Author: Noah Hardwick

Rock & Metal

• Chives McAlister – Table For Two [Single]
• The Grave Denial – Reverie [Single]
• Leah – The Glory and the Fallen
• Make Sure – Infinite Rail [Single]

Pop & Alternative

• Apollo LTD – A Day In The Life [Single]
• Fulton Lee – Take Me Where You Go [Single]
• Gabrielle Grace – Both Ways [Single]
• Mat Kearney – Good Thing Going On [Single]
• Mōzi – the score [Single]
• Stephanie Marie – You Caught Me [Single]
• SVRCINA – Love Me or Let Me Down [Single]
• Sydney Jones – IF I GOT U [Single]

Electronic & EDM

• DJ Kirk – Everybody Turn It Up [Single]
• JOSHUA LAZER – As I Walk [Single]
• Roberto Rosso, HAGEN – Good News [Single]
• TRTLE – Love Me [Single]

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Drew Holcomb, Ellie Holcomb – Brick by Brick [EP]
• Skye Peterson – If You’d Let Me [Single]

Worship & CCM

• Alabaster Co.

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Rock & Metal

• Meadows – Barabbas (Silence Of Innocence) [Single]
• Seventh Day Slumber – My Novocain [Single]
• Too Bad Eugene – Divorce Story [Single]
• VERIDIA – When the Moon Dies [Single]

Pop & Alternative

• almost a.m. – Locate [Single]
• Bien – The Reminder [Single]
• John Jin Han – Writing On the Walls [Single]
• Kylie Odetta – stuck [Single]
• NEEDTOBREATHE – CMT Campfire Sessions
• Owl City – Boston [Single]
• Xandria Cross – Loser Prince [Single]

Electronic & EDM

• Everen Maxwell – Challenger [EP]
• Jeremy James Whitaker – see (like you) [Single]

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Embleton – Every Corner [Single]
• Jessamyn Day – Walking on This Road [EP]
• Our Atlantic Roots – Medhel an Gwyns [Single]
• Our Atlantic Roots – The Place I Call Home [Singe]

Worship & CCM

• Alma Rei – Devotion [Single]
• The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers – Aww Yeah [Single]
• Elevation Worship – Another One (feat.

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Rock & Metal

• Asfirefalls – Oblivion [Single]
• Luxury – One Of Those Things (The Temple) [Single]
• Then It Ends – Unseen [Single]

Pop & Alternative

• Fulton Lee – Mufasa [Single]
• Henrik – Liar [Single]
• Hyper Fenton, Chris Howland – Scary Love [Single]
• Me+mad – THE GIRL WHO PLAYS WITH BEASTS [EP]
• Jaisua – hollow [Single]
• Sixpence None The Richer – Sixpence None The Richer (Deluxe Anniversary Edition)

Electronic & EDM

• Gui Brazil, CalledOut Music – Thank You Lord (Remix) [Single]
• JOSHUA LAZER – right on time [Single]
• Pembers – clocks [Single]

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Chris Renzema – Square One [Single]
• Drew Holcomb, Ellie Holcomb – Brick by Brick [Single]

Worship & CCM

• The Belonging Co – TEN
• eightFour, Calah Mikal – Better Plan [Single]
• Eliza King, Kate Gurren – Foolish & Ruined [Single]
• The Fuzzy Robes – Invocation [Single]
• Glenmerle – ACHING FOR THE SKY [Single]
• Lazuli – Bought by Blood [Single]
• Pulaski & Co.

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Rock & Metal

• XREDLINEX – Gatekeeper [Single]

Pop & Alternative

• Company of Saints – Rabbit and Fox
• Isabella Erardi – Tightrope [Single]
• Langdon – Firewalker [Single]
• Loyal Love – Heartbreak [Single]
• The New Respects – Struttin’ [Single]
• OM53 – get better [EP]
• Sam Bowman – GRAVITY [Single]

Electronic & EDM

• Aesaph, Pembers – Prophesy [Single]
• Edu Linares – GΣNES6I6 [Single]
• TRELIC – GØ WITH THE GHØST [Single]
• TRTLE, Summit Foshee -Walk in Light [Single]

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Chase Tremaine – Unfall II (Part I) [EP]
• Daniel Hardin – The Thief [Single]
• Embleton – Keep Me In The Loop [Single]

Worship & CCM

• Austin Koukal, sxxnt.

