The NACC Community’s Top 10
Favorite Records of 2022
Matty Monroe
Planetary Group
“Not the strongest albums year, but a lot of really great songs and promising new bands making their names known coming out of this phase of the pandemic.”
PENDANT – Harp
CHEEM – Guilty Pleasure
PHONY – At Some Point You Stop
MJ LENDERMAN – Boat Songs
GILLA BAND – Most Normal
BAT HOUSE – Twenty Mule Team
THEY ARE GUTTING A BODY OF WATER – lucky styles
JOCKSTRAP – I Love You Jennifer B
DISQ – Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet
Mo Troper – MTV
Dave Blevins
WODU
“It was an amazing year for music! I took over as WODU Music Director in Spring 2020 (now I’m a grad student) so it’s awesome to come full circle and see so many bands from that year release follow-up albums as well as old favorites. Even more amazing is being able to listen to the music on the official WODU app we launched this year and getting turntables for the studio! For the music that I love I’ll buy the vinyl – so this list is from my 2022 collection. Hard to pick just 10 – so honorable mentions: Wet Leg, alt-J, Beach House, Destroyer, Στella, Jordana – “Face The Wall”, Mitski, Kurt Vile, Silversun Pickups, Destroyer.”
The Happy Fits – “Under The Shade of Green”
Beach Bunny – “Emotional Creature”
Sweat – “Gotta Give It Up”
Hippo Campus – “LP3”
Wallows – “Tell Me That It’s Over”
Julia Jacklin – “Pre Pleasure”
Rare Americans – “Jamesy Boy & The Screw Loose Zoo
Tears For Fears – “The Tipping Point”
Horsegirl – “Versions of Modern Peformance”
The Beths – “Expert In A Dying Field”
Brent Reineke
Never Better
Hammered Hulls – Careening
Plosivs – Plosivs
Weird Nightmare – Weird Nightmare
Swami John Reis – Ride The Wild Night
Bent Blue – Where Do Ripples Go?
Green/Blue – Paper Thin
High Vis – Blending
Meat Wave – Malign Hex
DITZ – The Great Regression
Clamm – Care
Helen Howard
Music Director at 90.3 KRNU
“I think this was an amazing year for music! There were so many strong releases that I was anticipating, as well as some amazing debut records I was blown away by. It’s definitely hard picking a top 10!”
Julia Jacklin “Pre Pleasure”
Angel Olsen “Big Time”
Twen “One Stop Shop”
Eliza Niemi “Staying Mellow Blows”
Sweet Pill “Where The Heart Is”
Alex G “God Save The Animals”
Pretty Sick “Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile”
Alvvays “Blue Rev”
Ethel Cain “Preacher’s Daughter”
Domi & JD Beck “Not Tight”
Domenic Paolo
Pirate! Promotions
Flor “Future Shine”
The 1975 “Being Funny In A Foreign Language”
Two Door Cinema Club “Keep On Smiling”
St. Lucia “Utopia”
Fickle Friends “Are We Gonna Be Alright?”
Wet Leg “Wet Leg”
Cheekface “Too Much To Ask”
Beabadoobee “Beatopia”
Bad Suns “Apocalypse Whenever”
Bay Ledges “Ritual”
Douglas Blake
Pirate!
“Everyone released a record this year.”
Cheekface “Too Much to Ask”
Wet Leg “Wet Leg”
Yeah yeah yeahs ” Cool it Down”
Joyce Manor ” 40oz to Fresno”
Ibibio Sound Machine ” Electricity”
The Beths ” Expert in a dying Field”
MJ Lenderman ” Boat Songs”
Tegan and Sara “Crybaby”
Kendrick Lamar “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”
Beach Bunny “Emotional Creature”
Aubrey Keith
Fritz & Simone
Fritz & Simone “Unravel”
Fritz & Simone “Strawberry Flavor”
Travis Bretzer “Renaissance”
Sylvan Esso “No Rules Sandy”
Andrew Bird “Inside Problems”
Portair & VERITE “Above The Salt”
Victoria Bigelow “Oblivion”
The National (feat. Bon Iver) “Weird Goodbyes”
Yellow Ostrich “Muscle Memory”
Floor Cry “Answers”
Luke Phillips
Planetary Group
“Thanks for all of the spins and support as always, radio!! really glad power pop came back this year”
Mo Troper – MTV
Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter
Alvvays – Blue Rev
Pool Kids – Pool Kids
PENDANT – Harp
Cheem – Guilty Pleasure
Marci – Marci
Cate Le Bon – Pompeii
2nd Grade – Easy Listening
Young Guv – GUV III
Douglas DuPont
KDUR
“Long Live College Radio!”
