The best albums of 2022 include the Afghan Whigs, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, the London Suede, King Gizzard & and the Lizard Wizard, an album of Yoko Ono songs, Black Country, New Road and Drive-By Truckers. Welcome to the heart of our countdown of the best albums…

Alex Cameron, “Oxy Music.” A title like Oxy Music evokes scenes of decadence and hedonism. Alex Cameron knows that. Most likely, that’s one reason it’s the title of his latest album. The cover art emphasizes this idea: The crisp white letters and the washed-out, soft-focus portrait of the Australian…

Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 short story “The Killers” is an understated, subtle and tense tale of two hitmen in a diner. Most of the story’s simmering emotion is buried in lines of clipped dialog coming from men with unreadable faces. Imploding the Mirage, the new album from The Killers, is…

Tame Impala performs at Treasure Island Music Festival at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2018. Photos: Chloe Catajan OAKLAND — Everything was a haze. Tame Impala closed out 2018’s Treasure Island Music Festival in what felt like a dream state. A hypnotic swirl on the “The…