Midlake

This week in Indie Basement: All the best records of 2022, with a focus on classic indie, college rock, and more.

Long-running UK mag MOJO‘s Top Albums list includes Arctic Monkeys, Beyonce, Angel Olsen, Big Thief, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Wet Leg, Black Thought & Danger Mouse, Suede, Horace Andy, Beth Orton, and more.

Nathaniel Rateliff brought out Simon for four songs during his ”American Tune Review” tribute set, which also featured Lee Fields, Lucius, Marcus Mumford, Natalie Merchant, Courtney Marie Andrews, Lukas Nelson, and Rhiannon Giddens.

Including Beach House, Cate Le Bon, Kevin Morby, Midlake, Naima Bock, Destroyer, Nilüfer Yanya, and more.

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...

Plus: The 1975, Midlake, Porno for Pyros, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tinariwen, Algernon Cadwallader, Muse, Panic! At the Disco, The Heavy Heavy, Ultra Deluxe, Teenage Halloween, Saetia, of Montreal and more tour and festival news.

This was Midlake‘s first NYC show in eight years.

Featuring: Destroyer, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Spiritualized, Horsegirl, Aldous Harding, Working Men's Club, Fontaines DC, Midlake, Gruff Rhys, Hollie Cook, and more.

This week's playlist includes new music by Arcade Fire, The Smile, Rosalía, Arooj Aftab, Sudan Archives, Syd ft. Lucky Daye, Tropical Fuck Storm & King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and more.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new records by Midlake, Pictish Trail, Young Guv, King Gizzard/Tropical Fuck Storm, a reissue of Feelies offshoot The Trypes, and more.