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Staff Best Of 2023 Lists

As 2023 comes to a close, the staff would like to share the music and gift items that made an impression on them this year. See what made your own list, and maybe find something new to check out.

Max

  1. Liturgy - 93696
  2. Yeule - Softscars
  3. Allah-Las - Zuma 85
  4. Lifeguard - Crowd Can Talk / Dressed In Trenches
  5. Jai Paul - Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)
  6. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way
  7. Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
  8. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
  9. Power Trip - Live In Seattle
  10. Grian Chatten - Chaos For The Fly

Tom

  1. The Rolling Stones “Hackney Diamonds”
  2. The New Pornographers “Continue As A Guest”
  3. Lisa O’Neill “All Of This Is Chance”
  4. Cat Power “Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert”
  5. Roger Waters “The Lockdown Sessions”
  6. V/A - Imaginational Anthem Vol: XII: I Thought I Told You - A Yorkshire Tribute To Michael Chapman
  7. Liam Grant ”Amoskeag”
  8. Jaimie Branch “Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))”
  9. Juni Habel “Carvings”
  10. North Americans “Long Cool World”

Lindsay

  1. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
  2. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
  3. Avey Tare - 7s
  4. Timber Timbre - Lovage
  5. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
  6. Snõõper - Super Snõõper
  7. Badge Époque Ensemble - Air, Light & Harmony
  8. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
  9. Pearl & The Oysters - Coast 2 Coast
  10. Cherry Glazerr - I Don't Want You Anymore

Sarah G.

  1. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
  2. Slow pulp - Yard
  3. Mega Bog - End of Everything
  4. Snõõper - Super Snõõper
  5. Yeule - Softscars
  6. Allah-Las - Zuma 85
  7. Kelela - Raven
  8. Noname - Sundial
  9. WITCH - Avalanche of Love
  10. Blonde Redhead - Sit Down for Dinner

Adam

Top LPs

  1. Electric Eels - Spin Age Blasters Comp
  2. Burning Witch - Towers... (remaster)
  3. Melvins - Throbbing Jazz Gristle Funk Hits
  4. Daniel Johnston - Songs Of Pain (reissue)
  5. Dotti Holmberg - Sometimes Happy Times
  6. Tom Waits - The Black Rider (remaster)

Top Shows

  1. Os Mutantes - Turf Club
  2. EyeHateGod / Goatwhore - Turf Club
  3. The Cure - Xcel
  4. Circle Jerks / Descendents - Palace Theatre
  5. Ween - Surly Field
  6. Melvins / Boris - Varsity Theatre

Orion

  1. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
  2. Pearl Earl - It’s Dread
  3. La Securite - Stay Safe!
  4. Osees - Intercepted Message
  5. Sweeping Promises - Good Living Is Coming For You
  6. Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
  7. Extraterrestrials - Terrestrial
  8. Grian Chatten - Chaos for the Fly
  9. Hawkline - Milk For Flowers
  10. Allah-Las - Zuma 85

Ed

  1. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration - Music of the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki
  2. Ed Motta - Behind the Tea Chronicles
  3. Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987
  4. Jenny Lewis - Joy'all
  5. Butcher Brown - Solar Music
  6. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life
  7. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams
  8. Taylor Swift - 1989 [Taylor's Version]
  9. Neutral Milk Hotel - The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
  10. Liturgy - 93696

Jon Jon

  1. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
  2. Sampha - Lahai
  3. Blonde Redhead - Sit Down For Dinner
  4. Speakers Corner Quartet - Further Out Than The Edge
  5. Larry June & Alchemist - The Great Escape
  6. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
  7. Grian Chatten - Chaos For the Fly
  8. Loraine James - Gentle Confrontation
  9. Extraterrestrials - Terrestrial
  10. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven

Reissues

  1. John Coltrane w/ Eric Dolphy - Evenings at The Village Gate
  2. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
  3. Pale Saints - In Ribbons

Tom G.

