Wow, so much excellent new music this year! I narrowed down to ten from a list of 54 albums I enjoyed from 2023. This pared-down selection reflects my love for indie rock and indie folk, with some country twang sprinkled in. Honorable mentions include this year’s releases from Arlo Parks, Buck Meek, Bully, Hand Habits, ill peach, Slow Pulp, Jamila Woods, IAN SWEET, Squirrel Flower, Another Michael, Cherry Glazer, and Miya Folick.
| Artist | Album | Label | |
| 1 | Wednesday | Rat Saw God | Dead Oceans |
| 2 | Esther Rose | Safe to Run | New West Records, LLC |
| 3 | Claud | Supermodels | Saddest Factory Records |
| 4 | Indigo de Souza | All of This Will End | Saddle Creek |
| 5 | boygenius | the record | Interscope Records |
| 6 | Palehound | Eye on the Bat | Polyvinyl Record Co. |
| 7 | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven’t Called | Nonesuch Records, Inc. |
| 8 | Geese | 4D Country (EP) | Partisan Records/Play it Again Sam |
| 9 | Jess Williamson | Time Ain’t Accidental | Mexican Summer, LLC |
| 10 | Weathervanes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern Records |
