Josh Skarda
Prowl Radio @ UWM

Jane Remover “Census Designated”
Lil Yachty “Let’s Start Here.”
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist “VOIR DIRE”
quannnic “Stepdream”
Skrillex “Quest for Fire”
Genesis Owusu “STRUGGLER”
dsiboys “dsiboys”
100 gecs “10,000 gecs”
Paramore “This Is Why”
PinkPantheress “Heaven knows”

Christopher + Patrick
WMBR

“1-5 are C’s; 6-10 are P’s. Infer nothing.”

Lloyd Cole – On Pain
Thomas Walsh – The Rest Is History
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Large Plants – The Thorn
Plush Machine – Hit Me
Gunn Truscinski Nace – Glass Band
Kelela – Raven
Tinashe – BB/ANG3L
Arian Shafiee – Engines in Unity
Driftmachine/Komodo Kolektif – The Encyclopedia of Civilizations Vol. 5: Babylon

Douglas DuPont
KDUR Music Director

“We love to see it.”

Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter – “SAVED!”
Florry – “The Holey Bible”
Sweeping Promises – “Good Living Is Coming For You”
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – “VOIR DIRE”
Westside Gunn – “And Then You Pray For Me”
Oozing Wound – “We Cater To Cowards”
Wednesday – “Rat Saw God”
Colter Wall – “Little Songs”
100 gecs – “10,000 gecs”
The Hives – “The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons”

Catie Egan
The Orchard

“It rocked!!”

Frankie and The Witch Fingers – “Data Doom”
Jorja Smith – “falling or flying”
Grouplove – “I Want It All Right Now”
Phoenix – “Alpha Zulu”
Tigercub – “The Perfume of Decay”
Colony House – “Cannonballers”
Caroline Polachek “Desire, I Want To Turn Into You”
Low Cut Connie – “Art Dealers”
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – “Council Skies”
Samia – Honey

Billie Jean Sarullo

Tigercub – The Perfume Of Decay
“We need more great ROCK!”
Tigercub – The Perfume Of Decay
James and the Cold Gun – self-titled
Brad – In The Moment That You’re Born
Jorja Smith – Falling Or Flying
Grouplove – I Want It All Right Now
Queens Of The Stone Age – In Times New Roman
Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
RAYE – My 21st Century Blues
Jonny Polonsky – Rise Of The Rebel Angels
Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome Mat

Elijah Melvin
WSLC

“2023 has been chock-full of goodness. one of my favorite years in recent memory”

V — Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Girl with Fish — Feeble Little Horse
Cartwheel — Hotline TNT
Solar Music — Butcher Brown
Voice Notes — Yasmin Lacey
Snake Sideways — Do Nothing
Moments of Clarity — Narrow Head
3D Country — Geese
Mind Palace Music — @
After the Magic — Parranoul

Greg Wilson
DKFM Shoegaze Radio

“Top indie artists left an indelible mark on the 2023 charts: unexpected reunions, top songcraft and dynamic presentation were the hallmarks of the past year.”

Drop Nineteens “Hard Light”
SWiiMS “Into The Blue Night”
Slowdive “everything is alive”
Crystal Canyon “Stars and Distant Light”
Draag “Dark Fire Heresy”
Slow Salvation “Here We Lie”
Bleach Lab “Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness”
worse. “Inner Child”
Fragile Animals “Slow Motion Burial”
Chlorine “Lust”

Kris Kosach Wellen
KLBP FM

“Lots of tepid tunes this year, but the stand outs were truly stand outs.”

THE REYTONS, “What’s Rock and Roll?” (self released)
METRIC, “Formentera”
KURT VILE, Back To Moon Beach (Verve)
BLACK PUMAS, THE Chronicles Of A Diamond

Ellen King-Rodgers
KGLT-FM

“Feels like coming out of a cave into daylight”

El Bujo “Strata”
Dengue Fever “Ting Mong
Roberto Fonseca “La Gran Diversion”
Cecile McLorin Salvant “Melusine”
Immy Iwosu “What A Love”
Didon “Tunisian Tales Remixed”
Erol Josue “Pelerinaj”
Wesli “Tradisyon”
Baaba Maal “Being”
Okan “Okatoni”

