2022: The Year In Review (Early Mix)

I'm emerging from Thanksgiving weekend, when all of America sits down and starts working on their annual year-in-music mixtape. (No? Just me?) Plenty of great stuff. And as has been the case frequently in recent years, women-fronted groups tend to dominate my year-end playlists. Here's an initial stab at 10... no, let's make it 11... 11 songs I really loved this year.

Guerilla Toss, "Zum Herz"

In contrast to the jangly indie pop and fizzy noise pop that's most prevalent below, Guerilla Toss lean t...