Dave 3000's Top 25 (or so) New Releases of 2023

(Just my opinion!)

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1

Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra "Lightning Dreamers"

Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra "Lightning Dreamers" (International Anthem)

2

 

(tie)

U.S. Girls "Bless This Mess"

U.S. Girls "Lives"

U.S. Girls "Bless This Mess" (4AD)



   and



"Lives" (4AD)

3

Unknown Mortal Orchestra "V"
Unknown Mortal Orchestra "V" (Jagjaguwar)

4

Jaimie Branch "Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))"
Jaimie Branch "Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))" (International Anthem)
 
(Jaimie Branch died in 2022 shortly after recording this posthumously released album)

5

 

(tie)

Goat "Medicine"

Goat "The Gallows Pole: Original Score"

Goat "Medicine" (Rocket)



   and



"The Gallows Pole: Original Score" (Rocket)

6

Osees "Intercepted Message"

Osees "Intercepted Message" (Castle Face)

7

Public Image Ltd. "End Of World"

Public Image Ltd. "End Of World" (PIL Official)

8

HANABIE. "Reborn Superstar!"

HANABIE. "Reborn Superstar!" (Epic/Sony Japan)

(The band's name literally means "a frost that comes after the flowers have started blooming" --- but it is easier to call them "Chilly Flowers")

9

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "The Silver Cord"

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "The Silver Cord" (KGLW)

10

Woods "Perennial"

Woods "Perennial" (Woodsist)

11

The Orb "Prism"

The Orb "Prism" (Cooking Vinyl)

12

ano "Neko Neko Terutu"

ano "Neko Neko Terutu" (Toy's Factory)
 
("Cat Cat Vomit")

13

Sparks "The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte"

Sparks "The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte" (Island)

14

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "PetroDragonic Apocalypse Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation"

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "PetroDragonic Apocalypse Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation" (KGLW)

15

Descartes A Kant "After Destruction"

Descartes A Kant "After Destruction" (Cleopatra)

16

Holy Wave "Five Of Cups"

Holy Wave "Five Of Cups" (Suicide Squeeze)

17

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real "Sticks And Stones"

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real "Sticks And Stones" (6Ace/Thirty Tigers)

18

Scott McMicken & The Ever-Expanding "Shabang"

Scott McMicken & The Ever-Expanding "Shabang" (Anti-)

19

 

(tie)

Guided By Voices "La La Land"

Guided By Voices "Welshpool Frillies"

Guided By Voices "La La Land" (GBV Inc.)



   and



"Welshpool Frillies" (GBV Inc.)

20

The Damned "Darkadelic"

The Damned "Darkadelic" (EARMUSIC)

21

The Ducks "High Flyin'"

The Ducks "High Flyin'" (Shakey Pictures)
 
(Debut album by a Neil Young band that only played gigs in Santa Cruz for 7 weeks in 1977)

22

Kurt Vile "Back To Moon Beach"

Kurt Vile "Back To Moon Beach" (Verve)

23

Quasi "Breaking The Balls Of History"

Quasi "Breaking The Balls Of History" (Sub Pop)

24

Swans "The Beggar"

Swans "The Beggar" (Young God)

25

Black Country, New Road "Live At Bush Hall"

Black Country, New Road "Live At Bush Hall" (Ninja Tune)

Plus the Top Archival release of the year:

Neil Young "Chrome Dreams"

Neil Young "Chrome Dreams" (Reprise)
1977 album pulled from release at the last minute and replaced with "American Stars & Bars"
   

   
Honorable Mentions:

(in alphabetical order)

COMING SOON
   

Best Local Album (from Wisconsin):

Slow Pulp "Yard" (Anti-)
   

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