All our favorite music from the Bay Area in 2023
Larry June, La Doña, Bill Orcutt, India Sky, and many more notable artists rounded out our year-end best-of lists for experimental music and hip hop
This week we finished publishing all our favorite Bay Area music of 2023! All told, we wrote about 50+ incredible releases across a wide variety of styles. Check it out:
If one of your favorite artists didn’t make the list, let us know in the comments!
See you in the new year :)
— White Crate
SHOW RECS
Our top show recommendations for the coming week:
[rock] Thunder Boys, Leather Pet, M.U.T.T. — Dec 29 at Kilowatt
[experimental] Cel Genesis, Aaron Space, Gumby’s Junk — Dec 29 at Ivy Room
[hip hop] Kaytranada, DJ Pee.Wee, Sango, Kitty Ca$h — Dec 29 at Cow Palace
[club] Adam X, MAEDON, Mozhgan, Tatiana Vaughan — Dec 29 at F8
[folk] Diamond Grinder, Marika Christine, Sadie Alan — Dec 29 at Rite Spot Cafe
[rock] Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew, X — Dec 30 at the Warfield
[americana] The Coffis Brothers — Dec 30 at Peri’s Tavern
[electronic] LCD Soundsystem, 2manydjs, Peaches — Dec 30-31 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
[rock] Lee Fields, Sun Hop Fat, Tylawave, James Wavey — Dec 30-31 at the Chapel
[country] Charlie Musselwhite, Angela Strehli — Dec 30-31 at Freight & Salvage
[rock] Sonny & The Sunsets, Skyway Man, Buzzed Lightbeer, Ryan Wong, Country Risque — Dec 31 at 4-Star Theater
[electronic] Yungbae, Bodysync, Starfari — Dec 31 at August Hall
[rock] Luna, Sugar Candy Mountain, Nato Green — Dec 31 at the Fillmore
[electronic] EyeHeart San Francisco ft. Diplo, LP Giobbi, The Knocks, DJ Dials — Dec 31 at Fort Mason Center
[club] Fresh Start New Year Block Party — Dec 30-Jan 1 at the Midway
[punk] Pussy Riot, Dwarves, Fusion Babies, Sik Sik Sicks — Dec 31 at Kilowatt
[club] 3:33, Varsha, DJ Juanny, RITCHRD — Dec 31 at Mothership
[club] Toro y Moi (DJ set) — Dec 31 at Moongate Lounge
[club] It’s a New Day + Breakfast of Champions — Jan 1 at the Great Northern
[folk] Madeline Kenney, Asha Wells — Jan 2 at Tiny Telephone
What about R&B? Goapele put out a beautiful album this year.
Oh I see..Luv It!