Best Tracks Of 2022, Part One


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Best Tracks Of 2022, Part One

We continue our year-end coverage by starting our countdown of the Best Tracks Of 2022. Today we give you our picks from #50-#26. We encourage you to listen to each song, if you like what you hear, each player has a button that will allow you to purchase the song. If Spotify playlists are more up your alley, we reluctantly put one together for your listening pleasure but won’t make it public until we reveal Part Two of this countdown on Friday December 9th..

If you missed any of our previous “Best Of 2022” lists, we’ve already published our Favourite Album Art, Favourite EPs, Favourite Music Videos, and releases that “Slipped Through The Cracks”.

Enjoy exploring Part One of our “Best Tracks Of 2022.”


#50 - The Franky Tones - "Secrets"

From the album The Good Room, self-released on October 7th

#49 - Sister Ray - "Good News"

From the album Communion, released on May 13th through Royal Mountain Records

#48 - Ol’ Gorilla Bones - "Back From The Dead"

From the album Revenge Vol 1, released on May 13th through Hand'Solo Records

#47 - Lushings - "Rough Me Up"

From Lushings’ self-titled EP, self-released on March 18th

#46 - Fortunato Durutti Marinetti - "Everything Is Right Here"

From the album Memory’s Fool, released on March 18th through Bobo Integral & Soft Abuse

#45 - Fake Palms - "Civil Liberties"

From the album Lemons, released on September 16th through Hand Drawn Dracula

#44 - Kyla Charter - "Hey Mama"

From the album Edible Flowers, released on April 8th through Good Auntie Records

#43 - Fresh Kils (feat. pHoenix Pagliacci) - "Ain't No Way"

From the album Disclaimer, released on November 25th through Urbnet Records

#42 - Julianna Riolino - "Queen Of Spades"

From the album All Blue, released on October 14th through You’ve Changed Records

#41 - Dead Fibres - "Trees Are Melting"

From the album John. Q. Citizen, self-released on July 9th

#40 - Snotty Nose Rez Kids - "I'm Good"

From the album I'M GOOD, HBU?, released on December 2nd through Distorted Muse

#39 - Sunglaciers - "Avoidance"

From the album Subterranea, released on March 25th through Mothland

#38 - Skinny Dyck - "Jackson Hole"

From the album Palace Waiting, released on September 16th through Sound Asleep Records

#37 - Magi Merlin - "Free Grillz"

From the album Gone Girl, released on May 27th through Bonsound

#36 - Aladean Kheroufi - "LOVE! .​.​. (is the answer)"

From LOVE! .​.​. (is the answer) b​/​w Every Girl, released on February 16th through Keeping On Records & Kimberlite

#35 - Tina Leon - "WTH"

From the Push EP, released on August 26th through Ensoul Records

#34 - The Fledge - "Harm & Correction"

From the Hunter EP, self-released on May 6th

#33 - Destroyer - "June"

From the album LABYRINTHITIS, released on March 25th through Merge Records

#32 - Samantha Savage Smith - "In It to Win"

From the album Fake Nice, released on April 22nd through Saved By Vinyl

#31 - Ellen Froese - "Like You're Looking At Me"

From the album For Each Flower Growing, released on November 10th through Victory Pool Records

#30 - OMBIIGIZI - "Spirit In Me"

From the album Sewn Back Together, released on February 10th through Arts & Crafts

#29 - Thanya Iyer - "Close Your Eyes"

From the Rest EP, released on August 24th through Topshelf Records

#28 - Thus Owls - "Bleeding"

From the album Who Would Hold You If The Sky Betrayed Us?, self-released on March 4th

#27 - Ghostkeeper - "Tropical Metis"

From the album Multidimensional Culture, released on May 27th through Victory Pool Records

#26 - Nora Kelly Band - "The Story of Nora & Sarah"

From the Perfect Pig EP, released on August 24th through Sugma Records


To hear these songs in order, come back on Friday for Part Two when we reveal our Spotify Playlist.

Oh, did we forget to mention that we’ve been releasing year-end coverage for a few weeks now? Check out our look back at 2021 by visiting our features: