2023 Around the World   country sampler   genre sampler  
The new or newly released music that defined, united and distinguished fan communities of place and interest around the world in 2023.
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dunedin sound
pov: indie
indietronica
new romantic
new wave
indie rock
bedroom pop
indie pop
metropopolis
pop punk
indie soul
indie folk
chamber pop
folk-pop
neo-synthpop
neon pop punk
melancholia
britpop
indie anthem-folk
otacore
alternative dance
modern indie pop
lo-fi beats
pixel
indonesian indie
shimmer pop
la indie
indian indie
hindi indie
french indie pop
modern indie folk
pop emo
neo-psychedelic
chill r&b
noise pop
indie garage rock
shoegaze
pixie
spanish new wave
australian indie
rome indie
mexican indie
milan indie
j-pixie
italian indie pop
weirdcore
power pop
lo-fi indie
chillwave
countrygaze
argentine indie
aussietronica
spanish indie pop
small room
dreamo
canadian indie
german indie
bubblegrunge
indie surf
alternative emo
christian indie
turkish alternative
vapor soul
indie viet
thai indie rock
indie electropop
brooklyn indie
lo-fi
english indie rock
hopebeat
nu gaze
taiwan indie
indiecoustica
modern dream pop
anthem emo
dutch indie
k-indie
pinoy indie
australian indie folk
american shoegaze
hypnagogic pop
noise rock
chilean indie
seattle indie
slowcore
polish indie
chill dream pop
british indie rock
philly indie
gauze pop
swedish alternative rock
thai indie
latintronica
chinese indie
australian indie rock
indie quebecois
grave wave
dark post-punk
belgian indie
indie catala
pakistani indie
swedish indie pop
swedish indie rock
diy emo
alternative roots rock
indie rock mexicano
norwegian indie
ukrainian indie
chicago indie
new jersey indie
ambient folk
chamber psych
arab alternative
5th wave emo
swiss indie
malaysian indie
british alternative rock
guadalajara indie
math rock
australian post-hardcore
austindie
garage pop
bay area indie
korean indie rock
hong kong indie
brisbane indie
scottish indie
dark synthpop
lo-fi emo
russian indie
jangle pop
murcia indie
colombian indie
swedish synthpop
brighton indie
vapor pop
greek indie
tape club
j-indie
persian alternative
gbvfi
indie rockism
drone folk
finnish indie
japanese shoegaze
sheffield indie
bangladeshi indie
spanish noise pop
austrian indie
concepcion indie
surf punk
russian alternative rock
ghanaian alternative
new england emo
gothenburg indie
oakland indie
dreamgaze
israeli indie
ecuadorian indie
venezuelan indie
portuguese indie
c86
baltimore indie
psych gaze
manso indie
perth indie
french indie folk
indonesian indie pop
alternative pop
oxford indie
icelandic indie
modern goth
liverpool indie
manchester indie
granada indie
japanese indie pop
chinese indie rock
peruvian indie
vienna indie
indie shoegaze
boston indie
danish indie
quebec indie
twee pop
russian indie rock
nashville indie
toronto indie
scottish indie rock
japanese indie rock
euskal indie
danish indie pop
indie rock peruano
indie cordoba
socal indie
progressive alternative
indie extremena
melbourne indie
lithuanian indie
cape town indie
monterrey indie
belo horizonte indie
alternative pop rock
garage punk blues
industrial pop
shiver pop
sacramento indie
hamburg indie
experimental indie
indie rock italiano
belarusian indie
rock independant francais
nantes indie
modern darkwave
furry
montreal indie
queercore
latvian indie
eau claire indie
romanian indie
indie valenciana
garage psych
nz indie
underground power pop
indie platense
bergen indie
uruguayan indie
belgian indie rock
german indie rock
freak folk
elephant 6
dutch indie rock
south carolina indie
dunedin sound
czech indie
cdmx indie
estonian indie
indie napoletano
turin indie
southern china indie
epunk
brazilian indie rock
san diego indie
south african alternative
math pop
argentine indie rock
auckland indie
cologne indie
indie siciliano
grebo
chinese indie pop
irish indie rock
bali indie
dunedin indie
veracruz indie
asheville indie
serbian indie
northeast indian indie
scottish hush
indie rock colombiano
indie folk italiano
slovak indie
new delhi indie
norrbotten indie
lebanese indie
cdo indie
ontario indie
welsh indie
ghent indie
portuguese indie rock
malang indie
dominican indie
polish indie rock
adelaide indie
bristol indie
christchurch indie
canadian indie folk
sydney indie
london indie
athens indie
glasgow indie
collage pop
rennes indie
manitoba indie
bisaya indie
indie tico
spanish indie rock
medway sound
hungarian indie
deep gothic post-punk
modern jangle pop
guam indie
gothic post-punk
panamanian indie
stockholm indie
newfoundland indie
dalarna indie
caracas indie
kingston on indie
indie salvadoreno
c64
prague indie
mumbai indie
