Year-End Lists

The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023

1. Yo La Tengo
   This Stupid World
2. Philip Jeck & Chris Watson
   Oxmardyke
3. Darius Jones
   fLuXkit Vancouver (i̶t̶s suite but sacred)
4. Khanate
   To Be Cruel
5. Matana Roberts
   Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden…
6. Mariam Rezaei
   BOWN
7. Irreversible Entanglements
   Protect Your Light
8. Mendoza Hoff Revels
   Echolocation
9. Cassandra Miller
   Traveller Song / Thanksong
10. Aksak Maboul
    Une aventure de VV (Songspiel)
11. Raphael Rogiński
    Talàn
12. Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood
    Tête-à-tête
13. Nick Dunston
    Skultura
14. Sunik Kim
    Potential
15. AMM
    Last Calls
16. Dorothy Moskowitz & The United States of Alchemy
    Under an Endless Sky
17. The Clientele
    I Am Not There Anymore
18. Noname
    Sundial
19. Anohni and the Johnsons
    My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
20. Ryuichi Sakamoto
    12
21. Laura Ortman
    Smoke Rings Shimmers Endless Blur
22. Madhuvanti Pal
    The Holy Mother (Plays The Rudra Veena)
23. Aho Ssan
    Rhizomes
24. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
    Maps
25. Angel Bat Dawid
    Requiem for Jazz
26. Svitlana Nianio & Tom James Scott
    Eye of the Sea
27. Bill Orcutt
    The Anxiety of Symmetry
28. Fever Ray
    Radical Romantics
29. Coffin Prick
    Laughing
30. Škvíry & Spoje
    Hotel Spojár
31. Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric
    Fire Illuminations
32. Liv.e
    Girl In The Half Pearl
33. Animal Collective
    Isn't It Now?
34. Ale Hop & Laura Robles
    Agua Dulce
35. Jason Moran
    From the Dancehall to the Battlefield
36. Gaika
    Drift
37. Jaimie Branch
    Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
38. B. Cool-Aid
    Leather Blvd
39. Mozart Estate
    Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! and the Possibilities of Modern Shopping
40. Natasha Barrett
    Reconfiguring the Landscape
41. Mayssa Jallad
    Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels
42. Position Normal
    Modern and Unique
43. Amy Cutler
    Sister Time
44. Natural Information Society
    Since Time Is Gravity
45. patten
    Mirage FM
46. The Necks
    Travel
47. James Holden
    Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities
48. Avola
    Psykor
49. Alternative TV
    Direct Action
50. James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet
    For Mahalia, With Love