When you’ve suffered a loss around Christmas, that becomes a focal point of the holiday. “#Remembering” from Son Scotty raps that loss while clinging to Grammy ambition.
To turn it around, The Holderness Family is back with “#JammieTime,” family home movies that make them seem better than us–with R.E.M. music to back them up.
“Christma$ Twenty Fourteen” may not speak the date, but honors the time with a pop/rap mashup torn from interior sentimentality. Jay Stansfield is xylophones of fun.