December 31, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #648)

6:01 AM Smut • Soft Engine • How the Light Felt • Bayonet

6:04 AM Taylor Swift • Karma • Midnights • Republic

6:08 AM Big Boi • Mama Told Me (featuring Kelly Rowland) • Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors • Island Def Jam

6:14 AM Syd • CYBAH (Feat. Lucky Daye) • Broken Hearts Club • Syd Solo/Columbia

December 24, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #647)

9:00 AM Freya Beer • Merry Xmas Everybody • single • self-released

9:04 AM Nick Lowe • I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day • Quality Street • Yep Roc

9:08 AM Joseph Decosimo • Come Thou Fount (feat. Alice Gerrard) • While You Were Slumbering • Sleepy Cat

9:14 AM Andy Partridge • Unwrap You at Christmas • My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1 • Ape House

December 17, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #646)

9:00 AM Claude • what're you on tonight • a lot's gonna change • American Dreams 

9:03 AM Confidence Man • Luvin U Is Easy • Tilt • Heavenly/[PIAS]

9:07 AM Smut • Let Me Hate • How the Light Felt • Bayonet

9:13 AM Ravyn Lenae • Skin Tight (featuring Steve Lacy) • Hypnos • Atlantic

My Top albums of 2022

I appreciate the notion that folks shouldn't rank works of art, but my firm sense of order compels me to rank albums. I listened to, at least once, 246 LPs and EPs that were released in 2022. Only a smattering of those did nothing for me (I try to avoid stuff I won't like). I only rank albums that I own, so perhaps some favorites of yours didn't make it because I never got around to buying them (like Big Thief or Kendrick Lamar). I also had some albums that came in too late in the year for me to fully grasp (like SZA and Lous and The Yakuza) that might have made my list otherwise. 

Moreover, as you go further down the list, my preferences are pretty incremental, and by the time you get to the bottom, there at least a couple dozen other albums that could have made it. There was so much good music this year. That being said, I really, really dig the the stuff at the top of the list. I hope there are some things folks can discover on here, which is why I love looking at others' top album lists.

December 10, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #645)

9:00 AM Howlin' Wolf • Going Back Home • Smokestack Lightning The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 • Geffen/Hip-O Select

9:03 AM Joan Shelley • We'd Be Home • Joan Shelley • No Quarter

9:06 AM Ben LaMar Gay • Warmth Be Unto You • Certain Reveries • International Anthem

9:13 AM SZA • Ghost in the Machine (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) • SOS • Top Dawg/RCA

December 3, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #644)

9:01 AM The Persuasions • People Get Ready • Street Corner Symphony • Capitol

9:04 AM Laura Marling • I Was An Eagle • Once I Was An Eagle • Virgin

9:08 AM Dana Buoy • Maidenhair • Experiments in Plant-Based Music: Vol. 1 • Everlong

9:14 AM Susan Voelz • Symphony • Trust the Waves Will Hold You • Pravda