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The Best Songs and Albums of 2022

Discover hidden gems and revisit old favorites of 2022 in our best-of list. David Cedar, Will Dodd, Alex Donaldson, Staley Sharples, and Sophia Zengierski break down their favorite songs and albums from the year. Listen to the Saint Audio Best Songs of 2022 playlist via our Spotify. David Cedar Songs“Turned Turk” – KinAhau“A LITTLE BIT [continued]
Essentials: “Begging U” – So Durand

On “Begging U”, So Durand shows off his versatility with a track more downtempo than usual, while still maintaining the hard-hitting edge that has made him a dancefloor mainstay worldwide. A master of atmospherics, the single showcases the Ottawa electronic maestro’s ability to seamlessly blend the severe with the sublime. The expressive breaks punctuate the [continued]
Essentials: “City Phonk” – Nada5150

Drawing samples from Japanese City Pop and melding them with Southern phonk rap (hence the title), Nada5150’s “City Phonk” is a fiery culture clash that isn’t short of charisma and it’s the biggest and most incisive statement of his young career thus far. Inspired by an upcoming trip to Tokyo, a gift to himself for [continued]
Mixtape Review: Second Nature – Ninajirachi

Second Nature, Ninajirachi’s debut full-length project, is a remarkably fully-realised sonic ode to the digital age. Splayed out across a rapturous 40 minutes, the Australian auteur pulls the listener into her most distilled artistic vision yet. And it is certainly her artistic vision. Nina Wilson is the self-described “chief architect” of everything she does. To [continued]
An Interview With: Ess_West

The first thing Ess_West said to me as I sat down to chat to him is “I like to write music every day or feelings will eat me up.” Emotion clearly sits at the forefront of the Brixton MC’s mind. With the music video for his latest single “You” out now, we had a wide-ranging [continued]
Album Review: Don Malaa – Malaa

You probably won’t make it a minute into album opener “Outcast” by the time you realise that this album feels like an event. Don Malaa, the debut album from anonymous French producer Malaa, feels big in every way. From the guestlist to the booming production, this album doesn’t do anything by halves, and “Outcast” is [continued]
An Interview With: ZZZAHARA

Los Angeles’ own zzzahara has been hard working on music at a prolific rate the last number of years, and has already released an album this year as half of the duo Siblings. Now though it is almost time to release their debut album. I spoke to them about what inspired the record and what [continued]
High Ground Music & Arts Experience Lineup Complete As the Countdown Begins

Electronic scene stalwarts slenderbodies and Łaszewo fill out a blockbuster roster for the 2nd year of the award-winning festival. Running September 10th & 11th, they will line up alongside headliners Troyboi and Chromeo (with a DJ set) for what will be an action-packed weekend at the Denver Polo Club. With last year’s edition a sold-out [continued]
Glass Petals Drop The Visuals for Blood-Pumping New Single: “Cardio” featuring Drew Ray Tanner

“Club Music Only.” The mantra of Vancouver’s Glass Petals has never been better on display than in the music video for the latest single “Cardio”, featuring Drew Ray Tanner. The latest exciting release from the hau5trap label, “Cardio” is the perfect combo of light-hearted club music underscored with blood-pumping gym-ready beats. The video sees Tanner, [continued]
Essentials: “A Good Life/Two Headed Goat” – Eyedress

The prelude to his upcoming album Full Time Lover, “A Good Life” and “Two Headed Goat” are an engaging and stylistically varied taste of what is to come from Eyedress, and a promising one at that. With both songs due to feature on the tracklist when the album comes out, this taster is more than [continued]