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It was a pretty wild year for music. Here are some KPBS staff picks for the best albums of 2022.

Torrential rains have left many people dead or missing in and around South Korea's capital. President Yoon Suk-yeol says they must prepare for more extreme weather resulting from climate change.

An evocative museum exhibition from a legendary electronic musician and naturalist encourages audiences to connect with nature through a "great animal orchestra."

A dish of brain cells learned to play the 1970s video game Pong. The research could help computers become more intelligent

Twenty-five years into their genre-defying electronic music career, Thievery Corporation’s founding principles of D.I.Y. and inclusion have become key themes in main stream social conversation. After a dozen highly acclaimed full-length albums, remix LPs, concert recordings, and over two decades of incendiary live performances that have thrilled audiences worldwide, Thievery Corporation’s music and message is more relevant and important now than ever. Another artist is joining them on tour! Singer, rapper, and writer Dessa has made a career of bucking genres and defying expectations—her résumé as a musician includes performances at Lollapalooza and Glastonbury, co-compositions for 100-voice choir, performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, and top-200 entries on the Billboard charts. On the stage and on the page, Dessa’s style is defined by ferocity, wit, tenderness, and candor. They will be performing at Belly Up Tavern on Monday, December 13 at 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. Get Tickets Here: $79 advanced / $84 day of show / $139 reserved loft seating (available over the phone or in person at out box office)

Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died. He was 79.

Inspired and the Sleep consists of singer-bassist Max Greenhalgh and guitarist-keyboardist Bryce Outcault. Inspired and the Sleep's indie pop jams burst with hook filled flavor and pack an electronic punch. On another hand, Trouble in the Wind has a sound that filters the golden state’s surf-rock glow through layers of gritty folk with a twinge of country. The two bands will be performing live, sharing the Belly Up stage! Date | Saturday, October 30 at 9 p.m., doors open at 8 p.m. Location | Belly Up Tavern Get tickets here! Advanced admission: $12 Day-of-show admission: $15 Reserved Loft Seating: $21 (available over the phone or in person at out box office) For more information, please visit the Belly Up Tavern website or call (858) 481-8140.

Around 164,000 people's votes for the midterm elections are at risk after Arizona's Cochise County and Pennsylvania's Luzerne County failed to certify local results by their states' deadlines.

Seven years after the Safe and Responsible Drivers Act gave undocumented residents a license to drive, the state is ready to expand its impact, but the law still has detractors.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called off his trip to China after the discovery of a Chinese "surveillance" balloon over the U.S. It's the latest setback in an increasingly fraught relationship.