Nestter Donuts – “Flamenco Trash” – Voodoo Rhythm
Lathe – “Tongue of Silver” – Apt 66
Viagra Boys – “Cave World” – Year0001
Soul Glo – “Diaspora Problems” – Epitaph
Shilpa Ray – “Portrait of a Lady” – Northern Spy
Sad Daddy – “Way Up In The Hills” – Self-Released
Daniel Bachman – “Lonesome Weary Blues” – Self-Released
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin – “Ghosted” – Drag City
Flaccid Mojo – “FM” – Castle Face
Animals As Leaders – “Parrhesia” – Sumerian
Miki
KLCZ
Gus Englehorn “Tarantula”
Annie DiRusso “Call It All Off”
Weyes Blood “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody”
Sadurn “Radiator”
Drugdealer “Someone to Love”
Mamalarky “Pocket Fantasy”
Many Voices Speak “Gestures”
Matt Maltese “Mother”
Frankie Cosmos “F.O.O.F.”
Daisy The Great “All You Need Is Time”
Dave Jackson
KSMF/Open Air/Jefferson Public Radio
“10 is too short. There is a high level of introspection on albums recorded during lockdown that we got to hear this year. I’m counting the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s four-part series, 1 album for this list. Honorable mention – Bonny Light Horseman, Coffis Brothers, Mavis Staples and Levon Helm, Bonnie Raitt, Alt-J, Goose, Tami Neilson, Color Green, Anna Tivel”
Tedeschi Trucks Band – I Am The Moon I-IV
Andrew Bird – Inside Problems
Charley Crockett – Man From Waco
Vieux Farka Toure et Khruangbin – Ali
Jake Blount – The New Faith
John Craigie – Mermaid Salt
Seth Walker – Hope I Know
Dope Lemon – Rose Pink Cadillac
Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Lydia Fletcher
KXUA – University of Arkansas
“There were so many good releases this year! I think social media played a huge role in what was popular among college kids, so that was really interesting to see and take into account as a music director.”
Love Me Forever by PINKSHIFT
Expert In A Dying Field by The Beths
Nocturnal by MOTHICA
Under The Shade of Green by The Happy Fits
Where The Heart Is by Sweet Pill
French Blonde (EP) by joe p
sometimes, forever by Soccer Mommy
Formentera by Metric
Close Up (EP) by Sea Lemon
Back From The Dead by Halestorm
Shannon Kurlander
Terrorbird Media
Jockstrap – ‘I Love You Jennifer B’
FKA Twigs – ‘CAPRISONGS’
Liam Benzvi – ‘Acts of Service’
Beyoncé – ‘RENASSIANCE’
Malice K – ‘Clean up on Aisle Heaven’
Sinead O’Brien – ‘Time Bend and Break The Bower’
Sorry – ‘Anywhere But Here’
Fist Hate – ‘Cotton Candy’
Grace Ives – ‘Janky Star’
Kaina – ‘It Was a Home’
Erin Wolf
88Nine WYMS (Radio Milwaukee), host of “What’s All This”
“2022 was such a great year for music…amazing, new artists + returns of old faves; I had a really tough time narrowing down this list!”
Nilüfer Yanya – “Painless”
Sudan Archives – “Natural Brown Prom Queen”
Horsegirl – “Versions of Modern Performance”
Widowspeak – “The Jacket”
SASAMI – “Squeeze”
Big Thief – “New Warm Mountain I Believe In You”
Santigold – “Spirituals”
Goat – “Oh Death”
Wet Leg – “Wet Leg”
Cola – “Deep In View”
Kim Tracy
WHPC
Camp Cope – Running With The Hurricane
The Mountain Goats – Bleed Out
Alex G. – God Save The Animals
Kurt Vile – (watch my moves)
Titus Andronicus – The Will To Live
Dehd – Blue Skies
Cheekface – Too Much To Ask
Bruce Springsteen – Only The Strong Survive
Wilco – Cruel Country
Jeff Rosenstock & Laura Stevenson-Younger Still [EP]
Kelli Lynch
WRRG
“Brilliant year for music!”
