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Top 128 albums of 2022

Across a wide array of genres and styles, this year’s top albums …

Current Charts

portrait of a dog - Jonah Yano
Flickering Lights EP - Mirabelle
Norm - Andy Shauf
Another Blue - Crosslegged
The Land, The Water, The Sky - Black Belt Eagle Scout
Remember Never Before - July Talk
Bless This Mess - U.S. Girls
Smalltown Stardust - King Tuff
Blue Rev - Alvvays
Powder Blue - Begonia
El Bueno y El Malo - Hermanos Gutiérrez
Heavy Heavy - Young Fathers
Bloom EP - Rose Noir
Anyhow - Leland Whitty
Visions - Cinephonic

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Collage of albums that appear on CJRU's Top 128 albums of 2022

Top 128 albums of 2022

Across a wide array of genres and styles, this year’s...

A jazz musician plays in a storefront

Beaches Jazz Festival jazzes up July

Hot on the heels of Toronto Jazz Fest, the 34th...

The hosts of B-siide radio are standing with microphones in Laylow Brewery

CJRU’s B-Siide Radio held its inaugural in-person listening party

CJRU’s B-Siide radio show scored two firsts last week—the release...

Erica Knox sitting in a white dress on a black and white tile floor

Interview with Erica Knox

Being a musician on the rise can be a stressful...

simu liu holding a Juno

CJRU’s Juno Awards Essentials Playlist

With award season in full swing and the Junos right...

Terrell Morris

Toronto artist Terrell Morris on brewing up music

The vibrance of the lights at Toronto bar Cold Tea...

Ethan Lowe (XIV) looking towards the left of the image

‘xiv’ reflects on being a first-generation Malaysian-Singaporean musician

Despite the difficulties of pursuing creative careers as an Asian-American,...

Poster with Mac Miller and text that read Circles by Mac Miller

Posthumous albums in hip-hop have the ability to tarnish an artist’s legacy when values are ignored

It’s about time we stop exploiting dead artists for selfish...

Featured Music Reviews

close-up of an eye with the words "give me the future + dreams of the past" written on the eyelid and under eyelid

BASTILLE – GIVE ME THE FUTURE + DREAMS OF THE PAST

Bastille have outdone themselves with their new record Give Me...

Elijah Woods is sitting on a greek-style house, with the letters "ILU" in the sky above him

Elijah Woods – ILU

This song describes the feeling of love, but ultimately it’s...

Extreme close-up of an eye

Arcade Fire – WE

Electrifying, melancholic, and a little odd—Arcade Fire’s WE is a...

Morisette is in front of a body of water, in a turtleneck sweater

Alanis Morissette – The Storm Before The Calm

This album is different from any other album Alanis Morissette...

2000 album cover, with Joey posing in front of a colourful storefront

Joey Badass – 2000

Inspired by classic Brooklyn hip-hop, 2000 is an album that...

Brent Faiyaz in black and white, wearing a sport jacket

Brent Faiyaz – WASTELAND

An album that delivers on Faiyaz’s trademark soothingly dark production...

Renforshort poses against a bright blue background

Renforshort – Dear Amelia

A love letter to herself, Renforshort’s Dear Amelia is filled...

The three members of black midi are dressed in hiking gear in the desert

black midi – Hellfire

black midi’s highly-anticipated third album Hellfire has already seen a...

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