Year-End Lists

KCRW: The 23 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2022 • 2020 • 2018]

1. Say She She
   Silver
2. Little Dragon
   Slugs of Love
3. Slowdive
   everything is alive
4. Pachyman
   Switched-On
5. Rahill
   Flowers At Your Feet
6. Lil Yachty
   Let's Start Here
7. Jungle
   Volcano
8. Overmono
   Good Lies
9. Witch
   Zango
10. Nabihah Iqbal
    Dreamer
11. Aja Monet
    When the Poems Do What They Do
12. Sampha
    Lahai
13. Kelela
    Raven
14. El Michels Affair & Black Thought
    Glorious Game
15. Marnie Stern
    The Comeback Kid
16. Yves Tumor
    Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
17. Don Byron / Lester St. Louis / Pheeroan akLaff
    Pastor's Paradox
18. Rogê
    Curyman
19. Boygenius
    The Record
20. The Chemical Brothers
    For That Beautiful Feeling
21. The South Hill Experiment
    MOONSHOTS
22. Nia Archives
    Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall
23. Sprain
    The Lamb as Effigy