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
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