2022 has been a great year for new music. There would be somewhere around 20 to 25 albums that I could happily put on now and into the future and be totally entertained. It’s been hard to narrow it down to my favourites but over the next 7 days I will share a bunch of them. 7. Don’t Know What You’re In Until You’re Out by @Glad_eee

Might be a bit of recency bias here but I have had Gladie on almost constantly for a while now. Don’t Know What You’re Until You’re Out showcases their fast paced indie rock and quirky vocals.

Spent the last little while revisiting the music of St. Vincent after only giving it a cursory glance in past. With early reports of the style of her new album being quite compelling I wanted to prepare myself for that release. Her first two albums, Marry Me and Actor clearly show some promise and a desire to do whatever she wants. The wide range of styles and influences in these albums was clearly a sign of things to come. #StVincent

Handmaid’s Tale season 4 has gone off the rails from a story telling perspective. I am all for suspending disbelief when I am watching sci-fi but not when I am watching something that should still apply the laws of common sense. Or at least common Gilead sense. There is so much going on that simply would not occur in Gilead or in any society that behaves the way Gilead does. June’s own actions also defy belief considering what she has been through over the last few years.

It was the release of #TheUnravelling that has led me to dive headlong into @drivebytruckers. I’ve listened to them plenty before but have never taken the time necessary to really absorb them. My first introduction to them was through hearing @JasonIsbell perform some of the contributions he made to the band but it was 2016’s American Band that I started to learn of the long term driving force behind then. That being the creativity, talent and conscience of