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Post-Trash's Best of 2023 | The Mid-Year Report

by Benji Heywood, Calvin Staropoli, Chad Rafferty, Chris Coplan, Dan Goldin, Dana Poland, Dominic Acito, Emma Ingrisani, Emmanuel Castillo, Eric Foreman, Jack Peterson, Jare C, John Glab, Justin Davis, Layton Guyton, Liz Van Horn, Ljubinko Zivkovic, Mark Wadley, Matt Watton, Matty McPherson, Myles Tiessen, Stan Standridge, Torrey Proto, and Zak Mercado


The year is half over and great music has been released. Post-Trash remains committed to the discovery of new artists, bands, and albums.

So we present our “Mid-Year Report," a comprehensive guide to our favorite releases of the first half of this year, without any pre-determined length or insignificant rankings. If we’re into it, we're including it (unless we plumb forgot, in which case our sincerest of apologies). It's impossible to listen to everything released and everyone has different tastes, but we’re here to recommend these particular records. Your next favorite band/artist could be out there, it's just a matter of listening to something new. Popular opinion isn’t the only opinion, sometimes you have to dig to find the real gems. Discover something new. Buy some records. Support the music you love. We hope you have a good time listening. Thank you for reading Post-Trash.


JANUARY:

FURTHER LISTENING:

BRAINIAC “The Predator Nominate EP” | CROSSLEGGED “Another Blue” | DARI BAY “Longest Day of the Year” | EX PILOTS “Ex Pilots” | LABRADOR “Hold The Door For Strangers” | MEG BAIRD “Furling” | NAG “Human Coward Coyote” | NYXY NYX “Anything” | PATTER “Patter Theme” | PURE ADULT “II” | S.H.I.T. “Demo 2023” | SPACE CAMP “Gold Star” | SPEED PLANS “Statues of God” | THA GOD FAHIM & NICOJP “Chess Moves” | WHELPWISHER “Cool Good”

FEBRUARY:

FURTHER LISTENING:

ABI OOZE “Julia's Apartment (Demos)” | BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT “The Land, The Water, The Sky” | CHONCY “Community Chest” | HICKEY “Icky” | JORDAN HOLTZ “Not Close For Comfort” | KOLEŽANKA “Alone With The Sound The Mind Makes” | LECHE “Gas Powered Guillotine” | M(H)AOL “Attachment Styles” | PHYSIQUE “Again” | PUNTER “Punter” | QUASI “Breaking The Balls of History” | ROME STREETZ & BIG GHOST LTD “Wasn’t Built In A Day” | SLIPPERS “Slips Demons” | SWEET WILLIAMS “Sweet Williams” | TV STAR “Hallucinate Me”

MARCH:

FURTHER LISTENING:

3D & THE HOLOGRAMS “3D & The Holograms” | B. COOL-AID “Leather Blvd” | BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD “Live at Bush Hall” | CHE NOIR & BIG GHOST LTD “Noir or Never” | CONNECTIONS “Cool Change” | DEBT RAG “Lost To The Fantasy” | DIVORCER “Espionage” | DOUBLE GRAVE “Till The Ground” | FUTURE SUCK / SHOVE “Split” | GEL “Only Constant” | THE HIRS COLLECTIVE “We’re Still Here” | ILLITERATES “No Experts” | ITCHY & THE NITS “Itchy & The Nits” | KOMMAND “Death Age” | KOOL KEITH & REAL BAD MAN “Serpent” | TELEHEALTH “Content Oscillator” | TETCHY “Smaller / Better” | THA GOD FAHIM & OH NO THE DISRUPT “Berserko” | WASTE MAN “Waste Man” | WHITNEY’S PLAYLAND “Sunset Sea Breeze” | ZORN “Zorn”

APRIL:

FURTHER LISTENING:

ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT “Darling The Dawn” | ANGEL OLSEN “Forever Means” | BUCK GOOTER “Ghost Brain” | COMMUNITY COLLEGE “Schmomco” | DISPLAY HOMES “What If You're Right And They're Wrong​?” | DOMMENGANG “Wished Eye” | DURING “During” | FLY ANAKIN “Skinemaxxx (Side A)” | GLITTERING INSECTS “Glittering Insects” | GLOW IN THE DARK FLOWERS “Glow In The Dark Flowers” | KARA JACKSON “Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?” | NICOLE YUN “Matter” | NIGHTOSPHERE “Katabasis” | PUBLIC INTEREST “Spiritual Pollution” | SCIENCE MAN “Mince’s Cane” | TERMS “All Becomes Indistinct” | THA GOD FAHIM “Dump Gawd Reloaded” | VOIDCEREMONY “Threads of Unknowing”

MAY:

Further Listening:

ANTI-MACHINE “Too Many Eyes” | DRAGNET “The Accession” | ELECTRIC CHAIR “Beat Session Vol. 11” | ELUVIUM “(Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality” | FAIRYTALE “Shooting Star” | FLASHER “In My Myth” | GLAAS “Cruel Heart, Cold Summer” | LYSOL “Down The Street” | MANDY, INDIANA “I’ve Seen A Way” | MEGA BOG “End of Everything” | MEMORIALS “Music For Film: Women Against The Bomb” | SMIRK “7”” | THEE OH SEES “Live at Levitation (2012)”

JUNE:

FURTHER LISTENING:

BIG BLOOD “First Aid Kit“ | BIG CLOWN “Beatdown” | BONG WISH “Hazy Road” | BORIS & UNIFORM “Bright New Disease“ | BUSTED HEAD RACKET “Junk Food” | CS CLEANERS “Drolomon” | IMPLODERS “Imploders” | KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD “PetroDragonic Apocalypse“ | LA SÉCURITÉ “Stay Safe!“ | MATT ROBIDOUX “Music For Aluminum Corn” | MOTORBIKE “Motorbike” | QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE “In Times New Roman…” | SOCIETY “Social Flies” | THE STOOLS “R U Saved?” | SQUID “O Monolith” | SWORD II “Spirit World Tour” | TEKE::TEKE “Hagata” | THE TOADS “In The Wilderness” | WOMBO “Slab EP”