
LIST ︎︎︎ 2022’s Best International Albums
My selection of the 100 best international albums of 2022
From 100th
to 26th IN NO PARTICULAR
ORDER
Beach House - Once Twice Melody
The Order of 12 - Lord of the Land
Shamir - Heterosexuality
Mitski - Lauren Hell
DOMI & JD BECK - NOT TiGHT
SASAMI - Squeeze
RIP Swirl - Blurry
Ezra Fuman - All of Us Flames
FKA Twigs - Caprison
Lore of the Land - The order of the 12
Big Thief - Dragon Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Charli XCX - CRASH
Big Kill - BIG KILL FUTURE
Father John Misty - Chloë and the next 20th century
Orville Peck - Bronco
Hatchie - Giving the World Away
Vince Staples - RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
Royksopp - Profound Mysteries
Caroline Loveglow - Strawberry
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Obongjayar - Some Night I Dream of Doors
Croatian Amor - Remember Rainbow Bridge
Hamond - Pirate Radio
Bad Bunny - Un verano sin ti
Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastards
Morgan Hislop - Ghostin’ Me
Steve Lacy - Gemini Right
superorganism - World Wide Pop
Rico Nasty - Las Ruinas
Aldous Harding - Warm Chris
Sarahsson - The Horgenaith
Lil Uzi Bert - RED & WHITE
Bloodz Boi, Claire Rousay, More Eaze - a crying poem
Panda Bear - Reset
TRAAMS - Personal Best
Megan Thee Stallion - Traumazine
Matiss Evreoux - In Broken Mirrors My Reflection is Clear
Smile - Phantom Island
Joji - SMITHEREENS
NoSo - Stay Proud of Me
Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl
Miya Folick - 2007
Alt J - The Dream
Quinn Christopherson - Write Your Name in Pink
Isabela Lovestory - Amor Hardcore
Tamino - Sahar
The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language
Jane Inc. - Faster That I Can Take
Special Interests - Endure
Christine and the Queens - Redcar, les adorables étoiles (prologue)
John Mood - The Great Design
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Full Moon Mystery Garden
Oscar Jerome - The Spoon
Imogen Heap, Dan O’Neill - Chordata Bytes I
Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing
NNAMDï - Please Have a Seat
My Idea - CRY MFER
Malibu - Pieces of Pity
Putochinomaricón - JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ (distopia aburrida)
Omar Apollo - Ivory
Alex G - God Save the Animals
Real Lies - Lad Ash
Sevdaliza - High Alone
Ange Halliwell - Lullaby for the Dead
Hikaru Utada - BADモード
Charlotte Adigéry - Topical Dancer
beabadoobee - Beatopia
Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Queen
Fred Again.. - Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)
Hyd - CLEARING
Fulu Mizuki - Ngbaka EP
Marina Herlop – Pripyat
Jockstrap - I love you Jennifer B
Nader Khalil - Nader Khalil 2
Sondre Lerche - Avatar of Love
Best of the best_
From 25th to 1st
25. Perfume
Genius - Ugly Season
24. Pablo Altar - Music for a While
23. Bartees Strange - Farm to Table
22. Black Country, New Roads - Ants from Up There
21. death’s dynamic shroud - Darklife
20. More Eaze, Claire Rousay - Never Stop Texting Me
19. Courting - Guitar Music
18. Björk - Fossora
17. Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever
16. Marcioz - Between Giant $houlders
15. Kai Whinston - Quiet as Kept, F.O.G.
14. Bladee - Spiderr
13. Julmud جُلْمود - Tuqoos
12. Shygirl - Nymph
11. MUNA - MUNA
10. Liam Benzvi - Acts of Service
9. WeyesBlood - And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
8. The
Weekend - Dawn FM
7. Hudson Mohawke - Cry Sugar
6. Brakence - hypochondriac
5. Alvvays - Blue Rev
4. SZA - SOS
3. Grace Ives - Janky Star
2. Rosalia - MOTOMAMi
1. Ethel Cain - Preacher’s Daughter
METAL ︎︎︎ Michi. Music for life (interview)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ Lady Gaga, Mayhem (album review)
METAL ︎︎︎ Shengzhe. Dreaming in camp (interview)
METAL
︎︎︎ Keiichiro Shibuya. The emotions in GPT’s code give trust in the future (interview)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ FKA Twigs, Eusexua (album review)
METAL ︎︎︎ Ethel Cain, Perverts. Some things are just for you (album review)
ACERO Vol 9. ︎︎︎ Lola Zoido. Nuestro futuro con o sin nosotros (entrevista)
⬇2024⬇
METAL ︎︎︎ TRANSA. A dream, an urgent wish, a minfestation for trans justice (album review)
METAL ︎︎︎ Joey Pollari. The unpolished linguistics of romance (interview)
METAL 51 ︎︎︎ Omar Apollo. Leaves full of life (cover story interview)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ Magalena Bay, Imaginal Disk (album review)
METAL 50 ︎︎︎
Moses Sumney. Real, beautiful and critical: a noble loudness from pre-industrial times-interview. (online) (print)
METAL ︎︎︎ Charli XCX, BRAT. The power bottom of pop (album review)
Fucking Young! ︎︎︎ David Lerner: musical virtuosity for conflictual love songs (interview)
Fucking Young! ︎︎︎ GOMZ: Mirar directamente a los ojos (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Jenys. Instinct ahead (interview)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard And Soft (album review)
