Best Albums of 2023

 Best Albums of 2023

1) TEKE::TEKE - Hagata (Kill Rock Stars)
2) Renonce - Ombre (Mothland)
3) Slowdive - Everything is Alive (Dead Oceans)
4) The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Hives Music)
5) Debby Friday - Good Luck (Sub Pop)
6) Tunic - Wrong Dream (Artoffact)
7) Zoon - Bekka Ma'iignan (Paper Bag)
8) The Armed - Perfect Saviors (Sargent House)
9) KEN Mode - Void (Artoffact)
10) Joey Joesph - Triple Fantasy/Taking it Easy (Eyebrow Palace)

Honorable Mentions:

All Hands_Make Light - Darling the Dawn (Constellation)
Indications - Indications (Early Onset)
Telehealth - Content Oscillator (Independent)
hundredmillionthousand - Attention Span (Independent)
Jonah Yano - Portrait of a Dog (Innovative Leisure)

Re-releases and collections

Devo - Art Devo 1973-1977 (Futurismo)
Blue Oil - Blue Oil 1981-1983 (Supreme Echo)
Negativland - Speech Free (Seeland)
Actors - Reanimated (Artoffact)
Oeuf Korrect - Podweek (No Type)

Join me on Do Not Touch This Amp, Friday, January 19th and 26th to look back at 2023 in music, my favourite albums, re-releases, EPs and compilations!

Also coming, a list of great Canadian independent releases you may have not heard!

DNTTA Playlist for August 25, 2023 - All Covers show

 Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Von Zippers - Truck Stop Nun (Da Slyme)* D.O.A. - War (Edwin Starr)* The Smithereens - Woolly Bully (Sam the Sham) The Smithereens - Lust for Life (Iggy Pop) Metallica - The Wait (Killing Joke) Glampire - Porcelain (Moby) DJ Matthew Grimm - Breathe (The Prodigy) Dub Spencer meets Trance Hill - Guns of Brixton (The Clash) Dearly Beloved = Explosions (Devo)* Bria - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? (Paula Cole)* The Delays - Ride it On (Mazzy Star) Paul Westerberg = Nowhere Man (The Beatles)

 

DNTTA Playlist for August 18, 2023

 Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Barkman - That Guy Next Door*
Yamabiko Quartet - Sandrinella
Transatlantic Five - Transition II
The Griots Speak - It’s Alright to Run
Orhan Demir - Veritas*
Meshell Ndegeocello - Clear Water
Dhaivat Jani Plus - Change is the Only Constant*
Lawful Citizen - February 2nd*

DNTTA Playlist for August 11, 2023

 Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Fresh Wax - Ones and Zeroes*
Sinead O’Connor - Mandinka
Sinead O’Connor - Troy
The Kropotkins - Truck Stop Girls
Dave Soldier - I Still Remember
TEKE::TEKE - Yurei Zanmai*
Caveman and the Banshee - Back in Time*
Lee Paradise - Range Life*
Braids - Millenia*

DNTTA Playlist for Aug 4, 2023 - BC Day Special

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Astrocolor - Singularity*
Samplore - Dumbluck*
Aster Dawn - Crooked Branch*
Cosmic Arp - Angel*
Psychic Pollution - Pre-Eminent Existence*
Skinny Puppy - Yes He Ran*
Rooms - You’ll Be at Home*
Curious George - Pit Bull Attack*
D.O.A. - General Strike*
Sweater Kittens - Never the Same*
The Pseudos - Final Sunset Ride* 

DNTTA Playlist for July 28, 2023

 Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Eric Normand - Le Rire et le Poignard*
Chat Pile - Pamela
Reynols - Eliano Mogal
Kilmore - Firestone*
Bleak Valley - King of Kings*
Closetalkers - Mess*
Girl Band - Um Bongo
Joe Keithley - Fentanyl Blues*
Miesha and the Spanks - Bully*
Grimelda - Freedom*
Tunic - Disease*
Pizzarrhea! - Bruce Springthing Style*

DNTTA Playlist for July 21, 2023

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Lee Hutzulak - Here Come the Shakes*
Lina Choi - Water and Dreams*
You Can Can - Everything in Time*
Fiver - Wallace Goes to Russia*
Coastal Futures Conservatory - Where Water Meets Memory
Grace Scheele - Pomposity*
Quiet Winter - Refresh*
Tanya Ekanayaka - Seiri
Karim Sulayman/Sean Shibe - Caccini: Dalla Porta D’Oriente
Guerilla Opera - I Give You My Home: Scene 6

DNTTA Playlist for July 14, 2023

 Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Pottery - Worked Up*
Protomartyr - Let’s Tip the Creator
Uncanny Valley - Puppet*
Wack - Bet Time*
Frankiie - Crystal Eyes*
GLDMTH - Oh Life*
Quaker Parents - No Travel*
Redd Kross - Monolith
No Museums - Country Sound (version)*
Wax Mannequin - Even Then*
Land Line - 52 Elephants*
Cole Walt RO - Track Two*

DNTTA Playlist for July 7, 2023

 Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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A Tribe Called Red - Sila (ft. Tanya Tagaq)*
PlatEAU - Nam*
Atari Umma - Could Not Sleep*
Noise Unit - Still Alive*
Black Cabbage - Bird Heaven*
The Russian Futurists - Why You Gotta Do That Thang?*
Bodywash - Massif Central*
Plumtree - Scott Pilgrim*
Bart - Turncoat*
Marcher - Won’t Join Your Club*
The Switching Yard - Champagne Action*
Strapping Young Lad - Goat*

DNTTA Playlist for June 30, 2023

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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The Great Speckled Fritillary - Belladonna*
Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
Caspar Brotzmann Massaker - Tempelhof
Elura - The Culling Bell Part 2*
The Damned - Girl I’ll Stop at Nothing
kkidss - To You*
Bria - By the Time I Get to Phoenix*
poolblood - Voyager*
Dragon Inn 3 - Not Enough
Grey Brother - Robo Swamp

DNTTA Playlist for June 23, 2023

 Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Untrained Animals - Sweatshirt Sweatshop*
How Sound - On My Bed*
Nescia - Don’t Drag Me Down with You*
Tynes - Makar*
Metafloor - Checkmate*
Aagative - Dawn Energy*
Lunr Girl - Cry*
Psychic Pollution - Inferior Shine*
Zero Cool - V’Ger*
Debby Friday - I Got it*
Nightmares on Wax - Imagineering