Exploding Head Movies Episode January 2, 2023

XHM #630 - "Rogue zero" (2023 January 02)

7:00pm - 9:12pm

Before closing the book completely on 2022, we'll bid adieu via our annual year-in-review episode. I'm unable to do a best of in a limited amount of time, so we'll touch upon the acts that put out new music over the past 12 months and dive into Nicholas Britell's score to the surprising Star Wars TV prequel series Andor.

1. Nicholas Britell: We Begin [Time Grappler] (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4, 2022) Disney
2. Kellarissa: Anemoia (Voice Leading, 2022) Mint
3. M Mucci: An Ending - 2022 Pt. 1 (An Ending - 2022, 2022) Tall House
4. Pierre Kwenders: Your Dream (José Louis and the Paradox of Love, 2022) Arts & Crafts
5. Sudan Archives: Home Maker (Natural Brown Prom Queen, 2022) Stones Throw
6. Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: Kumlinge Kyrka (Recordings from the Åland Islands, 2022) International Anthem
7. Apollo Ghosts: Spilling Yr Guts (Pink Tiger, 2022) You've Changed
8. Plum: Saccharine (Pull Back the Sky, 2022) self-released
9. Light Blending In: Looped Thoughts (Enter the Void 2 Mix, 2022) Lunar Light Guardians
10. Weyes Blood: Grapevine (And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, 2022) Sub Pop
11. Angel Olsen: Big Time (Big Time, 2022) Jagjaguwar
12. Radiant Futur: Hypersensitive (Hypersensitive, 2022) Muscut
13. Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, 2022) 4AD
14. Destroyer: It Takes a Thief (Labyrinthitis, 2022) Merge/Bella Union
15. Joy Orbison: Redvelve7 (Pinky Ring 10", 2022) XL
16. Gorillaz: Cracker Island [w.Thundercat] (2022) Parlophone
17. Alaskalaska: Still Life (Still Life, 2022) Marathon
18. Son Lux: Come Recover [Empathy Fight] (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24
19. Alvvays: Pressed (Blue Rev, 2022) Polyvinyl
20. Patrick Holland: Years in the Ground (2022) Sinderlyn
21. The Advisory Circle: Full Circle (Full Circle, 2022) Ghost Box
22. TJ Felix: What if Love was Real [?] (Honest Injun EP, 2022) self-released
23. Special Interest: Impulse Control (Endure, 2022) Rough Trade
24. Hagop Tchaparian: Ldz (Bolts, 2022) Text
25. x/o: Chrysalis Wrath (Chaos Butterfly, 2022) Precious Metals
26. Björk: Fossora (Fossora, 2022) One Little Independent
27. Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrop: The Shadow Play (The Shadow Play OST, 2022) Soundtrack Magazine
28. Colin Stetson: Nature is Timeless (The Menu OST, 2022) Milan
29. Ludwig Göransson: Turning Panda (Turning Red OST, 2022) Disney
30. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Oxygen (Exception: Soundtrack from the Netflix Anime Series, 2022) Milan
31. Nicholas Britell & Caitlin Sullivan: Overture (She Said OST, 2022) Back Lot
32. Nicholas Britell: Unit 5-2-D (Andor OST: Volume 2, Episodes 5-8, 2022) Disney
33. Nicholas Britell: Mirror (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4, 2022) Disney
34. Nicholas Britell: Luthen of Coruscant (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4, 2022) Disney
35. Nicholas Britell: The Vault [Parts 1 & 2] (Andor OST: Volume 2, Episodes 5-8, 2022) Disney
36. Nicholas Britell: Forming Up/Unto Stone We Are (Andor OST: Volume 3, Episodes 9-12, 2022) Disney
37. Rookas: Snake Island (A Dove Has Spread Her Wings: Relief for Ukraine, 2022) Northern Electronics
38. Let's Eat Grandma: Happy New Year (Two Ribbons, 2022) Transgressive
39. David Bowie: "Well You Know What, This Has Been An Incredible Pleasure..." (Moonage Daydream OST: A Film by Brett Morgen, 2022) ISO/Parlophone
40. Nicholas Britell: End of Day [Time Grappler] (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4, 2022) Disney

Don't make your mind a sunless space;
Let's make 2023 better than the past few years.

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Track Listing:

We Begin [Time Grappler]
Nicholas Britell · Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4
Anemoia
Kellarissa · Voice Leading
An Ending - 2022 Pt. 1
M Mucci · An Ending - 2022
Your Dream
Pierre Kwenders · José Louis and the Paradox of Love
Home Maker
Sudan Archives · Natural Brown Prom Queen
Kumlinge Kyrka
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer · Recordings from the Åland Islands
Spilling Yr Guts
Apollo Ghosts · Pink Tiger
Saccharine
Plum · Pull Back the Sky
Looped Thoughts
Light Blending In · Enter the Void 2 Mix
Grapevine
Weyes Blood · And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Big Time
Angel Olsen · Big Time
Hypersensitive
Radiant Futur · Hypersensitive
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Big Thief · Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
It Takes a Thief
Destroyer · Labyrinthitis
Redvelve7
Joy Orbison · Pinky Ring 10"
Cracker Island [w.Thundercat]
Gorillaz · Cracker Island single
Still Life
Alaskalaska · Still Life
Come Recover [Empathy Fight]
Son Lux · Everything Everywhere All at Once OST
Pressed
Alvvays · Blue Rev
Years in the Ground
Patrick Holland · Years in the Ground single
Full Circle
The Advisory Circle · Full Circle
What if Love was Real [?]
TJ Felix · Honest Injun EP
Impulse Control
Special Interest · Endure
Ldz
Hagop Tchaparian · Bolts
Chrysalis Wrath
x/o · Chaos Butterfly
Fossora
Björk · Fossora
The Shadow Play
Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrop · The Shadow Play OST
Nature is Timeless
Colin Stetson · The Menu OST
Turning Panda
Ludwig Göransson · Turning Red OST
Oxygen
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Exception: Soundtrack from the Netflix Anime Series
Overture
Nicholas Britell & Caitlin Sullivan · She Said OST
Unit 5-2-D
Nicholas Britell · Andor OST: Volume 2, Episodes 5-8
Mirror
Nicholas Britell · Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4
Luthen of Coruscant
Nicholas Britell · Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4
The Vault [Parts 1 & 2]
Nicholas Britell · Andor OST: Volume 2, Episodes 5-8
Forming Up/Unto Stone We Are
Nicholas Britell · Andor OST: Volume 3, Episodes 9-12
Snake Island
Rookas · A Dove Has Spread Her Wings: Relief for Ukraine
Happy New Year
Let's Eat Grandma · Two Ribbons
"Well You Know What, This Has Been An Incredible Pleasure..."
David Bowie · Moonage Daydream OST: A Film by Brett Morgen
End of Day [Time Grappler]
Nicholas Britell · Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes 1-4