The 20 Best Albums of 2023

pop, metal, jazz, country, hip hop, noise, probably some other things!

For a while there I had a ton of outlets to write about music. And…then I didn’t. Still, I listened to a fair amount of new music this year. Hopefully you’ll find a thing or two here you hadn’t heard yet.

20. Onkos—Vascular Labyrinth

19. Maneskin—Rush

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18. Deena Abdelwahed—Jbal Rrsas

17. Janelle Monae—Age of Pleasure

16. Genesis Owusu—Struggler

15. Jason Eady—Mississippi

14. Olivia Rodrigo—Guts

13. 6Lack—Since I Have a Lover

12. Eartheater—Powders

11. Jess Williamson—Time Ain’t Accidental

10. Forest Bees—Between the Lines

9. Sofia Rei & Jorge Roeder—Coplas Escondidas

8. Drew Gardner—The Return

7. R.P. Boo —Legacy volume 2

6. Deathprod—Compositions

5. Acausal Intrusion—Panpsychism

4.Lankum—False Lankum

3. Various Artists—Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia

2. Caroline Polachek—Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

1. Khanate—To Be Cruel