This performance is proof that Nick McCabe was one of the ’90s true guitar gods.

The noted producer combines the “Black Panther” soundtrack with selections from the storied hip-hop duo’s discography.

Tor Lundvall’s first vocal album in nearly ten years blends hushed ambient music with themes of sorrow and longing.

When I was in high school, I once used this album to scare the little kids in my church.

Choir frontman Derri Daugherty will also release a solo album this year.

Brian Healy will also perform the album in its entirety at this year’s Audiofeed Music Festival.

Delicate acoustic folk, spaced out synth jams, contemplative ambience, and soulful electronic pop.

This will be the first new music from the Violets since 2011.

Miracle’s darkly elegant music takes the sounds of the ’80s and reshapes them into strange and thrilling​ new forms.

Fine China return after thirteen years with some of their best songs to date. Elegant, wistful pop of the finest sort.

MagentaMantaLoveTree is a sprawling, uneven album that’s by turns fascinating and frustrating, impassioned and inconsistent.

Raison d’être’s dark ambience may begin in the shadows, but it’s never content to stay there.

Cinema has lost one of its most admired, acclaimed, and distinguished composers.

This “children fairytale book concept album” is full of enchanting, beguiling music.

Proof that Slowdive’s lush shoegaze pop holds up perfectly well outside studio walls.

Also, what does a tribute to the Purple One have to do with Star Trek?

Heart-breaking music about death; dreamy electronica from shoegaze giants; inspired ’80s pop; plaintive, old-timey folk/country; and goofy country-punk.

These are albums that I tend to gravitate towards once the skies turn grey, the mercury drops, and the snow begins to fall.

An impressive debut that feels both nostalgic and original; exquisitely composed dreampop; and super funky future funk.

This mix is a collection of songs that helped me get through the year — that encouraged, uplifted, challenged, and yes, moved me.