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Best Music 🎶 of 2022!
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Hollywood
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Check out the 50 best albums of 2022 according to NPR Music.
avecigrec
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Still going to be at least two weeks until I get my albums list in order, but I feel like I can safely put this one to bed now, despite having a pair of EPs on my Radar List for this week. Those two EPs will also crack the 200-mark for the number of EPs I checked out this year. Here are my 16 favourites:
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Amythyst Kiah – Pensive Pop
Shabaka - Afrikan Culture
Hazem B - Afrochawi
Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar - Shruti Dances
Psychic Temple - Plays Planet Caravan
Tom Skinner - Voices of Bishara
Seun Kuti & Black Thought - African Dreams
DJ Krush – 道 Story Vol. 1
Taxi Kebab تاكسي كباب - Visions al 2ard
Morgan Wade - Acoustic Sessions EP
Daily Bread & MURS - ATL.A.
Sababa 5 & Shiran Tzfira - Rali - رالي
Orion Sun - Getaway
Lilblackkids – Planet of the Blues: Part One
Ego Ella May - FIELDNOTES PT II
Anteloper - Pink Dolphins
Shabaka - Afrikan Culture
Hazem B - Afrochawi
Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar - Shruti Dances
Psychic Temple - Plays Planet Caravan
Tom Skinner - Voices of Bishara
Seun Kuti & Black Thought - African Dreams
DJ Krush – 道 Story Vol. 1
Taxi Kebab تاكسي كباب - Visions al 2ard
Morgan Wade - Acoustic Sessions EP
Daily Bread & MURS - ATL.A.
Sababa 5 & Shiran Tzfira - Rali - رالي
Orion Sun - Getaway
Lilblackkids – Planet of the Blues: Part One
Ego Ella May - FIELDNOTES PT II
Anteloper - Pink Dolphins
avecigrec
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Pretty much exactly what I'd expect from Bandcamp's year-end hip-hop list. And that's not a bad thing. A couple of those albums I was put onto thanks to Bandcamp Daily.
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DownIsTheNewUp
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You all are great at dragging out my list making tendencies. I agree that woman have been killing it for the better part of a decade. They practically dominate modern indie rock and pop & r&b will alway be their kingdom queendom.
That said, I've been thinking a lot about how rare it is for a modern rock album to feel vital to me these days. In high school I was alt-rock / classic rock centric and in college most people would have said I was indie rock first and hip-hop second. The rock portion of my (roughly 500 album) record collection more than doubles up the rest of it. Yet, I had to go back to 2013 for the last time a rock album (Reflektor) topped my end-of-year list. Which then caused me to look up all of my lists and contrast what I had listed as my favorites at the time versus where I would place things now.
The main pattern? There were a # of pop, electronic and r&b albums that fundamentally changed my taste in both 15' and 16'- which then caused me to go back and explore albums I had previously written off as not for me. And also, a rap album has topped my year-end list a shocking # of times since 2014. 7 of the past 9 years. That's wild! I think it's because there is so much experimentation and genre blurring going on in hip-hop compared to rock & roll.
Does anyone else here consider themselves a lover of guitar based music, but find themselves dealing with the same struggle?
2010 Then:
1) LCD Soundsystem: This is Happening
2) Local Natives: Gorilla Manor
3) Warpaint: The Fool
Now:
1) LCD Soundsystem: This is Happening
2) Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
3) Crystal Castles: II
2011 Then:
1) Tune-Yards: Whokill
2) Kendrick Lamar: Section 80
3) Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo
Now:
1) Nicholas Jaar: Space is Only Noise
2) EMA: Past Life Maryred Saints
3) Kendrick Lamar: Section 80
2012 Then:
1) Grimes: Visions
2) Mac DeMarco: 2
3) Joey BadA$$: 1999
2012 Now:
1) Grimes: Visions
2) Jessie Ware: Devotion
3) Kedrick Lamar: Good Kid
2013 Then:
1) Arcade Fire: Reflektor
2) Courtney Barnett: The Double EP- A Sea of Split Peas
3) Disclosure: Settle
2013 Now:
1) Courtney Barnett: The Double EP- A Sea of Split Peas
2) Arcade Fire: Reflektor
3) Darkside: Psychic
2014 Then:
1) Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Taste
2) Flying Lotus: You’re Dead
3) Hundred Waters: The Moon Rang Like a Bell
2014 Now:
1) Run the Jewels: II
2) Sbtrkt: Wonder Where We Land
3) FKA Twigs: LP 1
2015 (my favorite year of all-time so I’m gonna do 5) Then:
1) Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
2) Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes…
3) Hop Along: Painted Shut
4) Ryley Walker: Primrose Green
5) Grimes: Art Angels
2015 now:
1) Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
2) Grimes: Art Angels
3) Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Sometimes...
