深夜福利

The crew from 深夜福利 Music and friends from 深夜福利 look back on 2023 and list their favorite music, movies, podcasts, memories, and more! Check out the list below:

Albums that stayed in rotation in my car:

• Enigmatic Society (Dinner Party)
• I left my heart in Ladera (Terrace Martin & Alex Isley)
• It鈥檚 Ok, B U (Kiefer)
• All Season Gear (Ivan Ave)
• Jaguar II (Victoria Mon茅t)

 Honorable Mention:

Devon Morrison blessed us with Dream Lobby VI, VII, VIII, and IX all THIS YEAR!?!? I was here for every album.

A dive into the Classics. Here are a few timeless albums I revisited:

• I Want You (Marvin Gaye)
• Look Out For #1 (The Brothers Johnson)
• Lord Willin鈥� (Clipse)
• Free as the Wind (The Crusaders)

New Artists I鈥檓 excited about

• Kenny Mason

 Favorite Donut Spot

• Baker鈥檚 Dozen in Durham. Best donuts in the Triangle. Trust me.

Favorite Book

• This year I discovered Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini and I have not been the same. If you know you know. 馃樀鈥嶐煉�

Also...

• Y鈥檃ll know I love a good probiotic drink! This year Doctor D鈥檚 Pineapple was my go-to. Tasty.

32 for 鈥�23

• Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy - O Yinne!
• Ana Frango El茅ctrico - Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua
• Andr茅 3000 - New Blue Sun
• B. Cool-Aid - Leather Blvd.
• bar italia - Tracey Denim
• billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
• Chief Adjuah - Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
• Cleo Sol - Heaven/Gold
• Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
• dada joaozinho - tds bem Global
• Danny Brown - Quaranta
• Diego Gaeta - Fearlessly Accessing the Divine Spirit of Freedom From Here On Out
• Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - VOIR DIRE
• Irreversible Entanglements - Protect Your Light
• Isaiah Collier - Parallel Universe
• jaimie branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
• Kassa Overall - Animals
• Kelela - Raven
• Kofi Flexxx - Flowers In The Dark
• Lil Yachty - Let鈥檚 Start Here.
• Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
• Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View
• McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
• Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
• Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1
• MIKE - Burning Desire
• Overmono - Good Lies
• Roge - Curyman
• Sampha - Lahai
• Say She She - Silver
• Sofia Kourtesis - Madres
• Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music

Movie: The Holdovers
Book: The Brothers Karamazov (This was literally the only book I read because it took all dang year)

Podcast: Embodied

Animal: Tie for Dottie the Cat and Puddles the Dog

Hike: Old Harrys Rocks, Studland, UK
Treat: Cornish Hand Pie
Cocktail: Pimlet (I clearly went to England this year)
Live album: Iron & Wine - Who Can See Forever

Albums:

• Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump for Joy
• Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight
• Becca Mancari - Left Hand
• William Prince - Stand in the Joy
• Jungle - Volcano
• boygenius - The Record
• Sluice - Radial Gate
• Mipso - Book of Fools
• Viv & Riley - Imaginary People
• Local Natives - Time Will Wait for No One

Songs:

• Liza Anne - Cheerleader
• Obonjayer - Just Cool
• Lizzie No - Lagunitas
• Middle Kids - Highlands
• Bailen - Call It Like It Is
• Torres - Collect
• Jalen Ngonda - That's All I Wanted from You
• Miya Follick - So Clear
• Buck Meek - Haunted Mountain
• Bahamas - Working on my Guitar
• Al Green - Perfect Day

