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No pre-amble necessary. Here are my favorite albums of 2023.

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1. Dizzy – Dizzy
2. Sydney Sprague – somebody in hell loves you
3. boygenius – the record
4. Jeff Rosenstock – HELLMODE
5. Bully – Lucky For You
6. Hot Mulligan – Why Would I Watch
7. Ratboys – The Window
8. Warm Human – Hometown Hero
9. Shit Present – What Still Gets Me
10. PONY – Velveteen
11. Holly Humberstone – Paint My Bedroom Black
12. Sincere Engineer – Cheap Grills
13. Slow Pulp – Yard
14. feeble little horse – Girl with Fish
15. Militarie Gun – Life Under the Gun
16. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Weathervanes
17. Dream Wife – Social Lubrication
18. Indigo De Souza – All Of This Will End
19. Spanish Love Songs – No Joy
20. The Dirty Nil – Free Rein to Passions
21. Samia – Honey
22. awakebutstillinbed – chaos takes the wheel and I am a passenger
23. Paramore – This Is Why
24. Poppy – Zig
25. Alex Lahey – The Answer is Always, Yes

26. Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loveliest Time
27. Blondshell – Blondshell
28. mazie – blotter baby
29. quinnie – flounder
30. Brooklyn Doran – FIXER UPPER
31. KAYTRAMINE – KAYTRAMINE
32. SUDS – The Great Overgrowth
33. Speedy Ortiz – Rabbit Rabbit
34. Hannah Jadagu – Aperture
35. HUNNY – new planet heaven
36. Charlotte Cardin – 99 Nights
37. Gracie Abrams – Good Riddance
38. Origami Angel – The Brightest Days
39. Oxymorrons – Melanin Punk
40. The Front Bottoms – You Are Who You Hang Out With
41. Wednesday – Rat Saw God
42. underscores – Wallsocket
43. Real Friends – There’s Nothing Worse Than Too Late
44. NOBRO – Set Your Pussy Free
45. Bad Bunny – Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana
46. Shalom – Sublimination
47. Worriers – Trust Your Gut
48. slowthai – UGLY
49. Indigo Moire – How Do I Keep My Head Above Water?
50. Magazine Beach – Constant Springtime

Honorable Mention (51-100, in alphabetical order)

Alaska Reid – Disenchanter
Allegra Krieger – I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane
Arkells – Laundry Pile
Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine
Be Your Own Pet – Mommy
Bethany Cosentino – Natural Disaster
BETWEEN FRIENDS – I Love My Girl, She’s My Boy
billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps
blink-182 – One More Time…
Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Chelsea Cutler – Stellaria
City and Colour – The Love Still Held Me Near
Claud – Supermodels
Conway the Machine – WON’T HE DO IT
Cusp – You Can Do It All
Dazy – OTHERBODY
Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist – Voir Dire
Eloise – Drunk On A Fight
En Attendant Ana – Principia
Free Throw – Lessons That We Swear to Keep
Hannah Diamond – Perfect Picture
Hannah Georgas – I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Care
Janelle Monae – The Age of Pleasure
Jenny Lewis – Joy’All
Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental
JPEGMAGIA and Danny Brown – Scaring the Hoes
Kali Uchis – Red Moon in Venus
Lil Yachty – Let’s Start Here.
Liquid Mike – s/t
Liza Anne – Utopian
Losers – Déjà Vu All Over Again
McKinley Dixon – Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Meet Me @ The Altar – Past // Present // Future
Mhaol – Attachment Styles
Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Nicole Dollanganger – Married in Mount Airy
Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS
PKEW PKEW PKEW – Siiick Days
Rebecca Black – Let Her Burn
Renee Rapp – Snow Angel
Slotface – AWAKE/ASLEEP
Squirrel Flower – Tomorrow’s Fire
Superviolet – Infinite Spring
Tennis – Pollen
The Beaches – Blame My Ex
The Japanese House – In the End It Always Does
The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Rise & The Fall
Tiny Deaths – Spirit of The Staircase
Vagabon – Sorry I Haven’t Called
Zoe Sky Jordan – Selfish

Honorable Mention (EPs)
Annika Bennett – madwoman
Ash Tuesday – Big Sky
Barrie – 5K
Boh Doran – Heaven or Los Angeles
Candi Carpener – Demonology – Part 1
Coast Arcade – Next To Me
Cosial – Sports
Guitar Fight from Fooly Cooly – Drought
Isla June – Out Of This World
Leanna Firestone – Public Displays of Affection / Good Grief
Middle Kids – Dramamine
Pinkshift – Suraksha
redveil – playing with fire
Slothrust – I Promise
Softcult – See You In The Dark

My favorite live performances of 2023

1. alexisonfire
2. The Wonder Years
3. boygenius
4. Poppy
5. blink-182 (x2)
6. Dizzy
7. Ratboys
8. PUP (x2)
9. Weezer
10. Joyce Manor (x2)
11. Lauren Mayberry
12. Maggie Rogers
13. Handheld
14. Arkells
15. Soccer Mommy
16. Lagwagon
17. Camp Trash
18. Mitski
19. Anxious
20. Retirement Party