Fucking Young! ︎︎︎ Into the secrets of the woods with Ferran Palau (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Tsatsamis. Out in the shadows, queering the struggle (interview)
VEIN ︎︎︎VEIN Shuffle. Perfiles de artistas pop españoles (Nº17)
METAL ︎︎︎ 1010benja. Polarity at its best (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Cakes Da Killa. Wizard of Supreme Wordplay (interview)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ Ariana Grande, Eternal Sunshine (album review)
METAL ︎︎︎ serpentwithfeet. The temperature of the soul (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Meth Math. Hay vida (y reggeatón) en otras dimensiones (entrevista)
METAL ︎︎︎ Milyma. Character development (interview)
AFMálaga ︎︎︎ Traverser-lier-assembler. Exposición de Ana Castillo (texto)
⬇2023⬇
METAL ︎︎︎ MRWIZE. Another Beautiful Possibility (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Puma Blue. Defeating Death Sounds (interview)
elDiario.es ︎︎︎ Juanpe Sánchez López, el defensor del amor (entrevista)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ Entrevista con Jonny Pierce de The Drums: “No creo que siguiera haciendo música si no fuera por mis fans latinoamericanos”
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ Romy, Mid Air (album review)
METAL ︎︎︎ Ralphie Choo. Mastering the New International Spanish pop (interview)
elDiario.es ︎︎︎
Y TikTok mató a la 'popstar': llega una (no tan) nueva industria musical
Fucking Young! ︎︎︎ Lynks, the new enthralling electro-punk excess in UK queer subculture
(interview)
elDiario.es ︎︎︎ Jamie Reid, el artista que definió la estética punk y el poder de la imagen contra la autoridad
MOR.BO ︎︎︎
ANOHNI and the Johnsons, My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross (album review)
Fucking Young! ︎︎︎ Growing out of love: the thoughtful essence and heartfelt pop of Aidan (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Nader Khalil. The fortitude of a reflective powerhouse (interview)
La Opinión de Málaga ︎︎︎ Nuestras vidas (opinión)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ bar italia,
Tracey Denim (album review)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ Jim Legxacy, la nueva voz del hip hop británico que habla de clasismo, masculinidad y supervivencia (RIOT)
METAL ︎︎︎ Bel Fullana. Flotando en tu universo (entrevista)
METAL ︎︎︎ Bloodz Boi. A new safe haven for the trailblazer (interview)
Fucking Young! ︎︎︎ Metteson cries tears of sand in his new single and video Put it to Sleep (video premiere & interview)
MOR.BO ︎︎︎ Melanie Martinez, PORTALS (album review)
METAL ︎︎︎
Éskaton. Política de cuestionamientos sobre el escenario
(entrevista)
METAL ︎︎︎ Ben Gregory. A breath-taking new ground (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Atoq Wallpa Sua. La imagen, la vida y la lucha (entrevista)
METAL ︎︎︎ Yves Tumor. Big! Camp! Punk! Pop to the max!
VEIN ︎︎︎ Milyemalismo
AFMálaga ︎︎︎ L’émotion du moment. Exposición colectiva (comisariado y textos)
VEIN ︎︎︎ Caroline Polachek y el deseo fluorescente
METAL N.47 ︎︎︎ Gavin Turk. Art under constant yet promising tension (interview) online | (printed issue)
⬇2022⬇
PODCAST ︎︎︎ 320 KPBS. Las mejores canciones internacionales de 2022
SELECTION ︎︎︎ The 100 Best International Albums of 2022
METAL ︎︎︎ Ange Halliwell. Love, death, and the secret grief (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London. Rethinking identities & recreating our lost realities (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Courting. The new sound of UK’s today counterculture
(interview)
AFMálaga
︎︎︎ Je suis la norme. Exposición colectiva (comisariado y textos)
VEIN ︎︎︎ Redcar: el nuevo y verdadero destino de Chris & The Queens
METAL ︎︎︎ Quinn Christopherson. Eagerly colouring the stories of youth’s incertitude
(interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Signs of love (film). Do you remember sounds?
ACERO ︎︎︎ Daniela Lalita. El aliento de una voz en proceso vital (entrevista)
METAL ︎︎︎ Joe Horner. Gleaming digital arrengements
(interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Hudson Mohawke. The philosophy beyond the beat
(interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Oliver Sim. Fierce and sweet nature boy
(interview)
METAL N.46 ︎︎︎ Emily Barker. What accessibility feels like
(interview)
| (printed issue)
La Opinión de Málaga ︎︎︎ Escenarios ardientes
METAL ︎︎︎ Joesef. Our bodies in motion
METAL ︎︎︎ Nadia Rose. Exquisite & killer lyricism
(interview)
La Opinión de Málaga ︎︎︎ R de reinonas
METAL
︎︎︎ Day Wave. A ceaseless yet cathartic look to the past
(interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Perfume Genius. The sound of your body on screen
(interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Eva Beresin. Laugh, don’t cry
(interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Day Wave. A ceaseless yet cathartic look to the past (interview)
METAL ︎︎︎ Perfume Genius. The sound of your body on screen (interview)