CFBX Top 50 Albums for Summer 2022
Artist Title Label
- Deanne Petcoff* – To Hell with You, I Love You (Royal Mountain)
- Sister Ray* – Communion (Royal Mountain)
- Art d’Ecco* – After the Head Rush (Paper Bag)
- Amanda Rheaume* – The Spaces in Between (Ishkode)
- Pierre Kwenders* – Jose Louis and the Paradox of Love (Arts and Crafts)
- Cola* – Deep in View (Next Door)
- Abigail Lapell* – Stolen Time (Outside)
- Lisa Leblanc* – Chiac Disco (Bonsound)
- NOBRO* – Live Your Truth, Shred Some Gnar (Dine Alone)
- Pharis and Jason Romero** – Tell ’em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Apollo Ghosts* – Pink Tiger (You’ve Changed)
- George Woodhouse and the Public Service* – Songs for the Living (Independent)
- Destroyer* – Labyrinthitis (Merge)
- )Sweet Alibi* – Make a Scene (Comino)
- Colin Linden* – bLOW (Thirty Tigers)
- Samantha Savage Smith* – Fake Nice (Independent)
- Anyway Gang* – Still Anyways (Royal Mountain)
- Death Hags – Big Grey Sun #4 (Independent)
- Bright World* – Cloud Parade (OneRPM)
- LooPS** – LooPS (Independent)
- OMBIIGIZI* – Sewn Back Together (Arts and Crafts)
- Susan Aglukark* – The Crossing (Independent)
- Gus Englehorn* – Dungeon Master (Secret City)
- Jasmyn* – In the Wild (Royal Mountain)
- Caity Gyorgy* – Now Pronouncing (Independent)
- Donovan Woods* – Big Hurt Boy (Independent)
- Mama’s Broke* – Narrow Line (Free Dirt)
- Lammping* – Stars We Lost (We Are Busy Bodies)
- Dear Rouge* – Spirit (Pheromone)
- Tia Brazda* – When I Get Low (Flatcar)
- Chastity* – Suffer Summer (Dine Alone)
- Ben Sures* – The Story That Lived Here (Independent)
- Georgia Harmer* – Stay in Touch (Arts and Crafts)
- Angel Forrest* – Angel’s 11 Vol. II (Ad Litteram)
- Various Artists* – Victoria’s Secret 2022 (Baffled Octopi)
- Sophia Bel* – Anxious Avoidant (Bonsound)
- Ghostkeeper* – Multidimensional Culture (Victory Pool)
- Horojo Trio* – Set the Record (Stony Plain)
- Clea Anais* – Circle Zero (Factotum Co.)
- Debra Power* – I’m Not from Chicago (Independent)
- Julie Doiron and Dany Placard* – Julie and Dany (Costume)
- Frontperson* – Parade (Oscar St.)
- King Ropes – Super Natural (Big and Little)
- Norine Braun* – Songs for Trees (Independent)
- Fulfilment* – 10 Colours (Independent)
- Walk That Walk – You Good.?! (Independent)
- TJ Webb* – Worms (Independent)
- Big Little Lions* – Someday EP (Fallen Tree)
- John Mayall – The Sun is Shining Down (Forty Below)
- Le Vent du Nord* – 20 Printemps (Independent)
CFBX Top 10 Jazz Albums for Summer 2022
- \Way North* – New Dreams, Old Stories (Independent)
- Roberto Occhipinti* – The Next Step (Modica)
- Trombone Shorty – Lifted (Blue Note)
- Ryan Oliver* – With Strings (Cellar)
- Tia Brazda* – When I Get Low (Flatcar)
- Gerald Clayton – Bells on Sand (Blue Note)
- Tom Keenlyside* – A Night at the Espresso (Cellar)
- Micah Barnes* – Vegas Breeze (Independent)
- Yvonne Flores – Sheer Bliss (Cristabel)
- Ori Dagan* – Click Right Here (Scat Cat)
CFBX Top 10 Worldbeat/International Albums for Summer 2022
- Boogaloo en Orbit* – Over the Moon (Independent)
- Pierre Kwenders* – Jose Louis and the Paradox of Love (Arts and Crafts)
- Dubmatix* – System Shakedown 2010 (Independent)
- Luis Mario Ochoa* – Forever Lecuona (Independent)
