Here is my massive list of recommendations. If you would like to read my thoughts about some of these albums and songs, I made a list for RYM with individual entries here:
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Trav...ums-and-songs-that-meant-a-lot-to-me-in-2022/
1. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Genre: indie folk, singer/songwriter
Recommended song: Little Things
2. Cities Aviv - Man Plays the Horn
Genre: psychedelic hip hop
Recommended song: Block Pleasure
3. Weyes Blood - In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Genre: chamber pop
Recommended song: It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody
4. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
Genre: indie rock, chamber pop
Recommended song: Concorde
5. Billy Woods - Aethiopes
Genre: experimental hip hop
Recommended song: NYNEX
6. Alvvays - Blue Rev
Genre: indie rock, shoegaze
Recommended song:
7. Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
Genre: space rock
Recommended song: Always Together With You
8. Alex G - God Save the Animals
Genre: indie rock/folk
Recommended song: Runner
9. Tim Bernardes - Mil coisas invisíveis
Genre: MPB
Recommended song: A Balada de Tim Bernardes
10. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Genre: west coast hip hop
Recommended song: Father Time
11. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
Genre: dream pop
Recommended song: New Romance
12. Destroyer - LABYRINTHITIS
Genre: art rock
Recommended song: It’s in Your Heart Now
13. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention Genre: art rock
Recommended song: Free in the Knowledge
14. Angel Olsen - Big Time
Genre: Americana, singer/songwriter
Recommended song: Right Now
15. Niños del Cerro - Suave pendiente
Genre: art rock, dream pop
Recommended song: Tentempie
16. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time
Genre: Dance pop
Recommended song: Western Wind
17. Hatchie - Giving the World Away
Genre: shoegaze, dream pop
Recommended song: Quicksand
18. MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
Genre: alt-country
Recommended song: You Are Every Girl to Me
19. Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
Genre: UK hip hop
Recommended song: Gorilla
20. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs
Genre: neo-psych
Recommended song: Strung With Everything
21. Anxious - Little Green House
Genre: pop-punk
Recommended song: More Than a Letter
22. The Weeknd - Dawn FM
Genre: synthpop, synthwave
Recommended song: Out of Time
23. Hikaru Utada - Bad Mode
Genre: J-pop
Recommended song: Bad Mode
24. Foxes - The Kick
Genre: dance-pop
Recommended song: Sister Ray
25. Mondo Grosso - Big World
Genre: dance-pop, house
Recommended song: STRANGER
26. Let's Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons
Genre: art pop
Recommended song: Happy New Year
27. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
Genre: indie rock
Recommended song: Wild
28. The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
Genre: power pop
Recommended song: Head in the Clouds
29. Guerilla Toss - Famously Alive
Genre: neo-psych, indietronica
Recommended song: Cannibal Capital
30. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
Genre: art pop
Recommended song: Moderation
31. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
Genre: funk, electro
Recommended song: All That You Want
32. Molly Nilsson - Extreme
Genre: synthpop
Recommended song: Pompeii
33. Ethel Cain - Preacher’s Daughter
Genre: singer/songwriter, slowcore
Recommended song: American Teenager
34. Nu Genea - Bar Mediterraneo
Genre: funk, nu-disco
Recommended song: Marechià
35. Bill Callahan - YTI⅃AƎЯ
Genre: singer/songwriter
Recommended song: Naked Souls
36. betcover!! - Tamago
Genre: jazz rock, art rock
Recommended song: ばらばら
37. Nas - King's Disease III
Genre: east coast hip hop
Recommended song: Legit
38. Luna Li - Duality
Genre: indie pop
Recommended song: Cherry Pit
39. Lilien Rosarian - Every Flower in My Garden
Genre: ambient, electronic
Recommended song: Revery Hour
40. Ghais Guevara - There Will Be No Super-Slave
Genre: political hip hop
Recommended song: Face/Off
41. Naked Flames - Miracle in Transit
Genre: house, techno
Recommended song: Tennessee Transit
42. The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out
Genre: indie rock/folk
Recommended song: Mark on You
43. Real Lies - Lad Ash
Genre: downtempo, house
Recommended song: Boss Trick
44. Fievel Is Glauque - Flaming Swords
Genre: progressive pop, jazz pop
Recommended song: Save the Phenomenon
45. Courting - Guitar Music
Genre: indie rock, dance-punk
Recommended song: Jumper
46. $ilkMoney - I Don't Give a Fuck About This Rap Shit, Imma Just Drop Until I Don't Feel Like It Anymore
Genre: political hip hop
Recommended song: Cuummoney Amiliani
47. Westside Gunn - 10
Genre: east coast hip hop
Recommended song: Peppas
48. Death’s Dynamic Shroud - Darklife
Genre: glitch pop, vaporwave
Recommended song: Messe de E-102
49. Sobs - Air Guitar
Genre: power pop
Recommended song: Friday Night
50. Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flora
Genre: singer/songwriter
Recommended song: De todas las flores