Best CDs of 2023


1. Black Country, New Road "Live at Bush Hall"
2. boygenius "the record"/"the rest (EP)"
3. MAN ON MAN "Provincetown"
4. Yaeji "With A Hammer"
5. Icona Pop "Club Romantech"
6. Daði Freyr "I Made An Album"
7. Ben Folds "What Matters Most"
8. Dutch Uncles "That's Entertainment"
9. Water From Your Eyes "Everyone's Crushed"
10. Field Music "Songs from the Shelf"
11. Brendan Benson "Low Key"
12. Django Django "Off Planet"
13. Fever Ray "Radical Romantics"
14. Model/Actriz "Dogsbody"
15. Robyn Hitchcock "Life After Infinity"
16. Working Men's Club "Fear Fear"
17. Nation Of Language "Strange Disciple"
18. The Murder Capital "Gigi's Recovery"
19. Alex Lahey "The Answer Is Always Yes"
20. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit "Weathervanes"
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Too Much Joy "All These Fucking Feelings"
Paul Simon "Seven Psalms"
Peter Gabriel "i/o"
The Orielles "Tableau"
ANOHNI "My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross"
Blur "The Ballad of Darren"
L’Rain "I Killed Your Dog"
Albert Hammond Jr. "Melodies On Hiatus"
Janelle Monáe "The Age Of Pleasure"
Everything But The Girl "Fuse"
Semisonic "Little Bit Of Sun"
Mitski "The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We"
Chris Stamey "...The Great Escape"
I've Made Too Much Pasta "How To Drive A Bus"
Jeff Rosenstock ""HELLMODE"
Sleaford Mods "UK Grim"
Yo La Tengo "This Stupid World"
Yves Tumor "Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)"
100 gecs "10,000 gecs"
Squid "O Monolith"
David Brewis "The Soft Struggles"
Peter Brewis "Blowdry Colossus"
Vivat Virtute "Hold Music"/"June First"
Vanishing Twin "Afternoon X"
Jessie Ware "That! Feels Good!"
Rodrigo Olivia "Guts"
The Hives "The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons"
The Hold Steady "The Price of Progress"
Jamie West-Oram "Skeleton Key"
JG Thirlwell And Mivos Quartet "Dystonia"
The National "First Two Pages Of Frankenstein"
Christine And The Queens "PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE"
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Honorable Mention for an Album from Last Year I Just Discovered
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1. Sasha Alex Sloan "I Blame The World" (2022)

Best Techno CDs of 2023


1. The Orb And David Gilmour "Metallic Spheres in Colour"
2. Jlin "Perspective"
3. James Blake "Playing Robots Into Heaven"
4. Kid Koala "Creatures of the Late Afternoon"
5. Two Shell "lil spirits"
Orbital "Optical Delusion"
yeule "softscars"
Augustus Muller "Cellulosed Bodies (Original Score)"
Aphex Twin "Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760"
Lindstrøm "Everyone Else is a Stranger"
Sigur Rós "ÁTTA"
The Orb (and Chocolate Hills) "Yarns From The Chocolate Triangle"
Devours "Homecoming Queen"
Oneohtrix Point Never "Again"
DJ Shadow "Action Adventure"
Brian Eno & Fred again.. "Secret Life"
The Chemical Brothers "For That Beautiful Feeling"
M83 "Fantasy"
Leftfield "This Is What We Do"
Disclosure "Alchemy"

Best CD Reissues of 2023


1. The Replacements "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)"
Peter Schilling "Coming Home: 40 Years Of Major Tom"
Various Artists "Box of Sin: Full-Length Gay Clubbing 1980-1989"
Mort Garson "Journey to the Moon and Beyond"
Soundtrack "Into The Woods: 2022 Broadway Cast Recording"
XTC "The Big Express"
Hüsker Dü "Tonite Longhorn"
Tom Waits "The Black Rider", "Bone Machine", "Franks Wild Years", and "Raindogs" (remastered)
Midge Ure "The Gift"
They Might Be Giants "Asbury Park Live 8/8/13" and "Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg 11.29.15"
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours Live"
Pink Floyd "The Dark Side Of The Moon (Live At Wembley 1974, 2023 Master)"
Various Artists "Intrigue - Steven Wilson Presents: Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979-89"

