The 2022 End of Year music lists thread

Their definition of jazz is hilarious to me. (Theo Croker put out another, much more interesting album this year that placed on my Stereogum list.)

I think what’s frustrating about ppl suggesting kpop and bad bunny making it in some way suggests equivalence w how it would feel if more amapiano made it, is that kpop and bad bunny make boring formalist product, and amapiano is full of vibrant innovations/ reinventions of genre

Idk

Deej, I don’t hear boring formalist product on latest Bad Bunny. He incorporated many genres on latest — bachata, salsa , Dominican dembow, Latin indie pop

bad bunny is certainly subject to being a token latin pick but he's the biggest star in the world and is making interesting & ambitious enough stuff to deserve the attention

certainly far better than when there'd be lists with a random bts single as a token pick since bts singles were consistently mediocre-to-terrible by that point

bad bunny made an incredible, compulsively listenable album, and i'm sure the listmakers' enjoyment of his music is sincere, but this point...

critics that boast abt being cosmopolitan for listening to bad bunny but seem to have an inch deep investment in that music really throw me

does resonate with me. many of these lists include a song or two from bad bunny or rosalía and call it a day. rolling stone's inclusion of so much latin music is admirable, but it did feel like they were just picking every big latin hit without much discernment.

The Textura list has both Anders and Benjamin Koppel, which I think even Danish critics would consider too much.

Their definition of jazz is hilarious to me.
― but also fuck you (unperson)

Their list has mostly jazz records by jazz musicians on jazz labels, in what way is that hilarious?

Basically, it's the most dinner-party, don't-wake-the-baby version of jazz; if you played most of these records for Manfred Eicher, you'd have to slap him awake afterwards. The only exceptions are the Marquis Hill, the Roxy Coss, and the Julieta Eugenio. Everything else is the most blanched, bloodless, "refined" shit imaginable.

no roy donk no credibility

I was about to reply: it's pretty milquetoast, conservative stuff on that Textura list.

Dinner Jazz!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4WbFJYqd3UwMG81ImGarBq

well yeah but that's pretty par for the course for a website firmly focused on the ambient/classical space.

OkayAfrica's best Nigerian songs: https://www.okayafrica.com/nigerian-music-songs-best-2022/

NPR Best Roots albums: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1134907922/the-best-roots-music-of-2022

fyi for those who look forward to this

Finally starting on the AOTY spreadsheet, and it's very early, but safe to declare that the winner, once again, is caps lock.

— Rob Mitchum (@robmitchum) December 17, 2022

the hagan album from the ra list is pretty nice

^^ co-sign, one of my favorite discoveries from list season so far

yes! A great album with lots of cross-ILM appeal. I posted about it in the afropop thread, but bobbins or doing-it-wrong bobbins would have made sense too

RA tracks:
https://ra.co/features/4098

Nick León feat. DJ Babatr - Xtasis
Kelela - Washed Away
Rhyw - Honey Badger
A+A - Eternal September
DJ Plead - Come Quick
Ahadadream - Spaceship
Pariah - Caterpillar
Incienso
DJ Python - Angel
Sally C - Downtown
Nikki Nair - Step 2
GiGi FM - Manas (PST)
Heavee - Sonic Warfare
Physical Therapy - Emotional Rescue
Isabella Lovestory - Exibisionista
Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A.
Nia Archives - Forbidden Feelingz
Maara - Lezzies In A Jacuzzi
Margaret Dygas - Butterfly Effect
Utada Hikaru - Somewhere Near Marseilles
Kush Jones - BX Bounce
Beyoncé - Break My Soul
Peggy Gou - I Go (Soulwax Remix)
Shanti Celeste - Cutie
Skin On Skin - Burn Dem Bridges
Two Shell - home
KH - Looking At Your Pager
SHE Spells Doom - Bossano
Paurro - Galavisión
Jennifer Loveless - Around The World
Joy Orbison - Pinky Ring

Concrete Islands: https://concreteislands.com/concrete-islands-albums-of-the-year-2022/

So have there been any of these including essays, individual lists and excerpted comments of some balloteers from wherever, as well as blurbs from regular contributors: you know, like ye olde Pazz & Jop??

Spoiler: In a year where disorientation ruled and turbulence was the norm, sometimes healing comes in the form of lightweight bop and other times it comes in the form of a confessional gut-punch.

