Our music staffs lays out their favorite local releases of the year.

Lenorable’s Christmas track came in just under the wire last night, but this cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is still worth a listen on Dec. 26.

With songs inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poems and a penchant for dark synth lines and guitar parts, Lenorable is the best Three Stars act we could have picked to interview in advance of Halloween.