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