Here is my 2022 Top Un-Ten. Why is mine different? Because it’s damn hard to be successful at music, or any type of art, and people should be recognized for that, and because it's hard to rank my favorites. This is what I listened to this past year. Some I liked better than others, but it’s all good. All of it. My list is mostly albums, with a favorite song or two listed for each. A few songs are just singles.

Enjoy! I look forward to what 2023 has in store musically, as well.

#1

Amoeba Teen - Amoeba Teen - "New Material World"

The Bye Bye Blackbirds - August Lightning Complex - "We Got Lost"

"Fold Up Your Maps/The Girls Walk" single

Jim Basnight - Pop Top - "Hello Mary Jane"

Early Years - "Blow Your Life Away"

The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau - What If It Works? (reissue) - "Mavis Of Maybelline Towers"

Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men - Heart Inside Your Head - "One of the Boyz"

Frontperson - Parade - Parade

Lisa Mychols & Super 8 - Jem Records Celebrates Pete Townshend (comp)- "Baba O’Riley"

"Santa Please" single

Vista Blue - Stay Gold - "Cherry"

Push Puppets - Allegory Grey - "There’s No One Else Like Lynette"

Chris Church - Darling Please - "We’re Going Downtown"

The Flashcubes - "Tomorrow Night" (featuring Shoes) single

"Gudbuy T'Jane" (featuring Steve Conte) single

The Incurables - "Stop The World" Ukraine Benefit Single

Walker Brigade - If Only - "Choker," "Fallout"

In Deed - Twenty​-​Two Tracks From 2022 (comp) - "Don’t Kill The Babe

Tony Valentino - "Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White" single

Various Artists - We All Shine On: Celebrating The Music Of 1970 (comp) - All of them. All of these covers are great, and all the originals were AM gold in 1970, too.

Michael Simmons - Happy Traum EP - "Surely Justice"

Librarians with Hickeys - Handclaps & Tambourines - "Ghost Singer"

Richard Örhn - Sounds In English - "Take This Bottle"

Popular Creeps - All Of This Will End In Tears - "Gone by 45"

beabadoobee - Beatopia - "Talk"

Momma - Household Name - "Speeding 72"

The Airport 77’s - We Realize You Have a Choice - "Losers Win"

Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time - "Write a List of Things to Look Forward To"

The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field - "Expert In A Dying Field"

Alvvays - Blue Rev - "Easy On Your Own?"

The Big Believe - "Pirate Radio" single

Speed Of Sound - "Virtual Reality 123/Charlotte" 12" single

#2

Old Town Crier - You - "You"

Lannie Flowers - Flavor Of The Month - "Summer Blue"

Anton Barbeau - Power Pop!!! - "Julian Cope"

The Bablers - "Holding Me Tight Tonight" single

Spygenius - Jabbernowl - "Son Of the Morning, Go Man Go!"

Maple Mars - Someone's Got To Listen - "Gliding"

Nick Frater - Aerodrome Motel - "Stuck In My Ways," "Dancing With A Gertude"

Danny Wilkerson - "Strawberry Sherry" single