Year-End Lists

The Alternative: Top 55 Releases of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Lucky for You
   Bully
2. Rat Saw God
   Wednesday
3. Post-American
   MSPAINT
4. Hellmode
   Jeff Rosenstock
5. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
   Chappell Roan
6. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
   Lana Del Rey
7. The Window
   Ratboys
8. Death is Nothing to Us
   Fiddlehead
9. 10,000 gecs
   100 gecs
10. Bitch Unlimited
    Star 99
11. Freak of Nature
    Heart Attack Man
12. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
13. This Stupid World
    Yo La Tengo
14. Domino
    Diners
15. Infinite Spring
    superviolet
16. The Whaler
    Home Is Where
17. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo
18. Greg Mendez
    Greg Mendez
19. This Is Why
    Paramore
20. Dial M For Meds
    Taking Meds
21. Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling
    Slaughter Beach, Dog
22. USA
    Petey
23. The Maine
    The Maine
24. Genevieve
    Fust
25. Life Under the Gun
    Militarie Gun
26. Yard
    Slow Pulp
27. Otherbody
    Dazy
28. S/T
    Liquid Mike
29. Chalk
    Cigarette Camp
30. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
31. the record
    boygenius
32. No Joy
    Spanish Love Songs
33. Javelin
    Sufjan Stevens
34. Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever)
    Noah Kahan
35. Blondshell
    Blondshell
36. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
    Armand Hammer
37. Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler)
    Short Fictions
38. The Land, The Water, The Sky
    Black Belt Eagle Scout
39. One More Time
    Blink-182
40. Alt. Account
    Equipment
41. Continue as a Guest
    The New Pornographers
42. The Brightest Days
    Origami Angel
43. Maps
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
44. Pyrophonics
    Heavenward
45. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
    Caroline Polachek
46. Reverie
    Sweet Gloom
47. Spiritual Cramp
    Spiritual Cramp
48. Everything Perfect
    James Ivy
49. False Lankum
    Lankum
50. Cerebral Circus
    Initiate
51. RUCKUS!
    Movements
52. 3D Country
    Geese
53. Concrete Cowboys
    Buggin
54. History Books
    The Gaslight Anthem
55. Doom Singer
    Chris Farren