Tuesday, January 09, 2024

 

Best Albums of  2023

 

1. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy


 2. Viagra Boys - Cave World (Deluxe)

3.Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You

4. Jacknife Lee, Budgie & Lol Tolhurst - Los Angeles

5. Peter Gabriel - I/O (Bright-Side and Dark-Side Mixes)

 
 
6.  Allison Russell - The Returner
 
 
7.  DJ Shadow - Action Adventure
 

8. Rhumba Club -  Love Apokalypto
 

 9. Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
 

10.  Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
 

11. The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors
 

12. Sufjan Stevens -  Javelin
 

 13. The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore
 

14.  Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
 

15.  bar italia - Tracey Denim
 

16. U2 -  Songs Of Surrender Super Deluxe Collector's Edition
 

17. Various - The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake
 

 18. Shirley Collins - Archangel Hill
 

19.  Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
 

 20. Grian Chatten - Chaos For the Fly
 

 21. Wilco - Cousin
 
 
22.  Daughter - Stereo Mind Game
 

23.  Sleaford Mods - UK GRIM
 

24.  Teenage Fanclub - Nothing Lasts Forever
 

25.  Josh Ritter - Spectral Lines
 

26.  GROUPLOVE - I Want It All Right Now
 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, January 07, 2024

 

Best Songs of 2023


Part 5. 

From No. 1 to No.40

 

1. Troglodyte - Viagra Boys

 


2.  I Saw - Young Fathers

 


3.  Dura Dura - Hot Face

 


4.  Glows - Baxter Dury

5.  Uh Oh (feat. Arrow de Wilde & Mark Bowen) - Jacknife Lee, Budgie & Lol Tolhurst


 

6.  Collect - TORRES

 


7.  Rice - Young Fathers

 


8.  Punk Rock Loser - Viagra Boys

 


9.  An Arrow In The Wall - Death Cab for Cutie

10.  Family Ties - Mykki Blanco & Michael Stipe


 

11.  Video Game - Rhumba Club


 

12.  Meant To Be - Wilco

13.  Thick of the Honey - Fazerdaze

14.  The Trench Coat Museum - Yard Act

 

15.  Tonight’s Episode - Yo La Tengo

16.  Punkt - bar italia


 

17.  The Grants - Lana Del Rey

18.   Thanksgiving Prayer - A Savage


19.  Will Anybody Ever Love Me? - Sufjan Stevens


 

20.  Bob's Casino - Grian Chatten

 

21. Phenomenal (feat. Doechii) - Janelle Monáe

22. Force 10 From Navarone - Sleaford Mods


23. The Court (Bright-Side Mix) - Peter Gabriel

24. vampire - Olivia Rodrigo


 

25. New York Transit Queen - Corinne Bailey Rae


 

26. Joy'All - Jenny Lewis

27. Leon (feat. JGrrey & Madeline Hart) - Baxter Dury

28. Let's Get To Work - Kid Kapichi


 

29. my little tony - bar italia

 


30. Glory - Gabriels

31. Twin - Devendra Banhart

32. Raisins Under the Sun (feat. Shabaka Hutchings) - Yussef Dayes

33. How Far Is It to Bethlehem? - Shirley Collins

34. Los Angeles (feat. James Murphy) - Jacknife Lee, Budgie & Lol Tolhurst

35. Dandelion - Daughter

36. What a Man - DEBBY FRIDAY

37. Strong Swimmer (Duet) - Josh Ritter & Aoife O'Donovan

38. Slugs of Love - Little Dragon

39. New York - The Kills

40. Dream Job - Yard Act

 

Best Songs of 2023


Part 4. 

From No. 41 to No. 60


41. Blue Over Blue - The Clientele

42. Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore - The Arcs

43. Love Apokalypto - Rhumba Club


 

44. Dancer - IDLES & LCD Soundsystem


 

45. Plastic Bag - Ed Sheeran

46. Everything is Everything (feat. Tru Osborne) - Sinkane

47. Someday - Josh Ritter

48. Troubled Waters - The Streets

49. Snowman - Blonde Redhead

50. Eve Was Black - Allison Russell

51. No Confusion (feat. Kojey Radical) - Ezra Collective


 

52. The Sinner - The Coral

53. Bullfighter (Hand Of God) - The Veils

54. Climax - Cakes da Killa

55. Crowded Rooms - Baxter Dury 

56. Francine - GROUPLOVE


 

57. Ghosts Again - Depeche Mode

58. Pegasus (ft. Phoebe Bridgers) - Arlo Parks

59. She's a Fighter - Robert Forster


 

60. Never Fall Apart - Andrew Bird

 

Best Songs of 2023


Part 3. 

