FEATURE: The October Playlist: Vol.2: Pills, Question Time and the Holy Mountain

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The October Playlist

 

IN THIS PHOTO: Noel Gallagher

Vol.2: Pills, Question Time and the Holy Mountain

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BIG album releases from the likes of…

IN THIS PHOTO: St. Vincent/PHOTO CREDIT: Nedda Afsari/Muted Fawn

Beck, Robert Plant and St. Vincent mean we are not exactly short of world-class music this week! It is rare seeing a trinity of year-best-potential records arrive on the same day. I have included songs from each artist’s new release – Colors, Carry Fire and MASSEDUCTION, respectively – and collate fresh inspiration from Noel Gallagher, Dave and Lo Moon. It is a week where some true titans nestle alongside the newcomers – those making their way to the mainstream.

After a couple of weeks – that have promised great music but few epic selections – it seems this is the week where we can reclaim some of that giddy headiness…

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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Holy Mountain

Weaves – Slicked

Phoenix – Ti Amor

Dave – Question Time

St. Vincent – Pills

First Aid Kit – It’s a Shame

Shamir – Straight Boy

Sufjan Stevens – Wallowa Lake Monster

Declan McKenna – Why Do You Feel So Down?

PHOTO CREDIT: @lekklekklekk

Ecca Vandal (ft. Dennis Lyxzén and Jason Aalon Butler) – Price of Living

Lindsey Stirling – Mirage

Kane Brown – Heaven

Daya – New

Leo Kaylan – No Man’s Land, Pt. 1

Makemake – I’m the Form in the Way

Mahalia and Buddy – Hold On

Jessie Reyez – Phone Calls

Oh, Weatherly – Make You Bright

ABISHA – All That

Island Club – Irresistible

Modern Whale – How Deep We Get

Marmozets – Habits

Mallrat – Better

Rex Orange County (ft. Benny Sings) – Loving Is Easy

Poppy Ajudha and Kojey Radical – Spilling Into You

Aminé – Spice Girl

PHOTO CREDIT: Atlantic Records

Kodak Black – Snot Thot

Troy Ave – Smooth Criminal

Angel – Take You Home

Will Joseph Cook – If You Want to Make Money

Lo Moon – Thorns

Vibbar – Sweden

Cheat Codes (ft. Fetty Wap and CVBZ) – Feels Great

Chris Brown (ft. Future and Young Thug) – High End

PHOTO CREDIT: Joel Dieleman

Naaz – Up to Something

PHOTO CREDIT: Holly Whitaker Photography

Matt Maltese – Comic Life

Dagny – Love You Like That

PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Alexander Harris

Fickle Friends – Hard to Be Myself

Jonas Blue (ft. Moelogo) – We Could Go Back

Khelani – Touch

PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Alcazar

ThunderCat (Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins) – Show You the Way

Kris Wu (ft. Travis Scott) – Deserve

Lotto Boyzz – Facetime Me

Louis Tomlinson – Just like You

Beck – Colors

Cara Dillon (ft. Sam Lakeman) – The Leaving Song

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – On Script

Mabel – Begging

Baths – Out

PHOTO CREDIT: Clara Bäcklund

Ross Harris – Compound Fracture 

Tokio Myers – Bloodstream

Tom Chaplin – Under a Million Lights

Tom Walker – Leave a Light On

Vamps (ft. Maggie Lindemann) – Personal

YG Hootie (ft. Kendrick Lamar) – The City

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Countdown

L.A. Guns – The Missing Peace

Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes

Nerina Pallot – Juno

Nine Inch Nails – The Lovers

Robert Plant – A Way with Words

The White Buffalo – Hide and Seek

William Patrick Corgan – Archer

Wretch 32 – DPMO

Wu-Tang Clan (ft. Redman) – People Say

IN THIS PHOTO: Robert Plant/PHOTO CREDIT: Mads Perch

That should be enough to tuck into this weekend! It is amazing seeing Beck, Robert Plant and St. Vincent release on the same day. Other albums – including the new one from King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard – should not go unrecognised.

I am excited seeing how October pans out and what other treats there are in store for us all!

