The West Of The Fields 2022 Top 50 Countdown

Take a look back at another exciting year in alternative, indie rock and electronic music with my countdown of the top 50 tracks of 2022! Here’s the tracklist for the full show:

  • Honorable Mention: The 1975- Happiness
  • 50. Angel Olsen- Go Home
  • 49. The Orielles- Beam/s
  • 48. John Cale- Night Crawling
  • 47. Nilüfer Yanya- Belong With You
  • 46. Yves Tumor- God Is A Circle
  • 45. The Smile- Free In The Knowledge
  • 44. The Weeknd- Less Than Zero
  • 43. Hot Chip- Down
  • 42. Grimes- Shinigami Eyes
  • 41. Sasami- Say It
  • 40. Sharon Van Etten- Mistakes
  • 39. Sylvan Esso- Sunburn
  • 38. Arlo Parks- Softly
  • 37. Daphni- Cherry
  • 36. Christine and the Queens- Je te voi enfin
  • 35. Empress Of- Dance For You
  • 34. Local Natives- Just Before The Morning
  • 33. Arcade Fire- Age Of Anxiety I
  • 32. Metric- All Comes Crashing
  • 31. LCD Soundsystem- New Body Rhumba
  • 30. Desire- Telling Me Lies
  • 29. Horsegirl- Anti-glory
  • 28. Phoenix- Alpha Zulu
  • 27. Fontaines D.C.- Big Shot
  • 26. Wet Leg- Angelica
  • 25. Beabadoobee- 10:36
  • 24. Sunflower Bean- Who Put You Up To This?
  • 23. Maggie Rogers- Want Want
  • 22. Automatic- New Beginning
  • 21. Big Thief- Simulation Swarm
  • 20. U.S. Girls- So Typically Now
  • 19. PVA- Untethered
  • 18. Soccer Mommy- Shotgun
  • 17. Alex G- Runner
  • 16. Caroline Polachek- Welcome To My Island
  • 15. Dry Cleaning- No Decent Shoes For Rain
  • 14. Hatchie- Giving The World Away
  • 13. Röyksopp- Oh, Lover (feat. Susanne Sundfør)
  • 12. Warpaint- Champion
  • 11. Romy and Fred again..- Strong
  • 10. Destroyer- June
  • 9. Hikaru Utada- Somewhere Near Marseille
  • 8. The Smile- We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
  • 7. Fever Ray- Carbon Dioxide
  • 6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Burning
  • 5. Beach House- Masquerade
  • 4. Sharon Van Etten- Headspace
  • 3. Alvvays- Pharmacist
  • 2. Braxe & Falcon- Step By Step (feat. Panda Bear)
  • 1. Jessie Ware- Free Yourself

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Travis Gass

About Travis Gass

I'm an editor on the Digital Desk at the Bangor Daily News. I'm also the host of West Of The Fields, a college radio show that has aired continuously on UMaine's WMEB 91.9 FM since 1998.