• Favorite album: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway 鈥� City of Gold
• Favorite song: Sarah Jarosz 鈥� 鈥淛ealous Moon鈥�
• Favorite concert: Jim Lauderdale with Damon Fowler at Muddy Creek Music Hall in Sparta in June
• Favorite fiction book: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
• Favorite nonfiction book: President Garfield: From Radical To Unifier by C.W. Goodyear
• Favorite bookstores visited this year: So & So Books in Raleigh, The Dog-Eared Page in Danville, Va.
• Favorite experience: Andrews Valley Rail Tour in Cherokee County (pedaling a cart on railroad tracks up a mountain was awesome)
• Favorite restaurant meal: Postal Fish Company in Pittsboro
• Favorite hike: Sharp Top Mountain at Peaks of Otter near Bedford, Va.
• Favorite brewery visited this year: Dingo Dog Brewing Company in Carrboro
• Favorite winery visited this year: Thistle Meadow Winery in Laurel Springs
• Favorite parade: Pumpkin Festival parade in Spring Hope

Artists

• Freddie Gibbs
• Tyler the Creator
• Beyonce
• Ginger Root
• Megan Thee Stallion

Podcasts

• Vibe Check
• LAist鈥檚 Imperfect Paradise
• Classy
• Weight For It
• Normal Gossip

Bubble tea shops

• Tea Hill in Chapel Hill
• any MILKLAB location
• Feng Cha in Morrisville
• Boba Baba in Cary

New TV Shows

• Reservation Dogs
• The Bear
• Succession
• Chainsaw Man
• Jury Duty
• Poker Face
• Heartstopper
• Barry

Old TV Shows I鈥檓 rewatching

• Boondocks
• Home Movies
• Sailor Moon

Movies

• Past Lives
• Suzume
• Kokomo City

Favorite songs of 2023

• My Love Is Mine All Mine - Mitski
• Dance the Night - Dua Lipa
• Party for One - Magic AL, Lou Hazel, Amelia Meath
• Hiding Out in the Open - Feist
• Carolina Rolling By - Mipso
• Nu-Grape - Hiss Golden Messenger
• Cool About It - boygenius
• Eye on the Bat - Palehound
• Stranger Danger - Lucius
• King of Oklahoma - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit

Favorite live music of 2023

• Feist at The Ritz
• John Craigie at Lincoln Theater
• Mapache at Cat鈥檚 Cradle
• Gregory Alan Isakov at DPAC
• Sylvan Esso at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
• Erin Rae at The Pinhook
• Charley Crockett at The Ritz
• Angel Olsen at Carolina Theatre
• Margaret Glaspy at Motorco
• My Morning Jacket at Beech Mountain Resort's Party on the Mountain

Favorite dog of 2023: Eno

Music: Art School Girlfriend - Soft Landing
Movie: Living starring Bill Nighy
TV: Reservation Dogs
Experience: London and Paris with family and friends after a long absence
Looking ahead: Next year's presidential election

Movies (Best that I saw)

1. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (maybe a perfect movie)
2. The Creator (Didn鈥檛 see this one coming)
3. Gran Turismo (Just fun and interesting)
4. The Marvels (I thought it was good y鈥檃ll)
5. The Portable Door (Didn鈥檛 see this one coming either)
6. Elf (It鈥檚 on the list every year)
7. God Said Give 鈥橢m Drum Machines
8. Not enough good movies to fill out 10?

Most listened to music (Best that I listened to)

1. Moderat
2. Modeselektor
3. KOMPROMAT
4. Mr. Oizo
5. Royksopp
6. Vitalic
7. Sleaford Mods / Orbital / Pet Shop Boys
8. DJ Rebeka
9. DJ Paul Temple
10. Squarepusher

Shows (Best that I saw)

1. Slow Horses!!! (Espionage with Gary Oldman, what鈥檚 not to like?)
2. Ted Lasso (I鈥檓 still tearing up thinking about it)
3. Foundation (One of my favorite set of books)
4. Silo (So many twists)
5. Severance (So many questions, like what defines our identity?)
6. The Peripheral (Mind bending)
7. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Just good stuff)
8. Rabbit/Hole (More twists)
9. The Bear (Food and drama!)
10. Only Murders In The Building (comfy like mashed potatoes)

Josh Sullivan, 深夜福利 Social Media Producer

Books:

