On the Eight One Sixty tonight, Best Of season continues! We’ve already shared our favorite singles and our favorite EPs of 2022, and tonight we jump to albums. Tune in and we'll share selections and stories from our favorite albums of 2022.

Tune in and you’ll hear music from:

• Blackstarkids, who had an amazing year and played a sold-out show last Thursday at Cable Dahmer Arena opening up for The 1975
• Hermon Mehari who is currently gigging all over Europe, receiving praise from international media, and will be back in KC at The Folly Theater on Sat., Feb 18
• Hembree who also had an amazing year, just wrapped up yet another national tour and also won over a lot of new fans with their amazing contributions to Thundergong last month
• The Grisly Hand, who yet again have put together an amazing album and just played a big show at Knux last weekend
• Katy Guillen & The Drive, who had a great year, criss-crossing the country on tour and put out another powerful album and they have a gig at The Bottleneck this Saturday night
• Back Alley Brass Band who had a great year playing great community events like the Prairie Village Jazz Festival, Boulevardia, and The Plaza Art Fair
• Arquesta Del SolSoul, who after a long wait released an album of cosmic proportions - blessings!
• Eddie Moore who once again takes us on a great journey with his new album and he’ll be at The Majestic on Wednesday and Thursday this week
• IVORY BLUE who put out yet another great album and just released another new single and video that already has 80k+ views
• Musicbyskippy who hustled hard all year and put out TWO full-length albums, one EP, and a single that’s sure to set any party off - Get Wild!
• The Creepy Jingles, the master wordsmiths, psychedelic indie rockers
• Marty Bush, who has had so many different music projects, from indie rock to post-punk to metal to electronica, and is now blowing us away with his Americana and folk music, he’s got a gig at Nighthawk on January 19