Best of 2023.5 (Adam J)
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We’re taking stock as another year blazes past us faster than we can comprehend. As always, there is a lot of great music that we’ve been loving, which we’ll roll out this week. Check out Adam J’s favorite national + local albums and songs from the first half of 2023. Enjoy!
National
Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! (EMI)
DAIKAIJU – Phase 3 (DingDong Records)
Yves Tumor – Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or, Simply, Hot Between Worlds) (Warp Records)
Sam Smith – Gloria (Capital Records UK/EMI)
CIVIC – Taken By Force (ATO Records)
Island of Love – s/t (Third Man Records)
Frozen Soul – Glacial Domination (Iron Grip)
Dudu Tassa + Jonny Greenwood – Jarak Qaribak (Century Media Records Ltd.)
Squid – O Monolith (Warp Records)
Colin Stetson – When we were that what wept for the sea (52Hz)
Local
Ivan Cunningham’s Freedom Pie – One Eye Closed/One Leg Lifted (Bumpy)
Obscurity or Bust – s/t (4219707 Records DK)
Falcon Arrow – Patterns In Noise (Solsta)
Double Grave – Till the Ground (Disposable America)
Singles
“Everything Hurts” – Superchunk
“Positive Charge” – The Gaslight Anthem
“I Don’t Know How It Works” – The Tubs
“Cinnamon” – Loser Magnet
“Twice” – 12 Rods
“Shake The Bottle” – Jessie Ware
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