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Rock & Metal

• Battled – Growing Pains (EP)
• Micah Ariss – Even If No One Believes (Single)
• Nations – Hollow (EP)
• P.O.D. – I WON’T BOW DOWN (Single)
• NLM – Isn’t It Obvious? (Single)
• Spoken – Anymore (Single)

Pop & Alternative

• DecemberAir – Wintertide (Single)
• Fulton Lee – Symphony (Single)
• Mat Kearney – Headlights Home (Single)
• Modern Temple – Agents (Single)
• Silent Culture – Second Chances (Single)

Electronic & EDM

• JOSHUA LAZER – Jesus is Lord (Single)

Hip Hop & R&B

• Matt Macleod, Dillon Chase – Patience (Single)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Burgeon – Perfect (Single)
• Embleton – All of this Fuss (Single)
• Make Sure – Comedown (Single)

Worship & Gospel

• Andy Kyte – Yours (Single)
• DAMIAN – Beautiful (Single)
• The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers – Like Sugar in My Blood (Single)
• Forrest Frank – GOOD DAY (Single)
• Project of Love – 1 Peter 5 – Cast All Your Care (Single)
• Sarah Nathalié – delightful (Single)
• The Worship Initiative – The King of Love My Shepherd Is (feat.

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Rock & Metal

• Ian Yates – Battlelands, Vol. 2 (EP)
• Coquí – Spun (Single)
• Fit For A King – Keeping Secrets Single)
• The Lionhearted – Hearts (Single)
• Neal Morse – The Restoration – Joseph, Pt. Two
• Project 86 – OMNI, Pt. 2

Pop & Alternative

• Callie Rose, Mark Barlow – Nostalgia (Single)
• Fulton Lee – All’s Not Lost (Single)
• Judah & the Lion – Is What It Is (Single)
• Sierrah Garcia – Six Feet Over (Single)

Electronic & EDM

• Alan Crown – Superhero (Single)
• Everen Maxwell – Winter (Single)
• Jeremy James Whitaker – with you, always (Single)
• JOSHUA LAZER – Lord Prepare Me

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Embleton – If I Could (Single)
• Aryn Michelle – Time Don’t Last (Single)
• Sarah Juers – I’ve Changed a Lot (Single)

Worship & CCM

• Brother K – Locomotive EP
• Cade Kellam – Many Moons (Single)
• Collington – All I Want (Single)
• Chris Godley – Part of You
• Cross Gray – above and below (Single)
• Dâmares Gomes – Lover Of My Soul (Single)
• Darla Baltazar – More In Seconds (Single)
• FAITHFUL – Daybreak: Psalms of Action
• Haddon – God Heals Broken Hearts (Single)
• Hillside Recording, Tenielle Neda – Yet Not I but Through Christ in Me (Single)
• Mark Reid – Hidden (Single)
• Paul Zach – JOY JOY JOY JOY JOY
• Project of Love – Genesis 28 – This Is God’s House (Single)
• OAKS – Rose (Single)
• sxxnt.,

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Rock & Metal

• Heart Like War – Time To Go E.P
• Leah – Archangel (Single)
• Nine Lashes – Ready To See (Single)
• Sight Received – The Enemy (Single)
• TAKE – What If (Single)

Pop & Alternative

• Adryelle – You Don’t Have To Feel So Lonely (Single)
• Henrik – Half of forever (Single)
• Jaisua – souls (Single)
• Jared Marc – Young (Single)
• Kate Marczewski, Nightbirde – Life Is A Gift (Single)
• NEEDTOBREATHE – I Don’t Wanna Worry (Single)

Electronic & EDM

• DJ Kirk – I’ll Be Dancing… (Single)
• Gui Brazil, GV3 – Praise (Single)

Singer/Songwriter

• Strategic – Possibilities

Worship & CCM

• Jeremy Camp – These Days (Single)
• Jess Ray – His Eye Is on the Sparrow (Single)
• Poor Bishop Hooper – Romans 8 (Single)
• Project of Love – Romans 8 – Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love (Single)

