Further favourite albums of 2022: Welcome to the second part of a selection for this year, many of which continue to come to terms with pandemic, climate change and other current issues but also show how music can continue to innovate, surprise and entertain
Read moreYeah Yeah Yeahs: Cool It Down
A welcome return from the New York trio of Karen O and co, with a fifth studio album and their first since 2013’s Mosquito, one filled with sonic menace and tenderness, with a running theme of embracing the natural world and raging against climate change and its deniers
Read moreNew albums: Karen O & Danger Mouse, Cinematic Orchestra, Stephen Malkmus, Nilüfer Yanya, Uranium Club, Chai, Kathryn Tickell, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Low Life, Dwight Trible
This week’s selection includes a collaboration between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer and Danger Mouse, plus The Cinematic Orchestra, Stephen Malkmus going electronic, and original sounding pop from Nilüfer Yanya
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