The Wire's Releases of the Year 2022

On the cover: 2022 Rewind : the year in underground music: Releases Of The Year : We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we added up the votes; Columnists’ Charts : Our specialist critics excavate all crevices of the culture for this year’s most exciting music, from hiphop to modern composition; Books, Films & Events : Emily Bick surveys the year in print, cinema, audiovisual arts and live performance; Critics’ Reflections : Wire writers discuss their cultural highs and lows for 2022. Archive Releases Of The Year : Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up. Plus: The New Vaudeville : Funny games. By Stewart Smith; Turntablists : Spin cycles. By Rob Turner; Climate : Burning issues. By Phil England; Healing Sounds : Good vibrations. By Emily Pothast; Invisible Jukebox : Kali Malone : Our mystery record selection pulls out all the stops for the composer and organist. Tested by Derek Walmsley. Also inside this issue: Unlimited Editions : REC-on; Unofficial Channels : Xenwiki; Venus Ex Machina ; Daniel Bachman ; Kraus ; Heith ; The Inner Sleeve by Gaye Su Akyol ; Epiphanies by Meg Baird ; many pages of reviews and much more.

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# 1
Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Art Pop
# 2
Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 3
Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Totalism
# 4
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Post-Minimalism
# 5
Album • Jul 07 / 2022 Drone Electroacoustic
# 6
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Drone
# 7
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 8
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Art Pop Electronic Post-Industrial
# 9
Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Italian Folk Music Modern Classical
# 10
Album • May 20 / 2022 Plunderphonics
# 11
Fragility of Sounds by Various Artists
Album • Jun 15 / 2022
# 12
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk
# 13
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 14
Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Avant-Garde Jazz
# 15
Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Ambient Americana Field Recordings
# 16
Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Experimental Rock Math Rock Totalism
# 17
Album • May 13 / 2022 Chamber Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz Third Stream
# 18
Album • Oct 28 / 2022 Jazz Fusion
# 19
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Hyperpop Glitch Pop Indietronica Electropop
# 20
Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Experimental
# 21
Album • Aug 05 / 2022 Field Recordings Musique concrète
# 22
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop UK Hip Hop
# 23
Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Electronic Dance Music Trap [EDM]
# 24
Album • Jul 21 / 2022 Avant-Garde Metal Progressive Metal
# 25
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock
# 26
Paste by Moin
Album • Oct 28 / 2022 Experimental Rock
# 27
Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock
# 28
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 New Age Tone Poem
# 29
Occam XXV by Éliane Radigue & Frédéric Blondy
Album • Mar 04 / 2022
# 30
The Eventual Window by Robert Storey
Album • Nov 26 / 2021
# 31
Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Electroacoustic Post-Industrial Drone
# 32
Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Progressive Rock Art Rock
# 33
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Chamber Music Electroacoustic Post-Minimalism
# 34
Chasing the Phantom by Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat
Album • Jul 22 / 2022
# 35
Album • Nov 26 / 2021 Progressive Rock Art Rock
# 36
Devotional by The Lord † Petra Haden
Album • Oct 21 / 2022
# 37
The Afrorack by Afrorack
Album • May 27 / 2022 Acid Techno Minimal Synth
# 38
Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Drumless East Coast Hip Hop
# 39
Album • May 20 / 2022 Epic Collage Experimental
# 40
Album • Mar 30 / 2022
# 41
Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Plunderphonics
# 42
Mirage Colony by N Chambers
Album • Jan 31 / 2022 Ambient Progressive Electronic
# 43
Album • May 13 / 2022 Gqom Hard Drum
# 44
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter
# 45
Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Ambient
# 46
Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Ambient Pop
# 47
The Hands of Grace by Ishmael Reed
Album • Oct 25 / 2022 Jazz
# 48
Album • Apr 15 / 2022 Avant-Garde Jazz Post-Minimalism
# 49
Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Post-Punk Darkwave
# 50
Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Post-Minimalism