Afghan Whigs How Do You Burn? BMG
Beach House Once Twice Melody Sub Pop
THE BETHS Expert In A Dying Field Carpark
Fontaines DC Skinty Fia Partisan
Linda Lindas Growing Up Epitaph
A Place to Bury Strangers See Through You Dedstrange
SPIRITUALIZED Everything Was Beautiful Fat Possum
SPRINTS A Modern Job [EP]
TRAITRS Horses In The Abattoir Freakwave
Wet Leg – Wet Leg Domino
Paul Simpson
WCBN
Ravyn Lenae “Hypnos”
Conway the Machine “God Don’t Make Mistakes”
Machine Girl “Neon White OST 1 – The Wicked Heart”
Rachika Nayar “Heaven Come Crashing”
Makaya McCraven “In These Times”
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul “Topical Dancer”
Shygirl “Nymph”
HAAi “Baby, We’re Ascending”
Sudan Archives “Natural Brown Prom Queen”
Danger Mouse & Black Thought “Cheat Codes”
Jon Bakken
TigerMeatMusic.com
“As a zine/website focuses on South Dakota music, Tiger Meat covered some of the best releases in the state’s history. My personal #1 album “TAKU SNI (SIDE A)” by Lakota/Dakota rapper Bazille is a celebration of being a nobody, woven together with repurposed film dialogue.”
Bazille “TAKU SNI (SIDE A)”
Beyoncé “RENAISSANCE”
Diaphane “Portraits”
Big Thief “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You”
The Carrion Crawlers “The Carrion Crawlers”
Alvvays “Blue Rev”
Alex G “God Save the Animals”
Russ Stedman “This Is Normal”
Black Country, New Road “Ants From Up There”
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra/Creekside Singers “Lakota Music Project”
Benoit Poirier
CISM 89,3 FM
P’tit Belliveau – Un homme et son piano
Sirom – The Liquified Throne Of Simplicity
Boyhood – My Dread
Long Knife – Curb Stomp Earth
Michael Beharie – Promise
Chloé Jara-Buto – Chien EP
La Sécurité – Suspens / Try Again
Yves Jarvis – The Zug
Porridge Radio – Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
Chronophage – Chronophage
Jean Geiger
KBCS / Folksounds
Molly Tuttle Crooked Tree
Le Vent Du Nord 20 Printemps
Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer All New
Windborne Of Hard Times & Harmony
Pharis & Jason Romero Tell ‘Em You Were Gold
Kathy Kallick What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
Mark Sullivan Promenade Home
Peter Rowan Calling You From My Mountain
Eliza Gilkyson Songs From the River Wind
Tune Hash Smothered & Covered
Rob Wilcox
Polyvinyl Record Co.
Prefab Sprout “A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout”
Momma “Household Name”
Alvvays “Blue Rev”
Ibibio Sound Machine “Electricity”
Superchunk “Wild Loneliness”
Hot Chip “Freakout/Release”
Death Cab For Cutie “Asphalt Meadows”
Jason Anderson “First Light”
Yumi Zouma “Present Tense”
Butcher Brown “Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey”
Ariana Quiroz
The Syndicate
“Too many great releases to choose from tbh!”
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Arctic Monkeys – The Car
Animal Collective – Time Skiffs
Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
Spoon – Lucifer On The Sofa
Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds
Alex G – God Save The Animals
Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Ali
Florence + The Machine – Dance Fever
Munsey Ricci
Skateboard Marketing Ltd.
“2022 was a great year for touring and new records.”
Arch Enemy
Epica
Amorphis
Machine Head
Venom Inc
Parkway Drive
Architects
Norma Jean
Monolith Zero
Vola
Nancy Steadle
WRCT Pittsburgh – Couch Dancing with DJ Firefly
“Lots of great releases this year!”
Nikitch & Kuna Maze – Back & Forth
Jan Steiner – Once Upon A Time
John Tejada – Sleepwalker
Ott – Heads
1981us – Lore
Skalpel – Origins
MichRyc – Under The Surface
O’Flynn & Frazer Ray – Shimmer
Cioz – Supermassive Whole
Eric Hilton – Past Present And Future
William Calderhead
“Small is better”
OSKA – My World, My Love, Paris
Lauran Hibberd – GarageBand Superstar
John Calvin Abney – Tourist
Matt Dorrien – Pastoral Blue
Jordana – Face the Wall
Alfie Templeman – Mellow Moon
Cannons – Fever Dream
Ellie Dixon – Crikey! It’s My Psyche!
