Despite the abundance of technology and algorithms, finding new music has become more challenging. Nevertheless, it continues to emerge and bubble up. Stay tuned-in and keep supporting artists in any way possible. I strongly believe we're on the brink of another music renaissance set to unfold in the next decade. ✌🏼
First up, presenting my top albums of 2023, in no specific order, with a special shoutout to Digigurl, my most favorite album of the year!
What’s your album of the year?
👉🏼 FAVORITE ALBUMS 💿
(in no particular order)
DIGIGURL : High School Dance — Listen
OLD LADY : Kissing Creek — Listen
CHAIN WHIP : Call Of The Knife — Listen
SICK THOUGHTS : Born To Blitzkrieg (ep) — Listen
je’TEXAS : je’Texas — Listen
CLASS : If You’ve Got Nothing — Listen
TELENIGHTS : Lucky Tiger — Listen
DE LA SOUL : 3 Feet High and Rising (reissue) — Listen
BLOODSHOT BILL : Psyche-O-Billy — Listen
OKONSKI : Magnolia — Listen
WILLIS JACKSON : Memorable Pieces — Listen
JIM JONES ALL STARS : Ain’t No Peril — Listen
THEO LAWRENCE : Cherie — Listen
OMD : Bauhaus Staircase — Listen
NICO BONES : Lipstick Alley — Listen
CATHERINE WHEEL : The Norfolk Remasters, Painful Thing (reissue) — Listen
HUS KINGPIN : Threesome 4, Dirty Secrets — Listen
THE MUMMIES : Fuck the Mummies (compilation) — Listen
SPARKLEHORSE : Bird Machine — Listen
WASTE MAN : Waste Man (ep) — Listen
LOW CUT CONNIE : Art Dealers — Listen
THE RETAIL SIMPS : Live on Cool Street — Listen
AMBIANCE II FUSION : Come Touch Tomorrow — Listen
JACK SCOTT : Sad Story (compilation) — Listen
THE STEMS : Mushroom Soup (The Citadel Years) — Listen
THE CHURCH : The Hypnogogue — Listen
TRASH : Bashing Out The Chords (1976-1979) — Listen
MORTAL PROPHETS : Dealey Plaza Blues — Listen
V/A: WHERE HAVE ALL THE BOOT BOYS GONE? (compilation) — Listen
G.U.N. : G.U.N. — Listen
THE BLOWTOPS : Zero Dance Singles (1998-2009) — Listen
MOTORBIKE : Motorbike — Listen
GREG FOAT & GIGI MASLIN : Dolphin — Listen
JIM : Love Makes Magic — Listen
THE PSYCLONE RANGERS : Third Story — Listen
LITTLE RICHARD : RCA Sessions (1951-1952) — Listen
THE NECKS : Travel (ep) — Listen
TYLER KEITH & THE APOSTLES : Hell To Pay — Listen
THE CIRCULATORS : S/T — Listen
THE DELTA BOMBERS : Neon Sounds — Listen
SHUT THE FUCK UP : Followers — Listen
DADDY LONG LEGS : Street Sermons — Listen
HEARTBEEPS : Cum Together — Listen
PURL : Evighetsblomma — Listen
OC RIPPERS : Happy Hours Air Travel Club — Listen
V/A: TEENAGE GLAMPAGE! CAN THE GLAM! (compilation) — Listen
THE MEN : New York City — Listen
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE : The Future Is Your Past — Listen
SUSS : SUSS — Listen
PEDRO RICARDO : Soprem Bons Ventos — Listen
WAYNE PAIN AND THE SHIT STAINS : Heinous Action — Listen
👉🏼 SONGS 🎵
Among the over 400 songs that captured my attention this year, Bennett’s “Hang Around” stood out as my unequivocal favorite — give it a listen
✌🏼
SCOTTIE DIABLO