4) Vince Staples: Summertime 06’
5) Jamie XX: In Colour
2016 Then:
1) Anderson .Paak: Malibu
2) David Bowie: Blackstar
3) Kaytranada: 99.9%
2016 Now:
1) Anderson Paak: Malibu
2) Blood Orange: Freetown Sound
3) Kaytranada: 99.9%
2017 Then:
1) Tyler the Creator: Scum Fuck Flower Boy
2) LCD Soundsystem: American Dream
3) Kendrick Lamar: Damn
2017 Now:
1) Tyler the Creator: Scum Fuck Flower Boy
2) LCD Soundsystem: American Dream
3) Alex G: Rocket
2018 Then:
1) Oneohtrix Point Never: Age Of
2) Deafhaven: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
3) Against All Logic: 2016-2018
2018 Now:
1) Against All Logic: 2016-2018
2) Deafhaven: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
3) Idles: Joy As An Act of Resistance
2019 Then:
1) Jpeg Mafia: All My Heroes Are Cornballs
2) Jai Paul: Leak 04-13
3) Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow
2019 Now:
1) JpegMafia: All My Heroes Are Cornballs
2) Comet is Coming: Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
3) Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow
2020 Then:
1) Fiona Apple: Fetch the Boltcutters
2) Dua Lipa: Future Nonstalgia
3) Deftones: Ohm
2020 Now:
1) Fiona Apple: Fetch the Boltcutters
2) Dua Lipa: Future Nonstalgia
3) Haim: Women in Music Pt. III
2021 Then:
1) Tyler the Creator: Call Me if You Get Lost
2) Magdalena Bey: Mercurial World
3) Lil Simz: Sometimes I’m An Introvert
2021 Now:
1) Tyler the Creator: Call Me if You Get Lost
2) Lil Simz: Sometimes I’m an Introvert
3) Remi Wolf: Juno
2022:
1) Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
2) Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity
3) Jockstrap: I Love You Jennifer B
That said, I've been thinking a lot about how rare it is for a modern rock album to feel vital to me these days. In high school I was alt-rock / classic rock centric and in college most people would have said I was indie rock first and hip-hop second. The rock portion of my (roughly 500 album) record collection more than doubles up the rest of it. Yet, I had to go back to 2013 for the last time a rock album (Reflektor) topped my end-of-year list. Which then caused me to look up all of my lists and contrast what I had listed as my favorites at the time versus where I would place things now.
The main pattern? There were a # of pop, electronic and r&b albums that fundamentally changed my taste in both 15' and 16'- which then caused me to go back and explore albums I had previously written off as not for me. And also, a rap album has topped my year-end list a shocking # of times since 2014. 7 of the past 9 years. That's wild! I think it's because there is so much experimentation and genre blurring going on in hip-hop compared to rock & roll.
Does anyone else here consider themselves a lover of guitar based music, but find themselves dealing with the same struggle?
2010 Then:
1) LCD Soundsystem: This is Happening
2) Local Natives: Gorilla Manor
3) Warpaint: The Fool
Now:
1) LCD Soundsystem: This is Happening
2) Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
3) Crystal Castles: II
2011 Then:
1) Tune-Yards: Whokill
2) Kendrick Lamar: Section 80
3) Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo
Now:
1) Nicholas Jaar: Space is Only Noise
2) EMA: Past Life Maryred Saints
3) Kendrick Lamar: Section 80
2012 Then:
1) Grimes: Visions
2) Mac DeMarco: 2
3) Joey BadA$$: 1999
2012 Now:
1) Grimes: Visions
2) Jessie Ware: Devotion
3) Kedrick Lamar: Good Kid
2013 Then:
1) Arcade Fire: Reflektor
2) Courtney Barnett: The Double EP- A Sea of Split Peas
3) Disclosure: Settle
2013 Now:
1) Courtney Barnett: The Double EP- A Sea of Split Peas
2) Arcade Fire: Reflektor
3) Darkside: Psychic
2014 Then:
1) Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Taste
2) Flying Lotus: You’re Dead
3) Hundred Waters: The Moon Rang Like a Bell
2014 Now:
1) Run the Jewels: II
2) Sbtrkt: Wonder Where We Land
3) FKA Twigs: LP 1
2015 (my favorite year of all-time so I’m gonna do 5) Then:
1) Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
2) Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes…
3) Hop Along: Painted Shut
4) Ryley Walker: Primrose Green
5) Grimes: Art Angels
2015 now:
1) Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
2) Grimes: Art Angels
3) Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Sometimes...
4) Vince Staples: Summertime 06’
5) Jamie XX: In Colour
2016 Then:
1) Anderson .Paak: Malibu
2) David Bowie: Blackstar
3) Kaytranada: 99.9%
2016 Now:
1) Anderson Paak: Malibu
2) Blood Orange: Freetown Sound
3) Kaytranada: 99.9%
2017 Then:
1) Tyler the Creator: Scum Fuck Flower Boy
2) LCD Soundsystem: American Dream
3) Kendrick Lamar: Damn
2017 Now:
1) Tyler the Creator: Scum Fuck Flower Boy
2) LCD Soundsystem: American Dream
3) Alex G: Rocket
2018 Then:
1) Oneohtrix Point Never: Age Of
2) Deafhaven: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
3) Against All Logic: 2016-2018
2018 Now:
1) Against All Logic: 2016-2018
2) Deafhaven: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
3) Idles: Joy As An Act of Resistance
2019 Then:
1) Jpeg Mafia: All My Heroes Are Cornballs
2) Jai Paul: Leak 04-13
3) Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow
2019 Now:
1) JpegMafia: All My Heroes Are Cornballs
2) Comet is Coming: Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
3) Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow
2020 Then:
1) Fiona Apple: Fetch the Boltcutters
2) Dua Lipa: Future Nonstalgia
3) Deftones: Ohm
2020 Now:
1) Fiona Apple: Fetch the Boltcutters
2) Dua Lipa: Future Nonstalgia
3) Haim: Women in Music Pt. III
2021 Then:
1) Tyler the Creator: Call Me if You Get Lost
2) Magdalena Bey: Mercurial World
3) Lil Simz: Sometimes I’m An Introvert
2021 Now:
1) Tyler the Creator: Call Me if You Get Lost
2) Lil Simz: Sometimes I’m an Introvert
3) Remi Wolf: Juno
2022:
1) Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
2) Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity
3) Jockstrap: I Love You Jennifer B
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DownIsTheNewUp
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So this dropped yesterday while everyone was distracted by SZA. 3 tracks in and I'm already hooked.
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The 50 best albums of 2022
From Bad Bunny to Freddie Gibbs and Rachika Nayar to Jockstrap, these are the albums that soundtracked the past year.
www.thefader.com
That number one pick
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The 50 best albums of 2022
From Bad Bunny to Freddie Gibbs and Rachika Nayar to Jockstrap, these are the albums that soundtracked the past year.
That number one pick
The overlap is quite strong here.
wokeupnew
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I think hip hop, pop, R&B, electronic, etc have become more commonplace to the independent music fan. Indie rock fans of 10 years ago may have scoffed at the inclusion of anything other than guitar based music.
As for your question, I do consider myself a lover of guitar based music. There’s loads of it still out there but it takes some doing to find it. Because of the introduction of other genres into the independent music fan’s listening, guitar based rock music that doesn’t immediately come across your bow, doesn’t get noticed.
If you are actively seeking it out and still not finding quality guitar based music, then it could all be subjective and it’s not as good as it once was for you.
Also I should say, I don’t really listen to hip hop or pop, I’m not really a fan, I respect it but I don’t like it too much. So I’m always looking for guitar based music or other genres that I like.
Admittedly, guitar based bands who became popular from 10-15, or 20 years ago usually release albums with a series of diminishing returns. Obviously exceptions apply. But also, if we only look for bands we loved 10-15 years ago and hear what they produce nowadays, it tends to be lackluster. Most of the “better” guitar based music is by newer bands with <10 years in existence or fewer.
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Q4 Update
Total 2022 releases (albums/EPs/mixtapes) listened to as of December 16th:191 320 424 504
Like with Q3, another 4x4 for the final quarter of the year, as the quantity of memorable releases was again somewhat diminished from Q1/Q2.
