Before closing the book completely on 2022, we'll bid adieu via our annual year-in-review episode. I'm unable to do a best of in a limited amount of time, so we'll touch upon the acts that put out new music over the past 12 months and dive into Nicholas Britell's score to the surprising Star Wars TV prequel series Andor. 1. Nicholas Britell: We Begin [Time Grappler] (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4, 2022) Disney 2. Kellarissa: Anemoia (Voice Leading, 2022) Mint 3. M Mucci: An Ending - 2022 Pt. 1 (An Ending - 2022, 2022) Tall House 4. Pierre Kwenders: Your Dream (José Louis and the Paradox of Love, 2022) Arts & Crafts 5. Sudan Archives: Home Maker (Natural Brown Prom Queen, 2022) Stones Throw 6. Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: Kumlinge Kyrka (Recordings from the Åland Islands, 2022) International Anthem 7. Apollo Ghosts: Spilling Yr Guts (Pink Tiger, 2022) You've Changed 8. Plum: Saccharine (Pull Back the Sky, 2022) self-released 9. Light Blending In: Looped Thoughts (Enter the Void 2 Mix, 2022) Lunar Light Guardians 10. Weyes Blood: Grapevine (And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, 2022) Sub Pop 11. Angel Olsen: Big Time (Big Time, 2022) Jagjaguwar 12. Radiant Futur: Hypersensitive (Hypersensitive, 2022) Muscut 13. Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, 2022) 4AD 14. Destroyer: It Takes a Thief (Labyrinthitis, 2022) Merge/Bella Union 15. Joy Orbison: Redvelve7 (Pinky Ring 10", 2022) XL 16. Gorillaz: Cracker Island [w.Thundercat] (2022) Parlophone 17. Alaskalaska: Still Life (Still Life, 2022) Marathon 18. Son Lux: Come Recover [Empathy Fight] (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24 19. Alvvays: Pressed (Blue Rev, 2022) Polyvinyl 20. Patrick Holland: Years in the Ground (2022) Sinderlyn 21. The Advisory Circle: Full Circle (Full Circle, 2022) Ghost Box 22. TJ Felix: What if Love was Real [?] (Honest Injun EP, 2022) self-released 23. Special Interest: Impulse Control (Endure, 2022) Rough Trade 24. Hagop Tchaparian: Ldz (Bolts, 2022) Text 25. x/o: Chrysalis Wrath (Chaos Butterfly, 2022) Precious Metals 26. Björk: Fossora (Fossora, 2022) One Little Independent 27. Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrop: The Shadow Play (The Shadow Play OST, 2022) Soundtrack Magazine 28. Colin Stetson: Nature is Timeless (The Menu OST, 2022) Milan 29. Ludwig Göransson: Turning Panda (Turning Red OST, 2022) Disney 30. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Oxygen (Exception: Soundtrack from the Netflix Anime Series, 2022) Milan 31. Nicholas Britell & Caitlin Sullivan: Overture (She Said OST, 2022) Back Lot 32. Nicholas Britell: Unit 5-2-D (Andor OST: Volume 2, Episodes 5-8, 2022) Disney 33. Nicholas Britell: Mirror (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4, 2022) Disney 34. Nicholas Britell: Luthen of Coruscant (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4, 2022) Disney 35. Nicholas Britell: The Vault [Parts 1 & 2] (Andor OST: Volume 2, Episodes 5-8, 2022) Disney 36. Nicholas Britell: Forming Up/Unto Stone We Are (Andor OST: Volume 3, Episodes 9-12, 2022) Disney 37. Rookas: Snake Island (A Dove Has Spread Her Wings: Relief for Ukraine, 2022) Northern Electronics 38. Let's Eat Grandma: Happy New Year (Two Ribbons, 2022) Transgressive 39. David Bowie: "Well You Know What, This Has Been An Incredible Pleasure..." (Moonage Daydream OST: A Film by Brett Morgen, 2022) ISO/Parlophone 40. Nicholas Britell: End of Day [Time Grappler] (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4, 2022) Disney Don't make your mind a sunless space; Let's make 2023 better than the past few years. radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies