No Ripcord's 50 Best Albums of 2023

# 1

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 2

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 3

Cartwheel by Hotline TNT

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Shoegaze Slacker Rock Power Pop

# 4

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 5

Gigis Recovery by The Murder Capital

Album • Jan 20 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival

# 6

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic

# 7

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 8

Food for Worms by shame

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Indie Rock Art Punk

# 9

Formal Growth in the Desert by Protomartyr

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 10

Girl with Fish by feeble little horse

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Slacker Rock Noise Pop

# 11

Norm by Andy Shauf

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 12

Tomorrow's Fire by Squirrel Flower

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Slacker Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Punk

# 14

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 15

Bekka Maiingan by Zoon

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Shoegaze Neo-Psychedelia

# 16

Everything Harmony by The Lemon Twigs

Album • May 05 / 2023 Soft Rock Pop Rock

# 17

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 18

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 19

Girl In The Half Pearl by Liv.e

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia

# 20

I Am Not There Anymore by The Clientele

Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Chamber Pop Indie Pop Art Pop

# 21

Furling by Meg Baird

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 22

Lucky for You by Bully

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock

# 23

Blondshell by Blondshell

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 24

i've seen a way by Mandy, Indiana

Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial

# 25

Follow the Cyborg by Miss Grit

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Indie Rock Art Pop Synthpop

# 26

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by Jaimie Branch

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 27

This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock

# 28

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 29

Eye on the Bat by Palehound

Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 30

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 31

Domino by Diners

Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Power Pop Indie Surf

# 32

Black Rainbows by Corinne Bailey Rae

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Art Pop Art Rock

# 33

Greg Mendez by Greg Mendez

Album • May 05 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 34

Attachment Figure by Sarah Morrison

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 35

The Last Rotation of Earth by BC Camplight

Album • May 12 / 2023 Progressive Pop Art Pop

# 36

The Window by Ratboys

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 37

Angels & Queens - Part II by Gabriels

Album • Mar 01 / 2023

# 38

After the Magic by Parannoul

Album • Jan 28 / 2023 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 39

With a Hammer by Yaeji

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop

# 40

Hellmode by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Indie Rock Power Pop Pop Punk

# 41

The Mind of A Saint by Skyzoo & The Other Guys

Album • Jan 13 / 2023

# 42

Space Heavy by King Krule

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Slowcore

# 43

Tracey Denim by bar italia

Album • May 19 / 2023 Slacker Rock

# 44

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? by Kara Jackson

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk

# 45

SPELLLING & the Mystery School by SPELLLING

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Art Rock Art Pop

# 46

Bird Machine by Sparklehorse

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 47

Life Under The Gun by Militarie Gun

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

# 48

Voice Notes by Yazmin Lacey

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Neo-Soul

# 49

10,000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop

# 50

This Is Why by Paramore

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival