Tier I [Excellent]
1) James Brandon Lewis - Eye of I [avant-garde jazz, spiritual jazz]
2) Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings [singer/songwriter, chamber pop]
3) billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps [abstract hip hop, jazz rap, experimental hip hop]
4) RAYE - My 21st Century Blues [alt-pop, UK hip hop, contemporary R&B]
5) Model/Actriz - Dogsbody [dance-punk, noise rock, industrial rock]
6) Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You [art pop, alt-pop, UK garage]
7) Lucinda Chua - YIAN [ambient pop, modern classical, art pop]
8) Sofia Kourtesis - Madres [Latin house, deep house, microhouse]
9) Jonny Nash - Point of Entry [ambient, Balearic, new age]
10) JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes [experimental hip hop, industrial hip hop, hardcore hip hop]
Tier II [Great]
11) Sprain - The Lamb as Effigy [noise rock, totalism. no wave]
12) Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental [Americana, singer/songwriter, country pop]
13) Kate NV - WOW [sequencer & tracker, post-minimalism, art pop]
14) maya ongaku - Approach to Anima [psychedelic folk, new age]
15) Lankum - False Lankum [avant-folk, Irish folk, drone]
16) Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd [singer/songwriter, art pop]
17) µ-Ziq - 1977 [ambient, ambient techno]
18) Greg Foat & Gigi Masin - Dolphin [chamber jazz, ambient]
19) Geese - 3D Country [indie rock, alt-country, art punk]
20) Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination [electronic, UK bass]
21) Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips [abstract hip hop, experimental hip hop]
22) yeule - softscars [ambient pop, shoegaze]
23) underscores - Wallsocket [hyperpop, glitch pop]
24) Liturgy - 93696 [black metal, avant-garde metal]
25) Maria BC - Spike Field [ambient, psychedelic folk]
26) Alabaster DePlume - Come With Fierce Grace [spiritual jazz]
27) Ana Frango Elétrico - Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua [sophisti-pop, Balearic, boogie]
28) L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog [neo-psychedelia, psychedelic soul, art pop]
29) Susanne Sundfør - Blómi [art pop, chamber pop]
30) Great Falls - Objects Without Pain [noise rock, sludge metal, mathcore]
Tier III [Good]
31) McKinley Dixon - Beloved Paradise Jazz! [jazz rap, neo-soul, boom bap]
32) Tinashe - BB/ANG3L [alternative R&B, UK garage, electronic]
33) Tim Hecker - No Highs [ambient, drone, post-minimalism]
34) Lemon Quartet - ArtsFest [ambient jazz, ambient, avant-garde jazz]
35) Khotin - Release Spirit [downtempo, ambient]
36) Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time [electropop, synthpop]
37) Puma Blue - Holy Waters [alternative R&B, neo-soul]
38) Brendan Eder Ensemble - Therapy [ambient]
39) 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs [hyperpop, alternative rock]
40) Sampha - Lahai [UK bass, alternative R&B]
41) Cleo Sol - Gold [contemporary R&B, neo-soul]
42) Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter & Alex Temple - Behind the Wallpaper [modern classical, soundtrack]
43) Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile [chamber jazz, ambient]
44) Anagrams - Blue Voices [ambient jazz, ambient]
45) Parannoul - After the Magic [shoegaze]
46) Takashi Kokubo - Music For a Cosmic Garden [new age, ambient, environmental recordings]
47) MIKE - Burning Desire [abstract hip hop]
48) Honestly Same - Hot Plate Only [avantgarde, ambient]
49) Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE [pop punk, power pop]
50) Saloli - Canyon [ambient, progressive electronic]
of 2023!
