Channing Freeman’s 2022
I think I listened to more music this year than any other year and still didn’t get to a lot of stuff that i’m sure is great |
| 100 |  | Tyler Childers
Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? |
| 99 |  | Holy Fawn
Dimensional Bleed |
| 98 |  | Zeal and Ardor
Zeal and Ardor |
| 97 |  | Demi Lovato
Holy Fvck |
| 96 |  | Why Bonnie
90 In November |
| 95 |  | Coheed and Cambria
Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind |
| 94 |  | Fit for an Autopsy
Oh What the Future Holds |
| 93 |  | Grace Cummings
Storm Queen |
| 92 |  | Cave In
Heavy Pendulum |
| 91 |  | Greg Puciato
Mirrorcell |
| 90 |  | Pusha T
It's Almost Dry |
| 89 |  | Norma Jean
Deathrattle Sing for Me |
| 88 |  | Gang of Youths
Angel in Realtime |
| 87 |  | Denzel Curry
Melt My Eyez See Your Future |
| 86 |  | Silent Drive
Fairhaven |
| 85 |  | Lucius
Second Nature |
| 84 |  | Wormrot
Hiss |
| 83 |  | Charli XCX
Crash |
| 82 |  | Kevin Morby
This Is A Photograph |
| 81 |  | Peregrine (USA-MA)
the awful things we've done |
| 80 |  | Big Thief
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You |
| 79 |  | Rolo Tomassi
Where Myth Becomes Memory |
| 78 |  | Punch Brothers
Hell On Church Street |
| 77 |  | Venom Prison
Erebos |
| 76 |  | Shit Narnia
Cloud Belt |
| 75 |  | Gregor Barnett
Don't Go Throwing Roses in My Grave |
| 74 |  | The Beths
Expert in a Dying Field |
| 73 |  | Greyhaven
This Bright and Beautiful World |
| 72 |  | The Head And The Heart
Every Shade Of Blue |
| 71 |  | Gatherers
" ( mutilator. ) " |
| 70 |  | Sharon Van Etten
We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong |
| 69 |  | Cliffdiver
Exercise Your Demons |
| 68 |  | Gospel
The Loser |
| 67 |  | Lupe Fiasco
Drill Music in Zion |
| 66 |  | Pool Kids
Pool Kids |
| 65 |  | Florence and the Machine
Dance Fever |
| 64 |  | Prince Daddy and The Hyena
Prince Daddy And The Hyena |
| 63 |  | The Gathering
Beautiful Distortion |
| 62 |  | Proper.
The Great American Novel |
| 61 |  | Leyla McCalla
Breaking The Thermometer |
| 60 |  | Kardashev
Liminal Rite |
| 59 |  | Earl Sweatshirt
Sick! |
| 58 |  | Andrew Bird
Inside Problems |
| 57 |  | Future Teens
Self Help |
| 56 |  | Molly Tuttle
Crooked Tree |
| 55 |  | Late Night Cardigan
Life Is Bleak and It's My Cheat Day |
| 54 |  | Murder by Death
Spell/Bound |
| 53 |  | Alexisonfire
Otherness |
| 52 |  | Saba
Few Good Things |
| 51 |  | Robert Glasper
Black Radio III |
| 50 |  | Somewhere South of Here
Leave Me for the Crows |
| 49 |  | Watkins Family Hour
Vol. II |
| 48 |  | Jenna and the Janes
Earth Dog Year |
| 47 |  | Mavi
Laughing So Hard, It Hurts |
| 46 |  | Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires
Old-Time Folks |
| 45 |  | Cult of Luna
The Long Road North |
| 44 |  | Danger Mouse and Black Thought
Cheat Codes |
| 43 |  | Soccer Mommy
Sometimes, Forever |
| 42 |  | Artificial Brain
Artificial Brain |
| 41 |  | Emery
Rub Some Dirt on It |
| 40 |  | Cass McCombs
Heartmind |
| 39 |  | Sigh
Shiki |
| 38 |  | JID
The Forever Story |
| 37 |  | Counterparts
A Eulogy for Those Still Here |
| 36 |  | Hot Water Music
Feel the Void |
| 35 |  | Chat Pile
God's Country |
| 34 |  | Saor
Origins |
| 33 |  | Viagra Boys
Cave World |
| 32 |  | Honey Harper
Honey Harper and the Infinite Sky |
| 31 |  | Sumerlands
Dreamkiller |