I am honestly taken aback by how much this year has strengthened my feelings about art pop being my favorite genre, with even more highlights in the final stanza of 2022. Björk, one of the OG art pop pillars, is still innovating 30+ years later. It has been implemented also in a Bolero/Latin fusion on Lucercia Dalt's unique ¡Ay!. Fievel is Glauque, a jazz-pop group so unmistakably taking notes from Stereolab, put forth a collection of short, quirky tunes. The singer/songwriter hybrid on Andrina Bollinger's under the radar Secret Seed was pointed out by @musicjunkiegreg, a gem that I've contemplated inclusion in my top50 for the year back and forth. A handful of others from the quarter.
If I had more time (or better yet, if it were released earlier in the year) to sit with Natalia Lafourcade's exceedingly impressive De todas las flores, it would have ranked quite easily in my top10 for the year. One to not overlook if you have any interest in Mexican folk music, bossa nova, vocal jazz, samba, or a pleasant singer/songwriter escapade.
Like before, no entries are ranked here; sorted in alphabetical order by band name/artist last name.
Q1 Update
Q2 Update
Q3 Update
Total 2022 releases (albums/EPs/mixtapes) listened to as of December 16th:
Like with Q3, another 4x4 for the final quarter of the year, as the quantity of memorable releases was again somewhat diminished from Q1/Q2.
I am honestly taken aback by how much this year has strengthened my feelings about art pop being my favorite genre, with even more highlights in the final stanza of 2022. Björk, one of the OG art pop pillars, is still innovating 30+ years later. It has been implemented also in a Bolero/Latin fusion on Lucercia Dalt's unique ¡Ay!. Fievel is Glauque, a jazz-pop group so unmistakably taking notes from Stereolab, put forth a collection of short, quirky tunes. The singer/songwriter hybrid on Andrina Bollinger's under the radar Secret Seed was pointed out by @musicjunkiegreg, a gem that I've contemplated inclusion in my top50 for the year back and forth. A handful of others from the quarter.
If I had more time (or better yet, if it were released earlier in the year) to sit with Natalia Lafourcade's exceedingly impressive De todas las flores, it would have ranked quite easily in my top10 for the year. One to not overlook if you have any interest in Mexican folk music, bossa nova, vocal jazz, samba, or a pleasant singer/songwriter escapade.
Like before, no entries are ranked here; sorted in alphabetical order by band name/artist last name.
Alvvays - Blue Rev [dream pop, indie pop]
Björk - Fossora [art pop, experimental]
Boldy James & Nicolas Craven - Fair Exchange no Robbery [jazz rap, drumless, gangsta rap]
Andrina Bollinger - Secret Seed [art pop, singer/songwriter]
Lucercia Dalt - ¡Ay! [art pop, Latin jazz, electroacoustic]
Carla dal Forno - Come Around [ethereal wave, ambient pop]
Daphni - Cherry [deep house, tech house]
Fievel is Glauque - Flaming Swords [progressive pop, art pop]
Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores [Mexican folk music, singer/songwriter, bossa nova]
Little Simz - NO THANK YOU [UK hip hop, conscious hip hop]
Open Mike Eagle - A Tape Called Component System With the Auto Reverse [abstract hip hop, jazz rap]
Plains - I Walked With You a Ways [country pop, Americana]
Julia Romana - Blood be Fluid [art pop, alternative R&B]
SAULT - 11 [neo-soul, psychedelic soul]
Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow [baroque pop, art pop]
The Zenmenn and John Moods - Hidden Gem [downtempo, ambient pop, yacht rock]
Björk - Fossora [art pop, experimental]
Boldy James & Nicolas Craven - Fair Exchange no Robbery [jazz rap, drumless, gangsta rap]
Andrina Bollinger - Secret Seed [art pop, singer/songwriter]
Lucercia Dalt - ¡Ay! [art pop, Latin jazz, electroacoustic]
Carla dal Forno - Come Around [ethereal wave, ambient pop]
Daphni - Cherry [deep house, tech house]
Fievel is Glauque - Flaming Swords [progressive pop, art pop]
Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores [Mexican folk music, singer/songwriter, bossa nova]
Little Simz - NO THANK YOU [UK hip hop, conscious hip hop]
Open Mike Eagle - A Tape Called Component System With the Auto Reverse [abstract hip hop, jazz rap]
Plains - I Walked With You a Ways [country pop, Americana]
Julia Romana - Blood be Fluid [art pop, alternative R&B]
SAULT - 11 [neo-soul, psychedelic soul]
Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow [baroque pop, art pop]
The Zenmenn and John Moods - Hidden Gem [downtempo, ambient pop, yacht rock]
Q1 Update
Q2 Update
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