It was down to the wire, but I managed to put together a #BestOf2022 list with a few hours to go before 2023. Here are my favorite #2022Albums by #Oakland musicians. Enjoy! http://billchapin.net/allthecitylights/2022/12/rankstravaganza-five-great-2022-albums-two-eps-by-oakland-east-bay-musicians/

There's some #CountrySoul, #RetroSoul, #IndieFolk, #PowerPop & #Chillwave represented (though I made a big deal about how futile it is to pigeonhole these artists).

#MikoMarks
#TheCaliforniaHoneydrops
#MikaylaMcVey
#TheByeByeBlackbirds
#ToroYMoi

#BestAlbums2022
#5Albums22
#AOTY22
#music
#sfbamusic

Album of the year
#5
Big Thief -- Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

Another year passed another fantastic Big Thief album. There is no band in the world creating as consistently great music as Big Thief, and prolifically so. Their best songs have that worn in of the earth Americana feel, like they have always just existed, unearthed by Big Thief for our pleasure. Dragon New Warm Mountain… is no exception.

#AOTY22 #AOTY #AlbumOfTheYear #Rock #Alt #Folk #Indie #BigThief

Album of the year
#8
Wilco – Cruel Country

Perhaps Wilco's best album since The Whole Love, Cruel Country is full of post-Trump post-pandemic observations on living in a cruel yet beautiful country. This dichotomy has long been on bandleader Jeff Tweedy’s mind, yet has never been so directly confronted. Instant classics, Bird Without a Tail..., The Universe, and Many Worlds are some of Wilco’s most beautiful work.

#AOTY22 #AOTY #AlbumOfTheYear #AltCountry #Rock #Indie #Folk #Wilco

Album of the year
#10
Soccer Mommy -- Sometimes, Forever

Sometimes, Forever is such a good album. Tension filled lyrics with loads of great imagery, and one well earned melody after another. Who knew bleak could ever sound so good.

"So I wanna drive out for where the sun shines
Drown out the noise and the way I feel
But even the light is so temporary
And I see the dark at the back of my heels"

#SoccerMommy #Sometimes,Forever #AOTY22 #AOTY #AlbumOfTheYear #AltRock #LofFi #Indie #2022Music