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This year’s best music features songs to make you think, laugh and dance, plus something special from one of our own.

The Israeli military showed unreleased bodycam video from the Oct. 7 attacks, as the death toll in Gaza rises and some activists deny Hamas’ atrocities.

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the July 4th holiday falling on a Tuesday, leaving less songs to consider. So, this week’s Songs of the Week is supersized and incorporates tracks from the last two weeks.

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI & The Johnsons album review: an outstretched hand from one queer generation to the next

Recorded at speed, Anohni’s first album since 2016 adds a soulful swagger to poetic, cathartic rock

Much more strident on her last album, Hopelessness, here she mostly sounds resigned and mournful

The New York singer’s voice will make you shiver as it soars over simple guitar, bass and drums on her most approachable album since the mid-00s

In a couple days, ANOHNI is releasing a new album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, her first in seven years and her first attributed to ANOHNI And The Johnsons in over a decade. We’ve heard two singles so far — “It Must Change” and “Sliver Of Ice” — and today we’re getting a third, “Why Am I Alive Now?,” which comes with a music video directed by Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer.

Hunter directed the video for contemplative indie-jazz fusion ”Why Am I Alive Now?,” the latest single off ANOHNI and the Johnsons’ new album ’My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross.’

Photo: Anohni with Nomi Ruiz c. Rebis Music 2023 ANOHNI and the Johnsons have shared a new single, Why Am I Alive Now?....