This was a year filled with opuses so it only seems fitting that we conclude it with an opus of our own! Join Phil on the longest ph5 episode to date as he runs down his top 10 albums (and top 5 songs) of 2022. Come on, its that weird time between Christmas and New Years where nothing exists and nothing matters, not like you're doing anything else important anyway! Thanks as always for tuning in, we'll see you next year.

Albums discussed below (in alphabetical order...tune in for the actual ranking!)

billy woods - Aethiopes

Burial - Antidawn

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed

Huerco S. - Plonk

oso oso - sore thumb

Rosalía - MOTOMAMI

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems

Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen

The Weekend - Dawn FM

Everyone knows that the only real reason to listen to new music is to make a list about it at the end of the year, and we're finally here! You guys have already read everyone else's year end lists so you might as well check out mine too. Although historically speaking (sample size: 1) the #25-11 episode has the lowest listenership of any episode of the season; good thing I made this one 90 minutes long! The last episode of the season containing Phil's top 10 albums and top 5 songs of 2022 will come...soon. Stay tuned.

Listen. I tried something, it didn't work. Happens to the best of us. Wanna know what I'm talking about? Only way to find out is to listen to the latest episode, a special/not so special two-for-the-price-of-one podcast extravaganza. Don't say you weren't warned! Albums discussed below:

Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss

Dream Unending - Song of Salvation

Elder - Innate Passage

Fleshwater - We're Not Here To Be Loved

Golden Drag - Promenade

Smidley - Here Comes the Devil

Special Interest - Endure

Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

Man RIP Takeoff! What the hell! Another young legend gone...I'm getting pretty sick of this crap. Anyway. Death is some heavy stuff, and a lot of the records discussed on this month's episode deal with complicated emotions. Big shout out to Bob McCully for joining me once again so I'm not wading through all this turbulence alone! Albums discussed below:

Backxwash - HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST

Birds in Row - Gris Klein

Burial - Streetlands EP

Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Pigments

Dead Cross - II

Gillian Carter - Salvation Through Misery

Taylor Swift - Midnights

Show Me The Body - Trouble the Water

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...and we're back. After August's sabbatical (don't worry you really didn't miss any good music anyway), Phil's back with more good meat and potatoes ph5 content. September more than made up for the garbage of August with tons of great new releases...but unfortunately some big disappointments as well. Ain't that just how life goes. Releases discussed below!

Alex G - God Save the Animals

Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram

Bjork - Fossora

The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist

City of Caterpillar - Mystic Sisters

Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed

The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta

No Devotion - No Oblivion

Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen

Does anyone actually know what the deal with Civic Day is? I'm not complaining I just don't understand it. Anyway, what better to do on a completely ambiguous holiday such as Civic Day than spend ~100 minutes discussing the music from the previous month? My thoughts exactly. This month I welcome back Bob McCully to discuss the new Scarcity record and black metal in general, and I go deep on pop's newfound love for early dance music, as well as - of course - my other favourite records from July. Albums discussed below:

beabadoobee - Beatopia

Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE

black MIDI - Hellfire

Chat Pile - God's Country

Flo Milli - You Still Here, Ho?

Greg Puciato - MIRRORCELL

Scarcity - Aveillut

Wake - Thought Form Descent

Summertime is in full swing and things are getting hot and heavy here in the city! With a resurgence of fantastic aggressive music, things are getting hot and heavy in Phil's ears too! June saw some of the biggest stars in the world move in some unexpected directions, and featured some of the more intriguing, mysterious music to be released this year. Albums discussed below:

Alexisonfire - Otherness

Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain

Candy - Heaven is Here

Drake - Honestly, Nevermind

Elucid - I Told Bessie

Perfume Genius - Ugly Season

Post Malone - Twelve Carat Toothache

Shearwater - The Great Awakening

Ah...summertime. Sweat stains, sunburns...and new music! Lots of it. On this month's episode, Phil dives into the music of May, featuring a lengthy discussion on one artist's opus of generational trauma...that's right folks, we're talking about Ethel Cain's new album. Oh yeah, Phil talks about that other one too. You know which one I mean. Albums discussed below:

Boldy James & Real Bad Man - Killing Nothing

Cave In - Heavy Pendulum

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

Gospel - The Loser

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Lykke Li - EYEYE

The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention

700 Bliss - Nothing to Declare

April was crazy busy and I worked every day this month - thank god for the amazing ambient records that came out this month to help ease the pain. On this month's episode, I talk about ambient's healing powers, some much needed closure with one of my all time favourite bands (that came from an unexpected place) and a few rap records that were wildly different - in both substance and quality. RIP Gabe Serbian. Albums discussed below:

ASkySoBlack - Autumn in the Water

billy woods - Aethiopes

Future - I Never Liked You

Greyhaven - This Bright & Beautiful World

Helms Alee - Keep This Be the Way

Kelly Lee Owens - LP.8

Pusha T - It's Almost Dry

Whatever the Weather - Whatever the Weather

March always does that really annoying thing where it pretends Spring is beginning like 4 times. It sucks! At least the music was good though. March saw the release of a lot of exceptional yet wildly different takes on pop by really talented women, as well as some old favourites rearing their heads again after extended absences - to mixed results. I promise you I don't talk about Will Smith. Albums discussed below!

Charli XCX - Crash

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future

Jenny Hval - Classic Objects

Lack the Low - God-Carrier

Oso Oso - sore thumb

Rosalia - MOTOMAMI

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems

Vein.fm - This World Is Going To Ruin You