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Who will take Beyoncé’s crown? Whose album will be deemed the best of 2023 by pitchfork dot com, the music website? Well, if you’ve visited the site recently, you likely already know the answer, but what our podcast presupposes it...what if you didn’t?

Join us as we read you an article and fight amongst ourselves over last episode’s draft.

Noname Responds To Jay Electronica ‘Antisemitic’ Verse Backlash | HipHopDX

The 100 Best Albums of 2023

The 50 Best Albums Of 2023 | Stereogum

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | Pitchfork

Barq’s | Barq’s Has Bite!

RUSH Roll The Bones Official Video - YouTube

We wouldn't leave you out in the cold during The Season of Lists, no matter how less-than-prolific we've been in podcasting as of late. We're drafting in anticipation of Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2023 and you're currently anticipating listening to said draft. Love you.

It's just Feist this time, folks. Maybe that's all it needs to be.

Jai Paul Posts Note Ahead of His Live Debut at Coachella 2023 | Pitchfork

100 gecs: 10,000 gecs Album Review | Pitchfork

Yves Tumor: Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Album Review | Pitchfork

Lana Del Rey: Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Album Review | Pitchfork

Wednesday: Rat Saw God Album Review | Pitchfork

Boygenius: The Record Album Review | Pitchfork

Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily: Love in Exile Album Review | Pitchfork

Yaeji: With a Hammer Album Review | Pitchfork

Guardian Profile on Feist

Feist: “In Lightning” Track Review | Pitchfork

Will Caroline Polachek finally make whatever album The Website's been apparently disappointed in her for not making yet? Can you teach an old cartoon band new tricks? Is there any good reason to spend twenty minutes talking about The Grammys in 2023?

Who cares! Listen to podcast. Love podcast.

Måneskin: Rush! Album Review | Pitchfork

Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored | Pitchfork

Caroline Polachek: Pang Album Review | Pitchfork

Caroline Polachek’s quest for gut-hitting pop clarity | The FADER

Gorillaz Wiki | Fandom

Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Album Review | Pitchfork

Gorillaz - Cracker Island ft. Thundercat (Official Video) - YouTube

Gorillaz - Silent Running ft. Adeleye Omotayo (Official Video) - YouTube

Gorillaz Moved To Los Angeles And Singer 2D Is Fitting Right In

Gorillaz Retain Their Edge as Damon Albarn Takes Aim at the "Echo Chamber for the Alt-Right" | Exclaim!

Taylor Swift to Damon Albarn: “It’s Really Fucked Up to Try and Discredit My Writing” | Pitchfork

We're looking at the most anticipated albums of 2023. We're making a return trip to the vibe known as Mac DeMarco. And somewhere in the middle we're continuing our extremely scientific project of distilling the entirety of the 1990s into a one-song playlist.

The 34 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023 | Pitchfork

The Global Music Vault Wants to Safeguard the World’s Songs—But Who Decides What’s Preserved? | Pitchfork

Mac DeMarco: Here Comes the Cowboy Album Review | Pitchfork

Join your Best New Hosts as they read through The Website's 50 Best Albums of 2022 list and, more importantly, discover the winner of last episode's draft. Do this with us. You simply must.

The 100 Best Songs of 2022 | Pitchfork

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | Pitchfork

Best Albums 2022: See The List

Now knee-deep in the Season of Lists, we're drafting for The Website's Best Albums of 2022 and we're not afraid to say so. But first, we find ourselves in a bit of jeopardy....

Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 | Exclaim!

Best Albums of 2022: Beyoncé, Rosalía and More - The New York Times

Alvvays: Blue Rev Album Review | Pitchfork

The 39 Best Albums of 2022: Our Favorite Music of the Year So Far | Pitchfork

The 1975 - Wintering - YouTube

Continuing our newer habit of secondary and tertiary deep dives, we're going back to Weyes Blood! But first, we kick off a multi-episode project that's very hard to explain but it involves Mack probably hiding a CD-R in some bushes in Griffith Park. Or something.

Editor's note: Apologies for the late posting here. We had hoped to get the episode out before The Website's Weyes Blood review. However, I ended up getting my foot stuck in a large hole. Now, you may think that the largeness of the hole would make it easy to get one's foot out. You don't know this hole. Anyways, that delayed things somewhat. Best New Podcast regrets the error.

The Global Music Vault Wants to Safeguard the World’s Songs—But Who Decides What’s Preserved? | Pitchfork

Arctic Monkeys: The Car Album Review | Pitchfork

Taylor Swift: Midnights Album Review | Pitchfork

We talk about the Best of the 1990s lists. We talk about Arctic Monkeys. We TALK about Taylor Swift. You're truly not going to find this much talking, about these specific topics, in this specific order anywhere else in Podcastland. That's the Best New Podcast guarantee!

Disclaimer: Due to some unfortunate technical problems, the audio on the Arctic Monkeys segment is...not up to our usual standards. Apologies. Best New Podcast regrets the error.

The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s | Pitchfork

The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork

Look, it's episode 50. We were feeling reflective. The only natural course of action was to construct a set of millennial midlife crisis deep dives.

Built to Spill: Live Album Review | Pitchfork

The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest | Pitchfork

The Postal Service - Wikipedia

Death Cab for Cutie: We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes Album Review | Pitchfork

Why Michael referred to The Website as being "cruel to Muse"

The album cover for Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Mosquito

The Mosquito poster that Duff snuck onto Mike's wall, as well as a reminder of what Instagram filers looked like in 2013

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP Album Review | Pitchfork

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off the Edge of the World ft. Perfume Genius (Official Video) - YouTube

Fuggedabuddies Part 1 - YouTube

Fuggedabuddies Part 2 - YouTube