Best of 2023.5 (Adam J)

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