halifax indie
gothic alternative
paisley underground
paraguayan indie
indie boliviano
singaporean indie
nagaland indie
rosario indie
irish indie
birmingham indie
stuttgart indie
louisville underground
macedonian indie
oc indie
northwest china indie
uk noise rock
oslo indie
newcastle nsw indie
kentucky indie
greek indie rock
bulgarian indie
wellington indie
swiss indie folk
leeds indie
sevilla indie
chennai indie
bosnian indie
bangalore indie
pei indie
kelowna bc indie
alaska indie
galician indie
rio grande do sul indie
northern irish indie
idaho indie
indie catracho
deep neo-synthpop
cardiff indie
fremantle indie
guatemalan indie
aarhus indie
dublin indie
oulu indie
canadian shoegaze
malmo indie
luxembourgian indie
slc indie
poznan indie
pittsburgh indie rock
sulawesi indie
wisconsin indie
swansea indie
2023 in Dunedin Sound   playlist
#trackscore
1Vera Ellen "Carpenter"76
2Lawrence Arabia "The Developed World"66
3Anthonie Tonnon "Wicked Game"65
4Soft Plastics "Disembody"64
5cloudboy "(you're so) pretty"47
6Ringlets "I Used to Paint"44
7Strawpeople "Second Heart"39
8Tom Lark "Live Wires"36
9Office Dog "Hand in Hand"35
10Wellness "Beach"33
11Guardian Singles "Manic Attraction"33
12Mermaidens "I like to be alone"31
13Grecco Romank "Piss Baby"30
14Erny Belle "Stay Golden"27
15Ebony Lamb "My Daughter My Sister My Son"27
16Jazmine Mary "Wet Mouth"27
17Surf Friends "Dreaming"27
18Ha the Unclear "Paperboats"26
19Reb Fountain "Faithless Lover"25
20Vor-stellen "Grønland"24
21The Loving Arms "Do You"23
22RIOT GULL "UMAMI"21
23The Lauck Glare "Blue"21
24I.V.Y "MORNING'S WAKE"21
25Swallow the Rat "Redactor's Dilemma"20
26Karl Sölve Steven "Tāmaki 5000 - Proteins of Magic Remix"20
27Famous Mammals "Comets For Poets"20
28Terry "Gronks"20
29Clementine Valentine "Endless Night"20
30The Toads "Nationalsville"20
31Lower Plenty "Blue Shadows"19
32Tiny Ruins "Dorothy Bay"18
33Neive Strang "Living in Two"17
34Salt Water Criminals "My Greatest Achievement"17
35The Lewers "O Karina"16
36Martin Frawley "Lola"15
37Ripship "Fearsome Engine"15
38The Beatniks "What's Wrong?"15
39cc(tv) "Kinnie"14
40Delivery "Who Makes Demands?"14
41The Smashing Times "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"13
42Lachlan Denton "Lose"13
43Sundae Painters "Sweet Dreams"13
44The Lavender Flu "Assorted Promenades"13
45Children Maybe Later "My Favorite Painter"13
46The Sprouts "I Hear Music"13
47Eternal Dust "Spiritual Healers, Defence Lawyers"13
48Dick Move "Feel Better"12
49Purling Hiss "Baby"12
50T. G. Shand "Fatwood"12
51The Lost Days "In the Store"12
52K M T P "2:45 (Getting Old)"12
53The Reds, Pinks and Purples "The Town That Cursed Your Name"12
54Blues Lawyer "Late Bloomer"12
55Robert Forster "Always"11
56The Feelies "Rock & Roll"11
57D.C. Maxwell "The Leading Man"11
58Beastwars "Waves"11
59The Particles "Remington Rand"11
60Cindy "Earthly Belonging"11
61Space Waltz "Out On The Street"11
62Violet Hirst "Descending Song"11
63Jeanines "What The Echoes Say"11
64Wireheads "Hanging Garden"11
65Proteins of Magic "Divine Physics"11
66Tee Vee Repairmann "People (Everywhere I Go)"11
67Peter Gutteridge "Lonely"11
68Luke Buda "Painbirds"11
69EXEK "Welcome to my Alibi"11
70Lips "Never Have I"10
71Pickle Darling "Choruses"10
72Hot Sauce Club "Out Like a Light"10
73The Tubs "Two Person Love"10
74Ducks Ltd. "Invitation"10
75Tobin Sprout "Carnival Boy (Demo)"10














 
 
alchemy by glenn mcdonald / @everynoise for Spotify, listening by the world
 
These lists compile the collective 2023 new-music listening of music fans in every country where people use Spotify, and in the fan communities for 6000+ genres and other genre-shaped distinctions. The songs in each list are scored and ranked by a combined weighting of a) their absolute popularity with those fans and b) the share of the song's global listening that those fans account for. (And then filtered to one song per artist.) This means, for example, that The Sound of Ukraine 2023 is the music that defines, unites and distinguishes Ukrainian fans, whether that music comes from Ukraine or not. Likewise, 2023 in Drift Phonk is the music that fans of Drift Phonk loved, whether it's Drift or Phonk or not. To be eligible, a song must have been released on or after 2022-12-01, as best our data can tell, so that's why no "Cruel Summer".
 
In addition to exploring by country or metagenre, you can click any artist to see all the lists on which they appear.
 
You are allowed to fall in love with things you did not know even existed until now. It is not too late.
 
It is never too late.
 
 
(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)