Last week, I shared my favorite songs and albums of 2022. Today, I’m sharing my Honorable Mentions. Perhaps this is the list that should’ve come first, the prelude to the actual best of the year, but alas, here we are now.
In some ways, I realize this might be a bit pretentious (oh look at how many albums I can name), but this year just had so much great new music that I really wanted to highlight these albums, even if they weren’t my absolute favorites.
Next week, I’ll move on to EPs, reissues, live albums, soundtracks, and the best concerts I attended, but for today, these are albums 51-70 of the year, unranked, in alphabetical order with links to purchase. If you’re still digging through my best of lists from last week, that’s awesome and I hope you’ve found something new and exciting. If you’ve already blasted through all of those, don’t sleep on these. All of the records below would’ve certainly made my best-of list in any other year, but 2022 was so stellar that they may seem less hyped, I assure you, however, that they’re all great!
ANTELOPER | Pink Dolphins
AXEL BOWMAN | Lulz / Quest for Fire
CAROLINE | Caroline
CAROLINE NO | Caroline No
CLOAKROOM | Dissolution Wave
THE COMET IS COMING | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
ETHEL CAIN | Preacher's Daughter
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE | Dance Fever
HORSEGIRL | Versions of Modern Performance
KIWI JR | Chopper
THE LINDA LINDAS | Growing Up
MOMMA | Household Name
PAPERCUTS | Past Life Regression
QUELLE CHRIS | DEATHFAME
RAUM | Daughter
ROC MARCIANO / THE ALCHEMIST | The Elephant Man's Bones
SOCCER MOMMY | Sometimes, Forever
STELLA DONNELLY | Flood
TOMBERLIN | i don't know who needs to hear this...
YEAH YEAH YEAHS | Cool It Down
If you’re a Spotify user, you can listen to a selection of songs from this list here.