![]() They are the records I played the most and may not be talked about or critically lauded, but that’s the beauty of making your own list. None of these albums are ranked outside the top ten like last year. Moreso than ever, it’s been impossible to carve my music year down to fifty albums - even my “has to be on there” list started at over eighty records, and I hate leaving off records from Slowdive, Grian Chattan, Janelle Monae, Indigo De Souza, or Poolside, that I really loved. I also accept that I can’t get into many critical darlings like boygenius, Wednesday, or Blur, who I consider one of my all-time favorite bands, but The Ballad of Darren is as dull as watching my tea cool. Still, you won’t find any of them on this list. So, while I’m happy to kick things off, please know that I somewhat admired a lot of the heavy hitters this year, like Sufjan Stevens, Lana Del Ray, Olivia Rodrigo, PJ Harvey, Mitski, and even billy woods, who ranked third on my list in 2022. In the fourth year of publishing my picks through Check This Out!, it’s always been my goal to offer suggestions that we aren’t always reading about everywhere else (that’s not to say you won’t see a handful from other lists). I always put together my year-end list before diving into all the others you see at this time of year for a reason: so much of what ends up top is stuff I’ve admired but not loved. ![]() My fellow Album of the Month podcaster and friend recently dropped this nugget, and it’s been rattling around my brain since, especially while looking at the aggregate for the mainstream critic picks for this year’s best records.
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