Kim Tracy
90.3 WHPC

Jeff Rosenstock – Hellmode
Palehound – Eye on the Bat
Boygenius – The Record
Screaming Females – Desire Pathway
Albert Hammond Jr. – Melodies on Hiatus
Ratboys – The Window
Mountain Goats – Jenny from Thebes
Wilco – Cousin
Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
Geese – 3D Country

Bill Lupoletti
WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio, Global A Go-Go

Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy (Ghana-Germany) – “O Yinne!” [Philophon]
Eparapo (United Kingdom-Nigeria) – “Take To The Streets” [Wah Wah 45s]
Altın Gün (Netherlands-Turkey) – “Aşk” [ATO]
Diepkloof United Voice (South Africa) – “Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi
Soul From The New South Africa” [Ostinato]
Son Rompe Pera (Mexico) – “Chimborazo” [AYA]
Grupo Kual? (Mexico) – “Konexiones” [Discos Rolas]
Jantra (Sudan) – “Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Sounds From The
Fashaga Underground” [Ostinato]
Alpacas Collective (Belgium) – “Big Words” [Catalpas]
Mokoomba (Zimbabwe) – “Tusona: Tracings In The Sand” [Out Here]
Kala Jula & Gangbé Brass Band (Mali-Switzerland-Benin) – “Asro” [Buda Musique]

Rusty Roberts
Terrorbird

“It was an interesting year for new music, IMO. Lots of great albums from some of my favorite bands of all-time, topped by two albums that I loved so much I somedays couldn’t decide which one was my ultimate #1!”

Florry “The Holey Bible”
Fust “Genevieve”
Wednesday “Rat Saw God”
Yo La Tengo “This Stupid World”
Ratboys “The Window”
Sluice “Radial Gate”
Being Dead “When Horses Would Run”
Quasi “Breaking The Balls Of History”
The New Pornographers “Continue As A Guest”
Yves Tumor “Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)”

Jeanne Marie Acceturo
KECG, El Cerrito

“We had a hard time narrowing our list to 10! 2023 was such a great year for music, and our student programmers found things they loved in every genre.”

Altin Gun “Ask”
Seablite “Lemon Lights”
Armani White “Road to Casablanco”
Genesis Owusu “STRUGGLER”
Worriers “Warm Blanket”
Santa Chiara “Worth It Or Not”
King Cruff “SheDoeneed”
Sounds of North American Frogs
Black Country, New Road “Live at Bush Hall”
Mustard Service “Variety Pack”

Todd S
Radio 3hive

“Another great year for music.”

The Cowboys “The Sultan of Squat”
FACS “Still Life In Decay”
Oozing Wound “We Cater To Cowards”
GEL “Only Constant”
Armand Hammer “We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Sweeping Promises “Good Living Is Coming For You”
The Reds, Pinks & Purples “The Town That Cursed Your Name”
EYES “Congratulations”
Demons “Under The Western Heel”
Asphalt “Le Blues du Bulldozer”

Ciclamino
WTJU/Midnight Confession

Cor De Lux “Media”
Sprints “Literary Mind”
Sweeping Promises “Good Living Is Coming For You”
Snõõper “Super Snõõper”
Bully “Lucky For You”
Eternal Dust “Spiritual Healers, Defence Lawyers”
Billy Nomates “CACTI”
Cable Ties “All Her Plans”
Protomartyr “Formal Growth In The Desert”
Death Valley Girls “Islands in the Sky”

Daniel “Kid” Yoshida
Radio Boise, KRBX

“Last year was great, this year really upped the ante for recorded works and live tours. Might be my favorite year since the mid 1990s. My list of 10 was whittled down from a list of 73 when it’s usually about 20 or so. And then I just was given programmer of the year, so the flying high continues all the way until 2024 and beyond…”

Death Valley Girls “Islands in the Sky”
Megafauna “Olympico”
Treepeople “Guilt Regret Embarrassment – Deluxe Edition”
Chief Broom “hidden in plain sight”
The Drin “Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom”
MDC “War Is A Racket”
Period Bomb “THREAT”
Spoon Benders “How Things Repeat”
Sgt. Papers “En Vivo desde La Capital”
Frankie and the Witch Fingers “Data Doom”

Michael Dixon
WRBC, Roots, Rock, Reggae

“I had no problem finding new music that fit with my format and that I wanted to play.”

