End Of Year Lists 2022
2022 has been a big year with the return of touring of international artists as well as our favourite Australian and local acts as well. It has also delivered some great new album releases which we hope continues in 2023.
Some of our team has taken stock and looked back on the best album releases and gigs experienced this year… what are yours?
Rob Lyon
Top Five Albums
- Liam Gallagher – C’mon You Know
- Jack White – Entering Heaven Alive
- Starcrawler – She Said
- Pixies – Doggerel
- Def Leppard – Diamond Star Halos
Top Five Gigs
- Gorillaz – John Cain Arena, Melbourne
- Crowded House – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
- The Charlatans – The Gov
- The Wombats/ Alfie Templeman – Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre
- Tame Impala – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Iain McCallum
Top Five Albums (in no particular order)
- Electric Callboy – Tekkno
- Fit For A King – The Hell We Create
- The Devil Wears Prada – Color Decay
- Korn – Requim
- Alphawolf/ Holding Absence – The Lost and The Longing EP
Top Five Gigs (in no particular order)
- Good Things Festival – Brisbane Showgrounds
- While She Sleeps – Lion Arts Factory
- Polaris – Bridgeway Hotel
- Ocean Grove – The Gov
- Twelve Foot Ninja – The Gov
Anastasia Lambis
Top Five Albums
- Blue Water Road – Khelani
- Gemini Rights – Steve Lacy
- Good Morning Gorgeous – Mary J Blige
- Texas Moon – Khruangbin with Leon Bridges
- Finally Enough Love 50 Number Ones – Madonna
Top Five Gigs
- Khruangbin – Sydney Opera House
- Arlo Parks – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
- George Benson – State Theatre, Sydney
- Leon Bridges – Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide
- Dua Lipa – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Justin White
Top Five Albums
- Ghost – Impera
- Jack White – Fear of the Dawn
- Alexisonfire – Otherness
- Parkway Drive – Darker Still
Top Five Gigs
- Bad Dreems – The Gov
- No Fun At All – Lion Arts Factory
- Ziggy Alberts – Hindley Street Music Hall
- Tame Impala – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
- DMAs – Hindley Street Music Hall
Suze Blacketer
Top Five Albums
- The Gloom In The Corner – Trinity
- Horrorshow – Good Problems, Bad Feelings
- Reliqa – I Don’t Know What I Am
- Pridelands – The Light Bends
- Windwaker – Love Language
Top Five Gigs
- Northlane – Bridgeway
- Lloyd Spiegel – Trinity Sessions
- Harvest Rock
- The Plot In You – Lions Art
- The Butterfly Effect – Hindley St Music Hall
Lindsay Bulach
Top Five Albums
- Cruel Intentions – Venomous Anonymous
- Crashdiet -Automaton
- Hardcore Superstar – Abracadabra
- HEAT – Force Majeure
- Bloody Heels – Rotten Romance
Top Five Gigs
- HEAT / Temple Balls – Barcelona, Spain
- Crashdiet / Shiraz Lane – Barcelona, Spain
- Hardcore Superstar / Cruel Intentions – Oslo, Norway
- D.A.D. – Melbourne
- John Corabi – Adelaide
Peter Pap
Top Five Albums
- Alter Bridge -Pawns & Kings
- Walk off the Earth – Here We Go
- Halestorm – Back from the Dead
- Evanescence- The Bitter Truth
- Parkway Drive – Darker Still
Top Five Gigs
- Kiss – Adelaide Entertainment Centre (of course 😁)
- Thirsty Merc – The Gov
- Midnight Oil – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
- The Darkness -Thebarton Theatre
- Noiseworks – Valo Adelaide 500
Samuel Phillips
Top Five Albums
- Windwaker – Love Language
- Bad Omens – The Death of Peace and Mind
- Norma Jean – Death Rattle Sing For Me
- Northlane – Obsidian
- Stray from the Path – Euthanasia
Top Five Gigs
- Good Things Festival – Brisbane
- Froth & Fury Festival – Pirate Life Brewing
- While She Sleeps – Lion Arts Factory
- The Plot in You – Lion Arts Factory
- Northlane – Bridgeway Hotel
Anita Kertes
Top Five Albums
- Foals – Life is Yours
- Bonobo – Fragments
- Everything Everything – Raw Data Feel
- Mild Minds – IT WON’T DO
- Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Top Five Gigs
- Uncle Archie Roach ~ Her Majesty’s Theatre
- The Avalanches Since I Left You with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra ~ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
- Kate Miller-Heidke ~ Thebarton Theatre
- The Wombats ~ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre
- RÜFÜS DU SOL ~ Ellis Park
Bec Scheucher
Top Five Albums
- Megadeth- The Sick, The Dying and The Dead
- Meg Mac- Matter of Time
- Freedom of Fear- Carpathia
- Alexisonfire- Otherness
- Taylor Swift- Midnights
Top Five Gigs
- Alpha Wolf/Fit for a King – The Gov
- Mosh of Origin ft. Victoria K and Headbore – Enigma
- Vera Blue/Flume – Entertainment Centre
- Wolfpack/Witch Spit- The Metro
- In Hearts Wake – Northern Sound System
Richard De Pizzol
Top Five Albums
- Wet Leg – Self Titled
- Aurora – The Gods We Can Touch
- Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy
- Kevin Morby – This is a Photograph
- Meg Mac – Matter of Time
Top Five Gigs
- Gorillaz – Qudos, Sydney
- Big Thief – Forum Melbourne
- The Killers – Peter Lehman, Tanunda
- Wet Leg / The Buoys – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
- Harvest Rock Festival