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Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2022. Our next list is from DJ moimoi.
Are these the BEST albums of the year--who knows? I didn't listen to everything that came out. But these are my favorites--in some cases, favourites--of 2022, listed by the very specific genre categories I most enjoyed this year:
Blue Rev by Alvvays (Polyvinyl / Transgressive)
Favourite Canadian Jangle. Runners Up: Tallies - Patina and Kiwi Jr. - Chopper
Heartmind by Cass McCombs (Anti-)
Favorite Eclectic Singer-Songwriter. Runner Up: Destroyer - Labyrinthitis
Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives (Stones Throw)
Favorite Experimental R&B Chanteuse. Runner-Up: Brijean - Angelo
Tableau by The Orielles (Heavenly)
Favorite Female-Fronted Indie Rock. Runner-Up: Mamalarky - Pocket Fantasy
Most Normal by Gilla Band (Rough Trade)
Favorite Noise Rock. Runner up: Party Dozen - The Real Work
Svengali by Cakes Da Killa (Young Art)
Favorite Progressive-and-Not-Coincidentally-Queer Hip Hop. Runner Up: Mykki Blanco - Stay Close to Music
Kumoyo Island by Kikagaku Moyo (Guruguru Brain)
Favorite Psych Rock. Runner Up: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms & Lava
See Through You by A Place to Bury Strangers (Dedstrange)
Favorite Scuzzy Garage Rock. Runner Up: Jon Spencer and the HITmakers - Spencer Gets It Lit
Gemini Rights by Steve Lacy (RCA)
Favorite Sonic Experimentalist. Runner Up: Spacemoth - No Past No Future
The Overload by Yard Act (Island)
Favourite UK Postpunk. Runner Up: Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
Honorable Mentions
BONUS FAVES:
Favorite Unplugged Singer-Songwriter: Daniel Rossen - You Belong There
Runner up: Julien Chang - The Sale
Favourite Music-That-Transcends-the-Genre-"World": Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
Runner Up: Congotronics International - Where’s The One?
Favorite Comeback: Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point
Runner Up: The Boo Radleys - Keep On With Falling
OVERALL TOP 3: Alvvays - Blue Rev, Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights, Yard Act - The Overload
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