Grace Potter – Mother Road
Sunny War – Anarchist Gospel
Blondeshell – Blondshell
Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
Low Cut Connie – Art Dealers
Joy Oladokun – Proof of Life
Daiistar – Good Time
Margo Price – Strays
Black Pumas – Chronicles of a Diamond
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of Gold

Bruce Rave
Go Deep With Bruce Rave – WSUM FM, WVMO FM, KXFM

“Strong year overall with way more songs than slots, but fewer absolute standout albums compared to most years.”

The Hives “The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons”
Beirut “Hadsel”
Sufjan Stevens “Javelin”
Roosevelt “Embrace”
The Record Company “The 4th Album”
Madness “Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C’Est La Vie”
The Murder Capital “Gigi’s Recovery”
Teleman “Good Time/Hard Time”
OMD “Bauhaus Staircase”
The Beths “Expert In A Dying Field”

Suzi Boneshaker
KZSU, show: Down in the Basement

Full Moon Forever – kepi ghoulie
Upside Down and in Heaven – Crocodiles
Ramones In Love – kepi ghoulie
Islands in the sky – Death Valley Girls
Asphalt Meadows – Death Can for CutieDarkedelic- The Damned
Goddess Energy – Who is She?
Les talk more surf / the Hawaiians/Lesser Creatures
Night Owls – The Dollyrots
In lust we trust – the Backstreet Girls

Ryan Rutz
WESD

Ben Folds “What Matters Most”
Micky Dolenz “Dolenz Sings R.E.M.”
Crobot “Feel This”
Depeche Mode “Memento Mori”
Ghost of Vroom “Ghost of Vroom 3”
Bruce Cockburn “O Sun O Moon”
Barenaked Ladies “In Flight”
Sunny War “Anarchist Gospel”
Everything But The Girl “Fuse”
Eve 6 “Patreon Releases”

John McCarthy
Radio Boise/KRBX/Jazz Beyond the Sky

Emily Braden – Cannon & Sparrow
Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix
Taj Mahal – Savoy
Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
Harold Lopez-Nussa – Timba A La Americana
Vanessa Perica – The Eye Is the First Circle
Mimi Fox Organ Trio – One For Wes
Christian McBride’s New Jawn – Prime
Dave Stryker – Prime
Ivan Lins – My Heart Speaks

Chris “Roin Dig” DeRoin
Forces Of Obvious Luck – KRBX Radio Boise

McKinley Dixon “Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!”
Stik Figa & The Expert “The Ritual”
Video Dave & Controller 7 “ArticulatedTexTiles”
Heiruspecs “Pretty Random But What Happened to the Heiruspecs”
Fat Tony & Taydex “I Will Make a Baby in this Damn Economy”
Dessa “Bury the Lede”
Jamila Woods “Water Made Us”
Aesop Rock “Integrated Tech Solutions”
Ivan Ave “All Season Gear”
Kota the Friend “Protea”

Chris Heim
KMUW-FM/Global Village

Buster Williams “Unalome”
of Tropique “Buster Goes West”
John Scofield “Uncle John’s Band”
Eric Bibb “Ridin'”
Batsukh Dorj “Ogbelerim (Music For My Ancestors)”
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding “Alive at the Village Vanguard””
Matthieu Saglio “Voices”
John Primer “Teardrops For Magic Slim (Live At Rosa’s Lounge)”
Nic Clark “Everybody’s Buddy”
Driss El Maloumi “Aswat”

Maddie Schwappach
The Syndicate

“Lot of my favs are from new artists/artists that are new to me!”

Wednesday – Rat Saw God
Nourished by Time – Erotic Probiotic 2
Greg Mendez – Greg Mendez
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Maps
Yves Tumor – Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
Bar Italia – Tracey Demin
Model/Actriz – Dogsbody
Liv.e – Girl in the Half Pearl
Mandy Indiana – I’ve Seen a Way
Feeble Little Horse – Girl With Fish

Joe McGinnis
The Syndicate

Feist – Multitudes
Romy – Mid Air
Nation of Language – Strange Disciple
Strange Ranger – Pure Music
Wednesday – Rat Saw God
HEALTH – RAT WARS
Hotline TNT – Cartwheel
Slowdive – everything is alive
Jenny Lewis – JOY’ALL
Depeche Mode – Memento Mori

