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The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far)
The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far),Vulture music critic Craig Jenkins picks the best albums of 2023, featuring popular hits, surprise releases, and deep cuts across every genre. This year’s ongoing list features Lana del Rey, Boygenius, Depeche Mode, and more.

The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far)

The best music of the young year is a celebration of the endurance of the human spirit through breakups, political strife, illness, and death, a colorful array of attempts to answer the question of who and what we are living and fighting for. The resolutions aren’t all rosy; the conversations are too important to sugarcoat, though there’s plenty of reassuring sweetness amid the soul-searching.

All albums are listed from newest to oldest.

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The 17th full-length album from New Jersey indie-rock lifers Yo La Tengo splits the difference between raw, primal guitar workouts like the opener, “Sinatra Drive Breakdown,” or the squealing, sprawling title track and lighter acoustic grooves like the reflective “Aselestine” or the conciliatory “Apology Letter.” The trio has been refining its quiet-loud dynamics since the Reagan era; this album celebrates that enduring chemistry and professionalism as it seeks solace from the deluge of stresses threatening to sink us in this decade.

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