- Weval – Time Goes (Technicolor)
- Sonogram – Compendium (Simulacra)
- The Soft Pink Truth – Is It Going to Get Any Deeper Than This? (Thrill Jockey)
- Sen Morimoto – Sen Morimoto (Sooper)
- Momu – Moons of Jupiter (Loöq)
- Maps – Counter Melodies – Part 1 (Mute)
- Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion (Brainfeeder)
- Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song (Smalltown Supersound)
- J.Rocc – A Wonderful Letter (Stones Throw)
- Automatic – Excess (Stones Throw)
2022
Favorite Songs of 2022
- Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul – “HAHA” – Topical Dancer (DeeWee)
- EXEK – “Beyond Currency” – Advertise Here (S/R)
- James Hunter Six – “Never” – With Love (Daptone”
- Ibibio Sound Machine – “!7 18 19” – Electricity (Merge)
- Julia Jacklin – “I Was Neon” – Pre-Pleasure (Polyvinyl)
- Cate Le Bon – “Dirt on the Bed” – Pompeii (Mexican Summer)
- Tove Lo – “True Romance” – Dirt Femme (Pretty Swede)
- Modal Melodies – “Driving” – Modal Melodies (Anti Fade)
- Kevin Morby – “This is a Photograph” – This is a Photograph (Dead Oceans)
- Weyes Blood – “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody” – And in the Darkness Hearts Aglow (SubPop)
Favorite Album from 2021, Not Heard Until 2022:
Dummy – Mandatory Enjoyment (Trouble in Mind)
Favorite Albums of 2022:
- Wrecking Crew – Sedale Threat (Wrecking Crew)
- Billy Woods & Preservation – Aethiopes (Backwoodz Studioz)
- Elucid – I Told Bessie (Backwoodz Studioz)
- AJ Suede & Televangel – Metatron’s Cube (Fake Four Inc)
- WateRR & Tone Beatz – Order of the Day: Return of the Cherry Tree (Filthe)
- Buck 65 – King of Drums (s/r)
- Andrew – The Rain Knows What It’s Doing (Three Dollar Pistol)
- Roc Marciano & The Alchemist – The Elephant Man’s Bones (ALC)
- Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion (Brainfeeder)
- Psalm One & Custom Made – Bigg Perrm (Filthe)