Alex Szeptycki
Our music critics pick some of the standout albums and performances of 2022.
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Intimacy, whether physical or emotional, is continually challenged in Julia Jacklin’s Pre Pleasure.
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In World Wide Pop, the London pop collective looks for peace in the digital cosmos, despite intimations of coming oblivion.
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The album is not so much a step forward as a distillation of what The War on Drugs has always done well.
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Leon Bridges is the master of soft sensual tones, particularly when he intermingles the romantic and the steamy.
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Chronicling Stankonia is an engaging read, one that adroitly balances rigorous academic research with a deeply personal narrative about Black life and art in the post-Civil Rights Era in the South.
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On Welfare Jazz, Viagra Boys succeed through their skillful manipulation of pure bombast, spurred on by haywire grooves as well as plenty of oversized personality.
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Occasional slip-ups shouldn’t obscure appreciation of Kid Cudi’s fantastic vocal performance.
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Jean Dawson’s Pixel Bath is one of the most exciting releases I’ve heard this year.
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Music Appreciation: Exit Daft Punk
Few bands have shown themselves to be as infectious about their art — and for so long.
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