HYPRK
KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM

Doc Sleep “Birds (in my mind anyway)”
yeule “softscars”
Works of Intent “Richer Sound”
Caroline Polachek “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You”
Kelela “Raven”
Winemaker “Cold Water”
Samia “Honey”
Armand Hammer “We Buy Diabetic Test Strips”
Fred again.. and Brian Eno “Secret Life”
L’Rain “I Killed Your Dog”

wesflexner
BSA Hip Hop

“The Alchemist replaces Rawkus…. Respect Pop Master Fabel……Did people start rapping because RIP Tracy 168 was kicking ass…: Killer Mike knows.Andre 3000…. NY State of Mind w Nas w De La w Wu ….Armand Hammer……Kool Herc W Cindy Campbell Mass Appeal Yankee Stadium……Sha-Rock @ Grammy 50 Year Celebration CBS Primetime…CEASEFIRE!.”

Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Killer Mike – Micheal
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – Void Dire
El Michaels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game
Tyler, The Creator – Dog Tooth
Wu-Tang Clan – Claudine
Danger Mouse & Gemini – Born Again
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Maps
Black Milk – Everybody Good
Illa J- No Traffic

Dave Blevins
WODU (Old Dominion University)

“I can’t believe I’m still the Music Director at WODU – three years running because I love it! Had some mental health struggles this year so I wasn’t on top of submitting charts as I’ve been in previous semesters. I’ve been around long enough for two albums each by Arlo Parks, Bully, The Beths, Mitski, Soccer Mommy and more I’m forgetting…probably 1,000 albums from GBV and KGLW. So these albums really got through to me this year…”

Death Valley Girls – “Island In The Sky”
Sydney Sprague – “Somebody In Hell Loves You”
Bully – “Lucky For You”
McKinley Dixon – “Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?”
Hannah Jagadu – “Aperture”
Kings Never Die – “All The Rats”
Jenny Lewis – “Joy’All”
Wild Nothing – “Hold”
The Hold Steady – “The Price of Progress”
NOBRO – “Set Your P—y Free”

Matthew “the homebucket” Boam
KGAR

“Metal rules!!!! m/ -L- m/”

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – “PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal
Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation” (KGLW)
TesseracT – “War Of Being” (KScope)
Raven – “All Hell Is Breaking Loose” (SPV)
Will Haven – “VII” (Minus Head)
Spotlights – “Alchemy for The Dead” (Ipecac)
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – “Land Of Sleeper” (Rocket)
Ektomorf – “Vivid Black” (AFM)
Angelus Apatrida – “Aftermath” (Century Media)
In Flames – “Foregone” (Nuclear Blast)
Periphery – “Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre” (3DOT)

Jerry Steller
Vitriol Radio Promotion

“As always, there was far more music than I was able to listen to so I know there are probably plenty of gems I would have considered had I heard them. But these are 10 that I enjoyed this year. And I was fortunate enough to promote some of them too!”

The Hives “The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons”
Kylie Minogue “Tension”
Metric “Formentera II”
Romy “Mid-Air”
Half Moon Run “Salt”
Troye Sivan “Something To Give Each Other”
Dizzy “Dizzy”
Boygenius “The Record”
Begonia “Powder Blue”
Waldemar “Ruthless”

Jeff Szczesniak
WDWN-FM

Tomb Mold The Enduring Spirit 20 Buck Spin
Beach Fossils Bunny Bayonet
Film School Field Felte
Darksoft Beigeification Look Up
Godflesh Purge Avalanche
Indigo De Souza All Of This Will End Saddle Creek
M83 Fantasy Mute
CRi Miracles Anjunadeep
Bombay Bicycle Club My Big Day Mmmm… Records/AWAL
Phobocosm Foreordained DarkDescent

Sebastian Korniluk
The Blade (Old Dominion University)

“The Norfolk hardcore and music scene as a whole has seen incredible growth with amazing bands releasing fantastic records and putting on unforgettable shows.”

Ulamog “The Hungriest of the Old Ones”
Love Gun “Kiss the Sky”
DomTheDestroyer “The Bagel Shoppe”
Spikepit “Spikepit Demo”
Private Hell “Days of Wrath”
ConSec “Wheel of Pain”
Mutant Strain “Murder of Crows”
Crime Line “Street Rips”
Mean Jesus “abomination”
Victim of Suffering “DANCE TEAM WORLDWIDE VOL 1”

Sybil M Augustine
WORT Community Radio

“Another fine year for new music! Some real rockers returned to the scene; also women/non-binary performers dominated. Quirky, edgy, and driving is how I like it, and 2023 delivered.”

