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2022

Tracks

Clockwise from top left: Hotline by Lael Neale, Uppercut by Lou Roy, Lawn by Aldous Harding (Warm Chris artwork courtesy of 4AD / Aldous Harding), and Closer by Bonobo (Fragments album artwork)

From bangers to slow burners – the best songs out now.

Kazak’s Picks: February

Kazak’s Picks: January

Albums & EPs

Clockwise from top-left: Soichi Terada’s Asakusa Light (artwork by Masahito Hanzawa from POWER GRAPHIXX), Eiko Ishibashi’s Drive My Car Original Soundtrack (artwork courtesy of NEWHERE MUSIC / SPACE SHOWER MUSIC), Mydreamfever’s Rough and Beautiful Place, and Grace Cummings’ Storm Queen

The albums that no music fan should be without in 2022.

Four Great January Albums Which You Might Not Have Heard (and Three Which You Might)

Genres

Highlights from the past month and entire year collected by genre.

Pop Idols

Smooth Operators (R&B and Soul)

Hidden Dancefloors

Singular Vision

Rock the House

2021

Tracks

Clockwise from top left: An Iteration by The Armed (ULTRAPOP album artwork), Handsome Man by Wednesday (Twin Plagues album artwork), Hey Nari by Altın Gün (YOL album artwork), and One Night by Griff

From bangers to slow burners – the best songs out now.

The Baying of Kazak’s Favourite Songs of 2021

Kazak’s Picks: November

October

September

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Albums

Clockwise from top left: WINK by CHAI, I Know I’m Funny haha by Faye Webster, Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast, and Sgt. Culpepper by Joel Culpepper

The albums that no music fan should be without in 2021.

The Baying of Kazak’s Favourite Albums of 2021 (1 – 10)

The Baying of Kazak’s Favourite Albums of 2021 (11 – 75)

Album of the Month: November

October

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EPs

Clockwise from top left: Imposter by Miss Grit, Cubicle by Lizzie Reid, 0011001 by Frederik Valentin, and Wading by Francis of Delirium (artwork design by Jana Bahrich)

Brief but brimming with ideas – here’s the year’s best EPs

EPs of the Month: June

May

April

March

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Genres

Clockwise from top left: Black Hole by Griff (One Foot in Front of the Other mixtape artwork), Duo by Sam Gellaitry, 10 Years by Daði Freyr (Welcome EP artwork), and Look What You’ve Done by Zara Larsson (Poster Girl album artwork courtesy of Artist Company TEN / Epic Records)

Highlights from the past month and entire year collected by genre

Pop Idols

The Dazzlers (Rap & Hip-Hop)

Rock the House

Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats? (Electronic)

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