Drugdealer – Hiding in Plain Sight
Willi Carlisle – Peculiar, MO
Joe McGinnis
The Syndicate
Alex G – God Save The Animals
Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter
Momma – Household Name
Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows
BODEGA – BROKEN EQUIPMENT
Cuco – Fantasy Gateway
Viagra Boys – Cave World
Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
FKA Twigs – CAPRISONGS
Björk – Fossora
Robb Haagsman
Shine On
Beach House – Once Twice Melody
Alvvays – Blue Rev
Kiwi Jr. – Chopper
Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure
Sarah Bethe Nelson – Mental Picture
Say Sue Me – The Last Thing Left
Personal Trainer – Big Love Blanket
Twen – One Stop Shop
Angel Olsen – Big Time
Craig Finn – A Legacy of Rentals
Brighid Bandel
90.5 KCSU Fort Collins
“It was amazing, a lot of great experimental projects that came out!”
Ivory by Omar Apollo
If My Wife Knew I’d Dead by CMAT
SOS by SZA
MUNA by MUNA
Spirituals by Santigold
Being Funny in a Foreign Language by The 1975
Sugar and Spice by Boyfriend
LOOPY By Mia Gladstone
Laurel Hell by Mitski
soak by Tummyache
Emma Toney
Beggars Group
Alvvays “Blue Rev”
Big Thief “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’
The National ft Bon Iver “Weird Goodbyes”
Julia Jacklin “PREPLEASURE”
Jockstrap “I Love You Jennifer B”
Soccer Mommy “Shot Gun”
Horsegirl “Versions of Modern Performance”
Beach Bunny “Entropy”
Winter “What Kind of Blue Are You”
Momma “Household Name”
Eric Funk
KRKQ Mountain Chill
“2022 was an oasis for creativity”
BONOBO – Fragments
OBONGJAYAR – Some Nights I Dream of Doors
BRIJEAN – Angelo
PHOTAY WITH CARLOS NINO – An Offering
BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND – Keyboard Fantasies Reimangined
YAYA BEY – Remember Your North Star
BRIAN ENO – Foreverandevernomore
BJORK – Fossora
ROYKSOPP – Profound Mysteries (I-III)
HERMITUDE – Mirror Mountain
Nelson Wells
Team Clermont
“An up & down year for music, but I must give credit to those who put out multiple singles (and full lengths) in this tumultuous year, namely the ever-prolific Phosphorescent who put out 12 singles on mostly full moons, which I affectionately call his “Full Moon singles.” Honorable mentions to Claire Rosinkranz (also all singles), Various – PDX Pop Now!,The War On Drugs.- I Don’t Live Here Anymore (which i didn’t buy until 2022),Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow,and last but not least, The Wheel Workers – Harbour”
Phosphorescent “Full Moon Singles”
James Vincent McMorrow “The Less I Knew”
Band Of Horses “Things Are Great”
Taylor Swift “Midnights”
Harry Styles “Harry’s House”
The Smile “A Light For Attracting Attention”
Wet Leg “Wet Leg”
Joji “Smithereens”
St. Lucia “Utopia”
Smith, Lyle & Moore “Vampire EP”
Bill Clermont
Team Clermont
Harry Styles “Harry’s House”
BLKBOK “Black Book”
Big Thief “Dragon New Warm Mountain I believe in You”
Plains “I Walked With You a Ways”
The Smile “A Light For Attracting Attention”
Wet Leg “Wet Leg”
2nd Grade “Easy Listening”
Curtis Harding “If Words Were Flowers”
Bartee Strange “Farm to Table”
Bonny Light Horseman “Rolling Golden Holy”
John McCarthy
Radio Boise/KRBX/Jazz Beyond the Sky
Danilo Pérez featuring the Global Messengers – Crisálida
Ron Carter – Finding the Right Notes
Various Artists – Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen
Alex Sjobeck and David Baker – Pictures in Time
Jason Yeager Septet – Unstuck In Time: the Kurt Vonnegut Suite
Anat Cohen – Quartetinho
Kerry Politzer – In A Heartbeat
Troy Roberts – Nu-Jive: Nations United
Flora Purim – If You Will
Donald Byrd – Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux July 5, 1973
daniel “kid” yoshida
Radio Boise/Country Jesus & The Extraterrestrial Highway
“Another great year for music locally in Boise and beyond. And very nice to see more live shows this year!”
