Best Music of 2022: Jon

BEST ALBUMS (NATIONAL)

1. Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen

2. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

3. Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow

4. Aldous Harding – Warm Chris

5. Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector

6. Joe Rainey – Niineta

7. Naima Bock – Giant Palm

8. Nick Cave / Warren Ellis – La Panthere Des Neiges

9. Amber Mark – Three Dimensions Deep

10. Tim Bernardes – Mil Coisas Invisíveis

Other things I really enjoyed:

Grace Ives – Janky Star

Junglepussy – JP5000

Adrian Quesada – Jaguar Sound

Jockstrap – “Concrete OverWater”

Alvvays – “After The Earthquake”

Rosalía – Motomami

Cate Le Bon – Pompeii

Caroline Polachek – “Billions”

BEST ALBUMS (LOCAL – NON-RANKED)

Pit Stop – ST (released late enough in 2021 that they didn’t get considered for best of)

Cult Vibes – Let’s Celebrate

Dua Saleh – Crossover

Lanue – In My Mind

Green/Blue – Paper Thin

Andy Ulseth – How We’ve Changed

Anthony Newes – In the Dark of the Sea

Obscurity or Bust – The Chewing Gum Girl

Alien Book Club – Desecration of the Whispering Salamander

Nat Harvie – Married In Song

Jonny Darko – The Deer

Mal – Malbum

Other things I really enjoyed:

Sparrowhawk

Products – I think We Arrived

Kate Malanaphy – “Tomorrow”

Various other Dua Saleh singles