THE RECORD EXCHANGE 2023 STAFF PICKS: NICK (HE/HIM)

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2023 Staff Picks!

Today’s 2023 Top 10 is from Nick:

MORT GARSON
Journey to the Moon and Beyond
SPEEDY ORTIZ
Rabbit Rabbit
AVA MAX
Diamonds and Dancefloors
LAEL NEALE
Star Eaters Delight
CAROLINE ROSE
The Art of Forgetting
JPEGMAFIA AND DANNY BROWN
Scaring the Hoes
THE EXPLODING HEARTS
Guitar Romantic (Expanded and Remastered)
HEATMISER
The Music of Heatmiser
THE REPLACEMENTS
Tim (Let it Bleed Edition)
DONNIE AND JOE EMERSON
Dreamin’ Wild

THE RECORD EXCHANGE 2023 STAFF PICKS: RETIRED FOUNDER MICHAEL BUNNELL SHARES HIS FAVORITE REISSUES OF THE YEAR

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2023 Staff Picks!

Today’s 2023 Top 10 is from our retired founder Michael Bunnell, who shares his favorite reissues of the year:

THE BEATLES
Revolver Special Edition
ALICE COLTRANE
Journey in Satchidananda
JONI MITCHELL
Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)
BILL EVANS TRIO
Waltz for Debby (Original Jazz Classic Series)
LITTLE FEAT
Sailin Shoes’ (Deluxe Edition) / Dixie Chicken (Deluxe Edition)
BILLIE HOLIDAY
Songs for Distingué Lovers (Verve Acoustic Sounds)
TALKING HEADS
Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)
TOM WAITS
Rain Dogs / Swordfishtrombones / Bone Machine (2023 remasters)
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
The Complete Dirty South
BOB DYLAN
The Bootleg Series Vol. 17: Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996–1997)

THE RECORD EXCHANGE 2023 STAFF PICKS: TATI (SHE/HER)

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2023 Staff Picks!

Today’s 2023 Top 10 is from Tati:

THE DRUMS
Jonny
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Walk Around the Moon
CAROLINE ROSE
The Art of Forgetting
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
My Big Day 
JAMES BLAKE
Playing Robots Into Heaven
LITTLE DRAGON
Slugs of Love
DJANGO DJANGO
Off Planet
KAYTRAMINÉ
KAYTRAMINÉ
RAUW ALEJANDRO
Playa Saturno  
FLUME
Things Don’t Always Go the Way You Planned

THE RECORD EXCHANGE 2023 STAFF PICKS: HAYLEE (SHE/HER)

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2023 Staff Picks!

Today’s 2023 Top 10 is from Haylee:

SUMMER WALKER
CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP
LANA DEL REY
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
HANNAH JADAGU
Aperture
CAROLINE POLACHEK
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
TAYLOR SWIFT
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
VICTORIA MONET
Jaguar II
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS
Data Doom
GAYATHRI KRISHNAN
Arunachala
PINKPANTHERESS
Heaven Knows
ASHNIKKO
WEEDKILLER

RECORD EXCHANGE 2023 STAFF PICKS (THUS FAR): GUS (THEY/THEM)

We’re halfway through the year and sharing our favorite albums of 2023 thus far! Here’s Gus’ list of current favs.

Water From Your EyesEveryone’s Crushed

Indigo De SouzaAll of This Will End

Black Belt Eagle ScoutThe Land, The Water, The Sky

Genesis OwusuStruggler

TinariwenAmatssou

Tim HeckerNo Highs

Aphex TwinBlackbox Life Recorder 21f / In a Room7 F760

Yaeji With a Hammer

George ClantonOoh Rap I Ya

FlumeArrived Anxious, Left Bored