Year-End Lists

The Alternative: Top 55 Releases of 2023

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