Best Music 🎶 of 2022!

These are currently the albums of this year I've listened to mostly according to last.FM.

1.Charlie XCX "Crush"
2.Amber Mark "Three Dimensions deep"
3. Florence + the machine "Dance Fever"
4.Alec Benjamin "(Un) commentary"
5.ROSALÍA "MOTOMAMI"
6.Beyoncé "RENAISSANCE"
7.Peter Doherty "The fantasy life of poetry & crime"
8.Kendrick Lamar "Mr. Morales & the Big Steppers"
9.Lizzo "Special"
10. Bonobo "Fragments"
11. Leikeli47 "Shape Up"
12. Denzel Curry "Melt my eyez see your future"
13. Sudan Archives "Natural Brown Prom Queen"
14. Metric "Formentera"
15. Bloc Party "Alpha Games"
16. FKA twigs "CAPRISONGS"
17. King Princess "Hold on Baby"
18. Beach House "Once Twice Melody"
19. Gang of Youths "angel in realtime"
20. Selah Sue "Persona"

I'm still working on my Q3 tap list and will post it in a few days. So many good albums that quarter, still listening to and checking out releases.
 
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Interesting. My top 12 are all 2022 albums. I thought I'd have had a random non-2022 album in there somewhere. I fully expect Alvvays to be top by year end.

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cbl said:
trying to keep myself accountable and staying on top of an ever evolving list...

1. Nils Frahm - Music for Animals
2. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
3. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
4. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
5. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
6. Yumi Zouma - Present Tense
7. Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
8. Yard Act - The Overload
9. Cate LeBon - Pompeii
10. El Buho - Tributaries v.2
11. Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin - Ali
12. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future
13. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms
14. Shearwater - The Great Awakening
15. Sylvan Esso - No Rules Sandy
16. Lumenette - All Around My Head
17. Lil Silva - Yesterday is Heavy
18. Preoccupations - Arrangements
19. Damien Jurado - Reggae Film Star
20. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
21. Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS
22. Sharon van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong

need some more time with the following, but have been intrigued by early listens:

Just Mustard - Heart Under
Congotronics International - Where's The One?
Peach Pit - From 2 To 3
Gwenno - Tresor
Will Sheff - Nothing Special
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Just listening to that Damien Jurado Album and enjoying it.

 
Man.. Wild Pink... I think they are becoming too sleepy and are on the verge of boring on this new album. Their first two records were incredible. Excellent flow, songwriting, punchy and climactic guitars, great contrast between John's quiet voice and the boisterous music. Third album was more of the same but with a little less rawness. This one is just... like The War on Drugs Lite. Lots of people seem to like it but I think they've lost me.
 
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Man.. Wild Pink... I think they are becoming too sleepy and are on the verge of boring on this new album. Their first two records were incredible. Excellent flow, songwriting, punchy and climactic guitars, great contrast between John's quiet voice and the boisterous music. Third album was more of the same but with a little less rawness. This one is just... like The War on Drugs Lite. Lots of people seem to like it but I think they've lost me.
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It starts really slow but picks up towards the end for me. Its definitely a grower but I have come to really love it. Definitely in my top ten for the year so far.
 
McGlam said:
It starts really slow but picks up towards the end for me. Its definitely a grower but I have come to really love it. Definitely in my top ten for the year so far.
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The second half is definitely better than the first. But like, they did that second half energy for the whole album on their first two records. Idk it’s just a sleepy album and I was expecting more from it for all the praise.
 
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Man.. Wild Pink... I think they are becoming too sleepy and are on the verge of boring on this new album. Their first two records were incredible. Excellent flow, songwriting, punchy and climactic guitars, great contrast between John's quiet voice and the boisterous music. Third album was more of the same but with a little less rawness. This one is just... like The War on Drugs Lite. Lots of people seem to like it but I think they've lost me.
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I really don’t know how I feel about the new record some moments it am awestruck by the beauty but at others there is a bit of an over sentimentality that makes me wanna roll my eyes. It kinda toes the line. It probably depends on my mood. Kinda how I feel about the last Gang Of Youths record.
 
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I really don’t know how I feel about the new record some moments it am awestruck by the beauty but at others there is a bit of an over sentimentality that makes me wanna roll my eyes. It kinda toes the line. It probably depends on my mood. Kinda how I feel about the last Gang Of Youths record.
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That is a great comparison! Both bands did some more aggressive/raw sounding earlier albums with their newest work being more “heart on your sleeve” and personal.
 
So here's finally my Q3 Best of. Quite late, I know, it was due to being on vacation and other issues. It includes the last week of June, and the last release day of September will be included in Q4 as usual (including the amazing Björk album). I've listened to several hundred albums this quarter and these are my subjective favorites. Order may change as the year goes on. Thanks to all of you for creating such a wonderful place to discover new music ❤️

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  1. Beyonce „Renaissance“
  2. Katy J. Pearson „Sound of the morning“
  3. Metric „Formentera“
  4. working men's club „fear fear“
  5. King Princess „Hold on Baby“
  6. The Lounge Society „Tired of liberty“
  7. Ezra Furman „All of us flames“
  8. Greentea Peng „GREENZONE 108“
  9. Megan Thee Stallion „Traumazine“
  10. Jid „The Forever Story“
  11. Djo „DECIDE“
  12. Horace Andy „Midnight Scorchers“
  13. Damien Jurado „Raggae Film Star“
  14. BLACK MIDI „Hellfire“
  15. Built to Spill „When the wind forgets your name“

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16. Interpol „The Other Side of Make- Believe“
17. Editors „ebm“
18. Miraculous Mule „Old bones, new fire“
19. Makaya McCraven „In these times“
20. Jesca Hoop „Order of Romance
21. Marcus King „Young Blood“
22. Phoebe Green „Lucky me
23. Florist „Florist“
24. The Comet is Coming „Hyper Dimensional Expansion Beam“
25. Laufey „Everything I know about love“
26. Santigold „Spirituals“
27. Soccer Mommy „Sometimes, Forever“
28. Psalm One „Bigg Perrm“
29. Goose „Dripfield“
30. Sudan Archives „Natural Brown Prom Queen“

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31. Son Little „Like Neptune“
32. Kyle Kidd „Soothsayer“
33. Regina Spektor „Home, Before and After“
34. Wu- Lu „LOGGERHEAD“
35. Two Door Cinema Club „Keep on smiling“
36. Momma „Household Name“
37. Lizzo „Special“
38. Danielle Ponder „Some of us are brave“
39. The Black Angels „Wilderness of Mirrors“
40. Sampa the Great „As above, so below“
41. Mura Masa „Demon Time“
42. Suede „Autofiction“
43. Kiwi jr. „Chopper“
44. Death Cab for Cutie „Asphalt Meadows“
45. Tamino „Sahar“
46. Gabe Gurnsey „Diablo“
47. ShrapKnel „Metal Lung“
48. caterina barbieri „spirit exit“
49. Art d' Ecco „After the Head Rush“
50. Young Jesus „Shepherd Head“
 
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Rip_City said:
Q3 Update

Total 2022 releases (albums/EPs/mixtapes) listened to as of September 30th: 191 320 424

Been slower in getting around to newer releases than even last quarter, but I've struck a string of luck with the majority of what I've tried. However, the memorable gems to me were fewer, and I ultimately slashed a column from Q2's 4x5 into a 4x4.

Women reign supreme, much like last quarter. Genre distribution remains roughly the same, with a few more excellent art pop and ambient-adjacent entries making their presence felt. Recent hip hop drops were very needed with my current top50 list deficient in that genre.

Like before, I'm leaving the last Friday drops of the quarter to be eligible for the next quarter chart; just listened to Björk's newest to start Q4 and that one already has a reservation. No entries are ranked here; sorted in alphabetical order by band name/artist last name.

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Felicia Atkinson - Image Langage [electroacoustic, ambient, spoken word]
Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit [progressive electronic, ambient trance]
Beyoncé - Renaissance [dance-pop, contemporary R&B, house]
Chat Pile - God's Country [noise rock, sludge metal]

Madison Cunningham - Revealer [singer/songwriter, folk rock]
Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes [conscious hip hop, boom bap]
J.I.D - The Forever Story [Southern hip hop, conscious hip hop]
Kali Malone - Living Torch [drone, electroacoustic]

Moor Mother - Jazz Codes [jazz poetry, abstract hip hop]
Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing [electronic, ambient]
Beth Orton - Weather Alive [art pop, singer/songwriter]
SRSQ - Ever Crashing [art pop, shoegaze, gothic pop]

Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen [experimental R&B, art pop]
Szun Waves - Earth Patterns [nu-jazz, ambient]
Tomu DJ - Half Moon Bay [downtempo, ambient house]
Wake - Thought Form Descent [black metal, atmospheric sludge metal]

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As usual a solid amount of overlap. I've been dogshit sick all week and have had that Beth Orton on a loop at times. The 2nd half of it is 10/10 incredible.



I've also fallen in love with Jockstrap's album (while lit up on cold medication 😂)which I don't think I've seen anyone here mention.



Gonna check out that Caterina album. Been a weak year for electronic (from what I've found) and that sounds up my alley based off the tags.
 
