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HELLO THERE! This is your very last email from us in 2022. Thanks for being with us in this, the 20th year of the CMU Daily. I know, how did that happen? We have some exciting things lined up for 2023 to kick off our next 20 years, so stay tuned for that. Right here and now though, today we're rounding up our favourite music of the last year, with three excellent playlists for you to listen to over the festive break. We will still be reporting on key music industry news stories on our website over Christmas and new year, with links to recent stories in this bulletin. |
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ON THE CMU STEREO 2022 Maybe it's because this was the year we finally came out of COVID restrictions, but there was a hell of a lot of great music released in 2022. So our starting long-list was a great deal larger than the final 40 that feature in the playlist. Some outstanding music was lost. Then added back in again. Then cut once more. And then we'd remember a track we'd forgotten and be back at square one. We did it though, you'll no doubt be pleased to hear, and have compiled a 40 track playlist representing a wide array of artists and genres. There are tracks you will definitely know on there and others you almost certainly won't. It's great. So great. Included are tracks by Kendrick Lamar, Blackpink, Wet Leg, Rina Sawayama, Loyle Carter, Yard Act, Nilüfer Yanya, Sinead O'Brien, and many more. You'll find our full write-up of the whole playlist here. And you can listen to it all on Spotify here and YouTube here. |
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CMU APPROVED IN 2022 That's a whole lot of new music to get your teeth into. As the year has progressed, many of those artists have gone on to wider acclaim, while others are on the verge of bigger things. With the year drawing to a close, and CMU Approved on its festive break, now is a good time to reacquaint ourselves with all of those artists. But where to start? Well, it's alright, you're in the right place. We've taken every track featured in the column this year and collected them all together for you. You can delve into all of them and go back to their original write-ups here, and also listen to them all in the handy playlist we've put together on Spotify here and YouTube here. |
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CMU'S ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2022 There have been so many albums that felt utterly vital this year that we we just couldn't do it. So here are our 20 favourite albums of 2022 - a number that also felt unfair, but, you know, you have to stop somewhere. Trying to rank them equally feels like a difficult and, for that matter, unnecessary task. So we simply ordered them based on how well a track from each flowed in a playlist. A playlist, you say? Yes indeed. A playlist. A very good one. And one that you can listen to on Spotify here or YouTube here. Once you've listened to that though, make sure you go and listen to every single one of these albums in full. And, in the meantime, read on to find out what our selections are and why we love them so… Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth Sinead O'Brien - Time Bend And Break The Bower Los Bitchos - Let The Festivities Begin Melt Yourself Down - Pray For Me I Don't Fit In Loyle Carner - Hugo Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale And The Big Steppers Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes Wu-Lu - Loggerhead Chat Pile - God's Country Konvent - Call Down The Sun Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory Gilla Band - Most Normal Otoboke Beaver - Super Champon Yard Act - The Overload King Hannah - I'm Sorry, I Was Just Being Me Nilüfer Yanya - Painless Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter Tomberlin - I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This Aldous Harding - Warm Chris Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl |
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