As we recap our favorite music of 2022, XPN assistant program director Jim McGuinn shares his top albums and top songs of 2022.
Albums
1. Spoon – Lucifer On The Sofa
2. Wet Leg – Wet Leg
3. Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
4. Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
Bonus Albums
Yard Act – The Overload
Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
Neil Young – Barn
Sports Team – Gulp!
Elvis Costello – The Boy Named If
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Toro y Moi – Mahal
Bartees Strange – Farm to Table
Bob Vylan – Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
Mondo Cozmo – This Is For the Barbarians
Trupa Trupa – B Flat A
Amyl and the Sniffers – Comfort To Me
Momma – Household Name
Mitski – Laurel Hell
Songs
1. Steve Lacy – “Bad Habits”
2. Wet Leg – “Wet Leg”
3. Bob Vylan – “GDP”
4. Fontaines D.C – “Jackie Down The Line”
5. Spoon – “Lucifer on the Sofa”