For over a decade, we at Stereogum have put together our collective brainpower to compile a list of artists whose musical futures are exciting each year. There’s more music out there than ever before, and the amount of it created by new artists is exciting, loyal readers (and not-so-loyal readers, too — welcome).
Normal warnings are in effect. “New” is a subjective term for us.Some of these acts have been around for a while, but what they’ve done over the past year is what makes them feel like they’ve reached or are about to reach their full potential. We stubbornly continue to call it the Best New. band, (as you can see) the list includes rappers, pop, ambient, electronic projects, musicians blurring the genre boundaries between them all, and more. It doesn’t matter what you call them – these musicians are all doing something that we think is worth listening to right now.
One more note: This list is intentionally run out of the end-of-year season to give these up-and-coming artists their own spotlight. Resist the urge to say, “Is it year-end listing season yet?” Or ‘2022 isn’t over yet’ — we own the calendar. Thanks for the note. If you’re on the ride, many of these names are Daily new music posts When band to watch digit.we did do these lists We are happy with past results. Below, we delve into Stereogum’s 40 Best New Bands of 2022, in alphabetical order.You can also listen to our featured playlists Spotify When apple music—James Rettig