Kerrang Top 50 Albums of the Year

ra list continuing to deliver returns, loving the ron trent album's gorgeous balearic sound

When did Kerrang get into pop-punk??

When did Kerrang get into pop-punk??

A decade ago, maybe longer. They're almost a UK version of Alternative Press at this point.

yes that ron trent is so good xxp

DMY / DUMMY top 25 trax

https://dmy.co/features/the-25-best-tracks-of-2022

Top 25 albums

https://dmy.co/features/the-25-best-albums-of-2022

first showing (I think) of the Rema album, at #25

When did Kerrang get into pop-punk??

― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:46 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Since dookie got big but especially in the last 20 years where they really got into the glammy pop end of emo after nu metal died off

passion of the weiss rap songs list. only two roc marciano songs on there

https://www.passionweiss.com/2022/12/20/best-rap-songs-2022/

the 20 best Ghanian songs, according to OkayAfrica (rob posted their Nigerian list the other day):
https://www.okayafrica.com/ghana-music-songs-best-2022-2658958575/

there’s a general Afrobeats list as well (which has just one Tanzanian and one South African song along with Ghanaian and (overwhelmingly) Nigerian stuff that’s also in the above lists):
https://www.okayafrica.com/afrobeats-songs-best-2022/

expecting them to also publish their EOY list for East African and South African songs soon.
a genre-specific amapiano list is already out tho:
https://www.okayafrica.com/amapiano-songs-2022-best/

Late to the game here, but super stoked to see Sudan Archives featured in top 10 or 5 in lot of lists. She deserves it and stoked for the success the attention will bring to her. She was the best live show I saw in 2022 as well.

Best thing about these lists is Arcade Fire have been canceled and deseringly so. Almost forgot WE was this year.

ra list continuing to deliver returns, loving the ron trent album's gorgeous balearic sound

Andrew Noz (formerly of Cocaine Blunts) has his list up.

https://noz.agency/bestrap/2022.html

his list is pretty good! and by that i mean he has at least 4 songs in his top 25 that i will vote for in the ilxor poll

spin list is pretty idiosyncratic, as far as these things go: https://www.spin.com/2022/12/22-best-albums-of-2022/

Yeah, that actually looks like an interesting list, even if I'm not big on most of them.

Tears For Fears at #3!

wacky !

Was FNF a massive hit in the US? First time hearing it and it’s fun.

Late to the game here, but super stoked to see Sudan Archives featured in top 10 or 5 in lot of lists. She deserves it and stoked for the success the attention will bring to her. She was the best live show I saw in 2022 as well.

― octobeard

Currently at #14 on aoty list aggregate which makes me very happy. Probably my favorite one in the top 20.

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2022/

Billy Woods is in the top 30 there too, which is also incredible. Probably my favorite rapper these days

https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022

Boomkat lists are a treasure trove

that SPIN list looks more like one person's doing than a consensus list

or maybe instead of voting and tabulating, they just told each person "pick two" or something

I don't think the SLANT lists have been posted yet:

https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-50-best-songs-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/lists/the-20-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-best-electronic-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-best-music-videos-of-2022/

Electronic Sound , can’t find the top 50 online, but here’s the top 10.

1= Telefis - a Dò/ a hAon
2 Working Men’s Club - Fear Fear
3 Loraine James - Building Something Beautiful For Me
4 Plaid - Feorm Falorx
5 Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Districts, Roads, Open Spaces
6 Elaine Howley - The Distance Between Heart And Mouth
7 Gwenno - Tresor
8 Acid Klaus - Step On My Travelator…
9 Cosi Fanni Tutti- Delia Derbyshire:The Myths And The Legendary Tapes
10 Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B

there's loads of really interesting guest lists in the boomkat round-up, but these might be of general interest?

Max Tundra - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/2089
JD Twitch (Optimo) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/2058
Josh Cheon (Dark Entries) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1934
CS + Kreme - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1933
Sasha Frere Jones - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1961
DJ Python - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1964
Call Super - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1904
Veronica Vasicka (Minimal Wave) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1945

the one we've all been waiting for

I always enjoy sharing my end of year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs. Here are some of my favorites.

Are there any songs or artists I should check out? pic.twitter.com/qkwm4UOzMD

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 23, 2022