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