Emilee Gomske “Cowboys Are The Worst”
The French Tips “All The Rage”
Floating Witch’s Head “Medicine Man Demos”
Haunted George “Desert Dweller (Unreleased Songs & Verses)”
Anarchistwood “Chiasmata”
Chat Pile “God’s Country”
No Age “People Helping People”
Black Lips “Apocalypse Love”
Ghost Funk Orchestra “A New Kind of Love”
Zeta & La Orquesta Abajo Cadenas “Todo Bailarlo”
Chris “Roin Dig” DeRoin
KRBX Radio Boise / Forces Of Obvious Luck
Kojey Radical “Reason to Smile”
Homeboy Sandman “Still Champion”
Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow “Zhigeist”
Saba “Few Good Things”
Samm Henshaw “Untidy Soul”
Pan Amsterdam & Damu the Fudgemunk “EAT”
R.A.P. Ferreira “5 to the Eye with Stars”
Isatta Sheriff & Koralle “Eat The Kiwi Skin”
Robert Glasper “Black Radio III”
Marlon Craft “While We’re Here”
David H Tucker
The Long and Winding Road, Central Vermont Community Radio
“After the Covid pandemic, a lot of pent up energy resulting in some great new music!”
Edgar Winter, Brother Johnny
Bonnie Raitt, Just Like That
Too Slim and the Taildraggers, Brace Yourself
Kathy Murray and the Kilowatts, Fully Charged
Hurricane Ruth, Live at 3rd and Lindsley
Ben Harper, Bloodline Maintenance
Keb Mo, Good to Be Home
John Nemeth, May Be the Last Time
Yates McKendree, Buchanan Lane
Mike Thomas Band, Three Reasons
Wes Flexner
ANONROCKNROLL/ BSA Hip Hop/ Curfew wcrsfm.org
“Everything in my list finds influence from where I live, Columbus, Ohio.”
Kendrick Lamar – Purple Hearts
Black Star – No Fear of Time
Black Thought w Danger Mouse – Cheat Codes
Earl Sweatshirt – Old Friends
Black Keys – Dropout Boogie
KRS – 1 – Raw Hip Hop
Denzel Curry – Angels
Pusha T – Call My Bluff
Flying Lotus – You Don’t Know
Turnstile – Mystery
Greg Wilson
DKFM Shoegaze Radio
“2022 was packed with quality, easier to come up with a Top 25 Albums than a top ten. We spun tracks from these albums most often, but I cringe to think of what was left off the list.”
Basement Revolver “Embody”
cosmicdust “TACHYON”
Soft Blue Shimmer “Love Lives in the Body”
Daydream Twins “Daydream Twins”
Sphere “A Fusion Of Two Hemispheres”
Hatchie “Giving The World”
Sobs “Air Guitar”
The Veldt “Entropy Is The Mainline To God”
Ursula “Brains, Waste, Heart”
Salvana “Salvana”
Jeff Szczesniak
WDWN-FM, Cayuga Community College
“I saw so many awesome live shows this year… It’s all coming back!!!”
Sonja Loud Arriver Cruz del Sur
Alvvays Blue Rev Polyvinyl
Beach House Once Twice Melody Mistletone
Voivod Synchro Anarchy Century Media
Blut Aus Nord Disharmonium – Undreamable AbyssesDebemur Morti
SuedeAutofictionBMG
Bibio BIB10 Warp
The Sadies Colder Streams Yep Roc
Hollie Cook Happy Hour Merge
Blood Incantation Timewave Zero Century Media
Ivan T.
Don Giovanni Records
“I saw a lot of my old favs this year (Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, Superchunk, etc.), but it was just as satisfying discovering records that made me feel the same way I did getting into those bands. I know some of these people so take my bias with a grain of salt, but these were the records I played the most.”
Mo Troper – MTV
Whitmer Thomas – The Older I Get the Funnier I Was
Tim Heidecker – High School
Ribbon Stage – Hit With the Most
Alvvays – Blue Rev
Alex G – God Save the Animals
Weyes Blood – And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Tony Molina – In the Fade
MJ Lenderman – Boat Songs
2nd Grade – Easy Listening
Jerry Steller
Vitriol Radio Promotion
“I know there are probably many other albums I would have considered for my Top 10 had I heard more of them. But of the albums I did hear this year, these were 10 of my favorites.”
