坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto] - 12
71

45th album or EP of 2023.

Beautiful reflection of mortality from the Japanese composer.

Best track: [One to be listened to as a whole, really]

Joesef - Permanent Damage
67

44th album or EP of 2023.

Accomplished but a bit over-earnest songwriter-pop.

Best track: Just Come Home With Me Tonight

*teeth - Lost Memories
69

43rd album or EP of 2023.

Atmospheric drum and bass.

Best track: Dissociative Memories

Sara Não Tem Nome - A Situação
67

42nd album or EP of 2023.

Off-kilter Brazillian pop.

Best track: Incomoda

Liela Moss - Internal Working Model
74

41st album or EP of 2023.

Tempestuous songwriting with a host of guest stars.

Best track: Vanishing Shadows

Stress Fractures - Stress Fractures
67

40th album or EP of 2023.

Shouty punky rock from the Carolinas.

Best track: Stress Fractures [I'm a sucker for eponymous tracks on eponymous albums].

Nyte Skye - Vanishing
69

39th album or EP of 2023

Tight lockdown home recordings from father/son duo.

Best track: Take Me Up Again

WILDES - Other Words Fail Me
70

38th album or EP of 2023.

Blues-tinged singer-songwriting from London.

Best track: Woman In Love

Puzzle - The Rotten Opera
68

37th album or EP of 2023.

Doomy bedroom hip hop.

Best track: love is a place to hide

Skyzoo & The Other Guys - The Mind Of A Saint
70

36th album or EP of 2023.

Smooth rap-jazz.

Best track: Panthers & Powder

Marlody - I'M NOT SURE AT ALL
68

35th album or EP of 2023

Pleasant if not hugely memorable piano-led songwriting.

Best track: Summer

Velvet Negroni - Bulli
71

34th album or EP of the year.

Experimental pop straddling R&B, soul and rock.

Best track: Georgia

The Subways - Uncertain Joys
57

33rd album or EP of 2023.

Pedestrian indie-rock-pop.

Best track: Fight

MOLLY - Picturesque
66

32nd album or EP of 2023.

Epic shoegazery from Austria.

Best track: The Golden Age

VV - Neon Noir
64

31st album or EP of 2023

Alt-Goth-Rock from the former H.I.M. frontman.

Best track: Salute The Sanguine

Juni Habel - Carvings
71

30th album or EP of 2023

Intimate and bewitching Norwegian folk.

Best Track: I Went Out And Sought For Your Name

Etta Marcus - Heart-Shaped Bruise
72

29th album or EP of 2023.

Stormy singer-songwriting from London.

Best track: Nosebleed

Circa Waves - Never Going Under
58

28th album or EP of 2023.

Polished Hollyoaks-indie.

Best track: Electric City

James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra - The Great White Sea Eagle
75

27th album or EP of 2023.

Chamber-folk as gorgeous as you'd expect from these two. Beautiful stuff.

Best track: A Sweetness in You

Gaz Coombes - Turn The Car Around
73

26th album or EP of 2023.

Grown-up and surprisingly marvellous album from the Supergrass frontman.

Best track: Feel Loop (Lizard Dream)

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