Ravyn Lenae

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...

Their top 20 is full of heavy hitters, including Big Thief, Steve Lacy, Amber Mark, Kendrick Lamar, FKA twigs, Silvana Estrada, Pusha T, and more.

Pitchfork's list includes GloRilla, Alvvays, Beyoncé, Rosalía, Bad Bunny, Alex G, Ice Spice, Braxe + Falcon, Ethel Cain, The 1975, Kendrick Lamar, Caroline Polachek, Steve Lacy, Harry Styles, and more...

As usual, Complex’s Year End List is heaviest on rap and R&B, featuring Pusha T, Vince Stapes, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Freddie Gibbs, GloRilla, Doechii, Flo Milli, Nas, and more.

Sunday’s NYC-area shows include LCD Soundsystem, Exhumed, Regulated, and more.

Listen to new songs by Ravyn Lenae/Doechii, Gilla Band, Hand Habits, Nick Hakim, Skullcrusher, Fauness, Andrew Broder, Lee Fields, Hollie Cook, Thus Love, and more...

This week's very stacked Notable Releases include electronic artist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's most pop-oriented album in a while, Roc Marciano & The Alchemist's anticipated collab LP, Pianos Become the Teeth's darkest, weirdest yet, and more...

Plus: Tigers Jaw / Heart Attack Man / Glitterer, Local H, Tim Cappello (The Lost Boys), Rocks Off Concert Cruises, and more tour and festival news.

From Nilüfer Yanya to Soul Glo to Big Thief to Angel Olsen to Arcade Fire to Kendrick Lamar to Undeath to billy woods to Wet Leg to Cate Le Bon, our 50 favorite albums of the first half of 2022...

This was one of the more high-profile Celebrate Brooklyn! season openers in recent memory, and with the warm weather and free admission, people were out in droves...