Metric “Formentera”
Sadies “Colder Streams”
Alvvays “Blue Rev”
Beyonce “Renaissance”
Charli XCX “Crash”
Low Island “Life In Miniature”
Father John Misty “Chloë And The Next 20th Century”
Spoon “Lucifer On The Sofa”
Tove Lo “Dirt Femme”
Mitski “Laurel Hell”
Marissa Mele
Not Your Mother’s Tongue
“Another epic year of music”
RA Washington / Jah Nada – In Search of our Father’s Gardens
Quinton Barnes – For the Love of Drugs
Oui Ennui – Abyss, You Are My Mother
V/A – Síntesis Moderna: An Alternative Vision Of Argentinean Music (1980-1990)
Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar – Shruti Dances
V/A – Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982-1992
Afrorack – Afrorack
Oki – Tonkori in the Moonlight
(is) – Light Play
Aljahi Waziri Oshomah – World Spirituality Classics 3 – The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri
Oshomah
Mike Saffran
WGSU-FM (SUNY Geneseo)
“It actually seemed slightly more difficult this year rounding out a top-10 list (versus prior years when the challenge was in cutting it down to including only 10). But this isn’t meant to take away anything from the artists in this list — as each of the albums is very good … from the best one (in my opinion): White Lung (what a shame it’s to be the band’s final release)… to catchy, up-and-comer: Sophie Powers.”
White Lung | Premonition
Hatchie | Giving The World Away
The Birthday Massacre | Fascination
Death Cab For Cutie | Asphalt Meadows
Sophie Powers | Red In Revenge
Sylvan Esso | No Rules Sandy
Phantogram | Eyelid Movies
Maggie Rogers | Surrender
Dear Rouge | Spirit
St. Lucia | Utopia
Bill Lupoletti
World Music Director at WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio and Host, Global A Go-Go
“Pretty much all of my favorite albums in 2022 express the pleasure found in making music with other people, in person and up close. It’s something that became easier to do as the year went on, we’ve all been missing in our lives for far too long, and that really spoke to me this year.”
Sona Jobarteh (Gambia-England UK) – “Badinyaa Kumoo”
Roger Damawuzan (Togo) – “Seda”
Şatellites (Israel) – “Şatellites”
Kiko Villamizar (Colombia-USA) – “Todo El Mundo”
Madalitso Band (Malawi) – “Musakayike”
Gonora Sounds (Zimbabwe) – “Hard Times Never Kill”
Calexico (USA-México) – “El Mirador”
Imarhan (Algeria) – “Aboogi”
Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band (Burkina Faso) – “Sonbonbela”
Sonido Gallo Negro (México) – “Paganismo”
Ayappa Biddanda
Concord
“A great year for music and for College Radio showcasing great music! Trying to find time to dig into even more…”
Valerie June ‘The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers (Deluxe Edition)’
Matt Nathanson ‘Boston Accent’
Sampa The Great ‘As Above, So Below’
Denzel Curry ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future (Extended Edition)’
Keb’ Mo’ ‘Good To Be…’
Robert Glasper ‘Black Radio III (Supreme Edition)’
Early James ‘Strange Time To Be Alive’
Sault ’11’
Gang of Youths ‘angel in realtime.’
Amythyst Kiah ‘Pensive Pop’
Sean Carolan
Altrok Radio (from Brookdale Public Radio)
“The numbers don’t lie; it was a very good year.”
WET LEG – Wet Leg
MITSKI – Laurel Hell
EDITORS – EBM
FLASHER – Love Is Yours
WORKING MEN’S CLUB – Fear Fear
ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER – Endless Rooms
BETHS, THE – Expert In A Dying Field
AFGHAN WHIGS, THE – How Do You Burn?
