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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underground power pop
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 Underground Power Pop   playlist
#trackscore
1The Decibels "Today Is Your Day"210
2Lolas "Trick Myself"210
3The Rallies "Out Of The Blue"194
4Nick Piunti "Heart Stops Beating"187
5The Anderson Council "Alone With You"180
6Local Drags "Feelin' in Stereo"175
7The Speedways "Tell Me I'm Wrong"170
8Ryan Allen And His Extra Arms "Start A Band"164
9Kurt Baker "Secrets"163
10The Bings "Don't Stop Dancing"161
11Chris Church "Going 'Til We Go"160
12The Whiffs "Wanted"151
13Dropkick "Telephone"137
14Rinehearts "Could You Would You"135
15Eytan Mirsky "If I Could Only Draw"133
16Brad Marino "Lucy"114
17The Summertimes "Inside"107
18The Genuine Fakes "Websites"107
19The Midnight Callers "Girl On The Run"103
20Meyerman "happy to see you"101
21The Foreign Films "Into the Light"99
22Joe Dilillo "Superhero Star"97
23The Half-Cubes "The Weakest Shade Of Blue"93
24Uni Boys "I Want It Too"92
25The Tripwires "Piano Annie on Sunday"92
26Kid Gulliver "Kiss and Tell"90
27Steve Stoeckel "Just One Kiss"89
28Parallax Project "Put It Out"86
29Kevin Robertson "As the Crow Flies"84
30The Tearaways "Charlie, Keith and Ringo"84
31Tommy Keene "When the Truth Is Found"78
32Ryan Hamilton "Haunted by the Holy Ghost"78
33The Lunar Laugh "Born Weird"77
34Marc Jonson "Night Full of Dreams"77
35Ian Kay "Tears Never Fade Away"75
36Ransom and the Subset "Perfect Crime"75
37Bird Streets "Let You Down - Radio Edit"74
38The Make Three "Emily Strange"68
39Peter Hall "About Last Night"68
40The Evening Sons "Superspreader"65
41Thomas Walsh "All This Hurt"65
42Elephonic "Wonderin'"65
43Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. "Rockin' It Our Way"64
44The On and Ons "Let Ya Hair Down!"63
45The Radio Field "The Version"61
46ANC4 "Falling Out"60
47Buzz Zeemer "Sometimes"60
48The Goods "Hear Me"58
49The Explorers Club "Forever - 2023"57
50The Len Price 3 "Dorolea"57
51Movie Movie "Born to Win"56
52Wesley Fuller "Back to Square One"54
53Barreracudas "Come On, Come On"53
54Cliff Hillis "Just Drive"53
55The No Ones "304 Molino Way"52
56Juniper "Bang!"49
57The Shang Hi Los "Takes One To Know One"48
58Geoff Palmer "We Run"47
59Bennett Wilson Poole "I Saw Love"47
60sparkle*jets u.k. "He's Coming Out"46
61Mike Viola "Bill Viola"46
62The Boyfriends "I Need Your Love"45
63Vanity Mirror "Dandelion Wish"44
64Arthur Alexander "Woman"43
65The Flashcubes "Forget About You"42
66Hurry "Beggin’ For You"42
67The Long Ryders "Seasons Change"42
68Heatwaves "Don't Say No"42
69Duncan Reid and the Big Heads "Just Try To Be Kind"41
70Friends of Cesar Romero "Spiral Eye Roll"41
71Billy Tibbals "Hurt so Bad"39
72Eyelids "Crawling Off Your Pages"38
73Star Trip "Disimular"36
74Råttanson "Fighting The Good Fight"36
75Tamar Berk "drop in the bucket"36
76Those Pretty Wrongs "Always The Rainbow"35
77Portable Radio "I Feel Like A Dog"35
78The Photocopies "This, That, And The Other"34
79Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets "California Sober - Radio Edit"34
80Buddie "Backwards, Behind"33
81The Maharajas "Please Don't Go"33
82Star Collector "Feel It Comin' On"32
83The Telephone Numbers "Weird Sisters"32
84The Prize "First Sight"28
85The Weeklings "I've Just Seen a Face"27
86Smug Brothers "Let Me Know When It's Yes"26
87Slander Tongue "Monochrome"26
88Joy Buzzer "I Wanna Scream"25
89NRBQ "You Can't Hide"24
90The High Water Marks "Trouble From The East"23
91Televisionaries "You Can Do What You Want To Do"23
92Psychotic Youth "Can this be the one"23
93Matthew Sweet "Polythene Pam"23
94Ian M Bailey "The Last Chime"23
95Wyatt Funderburk "You’ll Know"23
96The Bad Ends "Mile Marker 29"22
97Paint Fumes "Book of Love"22
98Fastbacks "A Quiet Night"22
99John P. Strohm "Don't Tell It To Your Heart"21
100The Grip Weeds "Where Have All The Good Times Gone"21



















 
 
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.)