It�s been another big year of releases from Australian, Australia-based and First Nations artists. In this list of our 50 favourites of the year, we�ve tried to capture the various movements and innovations that provided the soundtrack to 2023....
Miss Kaninna | Credit: Luke Costelloe
It�s been another big year of releases from Australian, Australia-based and First Nations artists. In this list of our 50 favourites of the year, we�ve tried to capture the various movements and innovations that provided the soundtrack to 2023. In top spot is �Blak Britney�, a knockout blow of hip hop and personality by Yorta Yorta, Djadja Wurrung, Kalkadoon and Yirendali woman Miss Kaninna.
It�s joined near the top of the list by Teether & Kuya Neil�s grimey alt-rap song �CYA� featuring ZK king ?, the ambient techno of Sleep D�s �Punch Drunk� featuring YL Hooi, and the reggae-rock protest song �Take No More� by Kee�ahn and Emma Donovan.
�Blak Britney� � Miss Kaninna�s debut single � is a prime illustration of how the personal is political. Over a lean, upbeat groove that sounds like turn-of-the-2000s Neptunes, Kaninna voices her disgust at Australia�s ongoing colonial violence. �Blak Britney� is a fuck you to invaders, �land takers� and �treaty breakers�, but ultimately, it�s a song of resistance. �I�m a deadly bitch,� goes the chorus. �A Black Britney Spears.�
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The Top 50 Australian Songs of 2023
Miss Kaninna � Blak Britney Teether & Kuya Neil � CYA (feat. ZK king ?) Sleep D � Punch Drunk (feat. YL Hooi) Kee�ahn & Emma Donovan � Take No More POOKIE & Kuzich � FEEL IT IN THE BLACK Yirinda � Thurum Voi (Look There) ZK king ? � Heart throbs Keanu Nelson � Kutjupa Tjuta Sevy � Whats the Move Naretha Williams � Into Dusk We Fall Ripple Effect Band � Loving and Caring EXEK � Welcome to my Alibi 700 Feel � 5D Dub Polito � Fortune Teller rocky � Nothing Tuesday Mindy Meng Wang�??�& Tim Shiel � Mirror Flower ???? RVG � Midnight Sun Ella Thompson � To Light The Lantern Maggie Tra � Hanoi �i J. McFarlane�s Reality Guest � Youtube Trip YL Hooi � Glitch Clarry Ditty Hubcaps � Beside(s) Me Jennifer Loveless � Pleasure (Original Vox Mix) Vv Pete � Frauds (DJ Plead Remix) Ryan Fennis & Voidhood � AETHERNET 1300 � Lalaland Elizabeth � Love Is the Easiest Salvation Mindy Meng Wang�?? & Sui Zhen � ? | Chi | Energy REBEL YELL � Kombat Izy � Close the Door Gold Fang � Badness Issa Habit RONA. � Aperleye Immy Owusu � The World Is Here For You Baby Cool � Daydream Mo�Ju � Money DJ PGZ � Quality High Eternal Dust � Candy Jen Cloher � Mana Takat?pui Divide and Dissolve � Want Barkaa � Division Elle Shimada � MONONOKE (feat. Jamahl Yami) Gut Health � Juvenile Retention Terry � Gold Duck Surprise Chef � Rosemary Hemphill Kootsie Don � Lemme Know Cash Savage and the Last Drinks � $600 Short On the Rent Picked Last � NO CLUE Charlie Hill � Orleigh Sun Unsolicited Joints � Joint 1 BAYANG (tha Bushranger) � Antarctica (feat. FRIDAY*, TT)Further Reading
Miss Kaninna: �It�s a Privilege to Listen to Black People�s Stories�
ZK king ?: �This Record Felt Nostalgic Even Before I Had Finished Making It�
REBEL YELL and Her Collaborators on the Themes and Experiences at the Core of �DESOLATION�
We�re All Stupefied Oil Gobblers in the Video for EXEK�s �Welcome to my Alibi�
Elizabeth: The Songs, Words, Treasures and Images that Inspired �Love Is The Easiest Salvation�
Ella Thompson Goes Giallo on 70s Slow-Burner �To Light The Lantern�
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