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Alright--

I know I posted an update less than 2 months ago, but I've been down all week with one of my occasional bouts with bronchitis and have basically just been floating above my bed while music rushes underneath me.

My list has been bumped from 30 to 40 and has about 12 or 13 new albums on it. So update it is (enjoy your Halloween suckers):

Tier 1:
1. Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (rap)
2. Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity (house, afro-funk)
3. Perfume Genius: Ugly Season (art pop)
4. JID: The Forever Story (hip-hop)
5. Beyonce: Renaissance (house, r&b)
6. Sunflower Bean: Moment in the Sun (indie rock)
7. Jockstrap: I Love You Jennifer B (experimental pop)

Tier 2:
8. Just Mustard: Heart Under (shoe-gaze, post punk)
9. Alex G: God Save the Animals (indie folk)
10. Sudan Archives: Natural Brown Prom Queen (experimental r&b, hip-hop)
11. Denzel Curry: Melt My Eyez See Your Future (rap)
12. Wet Leg: Wet Leg (indie rock, pop punk)
13. Beth Orton: Weather Alive (art rock, trip hop)
14. Zola Jesus: Arkhon (art pop)
15. Tove Lo: Dirt Femme (pop)
16. Grace Ives: Janky Star (lo-fi pop)
17. Axel Boman- LULZ (downtempo electronic, deep house)

Tier 3:
18. Bonobo: Fragments (deep house, downtempo)
19. Wunderhorse: Pup (indie rock, grunge)
20. The Smile: A Light for Attracting Attention (rock)
21. Black Thought and Danger Mouse: Cheat Codes (rap)
22. Nilifur Yanya: Painless (indie rock)
23. Wu-Lu: Loggerhead (experimental hip-hop, punk)
24. Viagra Boys- Cave World (dance punk)
25. Gabriels: Angels and Queens- Part 1 (orchestral soul, R&B)
26. PVA: Blush (electronic, pop)
27. Fountaines D.C.: Skinty Fina (post-punk)
28. Arctic Monkeys: The Car (art rock)
29. Kojey Radical: Reason to Smile (rap)

Tier
30. Loyle Carner: Hugo (hip-hop)
31. Alvvays: Blurr (indie rock)
32. Charli XCX- CRASH (pop)
33. Billy Woods: Aethiopes (rap)
34. Sam Prekop, John McEntire- Sons Of (ambient / progressive techno)
35. Ty Segall: Hello, Hi (folk, acoustic rock)
36. Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain (folk)
37. Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever (indie rock)
38: Amber Mark: Three Deminsions Deep (r&b)
39. Saba: Few Good Things (hip-hop)
40. Florist: Florist (indie folk)
 
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October 2022 was a very solid month and each release day Friday had something to offer. Looking at my standouts here, what can I say: the ladies absolutely dominated with new releases! Several albums from October will surely make it on to my AOTY list (some placing quite high up, I might add).

What were your favourite albums from October? What did I miss? Have you checked any of these out, and what did you think?

A.A. Williams - As The Moon Rests (Alternative)
Andrina Bollinger - Secret Seed (Art Pop)
Anna Arrobas - Made To Touch (Dream Pop, Folk, Electronic, Sludge, Experimental)
Aoife Nessa Frances - Protector (Alternative, Folk, Psychedelic)

 BATTS - The Nightline (Alternative, Indie Rock, Space Rock)
Exhumed - To The Dead (Deathgrind, Goregrind)
Indigo Sparke - Hysteria (Indie/Pop/Country Folk)
Louis Cole - Quality Over Opinion (Pop, Funk, Electronic)

Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality (Post-Metal)
Skullcrusher - Quiet The Room (Ethereal/Alternative Indie Folk)
Taylor Swift - Midnights (3AM) (Pop, Folk, Alternative)
The Otolith - Folium Limina (Symphonic Doom, Avant Garde Metal)
 
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ALBUMS
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
The Brother Moves On - $/he Who Feeds You...Owns You
NNAMDÏ – Please Have a Seat
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Changes
Sun Ra Arkestra – Living Sky
lys scott - squashed dreams & broken wings
Benjamin Clementine - And I Have Been
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Laminated Denim
Kutiman - Open

EPs
Mdou Moctar - Niger EP Vol. 2
Paramo Bonzai - Kwanyip.
Can - Live in Cuxhaven 1976
 
At this point I'm at a total loss as to what my list will even look like, although my number one is probably the same it has been for...most of the year. But albums like Big Thief and Beach House I haven't returned to nearly as much as I imagined I would. So I'm revisiting them now. There are also plenty of things I missed, but I tried to listen to even more new music this year than last year. I know it's still November but it almost feels like things are wrapping up.
 
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