Tag: best of 2023

June always seems to be full of new music discoveries. Maybe it’s the longer and warmer days and the resulting mood shifts, but things seem to open up as summer gets underway. Here are my favorite albums (new and old) from June 2023.

I’ve got a disco dance-pop record, a 13-minute hip-hop mixtape, and another album that’s mostly in Spanish, all on my list for May. Things might feel a bit, well, scattered, but there is beauty in all this mess. Here are my favorite albums (new and old) from May 2023.

(Black Thought photo credit JOHNNY NUNEZ/WIREIMAGE) So much good music was released this past month, including an instant-classic from the best MC (ever?) Black Thought and a reggae remake from the ages from Easy Star All-Stars. Here are my favorite albums (new and old) from April 2023.

(Algiers photo by Ebru Yildiz) I love discovering new music and hope that sharing my finds inspires you to listen to something different. Here are my favorite albums from March in no particular order.

I love discovering new music and hope that by sharing my monthly finds it inspires you to listen to something different. February was kind of a weird month for new stuff. It didn’t feel like there was much that came out, but I still wrote up what I think is a solid list here, so…

I love discovering new music and hope that by sharing my monthly finds it inspires you to listen to something different. I’m continuing the monthly tradition in 2023 and if you want to see past editions, check out 2022 and 2021. January tends to be a great music month as I go through best of…