#Songsof2022 #19: The Weeknd - Sacrifice (Remix) (feat. Swedish House Mafia)

The DJ trio step in with a few production tweaks that turn a soggy throwback single into a club banger.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7lJ5okjyo

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #20 - Wet Leg - Ur Mom

If indie music blogs still existed this U.K. band would be all over them with their bratty snub of small-town life and teenage angst.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGg-hitVZKQ

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #21 - MaggieRogers - That's Where I Am

Maggie blows the doors off the place with a self-assured anthem that demands to be shouted from the rooftops.

The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WdrNXRdkuG4

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #22 - Sampa The Great - Bona

Flavours of her upbringing in Botswana crash against rap verses and a lone piano percolating with intensity. It demands attention.

The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WYmCWEx6x8M

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #23 - Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange

One of the year's most beautifully poetic songs about lost love and so many other final moments.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8F9sIhGdg

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #24 - @MarenMorris - Circles Around This Town

A pedal to the metal, lively reflection on how far she's come...and how she still has places to go.

The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_EmOYuzBP1I

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #25: The Dare - Girls

A scuzzy electroclash revival that raises the bar on Calvin Harris' The Girls, paying tribute to women getting rowdy rather than treating them as conquests.

The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YXXbck3y5C8

My #BestOf2022 list: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #26:
Kendrick Lamar - Mother I Sober

Kendrick lays down his lyrical armour to reflect on intergenerational trauma. Beth Gibbons of Portishead grounds the pain with a sense of calm.

The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vo89NfFYKKI

My #BestOf2022 list: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #27: Tom Aspaul - Listen 2 Nicole

Tom reflects on his relationship tendencies with "Don't Cha" Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger as the good conscience. That itself is delicious.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ghVVpK2E-8

My #BestOf2022 list: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #28: Eliza Rose & the Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)

Inspired by a Pam Grier poster, this underground track broke through the TikTok noise with a killer hook.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtGFByAJRQQ

My #BestOf2022 list: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #29: The Beths -When You Know You Know

A warm hug of turn-of-the-millennium nostalgia that recalls a time when a song could assure you everything was going to be OK...

The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=57gscL5bTUs

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #30: Blondshell - Sepsis

Sabrina Teitelbaum struggles with self-respect in an honest, angry and cathartic reflection on relationships.

The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZE20gz-0XEI

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #31 - Plains
- Problem With It

In a year of great breakup songs, Jess Williamson and Waxahatchee wrote a clear-eyed country-pop song that already rings like a classic.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPNFSXjVH_o

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #31 - Plains
- Problem With It

In a year of great breakup songs, Jess Williamson and Waxahatchee wrote a clear-eyed country-pop song that already rings like a classic.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPNFSXjVH_o

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #32 - Beabadoobee - The Perfect Pair

A bossa nova beat clouds the reality of a relationship that was tattered from the start.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtEBQiuX-c

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022 @beabad00bee

#Songsof2022 #32 - Beabadoobee - The Perfect Pair

A bossa nova beat clouds the reality of a relationship that was tattered from the start.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtEBQiuX-c

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022 @beabad00bee

#Songsof2022 #33 - Tanya Tagaq - Colonizer

Like a bear rattling in her cage, Tagaq growls and thrashes through the year's most potent punk song.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LbWNiej8J8

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #33 - Tanya Tagaq - Colonizer

Like a bear rattling in her cage, Tagaq growls and thrashes through the year's most potent punk song.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LbWNiej8J8

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #34 - Shervin Hajipour - Baraye

The unofficial anthem to the protests of Mahsa Amini's death. Simple, direct and deeply effective.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGesf7QcREk

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022

#Songsof2022 #34 - Shervin Hajipour - Baraye

The unofficial anthem to the protests of Mahsa Amini's death. Simple, direct and deeply effective.

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGesf7QcREk

My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022