We were just about to make a feature article on Perennial about a year and a half ago when suddenly we had to put the blog on hiatus. That’s very unfortunate since the band was in the process of making this here excellent record at that time and I’m sure it would have turned out to be a dynamite feature for it. You see this is a dynamite record in every sense. This year saw so many great releases but for the top album it turned out it wasn’t even close, In the Midnight Hour stands heads and shoulders above everything else. We’ll have to get back to the wonderful people of Perennial for that fe ..read more

I don’t think we have ever been in so much agreement over a tune on the yule-list as this one. What HONNE has done with Nina Simones classic – which we both adore – is nothing short of magic. Magic I tell you! The song is magic! Check back tomorrow for the best album on our list. The post Nina Simone; HONNE – My Baby Just Cares For Me – HONNE Remix | 2022 Best Tunes #1 appeared first on A Tune That ..read more

Green makes his most heartfelt solo record to date sounding almost as if he came straight out of Gothenburg rather than Pennsylvania. Thick, lush arrangements with beautiful horns keys and occasional strings blankets the intense vocals with their even intenser lyrics. This is a record to keep around for a long time. Check back tomorrow for the very best tune on our list. The post Anthony Green – Boom. Done. | 2022 Best Albums #2 appeared first on A Tune That ..read more

The best album in Swedish this year. Alme is just fantastic! Check back tomorrow for tune #2. The post Joel Alme – Sköt er själva så sköter jag inte mitt | 2022 Best Albums #3 appeared first on A Tune That ..read more

Annie Jump Cannon isn’t your typical Math Rock band, their music for one wanders far and wide from the American Football and Tiny Moving Parts template, drawing as much from EMO-revival and regular Indie Pop as anything. Yet, somehow on a tune like Moth they have captured all of the potential of what the midwestern Math Rock scene was cooking up some 30 or so years ago. We love it! Check back tomorrow for the 3rd best album on our list. The post Annie Jump Cannon – Moth | 2022 Best Tunes #3 appeared first on A Tune That ..read more

In a world where many of our old heroes fail to deliver, Built to Spill shines! In one way they sound exactly the same and at the same time in another way they seem new and fresh. Well done! Check back tomorrow for tune #4. The post Built To Spill – When The Wind Forgets Your Name | 2022 Best Albums #4 appeared first on A Tune That ..read more

Beach Rats might be everything Faked Names wish they were. The former have the right HC-cred even though they haven’t got any of the name recognition of the latter band but more importantly, they have the spark and intensity needed to make great HC. Heavy Conversation is the perfect example of that. 100% attitude, just the way it was meant to be. Check back tomorrow for the 4th best album on our list. The post Beach Rats – Heavy Conversation | 2022 Best Tunes #4 appeared first on A Tune That ..read more

A rock banger from The Smile that keeps you stomping that foot all night long. Post-punk, punk, alt-rock… frankly we don’t care, it’s just a fantastic tune! Check back tomorrow for the 5th best album on our list. The post The Smile – You Will Never Work In Television Again | 2022 Best Tunes #6 appeared first on A Tune That ..read more

There were sooooo many great albums released this year and a great many really deserved a spot on our top ten list. Here are some albums that for various reasons were snubbed of their rightful place. There were albums such as Consume/Deny/Repent by my new favourite power violence band No/Más or The Long Road North by my long time favourite sludge band Cult of Luna that just are too brutal for our Yule Calendar. Traditionally my favourite hip hop, trip hop and electronic artists have struggled to catch similar love from my colleague at this here blog and this year was no different as Yin Yin’s ..read more

Without further ado here are my honourable mentions of 2022, albums edition. Check back tomorrow for Viktors’s list of honourable mentions in regards to albums that sadly didn’t make the top 10 List. The post Roo’s 2022 honourable mentions – Albums appeared first on A Tune That ..read more