the way I see it, it’s very unlikely anything I hear in the next couple weeks would sit long enough to take over anything ive been obsessing over for months
It’s weird, there’s multiple albums from people I’m generally very into, which I for some reason didn’t get around to listening to yet. Should try to catch up on a few the next couple weeks, though that last minute approach will probably skew things. Still wanna end up with a solid top 10, just ‘cause. Also funny that the new Taylor Swift is pretty middle of the road for her imo, definitely outside her top 5… and yet, with how big a Taylor kick I’ve been on, it’s still one of my three most played and likely favorite releases this year! I dunno, music and one’s relationship to it is just weird and subjective and whatnot, lol.
1. The Weeknd - Dawn FM 2. Drake - Her Loss 3. Boldy James - Killing Nothing 4. Brockhampton - The Family 5. Omar Apollo - Ivory 6. Black Thought - Cheat Codes 7. Brent Faiyaz - Wasteland 8. The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language 9. Pusha T - It's Almost Dry 10. Death Cab for Cutie - Asphalt Meadows Honourable Mentions: Boldy James - Fair Exchange No Robbery Boldy James - Mr. Ten08 Boldy James - Be That as It May Lupe Fiasco - DRILL MUSIC IN ZION Domo Gensis - Intros, Outros & Interludes Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever Action Bronson - Cocodrillo Turbo Charlie Simpson - Hope Is A Drug Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart Lucky Daye - Candydrip Earl Sweatshirt - SICK! YUNGMORPHEUS - Up Against The Wall; A Degree of Lunacy Father John Misty - Chloe and the Next 20th Century Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future Sabrina Claudio - Based on a Feeling Raveena - Asha's Awakening FKA Twigs - CAPRISONGS dvsn - Working on My Karma SZA - SOS
1. arms length - never before seen, never found again 2. alex g - god save the animals 3. plains - i walked with you a ways 4. joyce manor - 40 oz to fresno 5. gatherers - ( mutilator. ) 6. sorry - anywhere but here 7. caroline - caroline 8. alvvays - blue rev 9. the beths - expert in a dying field 10. callous daoboys - celebrity therapist 11. pool kids - pool kids 12. animal collective - time skiffs 13. denzel curry - melt my eyez see your future 14. camp trash - the long way, the slow way 15. norma jean - death rattle sing for me
1. Gang of Youths – angel in realtime. 2. Alvvays – Blue Rev 3. PLOSIVS – PLOSIVS 4. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows 5. The Wonder Years – The Hum Goes On Forever 6. L.S. Dunes – Past Lives 7. Joyce Manor – 40 Oz. to Freedom 8. Anxious – Little Green House 9. Underoath – Voyeurist 10. Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever Other Albums I liked: Wet Leg – Wet Leg Armor For Sleep – The Rain Museum Rolling Blackouts C.F. – Endless Rooms Beyonce – Renaissance Alexisonfire- Otherness Cave In – Heavy Pendulum Praise – All In A Dream
Albums 01. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention 02. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 03. Wet Leg - Wet Leg 04. Beyoncé - Renaissance 05. Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows 06. Placebo - Never Let Me Go 07. Muse - Will Of The People 08. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs 09. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down 10. Panda Bear / Sonic Boom - Reset HM: Daniel Rossen - You Belong There The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta Danny Elfman - Bigger. Messier. Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island IC3PEAK - Kiss Of Death EPs Anberlin - Silverline Hidden In Plain View - Tantrums Weezer - SZNZ: Autumn Weezer - SZNZ: Winter Weezer - SZNZ: Summer Weezer - SZNZ: Spring 100 gecs - Snake Eyes
Top 10 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island Wet Leg - Wet Leg King Hannah - I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me Alex G - God Save the Animals The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention PUP - The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND Honorable Mentions - Alvvays - Blue Rev - Animal Collective - Time Skiffs - Babe Rainbow - The Organic Band - Beach House - Once Twice Melody - Christian Lee Hutson - Quitters - Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed - Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Romance - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Changes - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Laminated Denim - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum - Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever - The Murlocs - Rapscallion - Toro Y Moi - Mahal - Viagra Boys - Cave World - Wild Pink - ILYSM 2023 Most Anticipated/Wanted - King Gizz - Sunset Rubdown - Men I Trust - SLIFT - Mildlife - Leah Senior - White Reaper - FIDLAR