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Rock & Metal

• Disciple – Skeleton Psalms
• Endeavored Urgency – Wasted Earth
• Relent – World War Me EP
• UnWorthy – Where Light Divides EP

Pop & CCM

• Adryelle – A Storm of Colors EP
• Aryn Michelle – Beautiful EP
• Cat Rea –  Aftermath EP
• Colton Dixon – Canvas
• Dj Em D – I Found Some Tapes #1 EP
• Gable Price and Friends – Live At THE END EP
• JSteph – i’m so happy that we broke up EP
• Turtledoves – Secret Weapon EP

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Garden Friend – Pangea EP
• Jeremi Licata – Dear Prodigal
• Mandi Mapes – Levees
• Outside Franklin – Jonah & the Wilderness, Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• CHPTRS – Chapter Seven
• The Ongoing Concept – Again

Pop & CCM

• Grace Graber – Conversations EP
• Hannah Jewel – 1:02 EP

Hip Hop & R&B

• E.i. the King – The Incarceration Part 3: The Wait EP
• E.MeraThe_Shadow – Metal Virus
• Jalen Ace – SAL3M
• Linga TheBoss – ONE OF THE FEW EP
• Mystro Productions – Symphony
• Stevie Rizo, BigBreeze – Grace At The Garden EP
• Tyrone Crawford – Never Going Back

Worship & Gospel

• Branch Music – Hymns, Pt. 1 EP

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I’ve been sitting on this draft since January thinking eventually I’d get around to writing some short blurbs about each of my picks. But here we are in April and I still haven’t done it so I figure I might well go ahead and publish it as-is (especially now that Brandon has shared his list!). So here is, my best of 2022:… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• August Burns Red – Death Below
• Context – Indwelling EP
• Project 86 – OMNI, Pt. 1
• The Undertaking! – Superstitions EP

Pop & CCM

• Fulton Lee – Sonny Boy
• The Highway Flowers – Maybe We Should Try
• Owl City – Coco Moon
• Wilder Woods – Fever / Sky

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Sarah Sparks – Sleep: Songs for the Anxious EP

Hip Hop & R&B

• Azeekah – Sufficient Grace EP
• C4 Crotona – Hideous
• FOEVA – Friends & FOE
• Hyper Fenton – Deathly Hollow
• Jon Keith – EREMOS
• Kaden Jordan – HYOKRiTES
• Kmo – Purple Cloud Row
• Mr.

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Rock & Metal

• Narnia – Ghost Town
• World Gone Cold – World Gone Cold

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Alli Rogers – Homesick

Hip Hop & R&B

• Big Lek – The Crushing
• BigGucciDame – Scars Hidden Within EP
• cconsciencee – BIG KID
• Konata Small, Disciple Theory – Built Different
• KRL – Bear With Me EP
• Larell, Gospel Hydration – When I Was in dark times EP
• The Prophet – Better EP
• Sadface Ethan – Lately, i’ve been on my own
• Sky – No Turning Back
• Young C – This Is For The Wait Too

Worship & Gospel

• Aaron Shust – Heaven + Earth
• Already Not Yet – 119
• Bethel Music – Come Up Here
• Calvary Music – Still Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Bennett Hughes – Kick Ton
• Chase Tremaine – Accidental Days
• Sacrificium – Oblivion

Pop & CCM

• Nightbirde – It’s OK
• Zachary Ray – Unafraid

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Benjamin Torrens – I Love You, Light EP
• Ian Zumback – Abeline EP
• Schuyler Kitchin – solstice

Hip Hop & R&B

• adamariz – NEED 2 HOLD ON 2 THE TRUTH EP
• BigGucciDame – A Liars Perspective EP
• Celly Da Kidd – Into The Trenches EP
• Issac Mansfield – From A Boy To A Man, Vol. 1 EP

Worship & Gospel

• Anna Palfreeman – Certain
• Ascent Project – Come And See EP
• Courtney Raley – Union Vol.

