Okay, let’s tumble into Apryll Aileen's “Under My Tree,” shall we? It’s not your grandma’s sleigh-bell jingler, not by a long shot. Aileen, this classically-trained pianist, decides to cloak herself in a Christmas-themed R&B haze, like wrapping a finely-made watch in soft flannel. It’s the kind of thing that makes you tilt your head. https://open.spotify.com/track/6BBE2fTRte3f7HW7NZkTwm?si=JDkhIyolRLeIJS9r8m7PVA The song feels like staring at a snow globe, the tiny...

ReetoxA fundamentally disrupts our modern, fragmented listening habits with the release of "Soliloquy", an epic double album that essentially demands to be swallowed whole. After thirty years of stockpiling thoughts, melodies, and regrets, frontman Jason McKee (operating as lead singer, music composer, and lyric writer) finally lets the dam burst. Birthed from pandemic isolation, this cinematic indie-rock sprawl pulls massive classical elements specifically a...