Imperfect List

2023 has been a phenomenal year for music...but then again, if I get forensic with the detail, I think that every year is a phenomenal year for music. And yet...

 

I couldn't hope to whittle my recommendations down to a Top Ten or 'best of', so here is a still woefully incomplete list of singles/EPs and albums released this year which I have loved and played repeatedly (apart from a few, which I've only purchased this month but have loved just as much). 

 

There's no commentary this time - too many on the list, too little time - but I've included links so that you can listen and/or purchase for yourself. Enjoy!

Singles / EPs

Love Will Tear Us Apart (Cover of Joy Division): The Anchoress
Debbo: Andal Sukabe
Bibbles EP: Andres y Xavi

Brasiliana EP: Bárbara Boeing
Anzu EP: C.A.R.
Model Number EP: Casual Worker
Más O Menos EP: Damian O’Neill
Necessary Genius Remixes EP: David Holmes ft. Raven Violet
Fairground EP: deary
Ghosts Again: Depeche Mode
The Rub: Dirt Bogarde
Complete Me: Django Django ft. Self Esteem
It's Christmas And I'm Crying: Du Blonde
Nodcast: Duncan Gray
Other Skies EP: Electric Blue Vision
Somehow It Feels Important EP: Hairdressa
Saddle-Billed Stork: HANN
Real Thoughts In Real Time EP: Hifi Sean & David McAlmont
Godless Ceremony (Hardway Bros Remixes) EP: islandman
Jezeblue: Jezebell
Camden (Hardway Bros Remix): Jo Bartlett
Moon Ocean EP: Justin Robertson's Deadstock 33s
The Hurdy-Gurdy Song Remixes EP: Local Psycho & The Hurdy-Gurdy Orchestra
Roadrunner Blues / You Don't Get To: Midlake & John Grant
Glittering Lights EP: Perry Granville
100 Weight Of Collie Weed (Cover of Carlton Livingston): Prince Fatty ft. Earl 16
Vitamin D / Oven Ready: Psychederek
Cabaret Sauvage: Pye Corner Audio
Birthday Dub: Richard Norris
Methuselah (Maps Remix): Seagoth
$1 One Vote!: The The
Flamingo (Andy Votel Remix): Tim Burgess
Halfling: tor
Polychrome: Unloved
Little Black Dress (Powder Wax Vol. 1) EP: 10:40 ft. S.A.A.R.A

Albums

a.s.o.: a.s.o.
Air In The Lungs: Air In The Lungs
Shook: Algiers
Tidal Love Numbers: Andy Bell & Masal
Revise: aus
Cacti: Billy Nomates
In The 21st Century: The Bluebells
Heaven / Gold: Cleo Sol
Complete Mountain Almanac: Complete Mountain Almanac
Yawning Abyss: Creep Show
Blind On A Galloping Horse: David Holmes ft. Raven Violet
Otherwhere: DJ Nature
Off Planet: Django Django
Consciousology: Dot Allison
Frontline: Dub Pistols
Racing The Storm: Emilíana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra
Rapture: Emily Breeze
Fuse: Everything But The Girl
Radical Romantics: Fever Ray

Maelstrom In The Bare Garden: Gareth Sager
Happy Ending: Hifi Sean & David McAlmont
A Brief History Of Now: Jah Wobble
Mirage In The Mojave: James Alexander Bright & Flying Mojito Bros
Pearls Of The Baltic Sea Remixes: Jazxing
Mercy: John Cale
Loose Melon: JP Buckle
Robin Hood / Cope's Notes 5: The Modern Antiquarian: Julian Cope
On Pain: Lloyd Cole
The Girl With A Hole In Her Heart: A Man Called Adam
When It's Going Wrong: Marta & Tricky
Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! And The Possibilities Of Modern Shopping: Mozart Estate
Namian Sidibé: Namian Sidibé
AGO: Nana Benz Du Togo
Reset In Dub: Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
Oracle Sound Volume One: Richard Norris
The Candle And The Flame: Robert Forster
Hit Parade: Róisín Murphy
Psychedelic Science: Rude Audio & Dan Wainwright
The Brutal: Spare Snare
The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte: Sparks
Polychrome: Unloved
Heavy Heavy: Young Fathers
Transition Theory: 10:40

 

Phew, I need a lie down after that lot...