A GIANT DOG – Bite
DEATH VALLEY GIRLS – Islands In The Sky
SPARKS – The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
WACO BROTHERS – The Men That God Forgot
QUASI – Breaking the Balls of History
W.I.T.C.H. – Zango
MUDHONEY – Plastic Eternity
YVES TUMOR – Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot
Between Worlds)
MARC RIBOT & CERAMIC DOG – Connection
OSEES – Intercepted Message

James Duval
AltRadio.org

“A record store I frequent purchased a massive collection of music from a customer who always had the dream of opening a record store, so I invested A LOT of 2023 to older music. But even before that happened, the sheer number of tentpole releases or “artists to watch” felt staggering. I still haven’t had a chance to listen to several albums I’m sure would have made it to this list. The struggle is real! This list is in no particular order.”

Ratboys “The Window”
Marnie Stern “The Comeback Kid”
Yo La Tengo “This Stupid World”
Wednesday “Rat Saw God”
Boygenius “The Record”
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom “Reset”
Janelle Monae “The Age of Pleasure”
Joanna Sternberg “I’ve Got Me”
Mitski “The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We”
Fever Ray “Radical Romantics”

Miranda L. Tarrow (Music Director)
Freeform Portland (KFFP-LP/KFFD-LP)

TEKE::TEKE – Hagata
Xiu Xiu – Ignore Grief
Model/Actriz – Dogsbody
Cruel Diagonals – Fractured Whole
Deena Abdelwahed – Jbal Rrsas
Philip Jeck & Chris Watson – Oxmardyke
Hasard – Malivore
Colin Stetson – When We Were That What Wept For The Sea
PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying
The Ironsides – Changing Light

Ron Olesko
Folk Music Notebook

“An outstanding year for contemporary folk music.”

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon – “Together”
Tret Furę – “Lavender Moonshine”
Miles & Mafale – “Be Brave”
Robinson & Rohe – “Into the Night”
C.Daniel Boling – “New Old Friends”
The Rough and Tumble – “Only This Far”
Christian Parker – “Sweetheart: A Tribute to the Byrds ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo'”
Vance Gilbert – “The Mother of Troubles”
Annie Bartholomew – “Sisters of the White Chapel”
Reggie Garrett – “York’s Lament & Other Stories”

Michelle Krupkin
KXLU, Melody Fair

“Wish there were more than 10 slots – lots of great music this year!”

TEKE TEKE “Hagata”
BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT “The Land, The Water, The Sky”
BODYWASH “I Held The Shape While I Could”
DENNIS DAVISON “Voice Memorandum”
JOHN CALE “Mercy”
Село Близнюків “Зникають Наші Імена, Зникають Наші Тіні”
PJ HARVEY “I Inside the Old Year Dying”
AMBER ARCADES “Barefoot on Diamond Road”
DENGUE FEVER “Ting Mong”
ALTIN Gün “Aşk”

Kayla Booker
The Syndicate

Rauw Alejandro “MÁS DE UNA VEZ”
Teddy Swims “Lose Control” (Strings Version)
Brent Faiyaz, Tommy Richman & FELIX! “Upset”
Lola Young, “Conceited”
Riovaz, “As If It’s Not Bad Enough”
Mayer Hawthorne, “For All Time”
Bad Bunny “MONACO”
Hailey Knox “Charismatic”
BJ The Chicago Kid & Coco Jones “Spend the Night”
J Hus “Who Told You” (feat. Drake)

Andres Mora Mata
KRUI 89.7FM Iowa City

Fever Ray “Radical Romantics”
JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown “Scaring the Hoes”
Model/Actriz “Dogsbody”
Lana Del Rey “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under ocean blvd”
Club Eat “Start”
Underscores “Wallsocket”
Flooding “Silhouette Machine”
Lil Yachty “The Black Semihole”
Home is Where “The Whaler”
The National “First Two Pages of Frankenstein”

Adrian Lugo
WEFT Champaign | sync soundsytem

“First, let’s all celebrate making it thru another year. We did it! Once again this year was full of really good music. My musical tastes are evolving as I get older. I find my ears drifting towards the stranger, more relaxed, trippier, and dare I say it, more organic. It’s hard to say what the musical stand out was this year; It was the year of the breakbeat (Junglist Summer). De La Soul is now fully digital. There was a bunch of bangers made by people with instruments. Global riddims are still ruling the charts. Regardless of where music is going, I’m still down for it all. So here it is, in no particular order.”

