Randy the Beerman

2022 in Music

I’m going to copy the first sentence from last years music post as it pretty much still stands… again.

If there’s anything that can possibly lift one’s spirits during the shit show that was 2022, it’s music (and beer). This here’s my yearly rundown of the top 10 new music I thought was worth listening to. As usual, it doesn’t necessarily mean NEW as in just released, just “new” to me.

It’s been a very angry year for me, musically. Most of the things I was really into was aggressive, dark, and maybe a little cathartic? Still trying to cope with the changes wrought by the last two years of madness, I guess. Barring “Bad List” by Ayria, these selections go from heavy metal and industrial/techno to straight up deathcore. Not that everything I listened to was angry. I have a personal playlist called “Eclectic Happy Taproom Playlist” that gets quite a few compliments on when I’m the shift lead at the taproom.

Also, on another positive side, I get to see two of these bands live in my hometown this year (Mastadon and Lorna Shore), so there is that!

Well, for what it’s worth, here’s what I found and listened to most during 2022.

It’s that time of year when I put out my list of music I’ve either discovered or rediscovered, filling my headphones or blasting the Alpine on the way to work….