KJHK’s Fave Fives: Albums and Movies of 2023

Through the powers of Google Sheets, KJHK has compiled data from Executive and Music Staffers about their favorite albums and movies of 2023. Keep reading to discover top five picks from the grooviest, coolest kids in town.

MUSIC

Betsey Lewis – Music Director

 

This Land is Inhospitable and So Are We – Mitski

 

 

 

Heaven – Cleo Soul

 

 

 

SCARING THE HOES – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown

 

 

 

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale – Tyler, The Creator 

 

 

 

Virga – Virga

 

 

 

Andrew Kaiser – Music Staffer

 

Again – Oneohtrix Point Never

 

 

 

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You – Caroline Polachek

 

 

 

Fantasy – M83 

 

 

 

Lahai – Sampha

 

 

 

Snaxx –  Mndsgn

 

 

 

Sean Crosby – Music Staffer

 

Why Does the Earth Give Us People To Love? – Kara Jackson 

 

 

 

Javelin – Sufjan Stevens 

 

 

 

3D Country – Geese 

 

 

 

Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey

 

 

mini mix vol. 3 – Magdelena Bay 

 

 

 

Carli Mbendera – Music Staffer 

 

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale – Tyler, The Creator 

 

 

 

Halo – Bakar

 

 

 

The MF Doom Suite – New Jazz Underground

 

 

 

Barbershop Simulator – Slower Pace Music

 

 

 

Candy / Candy + – Yameii Online

 

 

 

Abbey Todd – Communications Director

 

Unreal Unearth – Hozier

 

 

 

Volcano – Jungle

 

 

 

Electrophonic Chronic – the Arcs 

 

 

 

If It All Goes South Tour (Live) – Sammy Rae & the Friends

 

 

 

Baldur’s Gate 3 Soundtrack – Boris Slavov

 

 

 

Evan Lugo – Music Staffer 

 

the record – boygenius 

 

 

 

This Land is Inhospitable and So Are We – Mitski

 

 

 

GUTS – Olivia Roderigo

 

 

 

Chill Kill – Red Velvet 

 

 

 

Bewitched – Laufey

 

 

 

Clara Ketchell – Content Director

 

Stop Making Sense (2023 Expanded Edition Remaster)  – Talking Heads

 

 

 

This Land is Inhospitable and So Are We – Mitski

 

 

 

This Stupid World – Yo La Tengo

 

 

 

SCARING THE HOES – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown

 

 

 

the record – boygenius 

 

 

Kacie Fuller – Audio Content Editor

 

Unreal Unearth – Hozier

 

 

 

This Land is Inhospitable and So Are We – Mitski

 

 

 

Bewitched – Laufey

 

 

 

I Am The Dog – Sir Chloe

 

 

 

Rick – Ricky Montgomery

 

 

Andrew Jacobs – Music Staffer

 

SCARING THE HOES – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown

 

 

 

Demon Compass – Provoker 

 

 

 

Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) – Yves Tumor 

 

 

Bewitched – Laufey

 

 

 

Space Heavy – King Krule

 

 

Bobbi Washechek – General Manager

 

Snake Sideways – Do Nothing

 

 

 

Disposable Everything – AJJ

 

 

 

Javelin – Sufjan Stevens 

 

 

 

You Are Who You Hang Out With – The Front Bottoms

 

 

 

All Of This Will End – Indigo De Souza

 

 

 

Aidan O’Hara – Music Staffer

 

93696 – Liturgy

 

 

 

Goodnight Summerland – Helena Deland

 

 

 

Beloved! Paradise! Jazz! – McKinley Dixon 

 

 

Girl With Fish – feeble horse

 

 

 

Enola Gay – asia menor

 

 

Jack Bugee – Station Manager

 

Wait Til I Get Over – Durand Jones

 

 

 

Coast 2 Coast – Pearl & The Oysters

 

 

 

Cabo Blanco – Scotch Mist

 

 

 

Let’s Start Here. – Lil Yachty

 

 

 

Volcano – Jungle

 

 

 

Tyler Burkett – Web Content Editor

 

This Land is Inhospitable and So Are We – Mitski

 

 

 

Virga – Virga

 

 

 

Super Snōōper – Snōōper 

 

 

 

SCARING THE HOES – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown

 

 

 

Bewitched – Laufey

 

 

 

Carina O’Brien – Music Staffer

 

This Land is Inhospitable and So Are We – Mitski

 

 

 

This Is Why – Paramore

 

 

 

Everything is Alive – slowdive

 

 

 

I Am The Dog – Sir Chloe

 

 

 

Javelin – Sufjan Stevens 

 

 

 

Jack Goodrich – In-Studios Director

 

White Roses – Gardensnakes

 

 

 

Vol. II – Silicone Prairie 

 

 

 

Half Eaten By Dogs – The Serfs 

 

 

 

Everything Harmony – The Lemon Twigs

 

 

 

What’s on TV? – TeeVeeRepairman

 

 

Caroline Blanke – Events and Engagement Director

 

Bewitched – Laufey

 

 

 

This Land is Inhospitable and So Are We – Mitski

 

 

 

To Learn – Leith Ross

 

 

 

Driving Just To Drive – Matt Maltese 

 

 

 

Revealer (Deluxe Edition) – Madison Cunningham

 

 

MOVIES

Clara Ketchell – Content Director

 

Priscilla

 

 

 

 

The Iron Claw

 

 

 

 

Saltburn

 

 

 

 

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

 

 

 

 

Barbie

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Bugee – Station Manager

 

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

 

 

 

 

Blackberry

 

 

 

 

Oppenheimer

 

 

 

 

Asteroid City

 

 

 

 

The Holdovers

 

 

 

 

 

Abbey Todd – Communications Director

 

Asteroid City

 

 

 

 

Barbie

 

 

 

 

Saltburn

 

 

 

 

The Boy And The Heron

 

 

 

 

Nimona

 

 

 

 

 

Kacie Fuller – Audio Content Editor

 

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

 

 

 

 

Blackberry

 

 

 

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

 

 

 

 

Nimona

 

 

 

 

Wonka

 

 

 

 

Caroline Blanke – Events and Engagement Director

 

Past Lives

 

 

 

 

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

 

 

 

 

Barbie

 

 

 

 

 

The Boy And The Heron

 

 

 

 

Theater Camp

 

 

 

 

Tyler Burkett – Web Content Editor

 

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

 

 

 

 

Barbie

 

 

 

 

Trolls: Band Together

 

 

 

 

The Boy And The Heron

 

 

 

 

Theater Camp