Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce the hi-hat.
10 Favorite New Albums
God Save the Animals, Alex G
Classic Objects, Jenny Hval
RENAISSANCE, Beyonce
PAINLESS, Nilüfer Yanya
Heaven Coming Crashing, Rachika Nayar
Endure, Special Interest
MUNA, MUNA
Plonk, Huerco S.
Spirit Exit, Caterina Barbieri
Big Time, Angel Olsen
5 Favorite Live Shows
Lyra Pramuk @ Knockdown Center
PinkPantheress @ Le Poisson Rouge
beabadoobee @ Brooklyn Steel
Sofia Kourtesis @ Public Records
Alex G @ Brooklyn Steel
5 Favorite New (to me) Artists
Two Shell
bar italia
Dora Jar
Marina Herlop
Mabe Fratti
10 New Favorite (Old) Albums
Butter 08, Butter 08
Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance, Laaraji, Brian Eno
Essence/Universe, Laraaji
Celestial Music 1978 - 2011, Laraaji
Wave Your Moonlight Hat For The Snowfall Train, You’ll Never Get to Heaven
World Is so Beautiful, Masakatsu Takagi
Aesthete, John Beltran
First Blue Sky, Placid Angles
Is It Real, Dinamarca, La Favi
Pink Cloud, Launder
Favorite 2022 music moments that weren’t releases: Lyra Pramuk describing her live show as a “pagan ritual,” Tár, Rachel’s wedding, Rosalia chewing gum, Sofia Kourtesis’ glass of white wine precariously placed on her synths for her whole set, the White Lotus theme song (again), going to Teo’s house for k-pop school and getting TWICE-pilled, the way Grian Chatten sings “foony point of view” in “Jackie Down the Line,” Angel Olsen’s whole “I wrote this song last night, I’m going to play it right now” live schtick, “Losing You” with Clover at karaoke, Jasmine Kennedy x Jorgeous’ Etta James lip-sync on Drag Race, Wet Leg “not knowing” what the Grammys are, Alex G “Blessing” dance, experiencing PinkPantheress live through a sea of phones, Circuit des Yeux in the rain in the cemetery, Suzanne Ciani directing applause toward her Buchla, Horsegirl inverting Gang of Four’s “Damaged Goods” lyric on “World of Pots and Pans" into “sometimes I’m thinking that I lust you / but I know it’s only love” which was so silly and small but actually moved me, this Cher tweet:
