December 29, 2022
In another exceedingly strange year, at least there was some great music – QRO’s list of our Top 15:
| 15 | Sylvan Esso No Rules Sandy One of the few acts that manage to cross the indie/electronic divide, that both hipsters and clubsters will enjoy. Read review |
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| 14 | Sudan Archives Natural Brown Prom Queen Both professional shine and intimate humanity. |
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| 13 | Kevin Morby This Is a Photograph This Is a personal album. Read review |
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| 12 | Gang of Youths angel in realtime. Grief channeled into hope. Read review |
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| 11 | Angel Olsen Big Time Heartbreak & twang go Big Time. Read review |
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| 10 | Alvvays Blue Rev Indie-pop & fuzz for the twenty-first century. Read review |
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| 9 | Band of Horses Things Are Great Band of Horses Are Great. Read review |
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| 8 | Twen One Stop Shop Rowdy, reverbed, and rocking. |
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| 7 | Death Cab for Cutie Asphalt Meadows Another wonderful release from an increasingly reliably great band. Read review |
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| 6 | Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia Irish lads bringing post-punk to the top-top. Read review |
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| 5 | Makaya McCraven In These Times Deft and complex. |
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| 4 | The Smile A Light For Attracting Attention Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke show off yet another great side. |
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| 3 | Spoon Lucifer On the Sofa Yet another great release that hits just the right spot, whether you’re a hipster or hate hipsters. Read review |
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| 2 | Jack White Fear of the Dawn One of the biggest rock & roll stars of today goes weird. |
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| 1 | Wet Leg Wet Leg The buzz band of the year completely live up to the hype & love. Read review |
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