WEIRD NIGHTMARE – Weird Nightmare
YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Cool It Down
Scott Davidson
Rebel Radio WPJX
Megadeth “The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead”
Kreator “Hate Uber Allies”
Lamb Of God “Omens”
Clutch “Red Alert” (Boss Metal Zone)
Queensryche “Digital Noise Alliance”
Meshuggah “Immutable”
Amorphis “Halo”
Venom Inc. “There’s Only Black”
Machine Head “Of Kingdom And Crown”
Voivod “Synchro Anarchy”
Ed Zeitz
WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland
“another good year. they are all good years if you’re paying any attention at all”
The Beths “Expert in a Dying Field”
Gladie “Don’t Know What You’re in Until You’re Out”
Cheekface “Too Much to Ask”
Dentist “Making a Scene”
Tallies “Patina”
Pictoria Vark “The Parts I Dread”
Horsegirl -“Versions of Modern Performance”
The High Water Marks “Proclaimer of Things”
Biitchseat “Float”
Tamar Berk “Start at the End”
Maddie Schwappach
The Syndicate
“Stadium residencies, ticket buying nightmares, vinyl backup, and records from just about every big name all at once, it was a weird year to be a music fan! Tunes were good though and as always it’s impossible to pick just 10.”
Black Country New Road, Ants From Up Here
Ethel Cain, Preacher’s Daughter
Alex G, God Save the Animals
Sudan Archives, Natrual Brown Prom Queen
The Weeknd, Dawn FM
Jockstrap, I Love You Jennifer B
Soul Glo, Diaspora Problems
Sorry, Anywhere But Here
Beyonce, Renaissance
tagabow, S
Lavender Cohen-Henneberry
WXCI-91.7 FM Danbury
“One of the greatest years in music releases”
Cheekface: “Too Much To Ask”
The Interrupters: “In The Wild”
Jasmyn: “In The Wild”
Big Thief: “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You”
Spoon: “Lucifer On The Sofa”
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: “Omnimum Gatherum”
Wet Leg: “Wet Leg”
Steve Lacy: “Gemini Rights”
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets: “Night Gnomes”
Mitski: “Laurel Hell”
Marco Rojas
The Syndicate
Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems
FKA twigs – CAPRISONGS
Rosalia – Motomami
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
The Weekend – Dawn FM
Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
Maggie Rogers – Surrender
Jenn Misko
The Band Mom
“I’m still catching up on lots I missed and an Honorary Mentions list could go on for days, but this is a shoot-from-the-hip quick pass at some of my favorites!”
Kiwi Jr “Chopper”
Momma “Household Name”
The Beths “Expert in a Dying Field”
The Mountain Goats “Bleed Out”
Ezra Furman “All of Us Flames”
Nnamdi “Please Have A Seat”
Mike Adams at His Honest Weight “Graphic Blandishment”
Jason Anderson “First Light”
Frankie Cosmos “Inner World Peace”
Orville Peck “Bronco”
Andrew Wieler
CJLO 1690AM
Clutch – Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
Zeal & Ardor – Zeal & Ardor
Boris – Heavy Rocks 2022
Alexisonfire – Otherness
Norma Jean – Deathrattle Sing for Me
Fleshwater – We’re Not Here to Be Loved
Bloodywood – Rakshak
Mares of Thrace – The Exile
Stabbing Westward – Chasing Ghosts
Frayle – Skin & Sorrow
Miranda L. Tarrow, Music Director
Freeform Portland (KFFP-LP, KFFD-LP, KYQT-LP)
Bjork – fossora
Tanya Tagaq – Tongues
Kill Alters – Armed to the Teeth L.M.O.M.M.
Lucrecia Dalt – ¡Ay!
Shilpa Ray – Portrait of a Lady
Alabaster DePlume – GOLD
Hermanos Gutiérrez – El Bueno y El Malo
Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture
V/A – Black Metal Rainbows
Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau – Valo Siroutuu
Sybil M Augustine
WORT Community Radio
“It was a pretty good year for some bands who have been around a while. I mean, there’s so much music coming out there’s always SOME good stuff happening. But it’s been a real mix of joy and sadness, upbeat and moody, anger and celebrations. Like a chaotic rainbow with a pot of golden shit at the end!”
