From Clairo to Sugababes, and a bunch of Yeah Yeah Yeahs: autumn 2022’s essential music
22.08.2022 - 15:33
/ msn.com
Wembley Stadium, London, 3 September. A fascinatingly eclectic addition to the world of 2020s pop, Rina Sawayama’s second album has already spawned two fantastic singles in Catch Me in the Air and This Hell. Advance reports suggest Hold the Girl offers a stew of glam, alt-rock, electronics and influences ranging from Paramore to the Corrs.
• Released 16 September on Dirty Hit. Hot Chip’s eighth album, Freakout/Release, was trailed by the writhing, funky single Down: a perfect example of their longstanding ability to write amazing pop songs, while keeping one eye fixed on the demands of the dancefloor. They’re also reliably fantastic live.
• Tour begins O2 Academy Brixton, 21 September. A new Christine and the Queens album, another new persona. Redcar – presumably not named after the North Yorkshire seaside town, but who knows? – is a suave, tuxedo-sporting playboy figure, to be unveiled at two September gigs in Paris and London.
The accompanying album is, apparently “vast, hopeful and ambitious”. • Released 23 September on Because Music. Digga D’s most recent mixtape, Noughty By Nature, was an ambitious expansion of his style.
Rooted in drill – and subject to controversy and police interest as a result – it diverted into trap, 50 Cent-influenced 2000s hip-hop, even pop ballads. He played his first headlining gig only last year, making the prospect of this tour intriguing. • Tour begins 02 Ritz Manchester, 28 September,.
A YouTube-boosted, lo-fi bedroom pop sensation turned fully fledged critically acclaimed star. Clairo’s most recent album, Sling, was strikingly mature, rooted in the confessional singer-songwriting of the 1970s. How its understated, soft-voiced approach translates live, in front of an excitable young
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