The risk inside a good day gives Biernacki’s “Up & Down” its pulse. The Kraków songwriter and producer places a close vocal over piano, delicate percussion, bass and electronic detail, then lets the pressure collect rather than explode. This is polished alt-pop with a melancholic streak, built for the listener who knows that relief can sometimes make the mind start looking for the next thing...

With all these talented artists working together on a single track, you can be sure that it will not be anything short of exceptional, lyrically fascinating, and melodically harmonic. "It's Christmas Time" is the name of the new song that Tommy Danger, Dom Brady, and the ladies of One Voice wrote, and it's the ideal Christmas song to get you in the spirit. Warm melodies performed...