the albums + songs of the first half of 2023
Presenting our favorite albums + songs from the first half of 2023: woods tops our halftime report for the second year in a row + Lana Del Rey has the undisputed song of the year until further notice, but for the most part, new faces dominate this year's list, which is how we like it. As always, Luminelle releases -- and there have been some great ones so far this year (shout out to Mag Bay, Alaska Reid, Sea Lemon, and Georgia Gets By) -- are not eligible for inclusion. Click the links to buy from bandcamp + stay up on our complete and ever-evolving best songs of 2023 playlist HERE...
01 BILLY WOODS + KENNY SEGAL | Maps
02 BAR ITALIA | Tracey Denim
03 NOURISHED BY TIME | Erotic Probiotic 2
04 JAM CITY | Jam City Presents EFM
05 JPEGMAFIA + DANNY BROWN | Scaring the Hoes
06 LANA DEL REY | Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
07 KING KRULE | Space Heavy
08 OLIVER COATES | Aftersun OST
09 MANDAWORLD | For Emotional Use Only
10 AVALON EMERSON | & the Charm
11 VARIOUS | YEAR0001 - RIFT Two
12 LISEL | Patterns For Auto-tuned Voices and Delay
13 JESS WILLIAMSON | Time Ain’t Accidental
14 BUZZY LEE | Internal Affairs
15 ISOLA | LP1
16 JOANNE ROBERTSON | Blue Car
17 FEVER RAY | Radical Romantics
18 PATTEN | Mirage FM
19 ANTHONY NAPLES | orbs
20 CARLENE | Looking Out My Window
21 JESSIE WARE | That! Feels Good!
22 JONNINE | Maritz
23 JOUSKA | Suddenly My Mind is Blank
24 TUJIKO NORIKO | Crépuscule I & II
25 LIL YACHTY | Let’s Start Here.
26 SOCCER COMMITTEE | ❤️ / Lamb
SONGS
01 LANA DEL REY | A&W
02 SKRILLEX x FRED AGAIN.. x FLOWDAN | Rumble
03 NOURISHED BY TIME | The Fields
04 FEVER RAY | Kandy
05 PJ HARVEY | A Child's Question, August
06 FREAK HEAT WAVES x CINDY LEE | In a Moment Divine
07 MEAGRE MARTIN | All My Thoughts
08 LAURA GROVES | Sky at Night