2023 is coming to a close, and we've asked our DJs to tell us their top 5 albums from this year. Here we list the top albums of all the DJs who sumbitted. To see our featured DJs, check us out on instagram @thecorefm!
DJ Rachel's (she/her) Top 5
Host of Impulse Control
1. Sweeping Promises, Good Living is Coming for You
2. screaming Females, Desire Pathway
3. Nabihah Iqbal, Dreamer
4. PJ Harvey, I Inside The Old I Lay Dying
5. Lightheaded, Mercury Girl
DJ Scott's (he/him) Top 5
Host of Ditch yr Skin
1. Melenas, Ahora
2. Cable Ties, All Her Plans
3. Osees, Intercepted Message
4. Teenage Halloween, Till You Return
5. Blues Lawyer, All in Good Time
DJ Lemon's (she/her) Top 5
Cohost of The Endless Wash
1. Kosaya Gora, Kosogor
2. Étienne Daho, Tirer la nuit sur les étoiles - Only For You (Deluxe Version)
3. Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
4. 100 gecs, 10,000 gecs
5. The Japanese House, In The End It Always Does
DJ Olivia's (she/her) Top 5
Cohost of The Endless Wash
1. panchiko, failed at math(s)
2. mitski, the land is inhospitable and so are we
3. lana del rey, did you know there's a tunnel under ocean boulevard
4. slowdive, everything is alive
5. wilco, cousin
DJ Maggie's (she/her) Top 5
Host of Flower In My Shoe
1. BRAND NEW SOUL, Angel Du$t
2. This Is Why, Paramore
3. Read the Room, BEL
4. Dead Club City, Nothing But Thieves
5. Formentera II, Metric
DJ Julius's (he/they) Top 5
Host of Better Call Paul
1. Ken Carson, A Great Chaos
2. George Clanton, Ooh Rap I Ya
3. Snow Strippers, April Mixtape 3
4. Wintercastle & Octi, Superstardom
5. Hi-C, L3ft 4 D3ad
DJ Liam's (he/him) Top 5
Host of Long in the Tooth
1. wallsocket, Underscores
2. Geese, 3D Country
3. Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS
4. Corinne Bailey Rae, Black Rainbows
5. Jessie Ware, That! Feels Good!
DJ Rachel's (she/her) Top 5
Host of DEADHORSE!
1. Mitski, The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
2. Cherry Glazerr, I Don't Want You Anymore
3. feeble little horse, Girl with Fish
4. PJ Harvey, I Inside the Old Year Dying
5. Frog Concert, Slumbering Sounds of the Frog Fellowship
DJ Lucky's (they/them) Top 5
Host of Count Your Lucky Stars
1. Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
2. Cherry Glazerr, I Don’t Want You Anymore
3. Yves Tumor, Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
4. Shygirl, Nymph_o
5. Billie Marten, Drop Cherries
DJ Lindsey's (she/her) Top 5
Host of From Eden
1. Fall Out Boy, So Much (For) Stardust
2. Paramore, This is Why
3. Carly Rae Jepsen, The Loveliest Time
4. Hozier, Unreal Unearth
5. Mitski, The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
DJ JENNA's (she/her) Top 5
Host of The Great Escape
1. Model/Actriz, Dogsbody
2. Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
3. Loveshadow, II
4. The WAEVE, The WAEVE
5. feeble little horse, Girl with Fish
DJ Chidera's (he/him) Top 5
Host of Lenny's Jukebox Grub
1. Harrison, Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees
2. Alien Nosejob, Act Different
3. dazy, OTHERBODY
4. Private Function, 370HSSV 0773H
5. JJ & The Real Jerks, Rat Beach
DJ Prosciuttini's (Patrick he/him) Top 5
Cohost of Cold Cuts
1. Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
2. Model/Actriz, Dogsbody
3. The Gaslight Anthem, History Books
4. 100 gecs, 10,000 gecs
5. boygenius, the record
DJ Gabagool's (Ryan he/him) Top 5
Cohost of Cold Cuts
1. Model / Actriz, Dogsbody
2. Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Wanna Turn Into You
3. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown, SCARING THE HOES
4. Armand Hammer, We Buy Diabetic Teat Strips
5. Bar Italia, Tracy Denim
DJ Chelsea's (she/they) Top 5
Host of et. al
1. Militarie Gun, Life Under the Gun
2. Scowl, Psychic Dance Routine
3. Spiritual Cramp, Spiritual Cramp
4. Gel, Only Constant
5. The Hope Conspiracy, Confusion/Chaos/Misery
DJ DOMMU's (Dominick he/him) Top 5
Cohost of Midnight Cafe
1. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
2. Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
3. Model/Actriz, Dogsbody
4. SPELLLING, SPELLLING & The Mystery School
5. MSPAINT, Post-American
DJ Father Nature's (Aidan he/him) Top 5
Cohost of Midnight Cafe
1. Caroline Polachek, Desire I Want to Turn Into You
2. Lil Uzi Vert, Pink Tape
3. Cowgirl Clue, rodeo star
4. 100 gecs, 10,000 gecs
5. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) [Deluxe]
DJ Alessandro's (he/him) Top 5
Cohost of Midnight Cafe
1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
2. JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown, Scaring the Hoes
3. 100 Gecs, 10,000 Gecs
4. Wednesday, Rat Saw God
5. Model/Actriz, Dogsbody
DJ Ozzie's (they/them) Top 5
1. Cherry Glazer, I Don't Want You Anymore
2. Fiddlehead, Death is Nothing to Us
3. Pony Girl, Laff It Off
4. Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
5. Sir Chloe, I Am The Dog
DJ Sal's (he/him) Top 5
Host of This Show Has Music In It
1. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation
2. Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher
3. Screaming Females, Desire Pathway
4. Myrkur, Spine
DJ Cherin's (she/her) Top 5
1. yeule, inferno
2. Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
2. Troye Sivan, Something to Give Each Other
4. Dominic Fike, Sunburn
5. Tennis, Pollen
DJ Connor's (he/him) Top 5
Host of Body Movin'
1. King Krule, Space Heavy
2. Ryan Beatty, Calico
3. The South Hill Experiment, MOONSHOTS
4. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, V
5. Yves Tumor, Praise A Lord Who Chews But Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
DJ Eliana's (they/she) Top 5
Host of 12 AM Brainrot
1. Echorift, Monolith
2. underscores, Wallsocket
3. Kuatari, Kairosclerosis
4. Chime, Aetherborne
5. Various Artists, Better Together Vol. 5: Together Ever After!
DJ Sam's (they/them) Top 5
Host of Crying In February
1. Arlo Parks, My Soft Machine
2. Lil Yatchy, Let's Start Here.
3. Tkay Maidza, Sweet Justice
4. Kim Petras, Problématique
5. Yves Tumor, Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
DJ Ana's (she/her) Top 5
Host of The Meadow
1. bar italia, Tracey Denim
2. yeule, softscars
3. Yaeji, With A Hammer
4. JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown, SCARING THE HOES
5. feeble little horse, Girl with Fish
DJ Charlie's (they) Top 5
Host of Snoopy Waves
1. Wednesday, Rat Saw God
2. Speedy Ortiz, Rabbit Rabbit
3. Y La Bamba, Luca
4. Screaming Females, Desire Pathway
5. poolblood, mole
DJ Joni Jao's (Jonathan he/him) Top 5
Host of INERTIA
1. Anohni and the Johnsons, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
2. Fever Ray, Radical Romantics
3. Kelela, Raven
4. Gazelle Twin, Black Dog
5. Amaarae, Fountain Baby
DJ Iz's (Izabella she/her) Top 5
Host of Skoblar Sunday Funday
1. Girl With Fish, Feeble Little Horse
2. @, Minds Palace Music
3. Mac Demarco, One Wayne G
4. Greg Mendez, Greg Mendez
5. Jungle, Volcano
DJ Michaela's (she/her) Top 5
Cohost of Lost & Found
1. Feist, Multitudes
2. Andy Shauf, Norm
3. Shelter, Alice Phoebe Lou
4. Harrison, Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees
5. Ana Franco Electrico, Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua
DJ Devin's (he/they) Top 5
Cohost of Lost & Found
1. Shelter, Alice Phoebe Lou
2. Feist, Multitudes
3. Strongboi, Strongboi
4. Ana Franco Electrico, Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua
5. Sophia Chablau E Uma Enorme Perda De Tempo, Musica Do Esquecimento
DJ Lucia's (she/her) Top 5
Host of Lulupalooza
1. Royal Blood, Back To The Water Below
2. Boygenius, The Record
3. Paramore, This Is Why
4. Foo Fighters, But Here We Are
5. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Weathervanes
DJ Mijo's (she/her) Top 5
Host of MixTape
1. Paramore, This Is Why
2. NF, HOPE
3. Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS
4. The Aces, I've Loved You For So Long
5. Ava Max, Diamonds & Dancefloors