DJ Shadow “Action Adventure” Mass Appeal
NIA ARCHIVES “Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall” HIJINXX/Island Records
L.Dre – LOFI Symphony -GL.Dre “LOFI Symphony” Deutsche Grammophon
Yunna “Rinne EP” Worst Behavior
DANIEL AVERY “More Truth” Mute
Black Light Smoke – Ghosts – Scissor andT hread
Doc Martin & Charlie Soul Clap “EFUNK05” Soul Clap Records
NIHILOXICA “Source of Denial” Crammed Discs
Fred again… “Tiny Desk Concert”
Manics “Music Sounds Better With You” Popgang Records

Lauree McArdle
WLFR/Spin Cycle

“Another great year of music! The best part of being in radio is checking out all the new music each week. My top records is ever evolving.”

PAWS-PAWS
Broken Records-The Dreamless Sleep of the 1990s
boygenius-the record
Girl Scout-Real Life Human Garbage/Granny Music
The Small Intestines-Hide in Time
Diners-Domino
Teenage Fanclub-Nothing Lasts Forever
Yo La Tengo-This Stupid World
Eyelids- A Colossal Waste of Light
Truth Club-Running from the Chase

Patrick Collins
WUML Lowell

“Good year for many genres! Found a lot of new artists as well partially thanks to the promo companies. RIP to the artist of my album of the year Jaimie Branch.”

Jaimie Branch “Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))”
ANOHNI and the Johnsons “My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross”
The Hirs Collective “We’re Still Here”
JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown “Scaring The Hoes”
Body Void “Atrocity Machine”
Space Camp “Gold Star”
Mitski “The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We”
Full of Hell and Primitive Man “Suffocating Hallucination”
Jessie Ware “That! Feels Good!”
PJ Harvey “I Inside The Old Year Dying”

Mark Michaelis
WGDR/Acoustic Harmony

“Amazing collection of new folk & Americana releases again this year!”

Carrie Newcomer “A Great Wild Mercy”
Craig Bickhardt “Outpourings”
Kathryn Severing Fox “Sweet Beginnings”
Eliza Gilkyson “Home”
William Prince “Stand In The Joy”
David Francey “The Breath Between”
Starling Arrow “Cradle”
Karan Casey “Nine Apples Of Gold”
Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz “Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs Of Mary Sands And
Jane Gentry”
Various Artists “More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nance Griffith”

Jenn Misko
The Band Mom

“I’m allllllways behind, so including my usual caveat that I don’t really consider this list final, but I did love these records this year. Of course my Band Mom releases are my favorite forever; big 2023 luv to Negativland, Halley Greg, Hillary Susz, Ollella, Jonathan Bree, Soft Punch, The Planes, and Joey Joesph! <3”

Who Is She? – Goddess Energy
Bully – Lucky For You
Boygenius – The Record
The Mountain Goats – Jenny From Thebes
Gabby’s World – GABBY SWORD
Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
Vagabon – Sorry I Haven’t Called
New Pornographers – Continue As A Guest
Sigur Rós – Átta
Fever Ray – Radical Romantics

Lisa Rupnik
Head Music Director – CJLO 1690 AM

“I’m the kind of person who can make a list for just about anything, but top 10 albums of 2023? Nearly impossible! This year was also particularly special for me as it was my first year working as MD at our station! I had a great time discovering new artists, and I was also spoiled by a bunch of new releases from some of my all time favourites. Let’s start with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sparks and Beverly Glenn-Copeland – their releases confirmed their place as masters of skill and expression, and presented us with some of the strongest works of their career. I also want to put a spotlight on some newer artists such as George Clanton, Tkay Maidza and Yeule whose inspiring works continue to push boundaries to create raw, genuine music. These were the albums that kept me company and will stay in my personal library for well past 2024! Here’s to a great year in music!”

Ryuichi Sakamoto “12”
Sparks “The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte”
George Clanton “Ooh Rap I Ya”
Tkay Maidza “Sweet Justice”
Yeule “Softscars”
Beverly Glenn-Copeland “The Ones Ahead”
Sampha – Lahai
Green-house “A Host For All Kinds of Life”
Decisive Pink “Ticket to Fame”
Delilah Holiday “Invaluable Vol.1 & 2”