Nathan’s Top 50 Albums of 2022
Ok, so let’s be honest here. Top Albums doesn’t truly exist; I’m a part-time blogger, so I’m not really qualified to tell you what is the top album, and what isn’t. But, that being said, I do have 50 albums that I spent a lot of time with this year, and purchased about 90% of them; I can only buy so much on this teacher salary! So, my list is alphabetical, thus eliminating the rating system; I’ve tried to get the Bandcamp links so you can buy it from the bands or the labels, if you’re so inclined! Happy 2022 ya’ll!
Adults – For Everything Always – Fika Recordings
Apollo Ghosts – Pink Tiger – You’ve Changed Records
Blushing – Possessions – Kanine Records
The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness – Third Wave Of – Bobo Integral
Neil Brogan – Things Keep Getting in the Way
Guy Capacelatro III – Heading North Again – Drome Dary Records
Chronophage – Chronophage – Post Present Medium Records
CLAMM – Care – Chapter Music
Die! Die! Die! – This Is Not an Island Anymore
Dot Dash – Madman in the Rain – The Beautiful Music
Eerie Wanda – Internal Radio – Joyful Noise Recordings
Erasers – Constant Connection – Fire Talk Records
Field School – When Summer Comes – Bobo Integral Records
Flowertown – Half Yesterday – Mt. St. Mtn/Paisley Shirt
Fresh – Raise Hell
Good Looks – Bummer Year – Keeled Scales
Nick Griffith – Something I Once Heard
Lande Hekt – House Without a View – Get Better Records
The High Water Marks – Proclaimer of Things – Minty Fresh
I Was a King – Follow Me Home – Coastal Town Recordings
Jeanines – Don’t Wait for a Sign – Slumberland Records
Jim Nothing – In the Marigolds – Meritorio Records
Kids on a Crime Spree – Fall in Love Not in Line – Slumberland Records
Letting Up Despite Great Faults – IV
Little Mazarn – Texas River Song – Dear Life Records
Fortunato Durutti Marinetti – Memory’s Fool – Bobo Integral Records
Matching Outfits – Band Made Out of Sand – Kitchen Leg Records
Melby – Looks Like a Map – Rama Lama Records
Yea Ming & the Rumors – So Bird – Dandy Boy Records
Nada – Fin – El Derrumbe
Nightshift – Made of the Earth
Oro Swimming Hour – Pterodactyl – Deertone
Phantom Handshakes – A Passport to Remain
The Reds, Pinks, and Purples – Summer at Land’s End – Slumberland Records
Ribbon Stage – Hit with the Most – K Records/Perennial
Rose Mercie – Kieres Agua – Jelodanti Records/Celluloid Lunch
Say Sue Me – The Last Thing Left – Damnably Records
Scarves – Delicate Creatures – Good Eye Records
Slack Times – Carried Away – Meritorio Records
The Smashing Times – Bloom – Meritorio Records
Robert Sotelo – Celebrant – Upset the Rhythm
Star Party – Meadow Flower
Teenage Tom Petties – Teenage Tom Petties – Safe Suburban Home/Repeating Cloud
That Hideous Sound – Wasted Life
Tin Ear – Cadastral Maps – Gentle Reminder Records
Tony Jay – Hey There Flower – Mt. St. Mtn./Paisley Shirt Records
Mo Troper – MTV –
Heather Trost – Desert Flowers – Ba Da Bing Records
Winter – What Kind of Blue Are You –Bar/None Records
Ben Woods – Dispeller – Melted Ice Cream/Shrimper/Meritorio