The Music Nerds Collaborative was formed in 2020 to create a livestream "best of" collboration for our pandemic year. In early December 2023, we gathered again for our 4th annual, with contributions from Birmingham, Cookeville, Nashville, and Charlotte, to share about our favorite music of the year.
Watch the discussion on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/9zGQAmwW01g?si=8wYda-0vQiMVZ3LA
Listen to the playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ljWW4sk9jcq0xTY87aNb8?si=d5e15acfa81f47f5
Scott Winchell's Top 10 of 2023:
1 - The Rolling Stones, Hackney Diamonds, “Depending On You”
2 - Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music, “Raisins Under The Sun”
3 - Little Dragon, Slugs Of Love, “Slugs Of Love”
4 - Molly Tuttle, City Of Gold, “El Dorado”
5 - The Hives, The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons, “Rigor Mortis Radio”
6- Kesha, Gag Order, “Fine Line”
7- Janelle Monae’, The Age Of Pleasure, “Float”
8 - Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher, “Meeting The Master”
9 - GROUPLOVE, I Want It All Right Now, “Hello”
10 - Black Pumas, Chronicles Of A Diamond, “Chronicles Of A Diamond”
Gus Creter’s Top 10 of 2023
1 - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
“Kingdom Hearts Key” (feat. redveil)
2 - Sampha - Lahai
“Spirit 2.0”
3 - King Krule - Space Heavy
“Pink Shell”
4 - Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
“Fly to You” (feat. Grimes and Dido)
5 - Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here
"the BLACK seminole."
6 - 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs
“Dumbest Girl Alive”
7 - Teezo Touchdown - How Do You Sleep At Night?
“You Thought” (feat. Janelle Monet)
8 - grouptherapy. - i was mature for my age, but i was still a child
“American Psycho”
9 - Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
“3 SUMMERS”
10- Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER
“That’s Life (A Swamp)”
Andrew Smith/Teacher On The Radio’s Top 10 of 2023
1- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes (released 6-9-23)
“Cast Iron Skillet”
2 - Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan (released 8-25-23)
“East Side of Sorrow”
3 - Stephen Wilson Jr - Son of Dad (released 9-15-23)
“Year to Be Young 1994”
4 - Natalie Merchant - Keep Your Courage (released 4-14-23)
“Come On, Aphrodite” (featuring Abeena Koomson-Davis)
5 - Sara Petite - The Empress (released 6-9-23)
“God Save The Queen”
6 - Margo Price - Strays (released 1-13-23)
“Been To The Mountain”
7 - Susto - My Entire Life (released 7-28-23)
“Rock On”
8 - The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (released 4-28-23)
“Eucalyptus”
9 - Wilco - Cousin (released 9-29-23)
“Evicted”
10 - Jelly Roll - Whitsitt Chapel (released 6-2-23)
“The Lost”
Rick Quinn Top 10 of 2023
1 -Boygenius - The Record (“Satanist”)
2 - Joy Oladokun - Proof of Life (“Taking Things For Granted”)
3 - Margo Price - Strays (“Lydia”)
4 - Jason Isbell - Weathervanes (“When We Were Close”)
5 - Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of Midwestern Princess (“Red Wine Supernova”)
6 - Allison Russell - The Returner (“Eve Was Black”)
7 - U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess (“Tux [Your Body Fills Me, Boo]”)
8 - Depeche Mode - Memento Mori (“Caroline’s Monkey”)
9 - Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard (“A&W”)
10 -Molly Tuttle - City of Gold (“Where Did All The wild Things Go?”)
