The finest, boldest and most singular dream pop act since the Cocteau Twins.

Beach House has never been the band to thrust conversion by force at anyone.

No one is expected to pump their fist and sing along at a Beach House show

Five years is an eternity in the life of a record.

Our Top 25 Songs of 2015.

Another instant Beach House classic.

Depression Cherry retreats from the sonic advances of Teen Dream and Bloom toward a primitive and stripped down sound.

20. Cat Power Sun [Matador] Cat Power’s ninth studio album is filled with unexpected studio flourishes—overdubs, synthesizers, electronic beats—and yet retains all the lyric edge and raw, minor-key emotion that distinguish the best of her work. Sun has moments as introspective as anything in Chan Marshall’s catalog, notably the hangover ruminations of “3,6,9” or the understated rage of “Always on …

25) M.I.A. – “Bad Girls” [Interscope] Originally released by M.I.A. as a 2:13 worldbeat experiment on 2010’s Vicki Leekx mixtape, the extended edit of “Bad Girls” blends the jovial tenacity of the younger performer with the alternative pop sheen the songstress has cultivated in the interim 13 months. True, the song centers on M.I.A. getting banged in the front seat …

I am trying to create an imaginary moment. It’s the summer of 2010 and Beach House’s third record Teen Dream has been out for six months. It’s their best album to date, a slight move away from the dream pop of the self-titled debut and Devotion. There are more crescendos, both musical and emotional. I imagine Alex Scally and Victoria …