It’s much delayed, but I gotta hand it to September 2022. Some damn fine music arrived and solidly inserted itself into my Best Albums of 2022. By this point you’re probably already neck-deep in October jams, so here’s a rosy look back at some of the best September had to offer.

Alex G – God Save The Animals [Domino]
A bar band fights pessimism and nihilism from bleeding into their old standards while playing through their set in an underground bunker immediately after a worldwide catastrophe.

Badge Époque Ensemble – Clouds of Joy [Telephone Explosion]
An improv troupe travels cross country to set up elaborate movie chase sequences through small North American towns and concludes each with a town singalong.

Coby Sey – Conduit [Whities / AD 93]
Immersing yourself in a salty marsh in the far outskirts of the city but the thoughts and sounds of construction equipment and vehicles still intrude on your inner peace.

George FitzGerald – Stellar Drifting [Ghostly International]
A scientist is forced to traverse across an arctic pole to another base with a large satellite dish in hand to transmit the northern lights’ energy and fuel the world’s power supply.

Makaya McCraven – In These Times [International Anthem / XL]
A full-size oak tree growing out of a crack in the sidewalk.

Mamalarky – Pocket Fantasy [Fire Talk]
Putting on a suit made of dryer lint and getting charged up by passerby static electricity.

Oren Ambarchi – Shebang [Drag City]
Your insides are turned into piano keys and percussion, its natural rhythm and harmony providing a stage for a wild game of pinball.

Shygirl – Nymph [Because]
Sinking into and getting lost in the biggest, most plush down comforter on a swan boat under a starry sky.

Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen [Stones Throw]
Covered in honey, glistening in the sunrise.

Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Ali [Dead Oceans]
Pulling over, stepping out of your car, turning the car stereo all the way up for a big bop, and groovy dancing on the side of the freeway.

GR8 TRACKS OF SEPTEMBER 2022::

Warm Visions’ Best of 2022 playlist HERE.

• Alex G – “Cross the Sea”
• Alex G – “Mission”
• Alex G – “No Bitterness”
• Alex G – “Runner”
• Ari Lennox – “Outside”
• Ari Lennox – “Waste My Time”
• Badge Époque Ensemble – “Clouds of Joy”
• Badge Époque Ensemble – “Zodiac (feat. James Baley)”
• The Beths – “A Passing Rain”
• The Beths – “Best Left”
• The Beths – “Expert In A Dying Field”
• Billy Woods – “Classical Music (feat. AKAI SOLO & Fielded)”
• Billy Woods – “Pollo Rico”
• Bitchin’ Bajas – “Quakenbrück”
• Coby Sey – “Response”
• De Lux – “They Call This Love”
• Divino Niño – “Ecstasy”
• Divino Niño – “Tu Tonto”
• Divino Niño – “XO”
• Eerie Wanda – “Long Time”
• Eerie Wanda – “Puzzled”
• George FitzGerald – “Cosmonaut Alley”
• George FitzGerald – “Passed Tense (feat. Panda Bear)”
• Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley – “All Flowers In Time”
• James K – “Life Of A Fly”
• Joyce with Mauricio Maestro – “Feminina”
• Joyce with Mauricio Maestro – “Moreno”
• Jura Soundsystem – “Crystal Voyager”
• Kelela – “Washed Away”
• Makaya McCraven – “Dream Another”
• Makaya McCraven – “The Knew Untitled”
• Makaya McCraven – “This Place That Place”
• Mamalarky – “Building Castles”
• Mamalarky – “Mythical Bonds”
• Oren Ambarchi – “IV”
• Shygirl – “Coochie (a bedtime story)”
• Shygirl – “Firefly”
• Shygirl – “Heaven”
• Sofie Royer – “Baker Miller Pink”
• Sofie Royer – “Feeling Bad Forsyth Street”
• Sofie Royer – “Klein-Marx”
• Sofie Royer – “Love Park”
• Sudan Archives – “Home Maker”
• Sudan Archives – “Homesick (Gorgeous & Arrogant)
• Sudan Archives – “Milk Me”
• Sudan Archives – “Selfish Soul”
• Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – “Lobbo”
• Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – “Mahine Me”
• Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – “Tongo Barra”