2023 Best Ofs
A brief rundown of stuff I saw/watched/played/liked this year. Not sure if anyone reads this as this is mostly a personal log I don’t publicize, but there will remain sporadic content in the new year.
Shows – 45 for the year, top 10:
Ratboys @ The Monarch Tavern
Chris Farren @ The Monarch Tavern
The Beths @ The Phoenix
The Bug Club @ The Baby G
The National @ Budweiser Stage
Alex Lahey @ Phoenix Underground
Death Cab For Cutie @ Massey Hall
Hot Chip @ History
The Mountain Goats @ The Phoenix + The Town Ballroom
The Japanese House @ The Danforth
Albums - Top 10
Ratboys – The Window
Chris Farren – Doom Singer
The National – Laugh Track
Slow Pulp – Yard
Slowdive – Everything is Alive
The Japanese House – In the End It Always Does
Wednesday – Rat Saw God
Alex Lahey – The Answer is Always Yes
Boygenius – The Record
Gorillaz – Cracker Island
TV and Movies
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Asteroid City
The Venture Bros: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
The Holdovers
On Cinema At the Cinema
Video Games
The Legend of Zelda – Tears of the Kingdom
Super Mario Wonder
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Spider-Man 2
Chants of Sennaar
Hi-Fi Rush
The Talos Principle 2
Chained Echoes
Persona 5 Royal
Super Mario RPG
