- Mitski – Laurel Hell (Dead Oceans)
- Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter (Daughters of Cain Records)
- Julia Jacklin – PRE PLEASURE (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
- Cate Le Bon – Pompeii (Mexican Summer LLC)
- The 1975 – Being Funny in A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
- Mapache – Roscoe’s Dream (Innovative Leisure)
- Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain (4AD)
- Andres Miguel Cervantes – The Crossing (Speakeasy Studios)
- Father John Misty – Chloe and The Next 20th Century (Sub Pop Records)
- Alex G – God Save The Animals (Domino Recording Co Ltd)
- SASAMI – Squeeze (Domino Recording Co Ltd)
- Beach House – Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop Records)
- Rubi Ate the Fig – Desert Electric (Desert Recordings)
- Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Toure – Ali (Dead Oceans + Night Time Stories)
- Kokoroko – Could We Be More (Brownswood Recordings)
- Xiomara Torres – La Voz Del Mar (Patois Records)
- Trombone Shorty – Lifted (UMG Recordings)
- Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (AWAL Recordings)
- The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble – Step Down (Colemine Records)
- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Cold As Weiss (Colemine Records)
- Black Jesus Experience – Good Evening Black Buddha (Agogo Records)
- Sessa – Estrela Acesa (Mexican Summer)
- Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop Records)
- Faye Webster – Car Therapy Sessions (Secretly Canadian)
- Park Jiha – The Gleam (tak:til)
Other Good Albums of 2022
- Fat Trout Trailer Park – Florida (22Twenty)
- Harlem Gospel Travelers – Look Up! (Colemine Records)
- Third Coast Percussion – Perspectives (Cedille)
- Ravyn Lenae – HYPNOS (Atlantic Recording Corporation)
- NewJeans – NewJeans 1st EP (ADOR Co)
- Toro Y Moi – MAHAL (Dead Oceans)
- Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights (L-M Records)
