12 Days of 2023: Courageous nostalgia killers

4th in a series in the old year dying

Five more of my favourite records of 2023, in alphabetical order, an ongoing series.

My top 10 is here. As I continue to read other lists, and I can guarantee you that these are different. Mostly because I’m of a certain vintage from a place faraway in time (cue: Echo Beach) — much like all the obsolete items in this very funny Instagram skit. But if you’re a regular reader here, hopefully you find your next new favourite record.

In this post, for paid subscribers: percussive piano, dark-ass Dubliners, a Montreal-based biopic, the most underrated Canadian duo of the last 20 years, and yet another ’80s high school fave with a killer comeback.