Best of 2022: Josh

Another year in the books. We’d be lying if we said things were back to being totally good, but it felt nice to get back out to shows this year and be amongst the music-loving community again. As we always do, we’re using the end of the calendar year to collect the music that we loved from this year. The music that got us dancing, the music that got us through hard times, the music that broke through and resonated even after years of listening to thousands of albums of new music. Below you’ll find Josh’s favorite albums and shows of 2022. We hope you’ll find something you like or maybe something new to check out. Onward!

TOP NATIONAL ALBUMS

Top 20 records, not in order (but kind of):

Jeff Parker – Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy

Billy Wood – Church + Aethiopes

Fling II – Fling II

Water Damage – Repeater

Various – Atenção!: Novos Sons do Brasil

Bitchin Bajas — Bajascillators

Anteloper — Pink Dolphins

Oren Ambarchi — shebang

Kikagaku Moyo – Kumoyo Island

Minami Deutsch — Fortune Goodies

Los Bitchos – Let The Festivities Begin!

Nuke Watch – Live at the Cactus Store

Mystic Jungle – Deviant Disco

Beyonce – Renosannice

Patricia Wolf – I’ll Look for You in Others

Sam Prekop – Sons of..

Horse Lords – Comradely Objects

Chris Forysth – Evolution Here We Come

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – DOST 2

Psychic Temple – Plays Planet Caravan

Next 10 (aka Honorable Mention):

Pusha T It’s Almost Dry

Sessa – Estrela Acesa

Luke Schneider Presents Imaginational Anthem vol. XI : Chrome Universal – A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel

Warmth – The Night

Surprise Chef – Education & Recreation

Revelators Sound System – Revelators

Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

TOP MINNESOTA ALBUMS

Joe Rainey – Niineta

Five Years of Æther Sound

Dosh – Tomorrow 1972

Green/Blue – Paper Thin

Dua Saleh – Crossover

Rainfields – Sea of Sound

American Cream Band – Embrace You Millions

Metasota – The Forgotten Tapes Mixtape

Cole Pulice – scry + To Live & Die In Space & Time (w/ Lynn Avery)

Scrunchies – Feral Coast

TOP CONCERTS

Bitchin Bajas w/ IE and American Cream at Parkway Theater

Altin Gün + Sessa at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Dave King/Jeff Parker/Chris Speed at Walker Art Center

Stereolab + Fievel is Glauque at First Avenue

Numerous ambient shows at Mirror Lab in South Minneapolis (seriously, saw many and they were all great event. Don’t miss these!)

Algara + Uranium Club at Eagles Club 34

Kassa Overall w/ Safah Maricha White

Low at Rock the Garden

IMARHAN w/ Crystal Myslajek & Liz Draper at the Cedar

Florist at Turf Club