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Moving forward, but not before we take a look back. 2023 was another wonderful year in music. Lickers Jay and Deon ring in the New Year by each revealing their top 11 (we go to eleven) vinyl long players in the year of Our Lord twenty twenty-three. Break out the champagne and Blue Chair Bay, this episode is a journey.
DEON’S TOP 11:
11 - Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over
10 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V
9 – Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society
8 – Open Mike Eagle – Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering
7 – Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, The Water, The Sky
6 – Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
5 – Hannah Jadagu - Aperture
4 - Sufjan Stevens -Javelin
3 – Say She She - Silver
2 - Sweeping Promises – Good Living is Coming For You
1 – Califone - Villagers
JAY’S TOP 11:
11 – Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble
10 – Blur – The Ballad of Darren
9 – Film School - Field
8 – Squirrel Flower – Tomorrow’s Fire
7 – Cowboy Junkies – Such Ferocious Beauty
6 – Mint Field – Aprender a Ser
5 – The Polyphonic Spree – Salvage Enterprise
4 – Lael Neale – Star Eaters Delight
3 - Sleaford Mods -UK Grim
2 – Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
1 – Liquid Mike – s/t
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Sonic contributions to episode thirty-four of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast, 2023’s year in review and its supplementary mixtape, include: Lee Moses, Brothers Johnson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Todd Smith, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, DJ Shadow, De La Soul, Dhanji, Rahsla, Anthony Fantano, Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot, Herb Honeysuckle, Durand Jones, The Indications, Macho Man Randy Savage, Aziz Ansari, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Maple Glider, Blur, The Beatles, Dinner Party, Retta, Open Mike Eagle, The Roots, Hall and Oates, Young Zee, Wu Tang Clan, Film School, Squirrel Flower, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Young Fathers, Velvet Underground, Cowboy Junkies, Mint Field, Hannah Jadagu, Sufjan Stevens, The Polyphonic Spree, Lael Neale, Chic, Say She She, Sweeping Promises, The Go-Go’s, The B-52’s, Sleaford Mods, Pet Shop Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Nirvana, Olivia Rodrigo, Ugly Casanova, Red Red Meat, Califone, Liquid Mike, Cory Hanson, Scarface, Isaac Hayes, Jack Van Impe, and Marvin Gaye.
Music heals us. Happy listening in 2024.
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