| 30 |  | Beach Bunny
Emotional Creature |
| 29 |  | Billy Woods
Aethiopes |
| 28 |  | Taylor Swift
Midnights |
| 27 |  | Wake
Thought Form Descent |
| 26 |  | Metric
Formentera |
| 25 |  | Nas
King's Disease III
they argue kd1, kd2, or magic
what’s harder when kd3 go harder than all of them? |
| 24 |  | Lizzy McAlpine
five seconds flat
we made sangria and failed
i spilled mac and cheese on my pants
and thought about kissing you underneath kitchen lights |
| 23 |  | White Ward
False Light
i am the smallest grain of sand
a fragment of passions |
| 22 |  | Zach Bryan
American Heartbreak
i hear a song and it’s faint
and i can’t make out the name
but i know every word |
| 21 |  | Kendrick Lamar
Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers
the day i chose humanity over religion
the family got closer, it was all forgiven |
| 20 |  | Maggie Rogers
Surrender
i’d rather hear the wind
than hear that song i’m supposed to know
by some fuckin bro |
| 19 |  | Birds in Row
Gris Klein
two bodies under the rain
maybe kissing for the very last time |
| 18 |  | The Smith Street Band
Life After Football
my bed is unmade
but in a good way |
| 17 |  | Immolation
Acts of God
treachery within the house of god
where the wicked hide amongst the saints |
| 16 |  | Camp Cope
Running With The Hurricane
you are not your past, not your mistakes
not your money, not your pain
not the years you spent inside
you can change and so can i |
| 15 |  | Plains
I Walked With You A Ways
the days turned like cowards
so swiftly to the hour of need
and i’ll be a martyr to whatever your heartache will leave |
| 14 |  | PUP
The Unraveling of PUPTheBand
i’ve got a bit of a complex
in case that wasn’t clear from the last three sessions |
| 13 |  | Craig Finn
A Legacy Of Rentals
rachel did her best with the deal she’d been dealt
and that’s what i’ve got for a eulogy |
| 12 |  | The Mountain Goats
Bleed Out
we may run out of bullets
we’re never going to run out of hostages |
| 11 |  | Alex The Astronaut
How to Grow a Sunflower Underwater
i feel the fresh air of an open door
i hope you do as well |
| 10 |  | The Flatliners
New Ruin
once you’re just dust in the ditch
then your soul’s finally saved |
| 9 |  | Willi Carlisle
Peculiar, Missouri
just sing until you love yourself
and love until you die |
| 8 |  | Black Country, New Road
Ants From Up There
show me where to tie
the other end of this chain |
| 7 |  | Pinegrove
11:11
i’m laughing at an afterthought
it’s been happening a lot |
| 6 |  | Ashenspire
Hostile Architecture
always three months to the gutter
never three months to the crown
another deep breath of asbestos
in a godforsaken town |
| 5 |  | Shannen Moser
The Sun Still Seems to Move
hole in your shirt
bucket of paint
if you knew what i know now
would you have lived the same? |
| 4 |  | The Callous Daoboys
Celebrity Therapist
a moment of weakness labeled “revelation” |
| 3 |  | Ethel Cain
Preacher's Daughter
what i wouldn’t give to be in church this sunday
listening to the choir so heartfelt, all singing
“god loves you, but not enough to save you” |
| 2 |  | The Wonder Years
The Hum Goes on Forever
put the work in
plant a garden
try to stay afloat |
| 1 |  | Orville Peck
Bronco
keep an eye on the dusty highway
tell my mother i’m nearly done |
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