TODD RUNDGREN, SPACE FORCE
DISQ, DESPERATELY IMAGINING SOMEPLACE QUIET
VARIOUS ARTISTS, SUMMER OF SOUL SOUNDTRACK
ELVIS COSTELLO, THE BOY NAMED IF
THE SADIES, COLDER STREAMS
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD, OMNIUM GATHERUM if I have to pick ONE…
PINK MOUNTAINTOPS, PEACOCK POOLS
GOGOL BORDELLO, SOLIDARITINE
JOE RAINEY, NIINETA
OSEES, A FOUL FORM
Pat Collins
WUML
“My strongest Top 10 since I started making lists in 2017”
Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems
Imperial Triumphant – Spirit of Ecstacy
Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
They Hate Change – Finally, New
Wormrot – Hiss
Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity
Eliza & The Delusionals – Now and Then
black midi – Hellfire
billy woods – Aethiopes
tori benes
Tiger Bomb Promo
“these are 10 of my (non tiger-bomb) faves from the year that I think deserve some more end of year hype :’)”
Marina Herlop “Pripyat”
Jana Horn “Optimism”
Sasami “Squeeze”
Yune Pinku “Bluff”
Beth Orton “Weather Alive”
Zenizen “P.O.C. (Proof of Concept)”
Supernowhere “Skinless Takes a Flight”
Dama Scout “gen wo lai (come with me)”
hemlock “talk soon”
Gladie “Don’t Know What You’re in Until You’re Out”
Brandon Jolley
WUSC
Duster- Together
Sirom – The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
Billy Woods – Aethiopes
They Are Gutting A Body of Water- Lucky Styles
Contour – Onwards!
Cities Aviv – MAN PLAYS THE HORN
Animal Collective – Time Skiffs
Moor Mother- Jazz Codes
MJ Lenderman – Boat Songs
Panda Bear, Sonic Boom- Reset
Rupam Sofsky
Shine On
“RIP: Pharoah Sanders”
Destroyer – LABYRINTHITIS – Merge
Kurt Vile – (watch my moves) – Verve
OSees – A Foul Form – Castle Face
Beach House – Once Twice Melody – Sub Pop
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti – Rimas Entertainment
Big Thief – Dragon New Born Mountain I Believe In You – 4AD
Julia Jacklin – PRE PLEASURE – Polyvinyl
Aldous Harding – Warm Chris – 4AD
Bjork – Fossora – One Little Independent
Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Toure – Ali – Dead Oceans
Ryan Rutz
WESD Brookfield, WI
Crobot – Feel This
Eve 6 – Hyperrelevisation
Jocelyn & Chris Arndt – Favorite Ghosts
Laura Veirs – Found Light
Belle & Sebastian – A Bit of Previous
Steve Poltz – Stardust + Satellites
Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
Beth Hart – A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
Johnette Napolitano – Exquisite Corpses
Tom Vek – Newer Symbols
Michelle Krupkin
KXLU / Melody Fair show
“Lots of worthy releases, hard to single out just 10.”
Aldous Harding “Warm Chris”
Gwenno “Tresor”
Dungen “En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog”
Aoife Nessa Frances “Protector”
Kikagaku Moyo “Kumoyo Island”
Melody’s Echo Chamber “Emotional Eternal”
Jonathan Personne “Jonathan Personne”
Cate Le Bon “Pompeii”
Weyes Blood “And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow”
Belle & Sebastian “A Bit Of Previous”
Gareth Sturrup
102.7 CHOP FM
Gang of Youths – Angel in Realtime
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Wild Pink – ILYSM
Caracara – New Preoccupations
Billy Woods – Aethiopes
Yumi Zouma – Present Tense
Black Country New Road – Ants From Up There
Enumclaw – Save The Baby
Arm’s Length – Never Before Seen, Never Again Found
Big Nothing – Dog Hours
Colin Pinegar (DJ Kevin)
RADIOBOISE KRBX 89.9FM – Hot Potato
“Every year is good and this was no exception. While it seemed like less formal pandemic projects tapered off a bit and we got less surprises, we still had plenty of high quality, creative works in all sorts of genres and the fringes continue to expand and experiment with the sounds of tomorrow. No complaints, looking forward to another great year of music from 2023.”
Rosalía “Motomami”
Big Thief “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You”
Hudson Mohawke “Cry Sugar”
Beyonce “Renaissance”
Mamalarky “Pocket Fantasy”
Fire-Toolz “I will not use the body’s eyes today.”
Confidence Man “TILT”
Denzel Curry “Melt My Eyez See Your Future”
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupil “Topical Dancer”
FKA Twigs “CAPRISONGS”
Lauren Anderson
Lauren Anderson – Burn It All Down
Mike Zito – Blues for the south side
Albert Castiglia – I got love
Bonnie raitt – just like that…
Tedeschi trucks – I am the moon
Larkin Poe blood harmony
Crystal Shwanda midnight blues
Eric gales crown
Jax Victoria secret
War and treaty – blank page
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