Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of 2022.

Show notes:

  • Recorded at Clicky Clicky/Parcheesi Redux East HQ

  • We've been doing this for 13 years!

  • Kumar: Went to some more shows this year

  • Breitling went to zero shows in 2022

  • Things to look forward to in '23: The Cure returns, Drop Nineteens, Hallelujah the Hills' DECK project, Johnny Foreigner, Fucked Up, Blue Ocean, Peter Gabriel

  • Kate Hudson is supposed to be releasing an album

  • The varied talents of Fred Armisen

  • In '22, the music industry continued to struggle

  • Fewer revenue streams, fragmented audiences, content glut

  • Diaper payola

  • Even established acts can't sell new albums anymore

  • Artists are selling directly to their audiences through Patreon, etc.

  • Breitling's honorable mentions: Photon Band, Flyying Colours, Bitchin' Bajas, Kal Marks, Sun Airway, S.C.A.B., They Are Gutting a Body of Water, Kiwi Jr.

  • Kumar's HMs: Kal Marks, Built to Spill, Wet Leg, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Alvvays, Superchunk, Spoon, Jon Spencer and the HitMakers, Archers of Loaf, Black Angels, OFF!

  • Albums that came out early in the year feel like they came out much longer ago

  • To be continued

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