Jay Stewart Best of 2022 (Sort of Pandemic Edition) — Well as I rapidly go downhill with myself heading into my mid 50’s. I guess I still love enough new music but I am the first to tell you I am not with it and I am alright with that. Though I am glad Stranger Things has introduced Kate Bush to a whole generation and I am here to enjoy it. — Wet Leg, Carolyn Marosy, Lizzo, Tears For Tears, Rammstein, Arctic Monkey, Angel Olson, Kendrick Lamar, Def Leppard, Classless Act,
Archers of Loaf, Dead Tongues, Aldous Harding, Ty Segall, MJ Lenderman, Dehd, Vince Staples, Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C., S.G. Goodman,
Fix’s Media Diet 2022 — Arctic Monkeys, Binker & Moses, caroline, Fontaines DC, Horace Andy, Lucrecia Dalt, Midnight Oil, Nilüfer Yanya, Wet Leg, Wilco
My POOP DISC-CLAIMER (disc-lamer?): As years go I’ll give 2022 a semi-meh. As usual a good chunk of my list is made up of albums that in one way or another look back in time. It’s apparent that much of the music that called out to me in my teens and twenties still seems to drive my car. Music in the rear view mirror remains closer than it appears. —
Dropkick Murphys, Freakons, Lou Reed, Corb Lund, The Beatles, Len Price 3, Angeline Morrison, Willie Nelson,
In this third year of the pandemic, I made a decision to slow down my record hunting activities and concentrate on exploring what’s already on my shelves (lots of shelves #fuckyeahphysicalmedia). But I found it a little difficult to go completely cold turkey so I still have enough new acquisitions to make a PooP List yet again. — Horace Andy, Pay It All Back Vol. 8, Dub No Frontiers, Jeb Loy Nichols, Spoon, Ghetto Priest x D.Foe, Mark Stewart, Holly Cook, Neneh Cherry, Karen Dalton, Dropkick Murphys, Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
When Mark reached out a few weeks with his annual reminder I thought to myself, hmmm, do I have it in me again? Then I realized how much I enjoy the process and how I always go in with such a negative attitude. Well, not this year. I am going to appreciate the opportunity to hear so much great new music and share with the world. So, thanks Mark for keeping the torch alive today and hopefully for another 25 years. — —
Wilco, Superchunk, Elvis Costello, Built To Spill,Father John Misty, Alex G, Perfume Genius, Tomberlin, The Smile, Big Thief,
Chat GPT promt: Write a “Best of 2022” List with commentary in the style of Pitchfork.com (with errors struck through and corrections in red) listing the following music albums:
Alvvays, Yard Act, Kae Tempest, Fontaines D.C., Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin, Arctic Monkeys, Horace Andy, Black Country, New Road, Rachika Nayar, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nova Twins, Diplo, Chase & Status, Shygirl, Nia Archives, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Jockstrap
Hatis Noit, Björk, Ginevra Nervi, Katarina Gryvul, Hekla, Max Richter, Amanda Cook, Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra, Rachika Nayar, Mia Zabelka | Henrik Meierkord | IsosTech
Wet Leg, The Fernweh, Paddy & The Rats, Angeline Morrison, The Mahones, Drive-by-truckers, Oysterband, Phoenix, Dry Cleaning, Hardwicke Circus
PooPy23 yea yea I know I’ve done nothin but gripe over the last few years about the failed state of our democracy n rock n roll n the general collapse of any and all involved in our cultural degeneration but enough of that for this year. there’s always cable and streaming dystopias for all that. we’re gathered here at PooP HQ to step away and actually celebrate what little light managed to shine thru the bullet holes left by patriots n supremacists n just regular freakin knot-head incels. so as I work tirelessly to recount it all I’m listenin to…
Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy // Sun Ra Arkestra // Bjork // Kurt Vile // Bitchin’ Bajas // Horace Andy // Jeb Loy Nichols // The Sadies // Oneida // John Colpitts // Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin
I was gonna wait because there are still a dozen-ish things I’m still trying to absorb. I’ve dug more music than usual, this year, but I need to draw the line somewhere. Gonna try and not pontificate too much. Just about everything here is on Bandcamp, if you wanna give them s listen. — Freezing Hands // Lianne Hall // Oneida // The Sadies // Oh Boland // Hurry Up // The Len Price 3 // Nina Nastasia // Robyn Hitchcock // Exek
The Sadies // Padang Moonrise // Bobby Oroza // Jeb Loy Nichols // Brian Eno // Ennio Morricone // Bjarni Biering // Hermanos Gutierrez // Berto Pisano // Saigon Supersound,
POOP 2022: I have to say that I don’t think 2022 was a banner year for music. Yes, there were a handful of releases that seem likely to stand the test of time. But only the very top albums had that great “album” feel, with quality and continuity running through all of the tracks. Many other albums had some great individual tracks, but didn’t seem to hold up across the length of the whole. Overall, though, most of what I heard was pretty underwhelming. Is this the way it’s always been? Or is this the way that I’ve always been?…
Best Albums for 2022 – Dan Wilmer, Jersey City, NJ – This List Goes to Eleven – — Wet Leg — Spoon — Spiritualized — Sierra Ferrell — Panda Bear & Sonic Boom — Afghan Whigs — Arcade Fire — UVTV — Better Oblivion Community Center — Elvis Costello — Wilco
Not too hard to choose my “most played” selections for 2022 because each is still near the player be it a CD or vinyl.
Having resisted the urge to name POOP after a Greek letter, I present to you the 35 th Anniversary Edition of POOP. This year actually turned out to provide some relative relief and respite from the whirlpool of forces and events that made 2020 a year for history’s shitpile. Since then, we have vaccines that mostly keep us out of the hospital, testing kits that work if you use them at the right time and a new ineffectual leader who is at least not the last guy. Welcome to a world where someone named Cheney is the voice of reason. Huzzah. This year 21 of us have stormed the POOPitol. to a world where someone named Cheney is the voice of reason. Huzzah. This year 21 of us have stormed the POOPitol.
Southern Culture On The Skids, The War On Drugs, The Connells, Django Django, The Dirty Knobs, James McMurtry, Teenage Fanclub, Green Diesel, Mdou Moctar, Jay Tausig
The Music keeps me: grounded. safe. smiling. inspired. moving. from going to jail. — Failure, Turnstile, Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Body, Tyler the Creator, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Quicksand, Lingua Ignota
Amyl and the Sniffers, The Rolling Stones, The Bevis Frond, Keith Beck, Jose Gonzalez, Zeb Gould, Hurry, Fear Gods, Son Volt, Scott Helland Guitarmy Of One