Photo by Sofie Vasquez
Kate Meizner has been a reliable live band ringer for the likes of Snail Mail, Maneka, the Glow, and Potty Mouth over the years, but in 2022, she repackaged herself as a contender all her own. Beyond doing double-duty in Hellrazor alongside former Speedy Ortiz guitarist Mike Falcone, she – with Falcone, keyboardist Michael Julius of Flash Trading and bassist Maggie Toth of Leapling – debuted to the world Jobber, a band that smashes together the esoteric worlds of indie rock and pro-wrestling motifs. On their highlight EP, Hell In A Cell, the four-piece faction finds common ground between grappling with daily drudge and the squared circle using heavy hooks.
Meizner’s rockism surely got her through the year as well in listens by the scene’s ring veterans as well as fellow breakout artists, but so have fresh sounds in R&B pop, rap and hardcore. It would be remiss to hear about her favorite music of 2022 without asking which matches from the wrestling world stood out for her as well, so maybe turn up the Chat Pile while watching the spectacle that was the Blackpool Combat Club and Jericho Appreciation Society spilling blood and mustard all over the arena from Double or Nothing…
Kate Meizner of Jobber’s Favorite Music and Wrestling Matches of 2022:
Top Albums & EPs
1. Chat Pile – God’s Country [The Flenser]
Stream Chat Pile’s God’s Country
2. DISQ – Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet [Saddle Creek]
Stream Disq’s Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet
3. Larry June – Spaceships on the Blade [Empire]
4. Ex-Void – Bigger Than Before [Don Giovanni Records]
Stream Ex-Void’s Bigger Than Before
5. Maneka – Dark Matters [Skeletal Lightning]
6. Nilüfer Yanya – PAINLESS [ATO Records]
Stream Nilüfer Yanya’s PAINLESS by
7. Flasher – Love is Yours [Domino Records]
Stream Flasher’s Love Is Yours
8. Mindforce – New Lords [Triple B Records]
9. FLO – The Lead EP [Island Records]
10. Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name [Sub Pop]
Stream Built to Spill’s When The Wind Forgets Your Name
Honorable Mentions:
GEL & Cold Brats – Shock Therapy EP [Convulse Records]
Stream GEL & Cold Brats’ Shock Therapy
Objekt – Object #5 EP [Self-released]
Pet Fox – A Face In Your Life [Exploding In Sound Records]
Stream Pet Fox’s A Face In Your Life
Top Matches of the Year:
1. Giulia vs. Tam Nakano @ 5 Star Grand Prix [Stardom]
2. Sazzy Boatwright vs. Matt Brannigan @ Jobber’s EP release show [IWW]
3. Sami Zayn vs. Johnny Knoxville @ Wrestlemania 38 [WWE]
4. Anarchy in the Arena @ Double or Nothing [AEW]
5. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay @ G1 CLIMAX final [NJPW]
6. Noah Golden vs. Vaughn Weston @ Bloodsport [BWO]*
*One of the backyard matches featured in the “Entrance Theme” music video
Jobber’s Hell In A Cell is available now on Exploding In Sound Records.
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