Jan 22, 2024

Best Songs of 2023

 
Alley Light by Squirrel Flower was my favourite song of 2023. From the first that I heard it, it sunk deep into my memory. I loved Squirrel Flower's album and there were many great songs but Alley Light was my absolute favourite. Just a great combination of vocals, guitar and melody. It felt classic and yet modern. Destined to be timeless. But there were many great songs released in 2023. And to be honest, the very best were released by women or women fronted bands. This of course includes the great Wednesday who had many great candidates for this list. Lana Del Rey released one song which was absolutely stunning, whilst Mitski had an album full of wonderful songs. Ratboys, Slow Pulp and Palehound were others to give us great music. All in all I thought it was a pretty great year.

1. Alley Light-Squirrel Flower
2. Quarry-Wednesday
3. A&W-Lana Del Rey
4. Star-Mitski
5. Black Earth, WI-Ratboys
6. The Clutch-Palehound
7. My Blood Runs Through This Land-Black Belt Eagle Scout
8. Baby-Purling Hiss
9. Broadview-Slow Pulp
10. Yes! Yes! A Thousand Times Yes!-Home Is Where
11. Anyway I Find You-The Men
12. Borrow Trouble-Feist
13. Bath County-Wednesday
14. The Sling-Youth Lagoon
15. Floral Organs-Home Is Where 
16. Driving Through Heaven-Cory Hanson 
17. Ten Billion People-Explosions in the Sky
18. Haunted Mountain-Buck Meek
19. Vampire Empire-Big Thief
20. I'm Your Man-Mitski
21. Chosen to Deserve-Wednesday
22. Defeat-Animal Collective
23. Sinker,Sinking-Will Johnson
24. Will Anybody Ever love Me?-Sufjan Stevens
25. Highway 72-Jolie Holland
26. U R The Reason-Current Joys
27. Full Time Job-Squirrel Flower
28. Independence Day-Palehound
29. State Line to Eagleville-Labrador
30. Hard Livin'-The Men
31. Prizefighter-Youth Lagoon
32. Sideways Skull-The Hold Steady
33. Doubt-Slow Pulp
34. Modern Mind-Bry Webb 
35. Smalltown Stardust-King Tuff
36. Meant To Be-Wilco
37. Fallout-Yo La Tengo
38. The Musical-Avey Tare
39. Between The Past-Woods
40. Moving On-Explosions in the Sky
41. Stride Rite-Animal Collective
42. So You Are Tired-Sufjan Stevens
43. Salmon Stinta-Black Belt Eagle Scout
44. Bug Like An Angel-Mitski
45. Satanist-Boygenius
46. Angelcover-The New Pornographers
47. Cigarettes-Current Joys
48. Sinatra Drive Breakdown-Yo La Tengo
49. In Lightning-Feist
50. Haunted Mountain-Jolie Holland
51. Wasteland Companions-Mutual Benefit 
52. Morning Zoo-Ratboys
53. Wings-Cory Hanson
54. Tropic Morning News-The National
55. Chaos Heart-Osees
56. Dare Me-Beach Fossils
57. Bananas-Bonnie Prince Billy
58. Suffer Debt-Truth Club
59. Along The Runner (No Ordinary Crown)-Will Johnson
60. The Habsburg Jaw-Califone
61. The Store-The Lost Days
62. Tantor-Danny Brown
63. Skin Meadow-Home Is Where
64. Cry All Day-Spencer Krug
65. Alarm-Lifeguard
66. Freak-Feeble Little Horse
67. Cyclades-Buck Meek
68. Shit Talk-Sufjan Stevens
69. Gold-Sigur Ros
70. Life's A Joke-Islands
71. Evicted-Wilco
72. Fight Clean-Roadside Graves
73. Easier-Jonathan Rado
74. Weep-Woods
75. Elevators-Kevin Drew
76. When A Plant Is Dying-Squirrel Flower
77. Desert Snow-Local Natives
78. Wear It Like A Badge-Labrador
79. If The Wheels Are Coming Off, The Wheels Are Coming Off-Ulrika Spacek
80. God Is a Circle-Yves Tumor
81. Lwonesome Tonight-PJ Harvey
82. Bull Believer-Wednesday
83. Sixers-The Hold Steady
84. Steamroller-Feeble Little Horse
85. Goon-Osees
86. Sawgrass-Josh Ritter
87. Psychos-Jenny Lewis
88. Salad-Blondshell
89. Maria-Greg Mendez
90. Queens of Sorrow-Bonnie Prince Billy
91. Aselestine-Yo La Tengo
92. 14-Water From Your Eyes
93. Anti-Curse-Boygenius
94. Centurion-Sluice 
95. Elohim-Tommy Prine
96. Summer Windows-Slaughter Beach,Dog
97. Carolina-The Natvral
98. Lowland Trail-Margo Cilker
99. The Stuff-Allah-Las
100. A Ghost-Shana Cleveland

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