1. Such Kindness 鈥� Andre Dubus III
2. Ohio 鈥� Stephen Markley
3. Maybe We鈥檒l Make It 鈥� Margo Price
4. Across The River 鈥� Kent Babb
5. What Made Maddy Run 鈥� Kate Fagan

Albums:

1. Zach Bryan 鈥� Zach Bryan
2. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever)
3. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit 鈥� Weathervanes
4. Margo Price 鈥� Strays
5. Tyler Childers 鈥� Rustlin鈥� In the Rain

Concerts:

1. Maggie Rogers at Charlotte鈥檚 Skyla Bank Amphitheater
2. Noah Kahan at Charlotte鈥檚 Skyla Bank Amphitheater
3. Japanese Breakfast at Hopscotch
4. Cold War Kids/Tears For Fears at Coastal Credit Union Ampitheater
5. Margo Price at Hopscotch

Most-played songs:

1. Motorcycle Drive By 鈥� Zach Bryan
2. Northern Attitude 鈥� Noah Kahan
3. Away From The Mire 鈥� Billy Strings
4. Brown-Eyed Women 鈥� Grateful Dead
5. Stick 鈥� JID, J. Cole, Kenny Mason

(Non-深夜福利) Podcasts

1. Search Engine
2. What Chaos!
3. The Bomb Hole
4. The Daily
5. The Journal

Triangle Hangouts

1. Edit Beer Co.
2. Umstead State Park
3. Eno River State Park
4. Steel String Brewing at Pluck Farm
5. Jubala Coffee

 Places Visited:

1. Porto, Portugal
2. Lisbon, Portugal
3. Salt Lake City, Utah
4. Bozeman, Montana
5. Boulder, Colorado

Books

• This Isn鈥檛 Going To End Well: The True Story of the Man I Thought I Knew 鈥� Daniel Wallace
• Shadow of the Sith 鈥� Adam Christopher
• Daredevil & Elektra, The Red Fist Saga 鈥� Chip Zdarsky
• When Ghosts Come Home 鈥� Wiley Cash
• Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service 鈥� Carol Leonnig

Movies

• Oppenheimer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• A Man Called Otto
• Master Gardener
• Air

Music

• 鈥淜ing of Oklahoma鈥� 鈥� Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
• 鈥淟inger鈥� 鈥� Joshua Ray Walker
• 鈥淐ash Carter Hill鈥� 鈥� Tommy Prine
• 鈥淚 Remember Everything鈥� 鈥� Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves
• 鈥淔rames鈥� 鈥� Noah Pierre Band
• 鈥淲here the Wild Things Are鈥� 鈥� Luke Combs
• 鈥淲hat Would Pluto Do鈥� 鈥� Drake
• 鈥淎m I Dreaming鈥� 鈥� A$AP Rocky, Metro Boomin, Roisee

Podcasts

• Split Zone Duo
• Ovies & Giglio
• The Big Picture
• The Run-Up
• Southbound

TV

• Ahsoka
• Succession
• The Righteous Gemstones
• Winning Time
• Top Chef

Other

• Favorite Concert: Jason Isbell at the Ryman in Nashville
• Favorite Cigar: Magic Toast by Alec Bradley
• Favorite Coffee: Morning View Coffee House in Nags Head, N.C.
• Favorite Bookstore: Book Bin in Onley, Virginia
• Favorite Brewery: Wicked Weed in Asheville, N.C.
• Favorite BBQ: Pappy鈥檚 Smokehouse in St. Louis, Missouri
• Favorite Vacation: Ocean Isle, N.C.
• Favorite Sporting Event: Women鈥檚 basketball Final Four in Dallas, Texas

Top Movie of the Year: Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet
Best Books: The Years by Annie Ernaux, The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Best Song: Float by Janelle Mon谩e feat. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Favorite Museum Exhibit: "Thierry Mugler: Couturissime" at the Brooklyn Museum
Favorite (re)discovered hobby: Film photography