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
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:
Various other Dua Saleh singles