Amy Rock’s Top 10 Albums
10. Hold my Headache - This is for someone who is weird - “Soul”
9. Year of October - Keep on Fighting - “Paid Back in Spades”
8. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE - “LIKED U BETTER”
7.The Dirty Nil - Free Reign to Passions- “Celebration”
6.Joey Valence & Brae - Punk Tactics - “PUNK TACTICS”
5.Maneskin - RUSH! - “GOSSIP (feat. Tom Morello)”
4.James Blake - Playing Robots into Heaven - “Tell Me”
3. Tegan and Sara - Crybaby - “F*****g Up What Matters”
2. Ben Folds - What Matters Most - “Fragile”
1. Genesis Owusu- Struggler- “Stay Blessed”
Greenberg’s Top 10 Albums of 2023
1 - Low Cut Connie - Art Dealers - “Take Me to the Place”
2 - Margo Price - Strays - “County Road”
3 - The Mountain Goats - Jenny From Thebes - “Clean Slate”
4 - Caroline Rose - The Art Of Forgetting - “Miami”
5 - boygenius - the record -“Not Strong Enough”
6- Cable Ties - All Her Plans - “Time for You”
7 - Rain Parade - Last Days Of A Dying Sun - “Last Rays of a Dying Sun”
8 - Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here - “the zone”
9 - Bully - Lucky For You - “Ms. America”
10 - A. Savage - Several Songs About Fire - “My My, My Dear”
1 - The Rolling Stones, Hackney Diamonds, “Depending On You”
2 - Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music, “Raisins Under The Sun”
3 - Little Dragon, Slugs Of Love, “Slugs Of Love”
4 - Molly Tuttle, City Of Gold, “El Dorado”
5 - The Hives, The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons, “Rigor Mortis Radio”
6- Kesha, Gag Order, “Fine Line”
7- Janelle Monae’, The Age Of Pleasure, “Float”
8 - Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher, “Meeting The Master”
9 - GROUPLOVE, I Want It All Right Now, “Hello”
10 - Black Pumas, Chronicles Of A Diamond, “Chronicles Of A Diamond”
Gus Creter’s Top 10 of 2023
1 - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
“Kingdom Hearts Key” (feat. redveil)
2 - Sampha - Lahai
“Spirit 2.0”
3 - King Krule - Space Heavy
“Pink Shell”
4 - Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
“Fly to You” (feat. Grimes and Dido)
5 - Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here
"the BLACK seminole."
6 - 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs
“Dumbest Girl Alive”
7 - Teezo Touchdown - How Do You Sleep At Night?
“You Thought” (feat. Janelle Monet)
8 - grouptherapy. - i was mature for my age, but i was still a child
“American Psycho”
9 - Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
“3 SUMMERS”
10- Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER
“That’s Life (A Swamp)”
Andrew Smith/Teacher On The Radio’s Top 10 of 2023
1- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes (released 6-9-23)
“Cast Iron Skillet”
2 - Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan (released 8-25-23)
“East Side of Sorrow”
3 - Stephen Wilson Jr - Son of Dad (released 9-15-23)
“Year to Be Young 1994”
4 - Natalie Merchant - Keep Your Courage (released 4-14-23)
“Come On, Aphrodite” (featuring Abeena Koomson-Davis)
5 - Sara Petite - The Empress (released 6-9-23)
“God Save The Queen”
6 - Margo Price - Strays (released 1-13-23)
“Been To The Mountain”
7 - Susto - My Entire Life (released 7-28-23)
“Rock On”
8 - The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (released 4-28-23)
“Eucalyptus”
9 - Wilco - Cousin (released 9-29-23)
“Evicted”
10 - Jelly Roll - Whitsitt Chapel (released 6-2-23)
“The Lost”
Rick Quinn Top 10 of 2023
1 -Boygenius - The Record (“Satanist”)
2 - Joy Oladokun - Proof of Life (“Taking Things For Granted”)
3 - Margo Price - Strays (“Lydia”)
4 - Jason Isbell - Weathervanes (“When We Were Close”)
5 - Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of Midwestern Princess (“Red Wine Supernova”)
6 - Allison Russell - The Returner (“Eve Was Black”)
7 - U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess (“Tux [Your Body Fills Me, Boo]”)
8 - Depeche Mode - Memento Mori (“Caroline’s Monkey”)
9 - Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard (“A&W”)
10 -Molly Tuttle - City of Gold (“Where Did All The wild Things Go?”)
Amy Rock’s Top 10 Albums
10. Hold my Headache - This is for someone who is weird - “Soul”
9. Year of October - Keep on Fighting - “Paid Back in Spades”
8. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE - “LIKED U BETTER”
7.The Dirty Nil - Free Reign to Passions- “Celebration”
6.Joey Valence & Brae - Punk Tactics - “PUNK TACTICS”
5.Maneskin - RUSH! - “GOSSIP (feat. Tom Morello)”
4.James Blake - Playing Robots into Heaven - “Tell Me”
3. Tegan and Sara - Crybaby - “F*****g Up What Matters”
2. Ben Folds - What Matters Most - “Fragile”
1. Genesis Owusu- Struggler- “Stay Blessed”
Greenberg’s Top 10 Albums of 2023
1 - Low Cut Connie - Art Dealers - “Take Me to the Place”
2 - Margo Price - Strays - “County Road”
3 - The Mountain Goats - Jenny From Thebes - “Clean Slate”
4 - Caroline Rose - The Art Of Forgetting - “Miami”
5 - boygenius - the record -“Not Strong Enough”
6- Cable Ties - All Her Plans - “Time for You”
7 - Rain Parade - Last Days Of A Dying Sun - “Last Rays of a Dying Sun”
8 - Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here - “the zone”
9 - Bully - Lucky For You - “Ms. America”
10 - A. Savage - Several Songs About Fire - “My My, My Dear”