Worst CDs of 2023


1. Roger Waters "The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux"
2. Roger Waters "The Lockdown Sessions"
3. U2 "Songs of Surrender"
4. Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej "Divine Tides"
5. Stewart Copeland "Police Deranged For Orchestra"
6. Duran Duran "DANSE MACABRE"
7. PUP "MUZAK"
8. Yes "Mirror To The Sky"
9. Pere Ubu "Trouble On Big Beat Street"
10. Depeche Mode "Memento Mori"
Daft Punk "Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition)"
Hifi Sean & David McAlmont "Happy Ending"
Jake Shears "Last Man Dancing"
Metallica "72 Seasons"
Amy Ray "If It All Goes South
Craig Finn "A Legacy Of Rentals"
The Go! Team "Get Up Sequences, Part Two"
Gorillaz "Cracker Island"
Indigo De Souza "All Of This Will End"
Ladytron "Time's Arrow"
Souvenir "Human Nature EP"
Steven Wilson "The Harmony Codex"
Soundtrack "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol. 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)"
Róisín Murphy "Hit Parade"
Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells [50th Anniversary Edition]"
Christine And The Queens "Highlights"

Best CD Cover of 2023


1. Sigur Rós "Átta"
Explosions In The Sky "End"
James Blake "Playing Robots Into Heaven"
State Azure "Stellar Descent"
Oneohtrix Point Never "Again"
OK Goodnight "The Fox & The Bird"
Wednesday "Rat Saw God"
Claire Deak "Sotto Voce"
Blur "The Battle Of Darren"
Skrillex "Quest For Fire"
Lana Del Rabies "STREGA BEATA"

Worst CD Cover of 2023


1. Barenaked Ladies "In Flight"
Måneskin "Rush"
Roger Waters "The Dark Side of the Moon Redux
Everything But The Girl "Fuse"
100 Gecs "10,000 Gecs"
Róisín Murphy "Hit Parade"
Foo Fighters "But Here We Are"
Fever Ray "Radical Romantics"
Doja Cat "Scarlet"
Drake "For All the Dogs"
Blink-182 "One More Time..."
Skrillex "Don't Get Too Close"
Lana Del Rey "Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd"

Ten Best Movies of 2023


1. Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game
2. Kim's Video
3. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
4. Asteroid City
5. Sisu
6. You Hurt My Feelings
7. Smoking Causes Coughing
8. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
9. A Man Called Otto
10. They Cloned Tyrone
The Holdovers
Poor Things
Dicks: The Musical
John Wick: Chapter 4
Living
The Pale Blue Eye
A Haunting In Venice
Beau Is Afraid
Linoleum
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret.
Something In The Dirt
Werewolves Within
Bottoms
The Killer
Infinity Pool
Theater Camp
Dream Scenario
The Boy and the Heron
Jack Stauber’s OPAL
Skinamarink
Barbie
Oppenheimer
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Good Movies From Last Year I Finally Saw This Year
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1. Apollo 10 1/2
2. Vengeance
3. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Turning Red
Chip N’ Dale Rescue Rangers
The Bad Guys
Spoiler Alert
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Strawberry Mansion
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Bardo

Worst Movies of 2023


1. Once Within A Time
2. Haunted Mansion (2023)
3. Babylon
4. 1899
5. Knock At The Cabin
Women Talking
Hypnotic
Matt Rife: Natural Selection
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Kuso
American Horror Story: NYC
Willy’s Wonderland
Quicksand
History of the World, Part II
Avatar: The Way of Water (Avatar 2)

Best Videogames of 2023


Duolingo
Slay the Princess
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Best Phone Games of 2023
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Pokemon Go

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