  1. billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
  2. Kara Jackson - Why Does The Earth Give Us People to Love?
  3. Oneohtrix Point Never - Again
  4. boygenius - the record
  5. Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA - SCARING THE HOES
  6. Paris Texas - MID AIR
  7. Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - VOIR DIRE
  8. George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Ya
  9. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
  10. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 

Mandy

  1. Jenny Lewis - Joy’All
  2. Bethany Cosentino - Natural Disaster
  3. Shania Twain - Queen Of Me
  4. Margo Price - Strays
  5. The Cactus Blossoms - If Not For You (Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1)
  6. Jimmy Buffett - Equal Strain On All Parts
  7. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  8. Avey Tare - 7s
  9. Animal Collective - Isn’t It Now?
  10. Osees - Intercepted Message

Chelsea

  1. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
  2. Nation Of Language - Strange Disciple
  3. Indigo De Souza - All of This Will End
  4. M83 - Fantasy
  5. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
  6. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
  7. Bonny Doon - Let There Be Music
  8. Ratboys - The Window
  9. The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does
  10. Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is A Junkyard

Gifts

  1. Giant Lava Lamp
  2. Camp Craft Cocktails
  3. Nomad Design Candles
  4. FanClub Art Prints
  5. Admiral Row Jewelry
  6. Scout Suncatchers
  7. Blue Q Catnip Toys
  8. Head Trip game
  9. Houseplants & Hot Sauce book
  10. Mushroom Slippers

Liz

  1. The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does
  2. Samia - Honey
  3. Flyte - Flyte
  4. Paramore - This Is Why
  5. Inhaler - Cuts & Bruises
  6. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
  7. Runnner - like dying stars, we're reaching out
  8. Briston Maroney - Ultrapure
  9. Ricky Montgomery - Rick
  10. Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day

Gifts

  1. Ginger & June candles
  2. Tea frog tea infuser
  3. Good Dye Young
  4. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
  5. Ori bags
  6. Cat butt magnets
  7. Fan Club song posters
  8. Manhattan Toys stuffed animals
  9. Rotating crystal light
  10. Smiley face pillow case 

Grace

  1. Stray Kids - 5-Star
  2. Hotline TNT - Cartwheel
  3. The Mountain Goats - Jenny From Thebes
  4. Blur - The Ballad of Darren
  5. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
  6. Darlingside - Everything is Alive
  7. Indigo De Souza - All of This Will End
  8. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
  9. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)

Gifts:

  1. Gerard Way Prayer Candle
  2. Satya Incense
  3. Crochet Kits
  4. Rare Romance Jewelry
  5. Lava Lamps
  6. Canna Style Water Pipes
  7. Blue Q Dish Towels
  8. "Plantopedia: The Definitive Guide to Houseplants"
  9. Electric Fetus Sweatshirt
  10. Mini Mushrooms

Pearson

  1. Hailu Mergia - Pioneer Works Swing
  2. Daedelus - Xenopocene
  3. Imarhan - Ihad Saman
  4. Muslimgauze - Martyr Shrapnel
  5. Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
  6. Tinariwen - Amatssou
  7. iajuar - Oasi Taas
  8. Aleksi Perälä - Gaia 4
  9. DJ Python - Split
  10. Iannis Xenakis - Psappha

Brad

  1. Bibio - Sunbursting
  2. Eric Hilton - Corazón Kintsugi (feat. Natalia Clavier)
  3. Tommy Guerrero - Amber Of Memory
  4. Ed Motta - Behind The Tea Chronicles
  5. Fatoumata Diawara - London Ko
  6. Kirk Degiorgio - Modal Forces / Percussive Forces
  7. Cecile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine
  8. Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth
  9. Rogê - Curyman
  10. Cautious Clay - Karpeh

Phil

In alphabetical order:

  1. @ - Mind Palace Music (Car Park)
  2. Belle & Sebastian - Late Developers (Matador)
  3. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO)
  4. Catbells - Partly Cloudy (SQFT)
  5. Shana Cleveland - Manzanita (Hardly Art)
  6. Lewis Coleman - Offline (Beloved Recordings)
  7. Extraterrestrials - Terrestrial (Orion’s Kitchen Records & Tapes)
  8. Hawkline - Milk for Flowers (Heavenly)
  9. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)
  10. Rubblebucket - Earth Worship (Grand Jury) - Fall 2022 release
  11. Katie Von Schleicher - A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night (Sipsman)
  12. Wilco - Cousin (dBm)

Bob

  1. FènixDion - Sugar (missed from 2022)
  2. Slow Pulp - Yard
  3. Colter Wall - Little Songs
  4. Margo Cilker - Valley Of Heart’s Delight
  5. Mapache - Swinging Stars
  6. Grian Chatten - Chaos For The Fly
  7. Durry - Suburban Legend
  8. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
  9. Harold Land Quintet - The Peace-Maker (re-issue)
  10. The Replacements - Tim (re-issue box set)