- Queen Kong* – Fray (Independent)
- Heart of the Dragon Ensemble – The Art of Chinese Xiao and Hulusi (Naxos World)
- G-Bolo* – Oh Canada (Independent)
- Ark Band – The Ark of the Covenant (Little Fish)
- Sonny Singh – Chardi Kala (Independent)
- Eccodek* – Recalibrate (Big Mind)
CFBX Top 10 Loud/Metal Albums for Summer 2022
- NOBRO* – Live Your Truth, Shred Some Gnar (Dine Alone)
- No More Moments* – Quarter Life Crisis (Cursed Blessings)
- Liquor Store* – Fuckin’ Cheers EP (Independent)
- Thunderor* – Fire it Up (Boonsdale)
- Kitty Prozac* – None Shall Be Afraid (Fanta)
- PUP* – The Unravelling of PUPTHEBAND (Little Dipper)
- Let’s Go** – Almost Ready EP (Independent)
- Hounds** – Demo (Independent)
- Various Artists* – Probably House (Louder and Faster)
- TJ Webb* – Worms (Independent)
CFBX Top 10 Electronic Albums for Summer 2022
- Alice Glass* – Prey/IV (Eating Glass)
- T. Gowdy* – Miracles (Constellation)
- Sean Beaver* – Electric Turtle Dreams (Independent)
- Memory Pearl* – Music for 7 Paintings (Tin Angel)
- Eine Kleine China* – Prince Tsushinkogyo (Boat Dreams from the Hill)
- Aagtive* – Internal Happiness (Independent)
- Bristol Manor* – Going Nowhere (Independent)
- Jayne Murray* – Other Friends (Independent)
- Untrained Animals* – Stranded Somewhere on Planet Fantastic (Independent)
- Princess Century* – Surrender (Paper Bag)
CFBX Top 10 Rap/Urban Albums for Summer 2022
- Lxvndr and Fortunato* – Moonwater (Black Buffalo)
- Tendavillage* – A Tenda Universe (Unbound by Sound)
- DJ Pnutz – Semi-Live Entertainment (Independent)
- Bullosa* – Bullosa (Independent)
- Glitterkid* – Sally (Independent)
- Molecule Monkeys* – Polar Equanimity (Independent)
- Maryze* – 8 (Hot Tramp)
- Ujevn Tripp* – Uneven (Tripp Right)
- Tachichi* – Gremmy Sip (Black Buffalo)
- Real Juan* – Darkest Part of You (Independent)
CFBX Top 10 Folk/Roots Albums for Summer 2022
- Sweet Alibi* Make a Scene Comino
- Amanda Rheaume* The Spaces in Between Ishkode
- George Woodhouse/Pub. Service* Songs for the Living Independent
- Ben Sures* The Story That Lived Here Independent
- Abigail Lapell* Stolen Time Outside
- Le Vent du Nord* 20 Printemps Independent
- Folkapotamus Up the Hill and Through the Fog Independent
- Kim Beggs* Steel and Wool Independent
- Donovan Woods* Big Hurt Boy Independent
CFBX Top Ten Blues Albums for Summer 2022
- Angel Forrest* – Angel’s 11 Vol. II (Ad Litteram)
- Colin Linden* – bLOW (Thirty Tigers)
- Horojo Trio* – Set the Record (Independent)
- Ann Vriend (AV)* – Everybody Matters (Independent)
- Delbert McClinton – Outdated Emotion (Hot Shot)
- Mississippi Heat – Madeleine (Van der Linden)
- Walk That Walk – You Good.?! (Independent)
- David Vest* – Live at Hermann’s (Cordova Bay)
- Duke Robillard – They Called it Rhythm and Blues (Stony Plain)
- Gary Cain* – Next Stop (Independent)
CFBX Top Five Classical Albums for Summer 2022
- Michael Cohen – A Song for Silenced Voices (Navona)
- Berlin Philharmoniker/John Williams – The Berlin Concert (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Philadelphia Orchestra – Price: Symphonies Nos 1 and 3 (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Jean-Michel Blais* – aubades (Arts and Crafts)
- Daniel Pelton Collective* – The Gold Coin Sessions (Independent)