2022 :: Favorite Music

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I hate ranking music. Music is not a competition. But I love year-end lists. It’s the most wonderful time of year when you get music recommendations that you might have missed from people you trust. And 2022 was a terrific year for music.

Here are 50 of my favorite music releases of 2022 (Find the list these were drawn from here). What did I miss? What do you recommend?

  1. Ghosted by Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  2. Shebang by Oren Ambarchi (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  3. Time Skiffs by Animal Collective (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  4. Shruti Dances by Auntie Flo and Sarathy Korwar (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  5. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  6. Bajascillators by Bitchin Bajas (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  7. Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  8. Who’s The One? by Congotronics International (BC // AMZN)

  9. Agadez by Etran de L'Aïr (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  10. ¡Ay! by Lucrecia Dalt (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  11. Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse and Black Thought (WEB // AMZN)

  12. Anomaly by Jasdeep Singh Degun (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  13. Blue Skies by Dehd (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  14. Evolution Here We Come by Chris Forsyth (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  15. Character of Light by Ernie Francestine (BC // AMZN)

  16. Good and Green Again by Jake Xerxes Fussell (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  17. Something Happening/Always Happening by JPW (BC // AMZN)

  18. Listen To The Blood by the Kernal (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  19. Kumoyo Island by Kikagaku Moyo (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  20. Kalak by Sarathy Korwar (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  21. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar (WEB // AMZN)

  22. The OZ Tapes by Les Rallizes Dénudés (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  23. Musakayike by Madalitso Band (BC // AMZN)

  24. In These Times by Makaya McCraven (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  25. This is a Photograph by Kevin Morby (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  26. Bleed Out by the Mountain Goats (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  27. Heaven Come Crashing by Rachika Nayar (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  28. Tonkori in the Moonlight by OKI (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  29. Poolside by One Eleven Heavy (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  30. Weather Alive by Beth Orton (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  31. Reset by Panda Bear & Sonic Boom (BC // AMZN)

  32. 7 by Papir (BC // AMZN)

  33. Sons of by Sam Prekop, John McEntire (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  34. Revelators by Revelators Sound System (BC // AMZN)

  35. I Survived It’s Over by Rich Ruth (BC // AMZN)

  36. Cockroach in a Ghost Town by Slang (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  37. A Light for Attracting Attention by the Smile (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  38. In/Out/In by Sonic Youth (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  39. For the Love of Tabla by Toronto Tabla Ensemble (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  40. Boulder Blues by Staraya Derevnya (WEB // BC)

  41. Choice Tapes Vol. 1-4 by Taper's Choice (WEB // BC)

  42. Recurring Dream by Jeff Tobias (WEB // BC)

  43. Les Racines by Vieux Farka Touré (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  44. Ali by Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin (WEB // WEB // BC // AMZN)

  45. Fleeting Adventure by Andrew Tuttle (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  46. Watch My Moves by Kurt Vile (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  47. Air Volta by Volta Jazz (WEB // AMZN)

  48. Marriage by Wau Wau Collectif (BC // AMZN)

  49. Warping All By Yourself by Wet Tuna (WEB // BC // AMZN)

  50. Eli Winter by Eli Winter (WEB // BC // AMZN)