Efestivals Albums of the year 2023

[Punksnotdead]

There doesn't seem to be a thread on this, so I thought I'd start one. I can't be arsed doing a spreadsheet to decide a total list, as that's a bit too much like my day job (if anyone else wants to, be my guest). But I'm always interested in other people's lists in case I've missed a few gems. Anyway, here's my top ten:

10 - Lisa O'Neil - All of this is chance

9 - The Lottery Winners - A.R.T

8 - Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 

7 - Beirut - Hadsel

6 - The Mary Wallopers - Irish rock'n'roll 

5 - Boygenius - The record 

4 - Jason Isbell - Weathervanes 

3 - The Rural Alberta Advantage - The rise and the fall

2 - The Hold Steady - The Price of progress 

1 - Laura Cantrell - Just like a rose

[danbailey80]

peter gabriel o/1

He's a f**king genius

[Gnomicide]

1. The Hold Steady: The Price Of Progress

2. Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds

3. Far From Saints: Far From Saints 

4. The Coral: Sea of Mirrors 

5. Metallica: 72 Seasons

6. The Lottery Winners: Anxiety Replacement Therapy 

7. The Murder Capital: Gigi's Recovery

8. Dream Wife: Social Lubrication 

9. Teskey Brothers: The Winding Way

10. Wilco: Cousin

[glimmers_of_hope]

1. Young fathers - heavy heavy

2. Lana del rey - There's a tunnel under ocean boulevard

3. Chemical brothers - that beautiful feeling

4. PJ Harvey-I inside the old year dying

5. The National - laugh track/ first two pages of frankenstein

6. Slowdive - everything is alive

7. Overmono - good lies

8. Sparklehorse- Bird machine

9. Mitski- the land is inhospitable and so are we

10. Boy genius- The record

[Andre91]

[foolee]

[Avalon_Fields]

Still unsure of the order but an established Top 10:

1 Lana Del Rey - There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard 

2 Lisa O’Neill - All Of This Is Chance

3 Lankum - False Lankum

4 Tinariwen - Amatssou

5 Peter Gabriel - i/o

6 Gaz Coombes - Turn The Car Around

7 The Pretenders - Relentless 

8 Hozier - Unreal Unearth

9 Blur - The Ballad of Darren

10 Paul Simon - Seven Psalms

[nikkic]

1. The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein 

2. The National - Laugh Track

3. Barry Can’t Swim - When Will We Land?

4. Overmono - Good Lies 

5. Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling

6. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

7. Daughter - Stereo Mind Game

8. Romy - Mid Air

9. Blur - The Ballad Of Darren 

10. Disclosure - Alchemy 

[fullfathom5]

Blur, Gorillaz, Brooke Combe, Ren...

[Dark Star]

Numbered but not in any order, just so I didn't pick too many! 

1. Lisa O'Neill - All Of This Is Chance

2. Lankum - False Lankum

3. boygenius - the record

4. Glen Hansard - All That's East Is West Of Me Now

5. The Hold Steady - The Price Of Progress

6. Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental

7. Margo Price - Strays

8. Obey Robots - One In A Thousand

9. Cindy - Why Not Now

10. Emily Breeze - Rapture

11. Coach Party - Killjoy

12. Therapy? - Hard Cold Fire

13. The Reds, Pinks, and Purples - The Town That Cursed Your Name

14. Eyelids - A Colossal Waste Of Light

15. Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump For Joy

[Miathedog]

This year was all about Ren for our household. Not much else got a look in! 

[e9t3]

Geese - 3D Country

[Pr0paneNightm4re]

10. André 3000 - New Blue Sun

9. Ben Gregory - Episode

8. Slowdive - everything is alive

7. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony

6. Whenyoung - Paragon Songs

5. Sampha - Lahai

4. Black Country, New Road - Live At Bush Hall

3. George Clanton - Oo Rap I Ya

2. Caroline Polacheck - Desire I Want To Turn Into You

1. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring The Hoes

[Talcroft]

In no particular order...

1. Overmono - Good Lies

2. Chemical Brothers - For that Beautiful Feeling

3. Four Tet - Live at Alexandra Palace London 24th May 2023 (because I was there for that Squid Soup show and it was the best gig of my life, not because new music) 

4. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

5. Divorce - Heady Metal (EP not album but they don't have any albums yet so I'm working with what I have) 

6. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres

7. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

That's it, I don't have any more.

