| XX's Top Albums of 2023 |
| 1 |  | Empty Country
Empty Country II
Indie Rock |
| 2 |  | Wednesday
Rat Saw God
Indie Rock, Emo |
| 3 |  | Beach Fossils
Bunny
Indie Rock, Dream Pop |
| 4 |  | JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown
Scaring the Hoes
Hip Hop |
| 5 |  | Horrendous
Ontological Mysterium
Death Metal |
| 6 |  | Boygenius
the record
Indie Rock |
| 7 |  | George Clanton
Ooh Rap I Ya
Electronic |
| 8 |  | Scenario
When All is Said and Done
Post Hardcore |
| 9 |  | Endless, Nameless
Living Without
Post Hardcore, Emo, Math Rock |
| 10 |  | Valdrin
Throne of the Lunar Soul
Black Metal |
| 11 |  | Sprain
The Lamb As Effigy
Noise Rock, Post Rock |
| 12 |  | King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of...
Indie Rock, Thrash Metal |
| 13 |  | Panopticon
The Rime of Memory
Black Metal, Folk |
| 14 |  | Sufjan Stevens
Javelin
Folk, Indie Rock |
| 15 |  | Jason Isbell
Weathervanes
Indie Rock, Americana |
| 16 |  | Tomb Mold
The Enduring Spirit
Death Metal, Psychedelic |
| 17 |  | The Japanese House
In the End It Always Does
Indie Pop, Indie Rock |
| 18 |  | Truth Club
Running From the Chase
Indie Rock |
| 19 |  | Caroline Polachek
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Pop |
| 20 |  | Ben Howard
Is It?
Indie Rock, Indie Folk |
| 21 |  | KEN mode
Void
Noise Rock |
| 22 |  | Zulu
A New Tomorrow
Hardcore Punk |
| 23 |  | Slow Pulp
Yard
Indie Rock |
| 24 |  | The National
Laugh Track
Indie Rock |
| 25 |  | McKinley Dixon
Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Hip Hop |
| 26 |  | Hotline TNT
Cartwheel
Indie Rock, Shoegaze |
| 27 |  | Ulthar
Anthronomicon
Anthronomicon & Helionomicon double album
Death Metal |
| 28 |  | Sign Language (USA-OH)
Madison and Floral
Indie Rock |
| 29 |  | Great Falls
Objects Without Pain
Noise Rock |
| 30 |  | Johnny Booth
Moments Elsewhere
Metalcore |
| 31 |  | Kostnateni
Úpal
Black Metal, Middle Eastern microtones |
| 32 |  | Invent Animate
Heavener
Metalcore |
| 33 |  | Svalbard
The Weight of the Mask
Metalcore |
| 34 |  | Tim Hecker
No Highs
Ambient |
| 35 |  | Incendiary
Change The Way You Think About Pain
Hardcore Punk |
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