Best CDs of 2022
1. SAULT "11", "Earth", "Today & Tomorrow", and "(Untitled) God"
2. Editors "EBM"
3. The Beths "Expert In A Dying Field"
4. Steven Page "Excelsior"
5. Christian Lee Hutson "Quitters"
6. Alan Parsons "From The New World"
7. The Smile "A Light For Attracting Attention"
8. Black Country, New Road "Ants From Up There"
9. black midi "Hellfire"
10. Marcus Mumford "(self-titled)"
11. Robyn Hitchcock "Shufflemania"
12. Soundtrack "A Strange Loop"
13. Metric "Formentera"
14. Dry Cleaning "Stumpwork"
15. Wet Leg "Wet Leg"
16. Guerilla Toss "Famously Alive"
17. Gilla Band "Most Normal"
18. Jockstrap "I Love You Jennifer B"
19. Lizzo "Special"
20. Phoenix "Alpha Zulu"
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Nilüfer Yanya "Painless"
The Linda Lindas "Growing Up"
PLOSIVS "Plosivs"
Christine and the Queens "Redcar Les Adorables Étoiles (Prologue)"
Porcupine Tree "Closure/Continuation"
PUP "The Unraveling Of PUPTheBand" and "PUP Unravels Live In Front Of Everyone They Know"
Bill Callahan "YTI⅃AƎЯ"
Sloan "Steady"
Mitski "Laurel Hell"
MUNA "Muna"
Tegan & Sara "Crybaby"
Destroyer "Labyrinthitis"
Animal Collective "Time Skiffs"
yuele "Glitch Princess"
alt-J "The Dream"
Andrew Bird "Inside Problems"
The 1975 "Being Funny In A Foreign Language"
Spoon "Lucifer On The Sofa"
The Mountain Goats "Bleed Out"
Death Cab For Cutie "Asphalt Meadows"
Pinegrove "11:11"
Arcade Fire "WE"
Marketa Irglová "Lila"
Sudan Archives "Natural Brown Prom Queen"
Superorganism "World Wide Pop"
HEALTH "DISCO4 :: PART I" and "DISCO4 :: PART II"
David Lynch "Ghost of Love"
Ezra Furman "All Of Us Flames"
Kae Tempest "The Line Is A Curve"
Soundtrack (Alex G) "We're All Going To The World's Fair"
Midlake "For The Sake Of Bethel Woods"
Angel Olsen "Big Time"
Cloud Cult "Metamorphosis"
The Lickerish Quartet "Threesome" (Volumes 1 - 3)
Midlake "For The Sake Of Bethel Woods"
Regina Spektor "Home, Before And After"
Rina Sawayama "Hold The Girl"
Rolling Blackouts "Coastal Fever Endless Rooms"
Colin Hay "Now And The Nevermore"
Jack White "Fear of the Dawn" and "Entering Heaven Alive"
Broken Bells "Into The Blue"
Hot Chip "Freakout/Release"
John Doe "Fables In A Foreign Land"
Adult "Why Bother?"
Father John Misty "Chloë and the Next 20th Century"
Band Of Horses "Things Are Great"
Various Artists "Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All"
Bastille "Give Me The Future"
FKA twigs "CAPRISONGS"
The Proclaimers "Dentures Out"
Bloc Party "Alpha Games"
Interpol "The Other Side Of Make-Believe"
Best Techno CDs of 2022
1. Sam Prekop and John McEntire "Sons Of"
2. Belief "Belief"
3. BEAK> "Kosmik Musik"
4. The Golden Age of Wrestling "Crossface Chicked Wing"
5. Jóhann Jóhannsson "Drone Mass"
Kelly Lee Owens "LP.8"
Burial "Antidawn" and "Streetlands"
Matmos "Regards/Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer"
Miss Kittin & The Hacker "Third"
Bonobo "Fragments"
The Comet Is Coming "Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam"
Junior Boys "Waiting Game"
Best CD Reissues of 2022
1. Andy Partridge "My Failed Songwriting Career" (Volumes 1 and 2) and "My Failed Christmas Career" (Volume 1)
2. R.E.M. "Chronic Town"
3. Beatles "Revolver" (box set)
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor "All Lights Fucked On The Hairy Amp Drooling"
5. Prince "Prince and the Revolution: Live"
Danny Elfman "Bigger. Messier."
Bon Iver "Bon Iver, Bon Iver"
Fatboy Slim "Right Here, Right Then"
PUP "PUP Unravels Live In Front Of Everyone They Know"
Cloud Nothings "Live At Red Palace"
Alan Parsons "One Note Symphony - Live In Tel Aviv"
Patrick Cowley "Malebox"
Pink Floyd "Animals"
Thomas Dolby "Blinded by Science EP"
Richard Thompson "Live From Honolulu" and "Music From Grizzly Man"
Alex G "Trick"
The Residents "So Long Sam (1945-2006)"
Rush "Moving Pictures (reissue)"
The Chemical Brothers "Dig Your Own Hole"
Worst CDs of 2022
1. SAULT "Air", "Aiir", and "10"
2. MIA "Mata"
3. Arctic Monkeys "The Car"
4. Confidence Man "TILT"
5. Björk "Fossora"
Muse "Will Of The People"
The Crystal Method "The Trip Out"
Orville Peck "Bronco"
Sunflower Bean "Headful Of Sugar"
Bruce Springsteen "Only The Strong Survive"
Tears For Fears "The Tipping Point"
The Fixx "Every Five Seconds"
Foals "Life Is Yours"
Whitney "Spark"
Goo Goo Dolls "Chaos in Bloom"
Best CD Cover of 2022
Bonobo "Fragments"
Destroyer "Labyrinthitis"
The Black Keys "Dropout Boogie"
Sharon Van Etten "We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong"
Fontaines D.C. "Skinty Fia"
Arcade Fire "WE"
Beth Orton "Weather Alive"
Whitney "Spark"
Charlotte Adigery and Bolis Pupul "Topical Dancer"
Worst CD Cover of 2022
The Weeknd "Dawn FM"
Bill Callahan and Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Blind Date Party"
Elvis Costello "The Boy Named If"
Michael Hurley "The Time Of Foxgloves"
Eels "Extreme Witchcraft"
The Mountain Goats "Bleed Out"
Seafoam Walls "XVI"
Bad Bunny "Un Verano Sin Ti"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Return Of The Dream Canteen"
Alex G "God Save the Animals"
Tegan and Sara "Crybaby"
Dry Cleaning "Stumpwork"
Taylor Swift "Midnights"
Alvvays "Blue Rev"
Ten Best Movies of 2022
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Flux Gourmet
3. Uncharted
4. Marry Me
5. Mad God
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Lost City
Decision To Leave
The Northman
Death On The Nile
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Good Movies From Last Year I Finally Saw This Year
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1. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
2. Luca
3. The Worst Person in the World
Worst Movies of 2022
1. Matrix Resurrections
2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
3. Moonfall
Nope
Elvis
Thor Love & Thunder
Best Videogames of 2022
Stray
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
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Best Phone Games of 2022
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Mouse Hunt
Idle Toilet Tycoon
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