Oh wait, yes I do!

8. Elkka - DJ-Kicks

Edited December 27, 2023 by Talcroft
Edited to add...

[Pr0paneNightm4re]

1 hour ago, Talcroft said:

5. Divorce - Heady Metal (EP not album but they don't have any albums yet so I'm working with what I have) 

Divorce are f**king brilliant. Best new indie band about. Hope they’re on the farm next year

[Talcroft]

9 minutes ago, Pr0paneNightm4re said:

Divorce are f**king brilliant. Best new indie band about. Hope they’re on the farm next year

Between them, English Teacher, New Dad and Sorry, I actually have hope for indie music for the first time in years. (With thanks to Working Mens Club and the Orielles for keeping the candle burning in the wasteland.) 

[Talcroft]

1 minute ago, Talcroft said:

Between them, English Teacher, New Dad and Sorry, I actually have hope for indie music for the first time in years. (With thanks to Working Mens Club and the Orielles for keeping the candle burning in the wasteland.) 

Actually I'm talking out of my arse. I forgot loads... Idles, Fontaines, Yard Act etc. I just never got super into any of them. But the mince pies have definitely gone to my head. 

[plaskins]

Nobody mentioning Revs? Be in my top 10 anyway

[Chip Batch]

My favourite has probably been Rozi Plain - Prize, second Sufjan Stevens  - Javelin, 

Then in no particular order...

This is the Kit - Careful of your Keepers

BC Camplight - The Last Rotation of Earth

Pip Blom - Bobbie

Model/Actriz - Dogsbody

Anna B Savage -inFLUX

Steve Mason - Brothers and Sisters

A.Savage - Several Songs About Fire

 

 

 

Edited December 28, 2023 by Chip Batch

[Quark]

Been a fairly quiet year for me, nothing to do with the music just not been massively into listening to new stuff. Very much found comfort in the familiar.

Of the stuff I have listened to, #1 of the year is undoubtedly Dreamer by Nabihah Iqbal. Had that on loop quite a bit.

Honourable mentions in no particular order:

The Lottery Winners - Anxiety Replacement Therapy
Everything But The Girl - Fuse
Temples - Exotico
M83 - Fantasy
GoGo Penguin - Everything Is Going To Be OK
The Hold Steady - The Price Of Progress
CVC - Get Real
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
We Are Scientists - Lobes

[Neil]

45 minutes ago, Quark said:

Been a fairly quiet year for me, nothing to do with the music just not been massively into listening to new stuff. Very much found comfort in the familiar.

i know what you mean its about where i am.

 

i've had to find stuff to prompt me to find new tunes:- i've found add toplaylist on radio 4 very enjoyable and good at exposing me to different stuff of high quality as well as for reminding me of some other stuff that wasn't in my mind.

Edited December 28, 2023 by Neil

[Watergirl]

Nice to see Lisa O'Neill getting all this recognition. Here is my top ten:

1. All Of This Is Chance - Lisa O'Neill

2. Sweet Ahnedonia - Ben de la Cour

3. Strays - Margo Price

4. Look Over The Wall, See The Sky - John Francis Flynn

5. Cyrm - ØXN

6. Rush! (Are U Coming?) - Måneskin

7. False Lankum - Lankum

8. Stories Of Stonia - Mari Kalkun

9. The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere - Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté

10. 12 - Ryuichi Sakamoto

 

 

 

 

[Acid_Haze]

Listened to quite a bit again this year. Here's my top 100 🙂 might make this a tradition.

[Robofish]

mine, ranked from 1->12

Laugh Track - The National
Gigi's Recovery - The Murder Capital
Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard - Lana Del Rey
The First Two Pages of Frankenstein - The National
The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We - Mitski
Excuse Me While I Vanish - William The Conqueror
I/O - Peter Gabriel
Javelin - Sufjan Stevens
I Inside The Old Year Dying - PJ Harvey
Black Rainbows - Corrine Bailey Rae
The Last Rotation Of Earth - BC Camplight
Chaos For The Fly - Grian Chatten

[majormajormajor]

1. Replacements - Tim remix