Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Arooj Aftab's new album, Night Reign, is one of our favorite albums out May 31. Shreya Dev Dube/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Soccer Mommy, Hana Vu, Noah Georgeson and Devendra Banhart, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Marie Ulven, who writes and records as girl in red. Her debut full-length, If I Could Make It Go Quiet, is on our shortlist of the best albums out on April 30. Jonathan Kise/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Left: José González; Top middle: Charlie Hickey; Right: Ethel Cain; Bottom middle: Francis Of Delirium Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Rapper Lil Peep. His posthumous, third full-length, Everybody's Everything, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Nov. 15. Adam DeGross/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Jenny Hval, Sudan Archives, Anna Meredith, Mellotron Variations (Robby Grant, Jonathan Kirkscey, John Medeski, Pat Sansone) Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Elle King's sophomore full-length Shake the Spirit is on our short list for the best albums out on Oct. 19. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Matt Sweeney/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Bonnie Prince Billy and Dawn McCarthy. Lindsey Rome/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy performs live on Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage hide caption

Folk singer and songwriter Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Jesse Fischler/Courtesy of the artist hide caption