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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indie surf
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 Indie Surf   playlist
#trackscore
1No Vacation "How"259
2Beach Fossils "Don't Fade Away"228
3Slow Pulp "Cramps"201
4Tennis "Forbidden Doors"198
5The Drums "Obvious"189
6STRFKR "Running Around - Skeletron Mix"181
7Beach Vacation "Lay Low"172
8Crumb "Dust Bunny"171
9JW Francis "Going Home to a Party"165
10Eli Smart "Done Me"158
11Tanukichan "Thin Air"157
12Glitter Party "time waits"153
13A Beacon School "Potion"149
14Barrie "Races"148
15Jordana "Baby"145
16Generationals "Waking Moment"144
17Summer Salt "Carry On"143
1826fix "Stone Killer"139
19MOTO BANDIT "LOVE FANG"139
20Yot Club "saturday"137
21RICEWINE "Blue Sea"137
22Jaguar Sun "It Gets Better"136
23Beach House "Devil's Pool"135
24CASTLEBEAT "Wish"135
25Night Tapes "Inigo"132
26Indigo De Souza "You Can Be Mean"132
27Grapetooth "Shining"128
28Men I Trust "Ring of Past"128
29Winona Forever "Pen Pal"126
30Lunar Vacation "Only You"126
31Drugdealer "Lip Service"124
32Kowloon "This Dream"124
33Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Meshuggah"124
34Teenage Priest "Let It Pass"124
35Current Joys "LOVE + POP"124
36Babe Rainbow "Super Ego"124
37Vacations "Midwest"123
38Caroline Rose "Miami"122
39Mind’s Eye "running to find you"121
40Beach Bums "Whatever It Takes"120
41The Shins "Australia (Peter Bjorn and John Remix)"120
42The Arcs "Sunshine"120
43The Frights "Boy"119
44Wombo "Slab"119
45The Red Pears "The Way You Talk"118
46Vansire "From the Subway Train - Extended Version"118
47Alice Phoebe Lou "Lose My Head"114
48Wild Nothing "Headlights On"114
49Hannah Jadagu "Warning Sign"114
50okaywill "Don't Look in the Mirror"113
51Bayonne "Words"112
52Momma "Bang Bang"111
53Geese "Cowboy Nudes"110
54Carter Vail "I WANT YOU"110
55Wallice "Best Friend"107
56Deeper "Sub"107
57King Krule "Seaforth"106
58PACKS "Say My Name"106
59Love Spells "Come Over And Love Me"106
60Bully "Lose You (feat. Soccer Mommy)"106
61The Beths "Watching The Credits"106
62Allah-Las "The Stuff"104
63Hazel English "Slide"102
64Goth Babe "Alone in the Mountains"102
65Youth Lagoon "Prizefighter"102
66Pacific Avenue "Strawberry Daydream"102
67Day Wave "Cold Like Me"101
68Phoenix "After Midnight (feat. Clairo)"100
69Royel Otis "I Wanna Dance With You"100
70Cherry Glazerr "Soft Like a Flower"99
71DLG. "CLOSE ONE!"99
72Gus Dapperton "Horizons"99
73Cut Worms "Ballad of the Texas King"98
74FLEECE "It's The Life"97
75Julia Jacklin "Shivers"96
76NEIL FRANCES "High"96
77Carver Commodore "Drown Me In Emotions"95
78Roller Derby "Always on My Mind"95
79common goldfish "Low Lights and Throwback Tunes"95
80Palehound "Eye On The Bat"94
81Palace "All We've Ever Wanted"94
82Hether "End Of The World"94
83Paradise Blossom "forever, with you"94
84Krooked Kings "Coming of Age"94
85Slowdive "kisses"94
86Freak Slug "27 Club"93
87Blondes "The Basement"93
88Walter The Producer "Since September"93
89dayaway "a brief dream of sun"92
90Suki Waterhouse "Every Day's A Lesson In Humility"92
91Far Caspian "Arbitrary Task"92
92Jelly Crystal "Don Lemon"91
93Husbands "Can't Do Anything"91
94Magdalena Bay "Top Dog"91
95chokecherry "Glass Jaw"91
96The South Hill Experiment "Gabo's Last Resort"91
97Andy Shauf "Halloween Store"90
98Hippo Campus "Moonshine"90
99Vundabar "Digital Forest"90
100Superfan "For You"90



















 
 
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.)