Culture to cheer you up during the second lockdown: part one

As parts of the UK enter another month - at least - of being stuck indoors, our critics pick out top music, games, books, TV, dance and art fixes to lift your spirits

• Part two: film, comedy, theatre, classical music and podcasts

Khruangbin - Mordechai
Because sometimes what you need during lockdown is to be transported somewhere better by whatever's in your headphones: Mordechai's self-styled Earth music" sounds like a warm summer breeze, a gentle drift of guitars equal parts psychedelic and west African, scattered vocals and lazy funk drums, the overall effect somewhere between Roy Ayers and Air.