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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2022

Words: Loren • December 19, 2022

Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2022
Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2022

Stin (Chat Pile)

photo by Will Mecca

What are your top five albums that were released in 2022? (In order 1-5)

  1. Vórtize - ¡Tienes que luchar!
  2. Nerve - Cash
  3. Sumerlands - Dream Killer
  4. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
  5. Scarcity - Aveilut

What band did you discover in 2022 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?

I’ve listened to Amanita by Bardo Pond a million times this year. I’m not normally attracted to sprawling, meandering jam music but something about the formula on that album is absolutely perfect. It’s depressive, gauzy and enveloping. As far as its impact goes, I can say it’s made me very interested in pursuing more psychedelic textures in the music I write, but we’ll see what happens, ha ha. 

How will you remember 2022? (In terms of music)

Well, not to be a complete egomaniac, but I’ll probably remember it most for the crazy response God’s Country received. It was unexpected, to say the least! Otherwise, we seem to be living in an era where metallic hardcore and noise rock are pretty big in the heavy music world, which is cool!

What can we look forward to from you in 2023?

We have a split EP coming out with Nerver which will be released jointly by Reptilian Records and The Ghost is Clear Records sometime in the late spring/early summer. We’re also  playing a run of shows with Lingua Ignota in the western United States and then we make our European debut at Roadburn in April. 

What records are you looking forward to most in 2023?

The new Jesus Piece record, hands down! 

 

Live shows are still a mixed bag as we adapt to social gatherings in a COVID world. What is something positive you see about touring right now? Anything you’d like to see change?

People really seem to be coming out to shows in a way I’ve never seen before. I think being locked up for so long made people realize they had perhaps taken live music for granted. I also like the trend of shows starting and ending early - it certainly helps those of us who have regular shitty jobs to go to in the morning! As far as what should change? Let's really limit shows to three bands whenever possible, please! 

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Loren • December 19, 2022

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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2022
Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2022

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  1. Opening page
  2. Henrike Baliú (Armada / Blind Pigs)
  3. Kendra Sheetz (Bad Copy)
  4. Billy Liar
  5. John Brandow & April SollB (Black Dots)
  6. Stin (Chat Pile)
  7. Conan Neutron (Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends)
  8. Svart (Contracult)
  9. Matty Grace (Crisis Party / Cluttered)
  10. Darron Hemann (DC-Jam Records)
  11. Justin Pearson (Dead Cross / Deaf Club / Planet B / Satanic Planet / Three One G)
  12. Alex Goldfarb (Debt Neglector)
  13. Brian Medlin (Desperate Living)
  14. Cory Lindstrum (End Of The Line / Very Paranoia)
  15. Frank Turner
  16. Shahab Zargari (GC Records)
  17. Miles (Heart & Lung)
  18. Jensen (Iron Lung Records)
  19. Rainer Fronz (Learning Curve Records / Caterwaul Music Community)
  20. Terrence Hannum (Locrian / The Holy Circle / Axebreaker)
  21. Adam MacGregor (microwaves)
  22. James Sullivan (More Kicks)
  23. Timo Ellis (Netherlands)
  24. Jiffy Marx (Night Court / Autogramm / Jiffy Marker / Jiffy Marx)
  25. Teach (No Trigger)
  26. Eli Hansen (Real Numbers)
  27. Tobias Jeg (Red Scare Industries)
  28. Andy Pohl (Sell The Heart Records / Tsunami Bomb)
  29. Chuck Coffey (aka Charlie Continental) (SPELLS / Snappy Little Numbers)
  30. Chris (Talk Show Host)
  31. Dr. Daryl Wilson (The Bollweevils)
  32. Kris (The Brokedowns)
  33. Andy Slania (The Eradicator)
  34. Jon Berg (The Path)
  35. Ethan Felhofer (The World Is Quiet Here)
  36. Tane Graves (Tightwire)
  37. Will Butler (To Live A Lie Records)
  38. Curt Wallach (Townies)
  39. Nick Forkel (Turbid North)
  40. Nick Hertzberg (Wet Cassettes / All of the Blood)

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