BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD

Their two Labor Day NYC shows were Black Country, New Road’s first US dates without singer and guitarist Isaac Wood.

From Nilüfer Yanya to Soul Glo to Big Thief to Angel Olsen to Arcade Fire to Kendrick Lamar to Undeath to billy woods to Wet Leg to Cate Le Bon, our 50 favorite albums of the first half of 2022...

The 2022 edition of Desert Daze also features Sky Ferreira, BADBADNOTGOOD, JPEGMAFIA, Men I Trust, Fuzz, Pond, Perfume Genius, Aldous Harding, Sleaford Mods, DakhaBrakha, Shannon and the Clams, Duster, Viagra Boys, and more.

These will be Black Country, New Road’s first US shows without singer and guitarist Isaac Wood.

Here are 30 albums we love that came out between January and March, including Big Thief, Aldous Harding, Cate Le Bon, Earl Sweatshirt, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Soul Glo, and more...

The Wales fest also includes Metronomy, Bicep (live), Cate Le Bon, Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Yves Tumor, Black Country New Road, Dry Cleaning, Ezra Furman, Jenny Hval, Mdou Moctar, Arab Strap, and much more...

The band, whose new album 'Ants From Up There' is out this week, will continue on without Wood but upcoming tours are off.

Listen to new songs by Nilüfer Yanya, Big Thief, Animal Collective, Khruangbin & Leon Bridges, Black Country New Road, Superchunk, Band of Horses, Bodega, Bambara, Babehoven, Smrtdeath/Mark Hoppus, and more...

Listen to new songs by SASAMI, Pinegrove, Wiegedood, Jon the Movie (Rule Them All), Jake Xerxes Fussell, and more...

From Mitski to Earl Sweatshirt to Big Thief to Beach House to Kendrick Lamar to Nilüfer Yanya to Wet Leg to Arctic Monkeys to Paramore, here are 80 albums we can't wait to hear in 2022...