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Rock & Metal 

• Earth Groans – Tongue Tied EP
• The Jericho Harlot – Voices EP

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Rock & Metal

• Mercy – The Powers That Be
• Stryken – Once Lost now Found
• Then It Ends – Solace (Instrumental) EP

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Rock & Metal

• Diamonds to Dust – Amidst the Hallowed and Vanquished (Instrumentals)
• Skillet – Dominion: Day of Destiny

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Rock & Metal

• Zahna – Stronger Than Death

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Rock & Metal

• Colony House – The Cannonballers

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Rock & Metal Pop & CCM Electronic & EDM Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Stephanie Staples – Love Broke Through
• Zach & Maggie – The Elephant in the Room

Hip Hop & R&B

• Canton Jones –  WORSHIP & 808’S EP
• Common Hymnal – We Outside
• CS LIT – NASHUA
• Eshon Burgundy –  Lost Sheep
• justmarkg – Holy Ghost Pressure
• Kkah$o –  UNCHAINED EP
• Paul the Messenger – The Lone(ly) Wolf EP
• Rell Riley – FOREVER EP
• TLS – The Listening Session, Vol 1

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6X4RTpfLorsilE29QnMbzv?si=5f69b94fd9384244 Worship & Gospel

• Hannah Foster – Who You Are EP
• NewSpring Worship, Lauren Vaughan – Even in the Quiet EP
• Ocean & The Ghost – Ocean & the Ghost EP

Instrumental & Other

• Amanda Danziger, Filipe Michael – Seasons (Instrumental) EP

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Rock & Metal

• HolyName – Holyname

Pop & CCM

• Bien – Covers EP
• Blessing Offor – My Tribe

Electronic & EDM

• Deep Al Brindle – Late Night, Early Morning EP

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Frankie Orella – Sad In Paradise EP
• Josh Adams – Bed of Thorns EP

Hip Hop & R&B

• Childlike CiCi – 4 Friday EP
• Desciple – P.P.P. (Pandemic Power Pack) EP
• DH Bob – Pocket EP
• Jopo Da Son – E X O D U S EP
• T-Strike, Constance – Something Greater EP
• Yung Drew, Gavin the HotRod – HomeTown Heroes EP

Worship & Gospel

• Ginny Owens – Be Still and Know EP
• NLC Worship – Song of Heaven
• River Valley AGES – an ep of some songs u can read ur bible + journal to EP
• TAYA – TAYA
• Tim Pepper – The Outpouring Worship Project
• Victory Worship – Living Breathing Miracle (Live)

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The Christian Music Universe is back with their second annual playlist. The project was started last year to bring together Christian music lovers from across the universe to create a collaborative playlist of their favorite songs of the year. This year’s team included Brandon Jones and myself as well as eight others. Give the playlist a listen on Spotify and YouTube and share you’re favorite songs of 2022 with us in the comments. … Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Blue Fire Horizon – Disease
• Edge of Eternity – Dreams of Complacency
• Heliograph – Awe & Wonder EP
• Then It Ends – Chasm EP

Pop & CCM

• Amber Roper – All I Need
• LOVKN – Faith Fall EP
• Sajan Nauriyal – morning always comes (sped up versions) EP

Electronic & EDM Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Jonny Hayes – Keep Me Burning EP

Hip Hop & R&B

• ATTAM – Way Too Busy EP
• BigBreeze – Sport Mode EP
• BigGucciDame – Ecclesiastes, Vol. 2
• Brenno, K Diamond – 22′ THE MIXTAPE
• Don Ready – The Heavenly Poetry Collection EP
• ELI MONTANNA – RECOVERY EP
• GOSPEL READY – End Season Same Mission
• Ignatius – A Pomona Story: Chapter 1 Tap
• Isaiah Robin – The Way
• JXRGE – UNIVERSE EP
• Kidd Lee – Chapter 20
• Kieran the Light – New Levels 2 EP
• KRL – True Colors EP
• Kushim – S E T A P A R T EP
• Lance Blake – Retrospect
• Lil Capo – Capo Season II
• Saint Jones – Kainos Anthropos
• ShySpeaks – #freelunchfriday, Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Fight The Fade – APOPHYSITIS (Deluxe Edition)

Pop & CCM

• Brightline, Galactus Jack – Together (BLxGJ) EP

Electronic & EDM Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Kindred Valley – Kindred Valley

Hip Hop & R&B

• ASAP Preach – Tested
• BrvndonP – A&B Conversation EP
• Colby Savage – Ppv3 Recovery Music
• Dee-1 – God and Girls 2
• Jalen Ace – Gave Up The Ghost
• Little Limbo – INSOMNIAC EP
• Scootie Wop – Beige. EP

