(And finally) Some albums that didn’t make my 2023 favorites, but were still enjoyed… Hip Hop edition:
- To What End by Oddisee
- And Then You Pray for Me by Westside Gunn
- Scaring the Hoes by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
- Sundial by Noname
- Indiana Jones by Boldy James & RichGains
Some albums that didn’t make my 2023 favorites, but were still enjoyed… R&B Adjacent edition:
- The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monae
- Red Moon in Venus by Kali Uchis
- Falling or Flying by Jorja Smith
- Fountain Baby by Amaarae
- Raven by Kelela
- Heaven by Cleo Sol
- My Soft Machine by Arlo Parks
Some albums that didn’t make my 2023 favorites, but were still enjoyed… Hardcore/Punk edition:
- Slogan Machine by Gumm
- Living Proof by Drain
- Consume Me by Big Laugh
- Hellmode by Jeff Rosenstock
- Walk the Wheel by Truth Cult
- Would You Miss It? By Koyo
- Of Days Renewed… by Magnitude
Some albums that didn’t make my 2023 favorites, but were still enjoyed… Alternative/Indie edition:
- Pure Music by Strange Ranger
- Infinite Spring by Superviolet
- s/t by Liquid Mike
- In the End It Always Does by The Japanese House
- Lucky for You by Bully
- Careful of Your Keepers by This is the Kit
Announcing Crucial Tracks
I’m pretty set with my favorite albums from 2023. I’m going to write up something in depth during December, but here’s the list.
Something for everyone: indie, pop, singer songwriter, alt-country, 90s alternative redux, emo, hardcore, R&B and hip hop. Hope you find something new that you love.
I have a fantasy hockey league that had two drop out from last season. It’s $40 to enter with payouts of $240/120/40 to top 3 teams. If interested, let me know and I will get you the details.
Saw Sunny Day Real Estate tonight - been over 20 years since the last time and they sound just as good as ever.
Can’t believe it’s travel hockey season already. Really glad we fell in with this great group of families & girls. Looking forward to see where they go in their first year at 16u.
We’ve been to the theater more this summer than the last 5 years combined. Here are a few others we liked:
🍿 Theater Camp (2023) - ★★★★☆
🍿 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) - ★★★★★
🍿 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) - ★★★★☆
Loving the new wallpaper we put up yesterday in our small bathroom. Another step toward completing the project!
One of my favorite albums of all time. A great conversation with the band as they look back at recording and their experiences around that time of their life.
21 years with this amazing lady!
We’ve reached the half way point of my song-a-day playlist for 2023. Follow along on Apple Music! music.apple.com/us/playli…
The lengths people go to 1.) be assholes or 2.) make a name for themselves or their business is astonishing. I don’t know how these people can sleep at night.
Used the town-wide garage sale as a tool to get the bicycle out and prep it for the Ride for Roswell next weekend. Lots going on in Kenmore today!
Two new additions to my Best of 2023 album list: the recent releases from feeble little horse and Home is Where. Both in top 5!
Seems as if Reeder got their Twitter access back. Getting flooded with those feeds now. After a brief skim, nothing of interest nor anything that would draw me back to using Twitter full time. Even if the stable tech genius wasn’t running the show.
This year is turning into a pretty amazing one for concerts! Seeing for the first time: Thrice, Middle Kids, Digable Planets, Cat Power, Alvvays, Alex G; and again: Manchester Orchestra, Jimmy Eat World, Modest Mouse, Pixies, Broken Social Scene. All through the end of September.
Stanley Cup game got out of hand quickly so I put together my top ten album list for the first half of the year.
Got to see Thrice play The Artist in the Ambulance tonight in full. So good live!
This Stanley Cup opening in Vegas made me hate that team even more than I do. Eichel was enough but that was beyond over the top. Let’s go Panthers!