No DJ: The Best Songs of Q2 2023 [Playlist]

It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you. Yes, apologies for the recent hiatus, and thank you for sticking with me by subscribing. I’ve multiple posts planned for July to make up for this drought, so if you are not a paid sub, now is a good time to go for it. Up first, it’s time for another one of my forever popular playlists compiling the best new songs—on Spotify, anyway—released in the last three months. You can browse the back catalogue of these sets going back to 2014 on my Spotify profile.

Playlist is on the link below.

No DJ: The Best Songs of Q2 2023

Disc One:

01. 2Pac & lonelyboy: “california love—lofi”
02. Chris Crack: “Elon Musk Was Sent to Destroy Twitter”
03. Yoni Mayraz: “Palms”
04. Killer Mike: “SLUMMER” featuring Jagged Edge
05. Janelle Monàe: “Lipstick Lover”
06. TiaCorine: “FreakyT—Remix” featuring Latto
07. bar italia: “guard”
08. Róisín Murphy: “Fader”
09. Superviolet: “Locket”
10. Joanna Sternberg: “People Are Toys to You”
11. Buck Meek: “Paradise”
12. Chris Staples: “Sunny Afternoon”
13. Jenny Lewis: “Giddy Up”
14. Grian Chatten: “The Score”
15. Aphex Twin: “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f”
16. Mike Dimes: “UNDEFEATED”
17. billy woods & Kenny Segal: “Maps” featuring ShrapKnel
18. Young Thug: “Cars Bring Me Out” featuring Future
19. Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy: “La Ka Ba’a”
20. Super Extra Bonus Party: “The Corpse”

Disc Two:

01. Kaidi Tatham: “The Only Way” featuring UHMEER
02. The Alchemist: “Bless” featuring MiKE & Sideshow
03. Charif Megarbane: “Pas de Dialogue”
04. Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin: “Rago’s Garage”
05. CHIKA: “TRUTH OR DARE” featuring Freddie Gibbs
06. Vic Mensa: “$WISH” featuring G-Eazy & Chance the Rapper
07. G Perico: “LOUDER”
08. Rory: “Enough” featuring reggie & Jay Electronica
09. Chester Watson: “spirits”
10. Cisco Swank: “All The Same”
11. Swimmers Jackson: “Borrow Sorrow”
12. Gaff: “Movin’”
13. MudBaby Ru: “Bezzal Land”
14. Luka Palm: “Rock & Roll”
15. piri & Tommy Villiers: “nice 2 me”
16. Viscose: “Turn It Up”
17. SDH: “Balance”
18. Maeta: “Questions”
19. Sister Fenix: “Clay”
20. Psi-Psonics: “An Offering”
21. Destiny Bond: “Harmony”

The Top 10 Albums of Q2 2023

01. Chester Watson: fish don't climb trees
02. Superviolet: Infinite Spring
03. Joanna Sternberg: I’ve Got Me
04. Mike Dimes: TEXAS BOY
05. billy woods & Kenny Segal: Maps
06. Phi-Psonics: Octave
07. Chris Crack: Free Sex
08. Swimmers Jackson: Now Is All
09. Cisco Swank: More Better
10. SDH: Fake is Real

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