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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Bunny Beach Fossils Jun-02-2023, Jangle Pop
#2 Rat Saw God Wednesday Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock
#3 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek Feb-14-2023, Art Pop
#4 the record boygenius Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#5 Javelin Sufjan Stevens Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk
#6 The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Mitski Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#7 Lahai Sampha Oct-20-2023, Alternative R&B
#8 Tracey Denim bar italia May-19-2023, Slacker Rock
#9 Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey Mar-24-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#10 Maps Billy Woods, Kenny Segal May-05-2023, Abstract Hip Hop
#11 Yard Slow Pulp Sep-29-2023, Indie Rock
#12 The Window Ratboys Aug-25-2023, Indie Rock
#13 V Unknown Mortal Orchestra Mar-17-2023, Psychedelic Pop
#14 Space Heavy King Krule Jun-09-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#15 Girl with Fish feeble little horse Jun-09-2023, Slacker Rock
#16 Cartwheel Hotline TNT Nov-03-2023, Shoegaze
#17 False Lankum Lankum Mar-24-2023, Irish Folk Music
#18 Heaven Is a Junkyard Youth Lagoon Jun-09-2023, Indie Pop
#19 Heavy Heavy Young Fathers Feb-03-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#20 Perfect Saviors The Armed Aug-25-2023, Indie Rock
#21 I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey Jul-07-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#22 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo Sep-08-2023, Pop Rock
#23 Mid Air Romy Sep-08-2023, Deep House
#24 Radical Romantics Fever Ray Mar-10-2023, Art Pop
#25 Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Yves Tumor Mar-17-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#26 That! Feels Good! Jessie Ware Apr-28-2023, Disco
#27 SCARING THE HOES JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown Mar-24-2023, Experimental Hip Hop
#28 My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross ANOHNI Jul-06-2023, Soul
#29 New Blue Sun André 3000 Nov-17-2023, New Age
#30 Quaranta Danny Brown Nov-17-2023, Conscious Hip Hop
#31 Hellmode Jeff Rosenstock Sep-01-2023, Indie Rock
#32 This Stupid World Yo La Tengo Feb-10-2023, Indie Rock
#33 We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Armand Hammer, billy woods, E L U C I D Sep-29-2023, Experimental Hip Hop
#34 Lucky for You Bully Jun-02-2023, Indie Rock
#35 Hit Parade Róisín Murphy Sep-08-2023, Art Pop
#36 3D Country Geese Jun-23-2023, Indie Rock
#37 First Two Pages of Frankenstein The National Apr-28-2023, Chamber Pop
#38 Hold Wild Nothing Oct-27-2023, Dream Pop
#39 everything is alive Slowdive Sep-01-2023, Dream Pop
#40 UK GRIM Sleaford Mods Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk
#41 Strange Disciple Nation of Language Sep-15-2023, Synthpop
#42 Food for Worms shame Feb-24-2023, Indie Rock
#43 The Ballad Of Darren Blur Jul-21-2023, Art Rock
#44 All Fiction Pile Feb-17-2023, Art Rock
#45 Everyone's Crushed Water From Your Eyes May-26-2023, Experimental Rock
#46 I Killed Your Dog L’Rain Oct-13-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#47 Velveteen PONY May-19-2023, Power Pop
#48 O Monolith Squid Jun-09-2023, Experimental Rock
#49 Something To Give Each Other Troye Sivan Oct-13-2023, Dance-Pop
#50 Greg Mendez Greg Mendez May-05-2023, Singer-Songwriter
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Bunny | Beach Fossils | Album, Jun-02-2023, Jangle Pop |
| #2 | Rat Saw God | Wednesday | Album, Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Desire, I Want To Turn Into You | Caroline Polachek | Album, Feb-14-2023, Art Pop |
| #4 | the record | boygenius | Album, Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #5 | Javelin | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk |
