Been a few years since I’ve made a year-end music list, but I figured I’d give it a shot for 2022. It was another great year of music, and I know I missed a ton of stuff that I’ll discover in the months & years to come. These are my favorites so far.
See thread for the list.
My top music of 2022 — Honorable Mentions:
Animal Collective - Time Skiffs
Carla dal Forno - Come Around
Daniel Rossen - You Belong There
Drowse - Wane Into It
Earthen Sea - Ghost Poems
Editors - EBM
Florist - S/T
Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed
Junior Boys - Waiting Game
Maral - Ground Groove
The Soft Moon - Exister
Wilco - Cruel Country
My top music of 2022 — 30-21:
30. Allegra Krieger - Precious Thing
29. Dead Melodies - Murken Hollow
28. Nathan Salsburg - Landwerk No. 3
27. William Basinski/Janek Schaefer - "...on reflection"
26. Tom Skinner - Voices of Bishara
25. Zola Jesus - Arkhon
24. Indigo Sparke - Hysteria
23. Sun's Signature - S/T
22. Russian Circles - Gnosis
21. Anaïs Mitchell - S/T
My top music of 2022 — 20-11:
20. Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing
19. Jon Porras - Arroyo
18. The Range - Mercury
17. Skullcrusher - Quiet The Room
16. Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong
15. Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows
14. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
13. Angel Olsen - Big Time
12. Bonny Light Horseman - Rolling Golden Holy
11. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
My top music of 2022 — 10-1:
10. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
09. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Moutain I Believe In You
08. Shearwater - The Great Awakening
07. Spoon - Lucifier On The Sofa/Lucifer On The Moon
06. Burial - Antidawn/Streetlands
05. Pan American - The Patience Fader
04. Duster - Together
03. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
02. Modern Nature - Island Of Noise
01. Beth Orton - Weather Alive
I accidentally left Brainwaltzera’s excellent ‘ITSAME’ off my #music2022 list. That was a major oversight on my part. Excellent 90s IDM-inspired electronic music, RIYL #boardsofcanada #autechre #aphextwin
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