FEATURE:
The November Playlist 
IN THIS PHOTO: YONAKA
Vol.4: The Day After the Black Friday…
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THIS time of year brings change and a slow transition…
IN THIS PHOTO: Björk
as we delve into winter. The pre-Christmas releases are a mixed bag: some weeks, there are wonderful singles brimming from every crevice: other times, it is a rather disappointing fare! This week is not overflowing with great songs but there are some fantastic treats among the pack. YONAKA, Catherine McGrath and Sigur Rós join EERA, U2 and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – a fantastic combination of singles, videos and albums…
I am looking forward to the next few weeks to see what arrives. Maybe there will be a lot of Christmas songs; some interesting deviations or standard offerings – who knows what will come?! This week’s batch gives a nice assortment of genres: some big, mainstream hits and a smattering of underground treasures…
ALL PHOTOS (unless stated otherwise): Getty
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Health x Nolife – Hard to Be Good
Gulp – Morning Velvet Sky
YONAKA – Bubblegum
Isaac Gracie – Terrified
Little Mix – Is Your Love Enough?
Catherine McGrath – Thought It Was Gonna Be Me
PHOTO CREDIT: Jùnn
Young Fathers – Lord
Rae Morris – Atletico
White Room – Twisted Celebration
PHOTO CREDIT: Simon Wolf
Cosmo Sheldrake and Bunty – Mind of Rocks
DaVido – Like Dat
Dirty Nice – It’s Happening
All Tvvins – Crash
Sigur Rós – frakkur: 4:01
Jessica Agombar – Two Minds
The New Coast – Caught
THYLA – Pristine Dream
PHOTO CREDIT: Ruthless Imagery Photography
LE BOOM – Don’t Need It Now
BANFI– Caroline
PHOTO CREDIT: Alice Rainis
EERA – Living
Billy Raffoul – Difficult
Van Morrison – Broken Record
Paramore – Fake Happy
Luca – Wales
MALUMA and French Montana – GPS
Craig David (ft. Bastille) – I Know You
Anitta and J Balvin – Downtown
PHOTO CREDIT: Tom Bird
The Golden Boy – Blah Blah Shake
Grace Mitchell – RIIICH
James Arthur – Naked
Sonny – Yesterday’s Gone
Drahla – Silk Spirit
PHOTO CREDIT: Mathias Tru
Melis – Flower
Kodak Black – Brand New Glizzy
One Bit and Noah Cyrus – My Way
Thunder Jackson – Guilty Party
WSTRN – Ben’ Ova
PHOTO CREDIT: Harvey Pearson
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Because of Toledo
U2 – The Blackout
André Rieu – Jerusalem of Gold
Kap G – Big Racks
Steel Banglez (ft. Yungen, MoStack; Mr Eazi and Not3s) – Bad
Björk (ft. Arca) – Losss
PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Maccabee
Black Honey – Dig
Kehlani – Already Won
Sports Team – Stanton
Stephanie Rainey – Sorry
Broken Witt Rebels – Georgia Pine
Lo Moon – Thorns
Frank Turner – The Road
PHOTO CREDIT: Anna Lee Photography
The Score – Miracle
Matt Terry – Don’t Ask
Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift
Burna Boy – Streets of Africa
Phoebe Bridgers – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
HRVY – I Won’t Let You Down
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Fort Knox
Sia – Santa’s Coming for Us
G-Eazy – Summer in December
Anna Leone – I Never Really
PHOTO CREDIT: Josh Shinner
Two Another – Hoping You Changed
Poppy Ajudha – Tepid Soul
IN THIS PHOTO: Catherine McGrath
It is intriguing seeing all these different artists together in a playlist. I am amazed there are so many releases this close to Christmas – one assumes there would be far fewer offerings as artists prepare their moves for 2018. The big-guns like Noel Gallagher and Björk, Phoebe Bridgers and Van Morrison rub shoulders with music’s fledgeling competitors – it shows what a depth and variety there is out there!
The next few weeks are going to be very interesting and revealing. There will be the Christmas-themed songs but, as the last moments of 2017 tick; artists will want to get something into the ether – discovering what form that takes is going to be wonderful.