Favorite Releases of 2023
| Band Name | Album Name | Release Date | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor Labor Union | Yonder | 01/13/23 | Sophomore Lounge |
| Peel Dream Magazine | Magic is Pocketed EP | 01/13/23 | Slumberland Records |
| The Early Mornings | Ultra-Modern Rain EP | 01/20/23 | Practise Music |
| Spice World | There’s No ‘I’ in The Spice World | 01/20/23 | Meritorio Records |
| The Tubs | Dead Meat | 01/27/23 | Trouble In Mind |
| Patter | Patter Theme | 01/27/23 | Self-Released |
| Danny Arakaki | Tumble In Shade | 01/27/23 | Husky Pants Records |
| Outwest | All The Wild Horses EP | 02/03/23 | Candlepin Records |
| Ibex Clone | All Channels Clear | 02/03/23 | Goner Records |
| Dancer | Dancer EP | 02/10/23 | Self-Released |
| Dignan Park | Electric Threads | 02/10/23 | Safe Suburban Home, Hidden Bay, Repeating Cloud |
| Avey Tare | 7s | 02/17/23 | Domino Records |
| Pile | All Fiction | 02/17/23 | Exploding in Sound |
| @ | Mind Palace Music | 02/17/23 | Carpark Records |
| kolezanka | Alone with the Sound the Mind Makes | 02/17/23 | Bar None Records |
| Spiral XP | It’s Been a While EP | 02/17/23 | Danger Collective |
| Fixtures | Hollywood Dog | 02/24/23 | Bobo Integral |
| En Attendant Ana | Principia | 02/24/23 | Trouble in Mind |
| Real Terms | Vantage | 02/24/23 | Sofa Boy Records |
| Bondo | Print Selections | 02/24/23 | Quindi Records |
| Sluice | Radial Gate | 03/03/23 | Ruination Record Co. |
| cowboyy | Epic The Movie EP | 03/10/23 | Nice Swan Recordings |
| The Lost Days | In The Store | 03/17/23 | Speakeasy Studios SF |
| Surf Friends | Sonic Waves | 03/17/23 | Flying Nun Records |
| Mary Anne’s Polar Rig | Makes You Wonder | 03/24/23 | Rama Lama Records |
| Connections | Cool Change | 03/24/23 | Trouble In Mind |
| Purling Hiss | Drag on Girard | 03/24/23 | Drag City Records |
| Mystic 100s | On a Micro Diet | 03/31/23 | Self-Released |
| Bart | Some Kind of Way | 04/07/23 | idee fixe records |
| Dan Horne | Count the Clouds | 04/07/23 | Liberty Hair Farm Records |
| Terry | Call Me Terry | 04/14/23 | Upset The Rhythm |
| Lachlan Denton | Furnishings | 04/14/23 | Bobo Integral |
| Pynch | Howling at a Concrete Moon | 04/14/23 | Chillburn Records |
| Monde UFO | Vandalized Statue To Be Replaced With Shrine | 04/21/23 | Quindi Records |
| Hairband | Under The Plow | 04/21/23 | Lost Map Records |
| Robbing Millions | Reve Party | 04/28/23 | |
| Moreish Idols | Lock Eyes and Collide EP | 04/28/23 | Speedy Wunderground |
| Circles Around The Sun | Language | 04/28/23 | MRI |
| Washer | Improved Means to Deteriorated Ends | 04/28/23 | Exploding In Sound Records |
| Modern Cosmology | What Will You Grow Now? | 05/05/23 | Duophonic Super 45s |
| Doe St | Stepping Stones | 05/11/23 | Legless Records |
| Symphony Orchestra | Radiant Music | 05/12/23 | Telephone Explosion Records |
| Sumos | Surfacing | 05/12/23 | Meritorio Records |
| Langkamer | The Noon and Midnight Manual | 05/18/23 | Breakfast Records |
| Garden Centre | Searching for a Stream | 05/19/23 | Kanine Records |
| Foyer Red | Yarn the Hours Away | 05/19/23 | Carpark Records |
| Water From Your Eyes | Everyone’s Crushed | 05/26/23 | Matador Records |
| maya ongaku | Approach to Anima | 05/26/23 | Guruguru Brain |
| Surprise Chef | Friendship EP | 06/02/23 | Big Crown Records |
| The Toads | In The Wilderness | 06/09/23 | Anti Fade Records |
| Public Body | Big Mess | 06/09/23 | FatCat Records |
| feeble little horse | Girl with Fish | 06/09/23 | Saddle Creek |
| Squid | O Monolith | 06/09/23 | Warp Records |
| Wombo | Slab EP | 06/09/23 | Fire Talk |
| U.S. Highball | No Thievery, Just Cool | 06/16/23 | Lame-O Records |
| La Sécurité | Stay Safe! | 06/16/23 | Mothland |
| The High Water Marks | Your Next Wolf | 06/23/23 | Minty Fresh |
| Bong Wish | Hazy Road | 06/23/23 | Feeding Tube Records |
| Wireheads | Potentially Venus | 06/23/23 | Tenth Court |
| Cory Hanson | Western Cum | 06/23/23 | Drag City |
| Sweeping Promises | Good Living is Coming For You | 06/30/23 | Feel It Records |
| Angelo De Augustine | Toil and Trouble | 06/30/23 | Asthmatic Kitty Records |
| Landowner | Escape The Compound | 07/21/23 | Born Yesterday Records |
| Osees | Intercepted Message | 08/18/23 | In The Red Records |
| Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Data Doom | 09/01/23 | Reverberation Appreciation Society |
| Deeper | Careful! | 09/08/23 | Sub Pop Records |
| Melenas | Ahora | 09/29/23 | Trouble in Mind |
| Dancer | As Well EP | 10/13/23 | Self-Releasesd |
| Tundrastomper | Less More | 10/13/23 | Sad Cactus |
| Juicebumps | JUMBO | 10/13/23 | Rocks In Your Head; Time Room |
| Credit Electric | Six | 10/20/23 | Credit Electric Union |
| Empty Country | Empty Country II | 11/03/23 | Get Better Records |
| Hotline TNT | Cartwheel | 11/03/23 | Third Man Records |
| Fortunato Durutti Marinetti | Eight Waves in Search of an Ocean | 11/03/23 | Soft Abuse; Quindi |
| Sunwatchers | Music Is Victory Over Time | 11/10/23 | Trouble In Mind |
| Wurld Series | The Giant’s Lawn | 11/20/23 | Meritorio Records |
| The Brights | Oyster Rock! | 12/01/23 | Meritorio Records |
| Elephant Gym | World | 12/14/23 | Topshelf Records |
| Wishy | Paradise EP | 12/15/23 | Winspear |