“Music” Archives

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 thrillingnew 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.

18 minutes of retro-futuristic pop perfection.

The dream pop trio creates the sweetest sounding existential angst you’re ever likely to hear.

Nabihah Iqbal ultimately sounds like nobody so much as herself.

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.

This remarkably strong debut is filled with simple-yet-affecting tales of love at its best and worst, all wrapped in gorgeous pop arrangements.

The Breeders, Fine China, Grimes, My Bloody Valentine, My Favorite, Wild Beasts and many more are waiting for us in 2018.

This compilation spotlights the diversity of musical talent that Opus has focused on over the years.

Angela Klimek’s lovely debut conjures up a magical, enchanting view of winter thanks to vast ambient drones and textures.