Leland's Monthly Music Recap (also a blog)

Share this post

Monthly Music Recap (January 2023)

itisleland.substack.com

Monthly Music Recap (January 2023)

January 2023's recap for my favorite singles and projects.

Leland (They/He)
Jan 31
Share this post

Monthly Music Recap (January 2023)

itisleland.substack.com

Welcome back to the monthly recap of my top singles and projects. I understand that not everyone has the time to go through weekly new music releases, so this recap is a way for me to provide a summary of new music that everyone should check out.

I’m listing my top singles and projects each month in no particular order (other than alphabetical), so check out at the end of each month or the beginning of the new month for a monthly recap. Each month might differ in terms of number of entries, as this will depend on the number of new releases, which can vary from month to month. The number this month is 20 (twenty).


Top Singles

I don’t usually highlight covers but Daugthry’s cover of Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey definitely deserves a spot this month. I’ve also included a few country singles that I usually don’t listen to, but having Dolly Parton and Shania Twain in the same month is a rare find. As always, there’s a good mix of genres (pop, R&B, rock, EDM).

If you prefer to have all the songs played in one place, you can check out the YouTube playlist in the button below.

Here are my top 20 singles for the month of January 2023:

  1. Arlo Parks - Weightless

  2. Chiiild & Lucky Daye - Good For Now

  3. Chlöe - Pray It Away

  4. Daughtry (feat. Lzzy Hale) - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

  5. Dolly Parton - Don't Make Me Have To Come Down There

  6. Fall Out Boy - Heartbreak Feels So Good

  7. Fall Out Boy - Love From The Other Side

  8. Imanbek, Crazy Donkey & brando (feat. Paradigm) - Fake

  9. Kate Davis - Monster Mash

  10. Ledisi - I Need To Know

  11. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Easy Now

  12. Queen Naija - Let's Talk About It

  13. Reiley - Breaking My Heart

  14. ROSALÍA - LLYLM

  15. Shania Twain - Giddy Up!

  16. Sigala & MNEK - Radio

  17. Stephen Sanchez - Evangeline

  18. Tom Odell (feat. AURORA) - Butterflies

  19. Young Fathers - Rice

  20. Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her

Here’s the Musicboard list! Click on the image to be taken to the list itself.

Top Singles - January 2023


Top Projects (Albums, Mixtapes, EPs)

Believe it or not, I actually had issues finding 20 projects this month as I didn’t have a ton of projects to listen to that I enjoyed in the first 3 weeks. The last week though was like winning the lottery as many projects that I have been looking forward to were released on the last week of January.

Here are my top 20 projects for the month of January 2023:

  1. Ava Max - Diamonds and Dancefloors

  2. Aya Nakamura - DNK

  3. BANNERS - I Wish I Was Flawless, I'm Not

  4. Belle & Sebastian - Late Developers

  5. Cheat Codes - One Night in Nashville

  6. Circa Waves - Never Going Under

  7. Dende - Before We Crash

  8. Etta Marcus - Heart-Shaped Bruise

  9. Gabrielle Aplin - Phosphorescent

  10. Hunter Hayes - Sober

  11. Joesef - Permanent Damage

  12. Kimbra - A Reckoning

  13. Måneskin - RUSH!

  14. Oddisee - To What End

  15. Quinn XCII - The People's Champ

  16. RHODES - Friends Like These

  17. Sam Smith - Gloria

  18. SG Lewis - AudioLust & HigherLove

  19. VEDO - Mood Swings

  20. We Are Scientists - Lobes

Click the image to be taken to the Musicboard list.


And there you have it, my top singles and projects for the month of January 2023. Again, my intention is to provide a summary so that people can check out music if they don’t have enough time to do so. This list also gives you a taste of my favorite genres, and I hope you enjoy every one of them like I do. Happy listening!


P.S. If you want to actually stalk what I’m listening to at any time (though it’s not working as well as it used to), feel free to do so on my Last.fm profile here. You can also check out my Musicboard profile here, where I track my backlog (under Listen Later) and reviews for music releases. Don’t worry, the long reviews are here to stay and I do also crosspost the long reviews there too.

On a less music-related note, I have a Letterboxd account here in case you’re interested in seeing which films I’m watching along with my brief film reviews. I also have a Serializd account for TV shows here. If you're into reading, I have a LGBTQIA+ story published on Tapas, featuring an aroace agender character which you can check out here.

Thanks for reading Leland's Monthly Music Recap (also a blog)! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

Share this post

Monthly Music Recap (January 2023)

itisleland.substack.com
Previous
Next
Comments
TopNew

No posts

Ready for more?

© 2023 itisLELAND
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing