Northern Transmissions Best Albums of 2023

We've collected the best albums of 2023 on one list so you don't have to miss, featuring Beach Fossils, Wednesday, boygenius and many more!

Published: December 19, 2023 15:00 Source

# 1

Bunny by Beach Fossils

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Jangle Pop Dream Pop Indie Pop

# 2

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 3

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 4

the record by boygenius

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 5

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 6

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 7

Lahai by Sampha

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Alternative R&B

# 8

Tracey Denim by bar italia

Album • May 19 / 2023 Slacker Rock

# 9

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 10

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

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

# 11

Yard by Slow Pulp

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock

# 12

The Window by Ratboys

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 13

V by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Rock

# 14

Space Heavy by King Krule

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Slowcore

# 15

Girl with Fish by feeble little horse

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Slacker Rock Noise Pop

# 16

Cartwheel by Hotline TNT

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Shoegaze Slacker Rock Power Pop

# 17

False Lankum by Lankum

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk

# 18

Heaven Is a Junkyard by Youth Lagoon

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 19

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 20

Perfect Saviors by The Armed

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 21

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 22

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock

# 23

Mid Air by Romy

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Deep House Dance-Pop Alt-Pop

# 24

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 25

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

# 26

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 27

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 28

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 29

New Blue Sun by André 3000

Album • Nov 17 / 2023 New Age Ambient

# 30

Quaranta by Danny Brown

Album • Nov 17 / 2023 Conscious Hip Hop

# 31

Hellmode by Jeff Rosenstock

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

# 32

This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock

# 33

We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer + billy woods + E L U C I D

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 34

Lucky for You by Bully

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock

# 35

Hit Parade by Róisín Murphy

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Art Pop House Electronic

# 36

3D Country by Geese

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Indie Rock Art Punk

# 37

First Two Pages of Frankenstein by The National

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Chamber Pop

# 38

Hold by Wild Nothing

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Dream Pop Indie Pop Synthpop

# 39

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 40

UK GRIM by Sleaford Mods

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk UK Hip Hop

# 41

Strange Disciple by Nation of Language

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Synthpop

# 42

Food for Worms by shame

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Indie Rock Art Punk

# 43

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop

# 44

All Fiction by Pile

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Rock

# 45

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 46

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 47

Velveteen by PONY

Album • May 19 / 2023 Power Pop

# 48

O Monolith by Squid

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Punk

# 49

Something To Give Each Other by Troye Sivan

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 50

Greg Mendez by Greg Mendez

Album • May 05 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk