Good Sex Music, Edging
Life in Still Decay, FACS
Joey Spumoni Creamy Dreamy Party All The Time, Joey Nebulous
Top 10 Concerts 2023:
1. Clown Core, Metro 10/26
2. Gilla Band, Lincoln Hall 2/27
3. Blue Meanies, The Concord 7/22
4. Le Tigre, Salt Shed 7/15
5. IDLES, Re:SET Festival 6/25
6. Fever Ray, Salt Shed 5/7
7. The Dresden Dolls, Riot Fest 9/17
8. Leikeli47, Pitchfork Music Festival 7/21
9. Bill Callahan, Constellation 12/6
10. Kim Petras, Aragon Ballroom 10/18
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