Worship & Gospel

• Reborn Collective – Beauty in the Darkness

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Rock & Metal

• CRXWN – Forgiven.
• Since the Death – I Belong to Christ

Hip Hop & R&B

• Drew Ava – Honest EP
• Genuine Life – Evident Progress: The Healing Process EP
• Hunterdrinkswater – Sinner vs. Saint
• Lawrence Jamal – Hold On, Pain Ends
• Military Mindset Productions – Behind Enemy Lines 3
• ReidRZL – Soul Pt. 1
• Twanny2c, Remnantbygrace – RMNT Tape 2 EP
• Xocribby – Lovers
• 116 – The Gift: A Christmas Compilation (Deluxe+)

Worship & Gospel Christmas

• Victorious – Christmas Presence EP
• Yoni Charis – Glad Tidings

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Rock & Metal

• A Secret Ending – Fishers of Men

Pop & CCM Electronic & EDM Folk & Singer/Songwriter Hip Hop & R&B

• A.I. The Anomaly – Sibling Rivalry EP
• i$aac illa, Xay Hill – Sophomore Sorrows (Deluxe)
• Jon Mora, Xay Hill – Jon Mora EP
• KG Santiago – GOD’s Gift 3 (The Trilogy)
• Kouonthebeat – Who Is Kou
• KRL, Kieran the Light, Kidd Lee – reAssurance EP
• MJ Overcome – Stick To The Script

Worship & Gospel

• Amanda Cook – State of the Union (Ambient Sessions) EP
• The Encounter Music – This is Hope EP
• GOSPEL READY, DJ Disciple Drew – Gospel Screw Tapes Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Grandpa Loves Rhinos – Demos & Unreleased Songs EP
• Swinery – Swinery II, Pt. 2 EP
• Various Artists – That’s On Small Step Vol. 1

Pop & CCM Electronic & EDM

• Everen Maxwell – Stargazing EP

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Austin Sebek – take some in EP
• Jonny Hayes – All These Lights EP

Hop Hop & R&B

• Don Ready – IYKYK
• GODINA – PREPARATION SEASON
• V. Rose – Wilder Wonderland EP
• Zee – Legendz Never Die

Worship & Gospel

• Dave Pettigrew – The Hymns Project
• JGC Music – Treasure EP

Instrumental & Other

• Isaac Wheadon – the return
• Yoni Charis – Jesus is King

Christmas

• Emmanuel Worship – It’s Christmas!

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Rock & Metal

• Broken Flesh – Beheaded in Vain
• Les Carlsen – He’s Coming
• Red – Until We Have Faces Live and Unplugged
• Ross Millet – I. James EP
• The Timbre of Cedar – Less EP

Pop & CCM Electronic & EDM God’s Warrior – KYRASONIUS GOID Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Eddy Mann – Trio
• Leigh Nash – The Tide Acoustic Sessions EP

Hip Hop & R&B

• D-Rock – Through The Valleys EP
• Jay Steezy – Commercial EP
• SYL noiZ – When Nobody’s Looking

Worship & Gospel

• Civilized Creature – In This Moment EP
• Jason Ingram – Basement Tapes Vol.

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Last week I shared my top 20 rock EPs of 2022 with you. This week I’m back with my top 10 pop EPs of 2022. 10. Margot Osborne – Motion This EP is short and maybe not the most original sounding but it’s very well done. “Motions” and “Technicolor (Open Up Your Eyes) are both earworms that have been stuck in my head for months now. 9. Olivia Grasso – Risk Risk delivers on it’s name with a somewhat quirky pop EP. It’s got a great lead single in “Sidelines”, a strong closer in “Disjunct”, and even some thoughtful commentary on “Late Night TV”.… Continued →

A few weeks ago I appeared on the JFH Podcast to talk about my favorite EPs of 2022. In the process of preparing for the episode I listened to a lot of EPs and figured I might as well make the most of it and make it into a list. Rather than a single massive list though I decided to break it down by genre. So here’s part one of my favorite EPs of 2022: 20 rock EPs ranked. 20. November Sky – Out of the Black I am really glad to see the members of Scarlett White moving forward with a new project.… Continued →