Tentative list...may adjust positions based on subsequent listens over the next few weeks...plus new releases from Colonial Wound. Legit don't care to separate out EPs, LPs, and demos because everything is so fluid in my world space with listening 1. Age of Apocalypse - Grim Wisdom 2. Soul Blind - Feel It All Around 3. Sequestrum - The Epitome of Putridity 4. Money - s/t 5. Prize Horse - Welder 6. Spite House - s/t 7. Backslider - Psychic Rot 8. New World Man - s/t 9. Blazing Tomb - s/t 10. Mindforce - New Lords 11. Organ Failure - Neurologic Determination of Death 12. Capsule 9 - Take As Prescribed 13. Killing Pace - s/t 14. Fugitive - Maniac 15. Feverchild - Witching Hour/I Know I Can't 16. Peace Test - Pry 17. Fire Magic - Undying Revolt 18. Fleshwater - We're Not Here To Be Loved 19. Foreign Hands - Bleed The Dream + Lucid Noise 20. Drug Church - Hygiene 21. Dull Mourning - Ugly Flame 22. Squint - Feel It + Wash Away 23. Mournful Congregation - The Exuviae of The Gods Part 1 24. football etc. - Vision 25. Vein.fm - The World Is Going to Ruin You
Top 50 Albums of 2022 1. Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter 2. Brutus - Unison Life 3. The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language 4. Muna - Muna 5. Charli XCX - Crash 6. Charlie Simpson - Hope is a Drug 7. Seventh Wonder - The Testament 8. Static Dress - Rogue Carpet Disaster 9. Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 10. Pale Waves - Unwanted 11. Frou Frou - Off Cuts 12. Taylor Swift - Midnights 13. The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field 14. The Weeknd - Dawn FM 15. Foxtails - Fawn 16. Wargasm - EXPLICIT: The MiXXXtape 17. Anthony Green and the High Driving Band - Boom. Done. 18. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There 19. The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes on Forever 20. Willow - <COPINGMECHANISM> 21. Regina Spektor - Home, Before and After 22. Camp Cope - Running With the Hurricane 23. Maggie Lindemann - Suckerpunch 24. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time 25. Future Palace - Run 26. Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind 27. Stand Atlantic - F.E.A.R. 28. Yeule - Glitch Princess 29. Rina Sawayama - Hold the Girl 30. Gang of Youths - Angel in Real Time 31. Silverstein - Misery Made Me 32. Valleyheart - Heal My Head 33. Beyoncé - Renaissance 34. Avril Lavigne - Love Sux 35. Florence + the Machine - Dance Fever 36. Demi Lovato - Holy Fvck 37. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B 38. Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory 39. Vylet Pony - Can Opener's Notebook: Fish Whisperer 40. L.S. Dunes - Past Lives 41. The Dear Hunter - Antimai 42. Frank Turner - FTHC 43. Katie Dey - Forever Music 44. Yours Truly - Is This What I Look Like? 45. Underoath - Voyeurist 46. Epica - The Alchemy Project 47. Fleshwater - We're Not Here to Be Loved 48. Little Simz - No Thank You 49. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future 50. Black Dresses - Forget Your Own Face Top 30 Songs of 2022 1. My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay 2. Ethel Cain - Strangers 3. Brutus - Dreamlife 4. Charli XCX - New Shapes 5. Muna - Silk Chiffon 6. Coheed and Cambria - A Disappearing Act 7. The 1975 - Oh Caroline 8. Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange 9. Frou Frou - Deal With It 10. L.S. Dunes - Permanent Rebellion 11. The Wonder Years - Wyatt’s Song (Your Name) 12. Charlie Simpson - Twice 13. Carly Rae Jepsen - Surrender My Heart 14. Seventh Wonder - The Light 15. Katie Day - Happy Girl 16. Wargasm - Pyro Pyro 17. Pale Waves - Reasons to Live 18. Camp Cope - Running With the Hurricane 19. Avril Lavigne - Kiss Me Like the World Is Ending 20. Rina Sawayama - Hold the Girl 21. The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field 22. Yeule - Bites on My Neck 23. Florence + the Machine - My Love 24. Maggie Lindemann - Casualty of Your Dreams 25. Static Dress - Fleahouse 26. Demi Lovato - 4 Ever 4 Me 27. Future Palace - Dead Inside 28. Taylor Swift - You're On Your Own Kid 29. The Weeknd - Out of Time 30. Anthony Green - Don't Dance Pretty fantastic year in music for me. It's the first time in the decade+ I've been doing this that I've been able to make a top 50 because there's been that much music that's really stuck with me. My top 2 in particular have hit me in a way I was worried I might not get again from new music. Plus I got a new song from my favourite band and I'm still so thrilled at how fantastic it is. One of my biggest wishes for the new year is that they follow it up with a new album.
