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Post-Trash's Mid-Year Report: Our Favorites Releases of 2022 (January thru June)

by: Benji Haywood, Chris Coplan, Dan Goldin, Delia Rainey, Devon Chodzin, Dominic Acito, Eric Foreman, Gianluigi Marsibilio, Jack Meyer, Jean-Michel Lacombe, Kris Handel, Matt Watton, Matty McPherson, Myles Tiessen, Scott Yohe, and Will Floyd


The year is half way over, or if you’re an optimist, the year is half way over. There’s been a lot of great music so far... there usually is. Times are still tough and music is still very much what collectively keeps us going, so we prattle on. Post-Trash remains committed to the discovery of new artists, bands, and albums. Interesting music continues to be made even as pressing plants are jammed, clubs are over booked, and DIY infrastructure has become increasingly difficult to maintain. Thankfully, you can’t stop artists from being artists.

So we present our “Mid-Year Report," a comprehensive guide to our favorite releases of the first half of this year, without any pre-determined length or insignificant rankings. If we’re into it, we're including it (unless we plumb forgot it or just haven’t spent enough time with it… which happens, in which case our sincerest of apologies). It's impossible to listen to everything released and everyone has different tastes, but we’re here to recommend these particular records. Your next favorite band/artist could be out there, it's just a matter of listening to something new. Journey down this rabbit hole with us. We're not saying these are the best albums, but rather our favorites as picked up by the editors. Discover something new. Buy some records. Support the music you love. Thank you for reading Post-Trash. - DG


J A N U A R Y :

FURTHER LISTENING:

ARTSICK “Fingers Crossed” | AXE RASH “Contemporary Ass” | BORIS “W” | CAT POWER “Covers” | CHE NOIR “Food For Thought” | DAVID BOWIE “Toy” | DEAF CLUB “Productive Disruption” | GREEN/BLUE “Offering” | POM POKO “This Is Our House” | THA GOD FAHIM & YOUR OLD DROOG “Tha Wolf On Wall St. 2: The American Dream” | THANKS FOR COMING “Rachel Jr” | VOIDCEREMONY “At the Periphery of Human Realms”

F E B R U A R Y :

Further Listening:

BAMBARA “Love On My Mind” | BIG K.R.I.T. “Digital Roses Don’t Die” | BIG THIEF “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You” | CURTIS GODINO PRESENTS THE MIDNIGHT WISHERS “Curtis Godino presents The Midnight Wishers” | ERIN RAE “Lighten Up” | NICHOLAS CRAVEN “Craven N 3” | NYXY NYX, SANDCASTLE, & SUN ORGAN “Made For This Life” | SASAMI “Squeeze” | THA GOD FAHIM & DUS “One Thousand and One Nights” | WHY BOTHER? “Lovers and Addicts”

M A R C H :

Further Listening:

AEVITERNE “The Ailing Facade” | ALLEGRA KRIEGER “Precious Thing” | CAPPADONNA “Slow Motion” | FLY ANAKIN “Frank” | GUIDED BY VOICES “Crystal Nuns Cathedral” | HELVETIA “Dishes Are Never Done But Good Luck” | HIPPYFUCKERS “Pink Eye Demo“ | JUNE GLOOM “All The Rest” | KRISTINE LESCHPER “The Opening, or Closing of a Door” | MO DOTTI “Guided Imagery” | PATTI “The Toothpick 3” | PINK SIIFU “GUMBO’! DELUXE’!!” | SCIENCE MAN “Nines Mecca” | TROPICAL FUCK STORM + KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD “Satanic Slumber Party” | WAH TOGETHER “Let’s Wah Together”

A P R I L :

Further Listening:

ACTION BRONSON “Cocodrillo Turbo” | BAGLADY “Kevin Sputnik” | BATTLE AVE “I Saw The Egg” | BIG’N “Discipline Through Sound 25” | CORPSESSED “Succumb to Rot” | CRIME OF PASSING “Crime of Passing” | CRISIS MAN “Asleep In America” | DAN FRANCIA “You Never Know“ | DAVID NANCE “Wet Candles” | DEFCEE & BOATHOUSE “For All Debts Public and Private” | THE FLEX “Chewing Gum For The Ears” | GOLDEN APPLES “Golden Apples” | HELMS ALEE “Keep This Be The Way” | JULIE DOIRON AND DANY PLACARD “Julie & Dany” | LA NEVE “History Solved” | NO/MÁS “Consume/Deny/Repent” | OCEANATOR “Nothing’s Ever Fine” | PELICAN MOVEMENT “Fistful of Ivy” | PRIMUS “Conspiranoid” | SCRUNCHIES “Feral Coast” | SONNY FALLS “Stoned, Beethoven Blasting” | THA GOD FAHIM “Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King 3” | THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES “Duct Tape & Shivering Crows”

M A Y :

FURTHER LISTENING:

ABRONIA “Map of Dawn” | BODY TYPE “Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising” | COLA “Deep In View” | DEAF CLUB “Bad Songs Forever” | GENTLE HEAT “Sheer” | GROCER “Numbers Game” | HELVETIA “28 Songs and $3 Tears” | KENDRICK LAMAR “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” | METHOD MAN “Meth Lab Season 3: The Rehab“ | PARLOR WALLS “Belly Up” | PINK SIIFU & YUNGMORPHEUS “Bag Talk Deluxe” | ROSE MERCIE “Kieres Agua?“ | SWAB “Big City” | TURBO WORLD “My Challenger” | WEIRD NIGHTMARE “Weird Nightmare” | YOUR OLD DROOG “Yod Stewart”

J U N E :

FURTHER LISTENING:

ADRIAN BELEW “Elevator” | BAD HISTORY MONTH “Recycling Myself” | BERATOR “Elysian Inferno” | CLASS “Class” | CONWAY THE MACHINE & BIG GHOST LTD “What Has Been Blessed Cannot Be Cursed” | DIMPLES’ “Soul Chateau” | ERICA DAWN LYLE & VICE COOLER “LAND TRUST: Benefit For North East Farmers Of Color” | FLASHER “Love Is Yours” | GIRLSPERM “The Muse Ascends” | GREEN/BLUE “Paper Thin” | HURRY UP “Dismal Nitch” | KAMIKAZE NURSE “Stimuloso” | TOMB MOLD “Aperture of Body” | VINTAGE CROP “Kibitzer” | WIRE “Not About To DIe”