Another massive year of listening to new albums in this 15th year of Doubtful Sounds. As always, it’s been a pretty amazing 12 months for new albums. A deluge of sorts, from a myriad of genres and a noticeable proclivity for many artists to expand their sound and explore other genres, often within a song.

Read on to check out our favourite indie, alt-country, psych, metal, soul, jazz, pop, dub, rock and electronic releases for 2023.

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1. Geese – 3D Country

2. Califone – Villagers

3. Cash Savage & The Last Drinks – So This Is Love

4. RVG – Brain Worms

5. Martin Frawley – The Wannabe

6. Watty Thompson – Watty Thompson

7. Perry Keyes – Black & White Town

8. The Tubs – Dead Meat

9. Wednesday – Rat Saw God

10. Anohni & The Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

• Jamie Hutchings – A New
• Tré Burt – Traffic Fiction
• Mark Moldre – Nambucca Fables
• The Holy Soul – Get Old
• Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly
• The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony
• Gaz Coombes – Turn This Car Around
• Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys – All Night Long
• Margaret Glaspy – Echo The Diamond
• Depeche Mode – Memento Mori
• Swallow The Rat – South Locust
• Billy Nomates – Cacti
• Romance – Fade Into You
• Cory Hanson – Western Cum
• Lonnie Holley – Oh Me Oh My
• Protomartyr – Formal Growth In The Desert
• Bleeding Star – Dropper
• Sam Gendel – COOKUP
• Alabaster DePlume – Come With Fierce Grace
• Office Dog – Spiel
• The Necks – Travel
• Big Blood – First Aid Kit
• Jaime Branch – Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))
• Pretty In Pink – Pillows
• Metallica – 72 Seasons
• Babitha – Brighter Side Of Blue
• Will Johnson – No Ordinary Crown
• Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions 
• Jen Cloher – I Am The River, The River Is Me
• Lucero – Should’ve Learned By Now
• The Murder Capital – Gigi’s Recovery
• Oxbow – Love’s Holiday
• Sparklehorse – Bird Machine
• Uni Boys – Buy This Now!
• Body Type – Expired Candy
• Vor-stellen – Parallelograms
• Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music
• Yaeji – With A Hammer
• The Circling Sun – Spirits
• Cable Ties – All Her Plans
• Baxter Dury – I Thought I Was Better Than You
• Mark Nelson – In Daylight Dub
• John Carroll Kirby – Blowout
• Pachyman – Switched-On
• Floodlights – Painting Of My Time
• Kurt Vile – Back To Moon Beach
• The Golden Gaytimes – Hot As Buggery
• Surf Friends – Sonic Waves
• Victoria – Treats
• Squid – O Monolith
• Simon Robert Gibson – Same Ocean Different Sea
• Spice World – There’s No ‘I’ In Spice World
• Damien Binder – Bright Side
• Langendorf United – Yeahno Yowouw Land