| #6 | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We | Mitski | Album, Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Lahai | Sampha | Album, Oct-20-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #8 | Tracey Denim | bar italia | Album, May-19-2023, Slacker Rock |
| #9 | Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd | Lana Del Rey | Album, Mar-24-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #10 | Maps | Billy WoodsKenny Segal | Album, May-05-2023, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #11 | Yard | Slow Pulp | Album, Sep-29-2023, Indie Rock |
| #12 | The Window | Ratboys | Album, Aug-25-2023, Indie Rock |
| #13 | V | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Album, Mar-17-2023, Psychedelic Pop |
| #14 | Space Heavy | King Krule | Album, Jun-09-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #15 | Girl with Fish | feeble little horse | Album, Jun-09-2023, Slacker Rock |
| #16 | Cartwheel | Hotline TNT | Album, Nov-03-2023, Shoegaze |
| #17 | False Lankum | Lankum | Album, Mar-24-2023, Irish Folk Music |
| #18 | Heaven Is a Junkyard | Youth Lagoon | Album, Jun-09-2023, Indie Pop |
| #19 | Heavy Heavy | Young Fathers | Album, Feb-03-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #20 | Perfect Saviors | The Armed | Album, Aug-25-2023, Indie Rock |
| #21 | I Inside the Old Year Dying | PJ Harvey | Album, Jul-07-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #22 | GUTS | Olivia Rodrigo | Album, Sep-08-2023, Pop Rock |
| #23 | Mid Air | Romy | Album, Sep-08-2023, Deep House |
| #24 | Radical Romantics | Fever Ray | Album, Mar-10-2023, Art Pop |
| #25 | Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | Yves Tumor | Album, Mar-17-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #26 | That! Feels Good! | Jessie Ware | Album, Apr-28-2023, Disco |
| #27 | SCARING THE HOES | JPEGMAFIADanny Brown | Album, Mar-24-2023, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #28 | My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross | ANOHNI | Album, Jul-06-2023, Soul |
| #29 | New Blue Sun | André 3000 | Album, Nov-17-2023, New Age |
| #30 | Quaranta | Danny Brown | Album, Nov-17-2023, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #31 | Hellmode | Jeff Rosenstock | Album, Sep-01-2023, Indie Rock |
| #32 | This Stupid World | Yo La Tengo | Album, Feb-10-2023, Indie Rock |
| #33 | We Buy Diabetic Test Strips | Armand Hammerbilly woodsE L U C I D | Album, Sep-29-2023, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #34 | Lucky for You | Bully | Album, Jun-02-2023, Indie Rock |
| #35 | Hit Parade | Róisín Murphy | Album, Sep-08-2023, Art Pop |
| #36 | 3D Country | Geese | Album, Jun-23-2023, Indie Rock |
| #37 | First Two Pages of Frankenstein | The National | Album, Apr-28-2023, Chamber Pop |
| #38 | Hold | Wild Nothing | Album, Oct-27-2023, Dream Pop |
| #39 | everything is alive | Slowdive | Album, Sep-01-2023, Dream Pop |
| #40 | UK GRIM | Sleaford Mods | Album, Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk |
| #41 | Strange Disciple | Nation of Language | Album, Sep-15-2023, Synthpop |
| #42 | Food for Worms | shame | Album, Feb-24-2023, Indie Rock |
| #43 | The Ballad Of Darren | Blur | Album, Jul-21-2023, Art Rock |
| #44 | All Fiction | Pile | Album, Feb-17-2023, Art Rock |
| #45 | Everyone's Crushed | Water From Your Eyes | Album, May-26-2023, Experimental Rock |
| #46 | I Killed Your Dog | L’Rain | Album, Oct-13-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #47 | Velveteen | PONY | Album, May-19-2023, Power Pop |
| #48 | O Monolith | Squid | Album, Jun-09-2023, Experimental Rock |
| #49 | Something To Give Each Other | Troye Sivan | Album, Oct-13-2023, Dance-Pop |
| #50 | Greg Mendez | Greg Mendez | Album, May-05-2023, Singer-Songwriter |