Level 4 releases festive music just in time. Christmas With You is the group's first holiday album of original Christmas songs. Music was designed to be felt before it was heard, and their Christmas tune brings back warm memories you didn't actually expect. It has the emotional depth and authenticity of the golden age of rich, soulful albums from the first note. No pressure to...

The first listen of Haus of Sound’s new single, “Mirage,” is like walking into a room where a beautifully ornate vase has just been shattered against a wall. There's a jagged, crystalline energy here, a collision of theatrical drama and raw, modern discontent. Evolving from their 2000s tribute roots, the Everett band has synthesized the best of that era’s angst—the coiled tension of early...