1. NoSo - Stay Proud of Me 2. MUNA - MUNA 3. Sorcha Richardson - Smiling Like an Idiot 4. fanclubwallet – You Have Got to Be Kidding Me 5. Searows - Guard Dog 6. Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia 7. Rosie Carney - i wanna feel happy 8. Kilo Kish – AMERICAN GURL 9. CMAT - If My Wife New I’d Be Dead 10. Skullcrusher – Quiet the Room 11. Hatchie - Giving the World Away 12. Rat Tally - In My Car Honourable mentions go to Bartees Strange’s Farm to Table, Julia Jacklin’s PRE PLEASURE, and Mitski’s Laurel Hell.
Hell yeah it’s you and me holding down this fanclubwallet corner, an honor tbh! Return on that thing is way too high to not be a top 10
my top 20. 11-20 could be in any order. I’m bad at ranking 1. Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind 2. The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes on Forever 3. Charli XCX - Crash 4. The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language 5. Let’s Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons 6. Joyce Manor - 40. oz to Fresno 7. Bjork - Fossora 8. Arm’s Length - Never Before Seen, Never Again Found 9. oso oso - sore thumb 10. Prince Daddy and the Hyena - Prince Daddy and the Hyena Pool Kids - Pool Kids proper. - The Great American Novel Rina Sawayama - Hold the Girl Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time Taylor Swift - Midnights Pup - THE UNRAVELING OF PUP THE BAND Beach Bunny - Emotional Creature Joji - SMITHEREENS Bartees Strange - Farm to Table Orville Peck - Bronco
Tons of good shit this year. I don't think anything will top Gang of Youth's but there's still time to discover some shit. so just holdin'
Grim Wisdom in the #1 spot is what I like to see. Makes me think I need to check out a lot of the blind spots I've got from your list.
(1) Caracara - New Preoccupations (2) Pianos Become the Teeth - Drift (3) Valleyheart - Heal my Head (4) Rocky Votolato - Wild Roots (5) Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis II a Window of the Waking Mind
I could probably keep screwing with the ranking but this is it for now. I'll probably have to add Justin Pierre's new EP since the singles are great. Great year overall. Post-hardcore specifically with Static Dress, L.S. Dunes and Gatherers had a strong showing. I'm still amazed Armor for sleep came back. The infinite wait for the 2nd No Devotion album was so worth it. 16. Joyce Manor - 40 oz. To Fresno 15. Hot Water Music - Feel The Void 14. Circa Survive - A Dream About Death EP 13. ANXIOUS - Little Green House 12. L.S. Dunes- Past Lives 11. PUP - THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND 10. Arm's Length - Never Before Seen, Never Again Found 9. Anthony Green - Boom. Done. 8. The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes On Forever 7. Drug Church - Hygiene 6. Armor For Sleep - The Rain Museum 5. Stay Inside - Blight EP 4. Static Dress - Rouge Carpet Disaster 3. Caracara - New Preoccupations 2. Gatherers - ( mutilator. ) 1. No Devotion - No Oblivion
I've spent an embarrassing amount of time doing my ranking. Here's my AOTY list: 1. Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane 2. The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language 3. Arctic Monkeys - The Car 4. Phoenix - Alpha Zulu 5. Charli XCX - Charli 6. The Weeknd - Dawn FM 7. Death Cab for Cutie - Asphalt Meadows 8. Rosalia - Motomami 9. Beabadoobee - Beatopia 10. Jessie Reyez - Yessie 11. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn 12. Stand Atlantic - F.E.A.R. 13. Maggie Rogers - Surrender 14. Avril Lavigne - Love Sux 15. Beyonce - Renaissance 16. Dashboard Confessional - All the Truth That I Can Tell 17. Pinkshift - Love Me Forever 18. Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis II: Window to a Waking Mind 19. Willow - Coping Mechanism 20. Armor for Sleep - The Rain Museum Honorable Mentions: FKA Twigs, Taylor Swift, Bloc Party, Banks, The Early November, Carly Rae Jepsen Biggest surprise for me was that Weeknd album. I haven't liked anything he's done since House of Balloons, but hot damn this album is amazing. Also the Arctic Monkeys album was one of those albums that I disliked when I first listened, and then grew on me ALOT.