From No. 61 to No.80

 

61. Osage Oil Boom - Robbie Robertson

62.  You Played Me - DJ Shadow

 


63.  Every Chance I Get (I Want You In The Flesh) - Dan Auerbach

64.  Dying In May - The Clientele

65.  Running Out Of Time - Paramore

 


66.  New Order T-Shirt - The National

67.  Shinbone - Hiss Golden Messenger

68.  Y.B.P. (feat. Bruiser Wolf) - Danny Brown

69.  Waiting For The Get Down - Wajatta, John Tejada & Reggie Watts

70.  No More Lies - Thundercat & Tame Impala

71.  Walking Out The Door - Bush Tetras

72.  Shit Talk - Sufjan Stevens

73.  Self-Sedation - Teenage Fanclub

74.  Moonlight - Rhumba Club

75.  She's Evolving - DJ Shadow

76.  Drum - Young Fathers

77.  Stay Right Here - Allison Russell

 


 

78.  Candy Necklace (feat. Jon Batiste) - Lana Del Rey

79.  Morning Light (feat. Andreya Triana) - Andreya Triana & Quantic

80.  Stories For Boys (Songs Of Surrender) - U2

Monday, January 01, 2024

 

Best Songs of 2023


Part 2. 

From No. 81 to No. 100

 

81.  Layla - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

82. Murder at the 18th St. Garage - The Mountain Goats


 

83. BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran

84. Road to Joy (Dark-Side Mix) - Peter Gabriel

85. Rigor Mortis Radio - The Hives

86. Right Wing Beast - Sleaford Mods

87. Mo Teef - Andrew Bird

88. Road - Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves

89. All for Love (feat. Durand Jones) - Kraak & Smaak.

90. k (feat. Obongjayar) - Loshh

91. Hares on the Mountain - Shirley Collins


 

92. All Of The People - Grian Chatten

93. PROBLEMZ - Jungle

94. St Charles Square - Blur


 

95. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) - Andrew Bird

96. North Wind - The Coral

97. Snakelife - Allison Russell

98. Changer - bar italia

99. I Saw the New Day in the World - Hiss Golden Messenger

100. The Smoke (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival) - The Smile



 

Best Songs of 2023


Part 1. 

From No. 101 to No. 130

 

101.  bad idea right? - Olivia Rodrigo

102. Free Yourself - Jessie Ware

103. Sole Obsession - Nation of Language

 


104. Sinatra Drive Breakdown - Yo La Tengo

105. Panopticom (Dark-Side Mix) - Peter Gabriel

106. Hello - GROUPLOVE


 

107. Back On 74 - Jungle

108. Kill Bill - SZA

109. Future Lover - Daughter

110. Ottofante - Calibro 35

111. Puppy and a Truck - Jenny Lewis

 


112. Crescent City - Mac DeMarco

113. Deadman Deadman Deadman - Skinny Pelembe

114. Cool About It - boygenius

115. Desire (Songs Of Surrender) - U2

116. For Your Soul - Josh Ritter

117. Angelcover - The New Pornographers

118. Know Better (feat. CKay, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80') - Janelle Monáe

119. Evicted - Wilco

 


120. Fairlies - Grian Chatten

121. Passed Over - Art Feynman

122. Oceans Apart - The Coral

123. This World Couldn’t See Us - Nabihah Iqbal


 

124. The Last Rotation Of Earth - BC Camplight

125. Heaven - Bombay Bicycle Club & Damon Albarn

126. Night Lands - Sunda Arc

127. Skinny Ape - Gorillaz

128. I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves) - Zach Bryan

 


129. Tender Years - Robert Forster

130. Fall Back - James Blake

Sunday, January 08, 2023

 

Best Albums of  2022

 

1. Yard Act - The Overload


2. Liam Gallagher - C’MON YOU KNOW 


3. Jack White - Fear Of The Dawn


4. Wet Leg - Wet Leg


5. Andrew Bird - Inside Problems


6. alt-J - The Dream


7. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia

8.  Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You


9. The Weeknd - Dawn FM (Alternate World)


10. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset 


11. Gabriels - Angels & Queens - Part I


12. Broken Bells - INTO THE BLUE


13. Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant To Be


14. Jack White - Entering Heaven Alive


15. Arcade Fire - WE

16. Röyksopp - Profound Mysteries


17. Folly Group - Human and Kind - EP


18. Lucius - Second Nature


19. Toro y Moi - MAHAL


20. Kevin Morby - This Is a Photograph


21. Various Artists - Live at KEXP Volume 10