TOP ALTERNATIVE RECORDS OF 2022 | NACC NEXT
| Artist | Recording | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEACH HOUSE | Once Twice Melody | Sub Pop |
| 2 | WET LEG | Wet Leg | Domino |
| 3 | METRIC | Formentera | Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | MITSKI | Laurel Hell | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | SPOON | Lucifer On The Sofa | Matador |
| 6 | ALVVAYS | Blue Rev | Polyvinyl |
| 7 | YEAH YEAH YEAHS | Cool It Down | Secretly Canadian/Secretly Group |
| 8 | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | Asphalt Meadows | Atlantic |
| 9 | BLACK KEYS, THE | Dropout Boogie | Nonesuch |
| 10 | BETHS, THE | Expert In A Dying Field | Carpark |
| 11 | MAGGIE ROGERS | Surrender | Capitol |
| 12 | ARCADE FIRE | WE | Self-Released |
| 13 | STEVE LACY | Gemini Rights | RCA |
| 14 | SOCCER MOMMY | Sometimes, Forever | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 15 | 1975, THE | Being Funny In A Foreign Language | Dirty Hit |
| 16 | BIG THIEF | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You | 4AD/Beggars Group |
| 17 | SHARON VAN ETTEN | We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong | Jagjaguwar |
| 18 | ARCTIC MONKEYS | The Car | Domino |
| 19 | SYLVAN ESSO | No Rules Sandy | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 20 | WAR ON DRUGS, THE | I Don't Live Here Anymore | Atlantic |
| 21 | JULIA JACKLIN | PRE PLEASURE | Polyvinyl |
| 22 | BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE | Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities | Arts & Crafts |
| 23 | FONTAINES DC | Skinty Fia | Partisan |
| 24 | TORO Y MOI | MAHAL | Dead Oceans |
| 25 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Chloe And The Next 20th Century | Sub Pop |
| 26 | FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE | Dance Fever (Deluxe) | Polydor |
| 27 | AUTOMATIC | Excess | Stones Throw |
| 28 | BEABADOOBEE | Beatopia | Dirty Hit |
| 29 | BUILT TO SPILL | When The Wind Forgets Your Name | Sub Pop |
| 30 | FRANKIE COSMOS | Inner World Peace | Sub Pop |
| 31 | ALEX G | God Save The Animals | Domino |
| 32 | NILUFER YANYA | PAINLESS | ATO |
| 33 | MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE | Bleed Out | Merge |
| 34 | DEHD | Blue Skies | Fat Possum |
| 35 | ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER | Endless Rooms | Sub Pop |
| 36 | SUPERCHUNK | Wild Loneliness | Merge |
| 37 | DESTROYER | LABYRINTHITIS | Merge |
| 38 | REX ORANGE COUNTY | Who Cares? | RCA |
| 39 | SUDAN ARCHIVES | Natural Brown Prom Queen | Stones Throw |
| 40 | KURT VILE | (watch my moves) | Verve |
| 41 | MOMMA | Household Name | Polyvinyl |
| 42 | KIWI JR | Chopper | Sub Pop |
| 43 | ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS | The Boy Named If | Capitol |
| 44 | HIPPO CAMPUS | LP3 | Grand Jury |
| 45 | ANGEL OLSEN | Big Time | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 46 | FKA TWIGS | CAPRISONGS | Young/Atlantic |
| 47 | PHOENIX | Alpha Zulu | Glassnote |
| 48 | CHEEKFACE | Too Much To Ask | Self-Released |
| 49 | COIN | UNCANNY VALLEY | Homemade/10K Projects |
| 50 | ALT-J | The Dream | Canvasback/Atlantic |
| 51 | DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 52 | HARRY STYLES | Harry's House | Erskine/Columbia |
| 53 | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | Time Skiffs | Domino |
| 54 | SURF CURSE | Magic Hour | Atlantic |
| 55 | SASAMI | SQUEEZE | Domino |
| 56 | GEESE | Projector | Partisan |
| 57 | TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB | Keep On Smiling | Glassnote |
| 58 | WILCO | Cruel Country | dBpm |
| 59 | JACK WHITE | Fear Of The Dawn | Third Man/The Orchard |
| 60 | YARD ACT | The Overload | Zen F.C. |
| 61 | SILVERSUN PICKUPS | Physical Thrills | New Machine |
| 62 | SANTIGOLD | Spirituals | Little Jerk |
| 63 | CURTIS HARDING | If Words Were Flowers | Anti- |
| 64 | NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS | The Future | Stax/Fantasy/Concord |
| 65 | PANDA BEAR AND SONIC BOOM | Reset | Domino |
| 66 | BACKSEAT LOVERS, THE | Waiting To Spill | Capitol |
| 67 | WEYES BLOOD | And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow | Sub Pop |
| 68 | BAND OF HORSES | Things Are Great | BMG |
| 69 | SPORTS | Get A Good Look | OneRPM |
| 70 | CAT POWER | Covers | Domino |
| 71 | SAMPA THE GREAT | As Above, So Below | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 72 | LINDA LINDAS, THE | Growing Up | Epitaph |
| 73 | HOT CHIP | Freakout/Release | Domino |
| 74 | NEIL FRANCES | There Is No Neil Frances | Nettwerk |
| 75 | LUMINEERS, THE | Brightside | Dualtone |
| 76 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 77 | FOALS | Life Is Yours | Warner UK |
| 78 | HORSEGIRL | Versions Of Modern Performance | Matador |
| 79 | BEACH HOUSE | Chapter 1: Once Twice Melody [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 80 | RUBBLEBUCKET | Earth Worship | Grand Jury |
| 81 | BONOBO | Fragments | Ninja Tune |
| 82 | EELS | Extreme Witchcraft | E Works/PIAS |
| 83 | LIZZO | Special | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 84 | IDLES | Crawler | Partisan |
| 85 | BOB MOSES | The Silence In Between | Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol |
| 86 | COLA | Deep In View | Fire Talk |
| 87 | BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD | Ants From Up There | Ninja Tune |
| 88 | ADELE | 30 (Thirty) | Columbia |
| 89 | TEGAN AND SARA | Crybaby | Mom+Pop |
| 90 | ADRIAN QUESADA | Boleros Psicodélicos | ATO |
| 91 | SOBS | Air Guitar | Topshelf |
| 92 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Omnium Gatherum | KGLW |
| 93 | NIKKI LANE | Denim & Diamonds | New West |
| 94 | METRONOMY | Small World | Because |
| 95 | STARS | From Capelton Hill | Last Gang |
| 96 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | A Bit Of Previous | Matador |
| 97 | JOYCE MANOR | 40 Oz. To Fresno | Epitaph |
| 98 | BAKAR | Nobody's Home | Black Butter/Epic |
| 99 | TV PRIEST | My Other People | Sub Pop |
| 100 | HATCHIE | Giving The World Away | Secretly Canadian |
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