this is my very tentative list. still a lot I want to listen to. alphabetical within tiers Tier 1 (1-10) Arm’s Length – Never Before Seen, Never Again Found Caracara – New Preoccupations Coheed and Cambria – Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind L.S. Dunes – Past Lives Pool Kids – Pool Kids Porcupine Tree – CLOSURE / CONTINUATION Prince Daddy and the Hyena – Prince Daddy and the Hyena The 1975 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language The Callous Daoboys – Celebrity Therapist The Wonder Years – The Hum Goes on Forever Tier 2 (10-25) Anthony Green – Boom. Done. Bad Omens – THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND Camp Trash – The Long Way, The Slow Way Chastity – Suffer Summer Counterparts – A Eulogy for Those Still Here Devin Townsend – Lightwork Fleshwater – We’re Not Here to Be Loved Joyce Manor – 40 oz. to Fresno Lorna Shore – Pain Remains Oso Oso – Sore Thumb PUP – The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND Pinkshift – Love Me Forever Stray From the Path – Euthanasia The Dear Hunter – Antimai Underoath – Voyeurist Tier 3 (25-50) Anxious – Little Green House Architects – the classic symptoms of a broken spirit Bartees Strange – Farm to Table Ben Quad – I’m Scared That’s All There Is Chat Pile – God’s Country Cliffdiver – Exercise Your Demons David Kundson – The Only Thing You Have to Change is Everything Field Medic – grow your hair long if you’re wanting to see something you can change Future Teens – Self Help Greyhaven – This Bright and Beautiful World He Is Legend – Endless Hallway Mom Jeans – Sweet Tooth Momma – Household Name Pkew Pkew Pkew – Open Bar Polyphia – Remember That You Will Die Pure Reason Revolution – Above Cirrus Rat Tally – In My Car Slowly Slowly – Daisy Chain Soul Glo – Disapora Problems Static Dress – Rogue Carpet Disaster Sweet Pill – Where the Heart Is The Dangerous Summer – Coming Home The Mars Volta – The Mars Volta Turnover – Myself in the Way Vein.fm – This World is Going to Ruin You Top EPs Bilmuri – Goblin Hours Boston Manor - Datura Circa Survive – A Dream About Death Nightlife - fallback Origami Angel – re:turn/DEPART Spiritbox – Rotoscope Stay Inside – Blight Tigers Jaw – Old Clothes Weezer – Seasons EPs Yard rat - Fingerpost
1. Pool Kids- self titled 2. Wonder Years - The Hum Goes on Forever 3. Anxious - Little Green House 4. Anthony Green- Boom. Done. 5. Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind 6. MUNA- self titled 7. Taylor Swift- Midnights 8. Tegan and Sara- Crybaby 9.Bartees Strange- Farm to Table 10. L.S. Dunes- Past Lives Florence and the Machine- Dance Fever Wild Pink - ILYSM Sweet Pill- Where the Heart Is Camp Cope- Running with the Hurricane Pinegrove-11:11 Caracara- New Preoccupations Underoath- Voyeurist Beach Bunny- Emotional Creature Lizzo- Special Origami Angel- DEPART ....will probably add more later that I can't think of right now haha
Felt like people were pretty cool on Beatopia, nice to see it make a list! I went back to it recently for the first time in a few months, probably a couple songs that I feel a little less forgiving about than I was in July, but the highs are undeniable
Yeah totally agree it would flow better if a few weaker songs were cut (I hate that tinkerbell song lol), but it's a great album! Sunny Day is up there as one of my favorite songs of the year.