BV Best of 2022
10 Great 2022 Albums You Might've Missed
With so many amazing albums released in 2022, you may have missed some of the great ones, so here are 10 that we think could use a little extra love…
Artists list their favorite albums of 2022
With the year coming to a close, we‘ve been asking artists about their favorite albums of 2022. Here’s what Converge, Ceremony, Chat Pile, Tegan and Sara, Lambchop, Tim Burgess, Soul Glo, Hot Chip, Jawbox, Ty Segall, Knocked Loose, and many others had to say…
30 Best Metal Albums of 2022
From Wormrot to Artificial Brain to Immolation to Undeath to Temple of Void to Kreator to Phobophilic, here are 30 favorite metal albums of 2022…
Indie Basement: Best Reissues, Box Sets & Compilations of 2022
Featuring: Pavement, Neu!, Bowie, John Hughes, Lou Reed, Flaming Lips, Broadcast, and more.
The Best R&B of 2022: SZA, Beyoncé, FKA twigs & more
2022 was an amazing year for R&B, thanks to SZA, Sudan Archives, Yaya Bey, Syd, Ravyn Lenae, Amber Mark, Kelela, Jeremih, Kehlani, and more…
20 Great Hardcore Releases from 2022
The hardcore floodgates were opened in 2022, and so many bands came through with killer releases, including Mindforce, Life’s Question, End It, Inclination, Speed, Punitive Damage, and more…
Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2022
This week in Indie Basement: All the best records of 2022, with a focus on classic indie, college rock, and more.
10 great reggae albums & songs from 2022
Koffee, Protoje, Horace Andy, Chronixx, Hollie Cook, Lila Iké, and more reggae from 2022 that is not to miss…
10 Great Jazz Albums from 2022
From Makaya McCraven to two Shabaka Hutchings projects to Ezra Collective to Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, here are 10 jazz albums not to miss from this year…
15 great folk albums from 2022
Here are 15 great folk albums from 2022 that are not to miss, from Courtney Marie Andrews, Indigo Sparke, Joan Shelley, Angeline Morrison, and more…