2022 :: Favorite Music

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)

2020 Year In Review Wrap-Up

Thank you so much for reading this year. So much has happened this year and it’s crazy looking back on this rollercoaster of a year.

Scroll down and browse my year-end roundup.

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• Read my self-reflection for 2020

• Read my cultural reflection for 2020

• Browse my favorite books and reading of 2020

• Browse my music of 2020

  • Browse Volume 01 of my 2020 favorites playlist

  • Browse Volume 02 of my 2020 favorites playlist

  • Browse Volume 03 of my 2020 favorites playlist

  • Browse Volume 04 of my 2020 favorites playlist

  • Browse Volume 05 of my 2020 favorites playlist

• Browse my favorite television of 2020
  

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