 

FEATURE: The October Playlist: Vol.1: Praying for a Little of Your Love

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The October Playlist

 IN THIS PHOTO: Sam Smith

 Vol.1: Praying for a Little of Your Love

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THERE are not many big releases…

IN THIS PHOTO: HAIM

this week but there are new offerings from Sam Smith and HAIM – a fresh video from the latter. It is an interesting week in terms of the blend of music and sounds. I am interested in new albums by Liam Gallagher and The Darkness; tracks from Soulwax and Blue Hawaii – there are some interesting treats and below-the-radar songs worth investigating. A full and varied assortment of tracks from the biggest stars in music – and those making their way through at the minute.

It is an intriguing and exciting start to October and ensures fascination and curiosity will remain over the next few weeks.

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HAIM – Little of Your Love

Sam Smith – Pray

Self Esteem – OMG

The Breeders – Wait in the Car

ARTWORK CREDIT: @laprisamata1

Weezer – Weekend Woman

The Shins – Cherry Hearts

From a Window – Sleep Alone

Stormzy – 4 PM in London

Blue Hawaii – Do You Need Me

King Krule – Half Man Half Shark

Soulwax – Is It Always Binary

Kele Okereke – Streets Been Talkin’

PHOTO CREDIT: Phil Smithies

INHEAVEN – Stupid Things

St. Vincent – Los Ageless

PHOTO CREDIT: @ryanjmcfadden

Bipolar Sunshine – Major Love

Aquilo – Thin

Blessed – Howlin

Charlie Puth – How Long?

Claudia Morris – Here’s to Life

Felix Jaehn (ft. Hearts & Colour and Adam Trigger) – Like a Riddle

Gabrielle Aplin – Stay

Giggs – The Essence

Grace VanderWaal – Escape My Mind

Jessie J – Not My Ex

Kamille (ft. Avelino) – Body

Lewis Capaldi – Fade

Ludacris – Vices

Marillion – Living in FEAR

Rudy Mancuso x Poo Bear – Black and White

Shakka – Heart the Weekend

YONAKA – Bubblegum

PHOTO CREDIT: Vogue

AJ Tracey – Quarterback

Ane Brun – Into My Arms

PHOTO CREDIT: Karen Jerzyk Photo

The Black Dahlia Murder – Kings of the Nightworld

Carla Bruni – Moon River

The Darkness – Southern Trains

JP Cooper – Good Friend

Liam Gallagher – Paper Crown

Kelela – Jupiter

Lara Fabian – Painting in the Rain

PHOTO CREDIT: PEROU

Marilyn Manson – SAY10

Melanie de Biasio – Gold Junkies

Rationale – Somewhere to Belong

The Weather Station – Black Flies

Wolf Parade – Baby Blue

Zak Abe – Broken

Luke Bryan – Light It Up

Sabrina Claudio – Used To

PLAZA – Speak It

Spoon – I Ain’t the One

Tremors – Scar

Louis the Child (ft. Ashe) – Right to It

Floating Points – Ratio

Promiseland – Take Down the House

PHOTO CREDIT: @hellomikeamico

Tash Sultana – Mystik

Mild High Club – Super Silly

Meadowlark – May I Have This Dance

Sevdaliza – Mad Woman

George Glew – Home Love

Off Bloom – Hey Bae

PHOTO CREDIT: Meredith Truax

James TW – For You

Craig David – For the Gram

PHOTO CREDIT: Jennica Mae Photography

Lauv – Easy Love

CuckooLander – Crazier

PHOTO CREDIT: Abeiku Arthur

MiC LOWRY – Can’t Lie

The Van T’s – Bittersweet

PHOTO CREDIT: Rosaline Shahnavaz

The Magic Gang – Alright

IN THIS PHOTO: Jessie J

This week has seen a few interesting albums (Liam Gallagher among them) but St. Vincent is bringing one out next week. We cannot reach the giddy heights of the Benjamin Clementine/Wolf Alice week – two year-defining albums releases right at once! Maybe October will see some huge albums come out but it seems like the tracks will be more interesting and solid.

I am looking forward to next week and what comes out; how many big songs arrive – and what treasures will drop from the musical heavens.

FEATURE: The September Playlist: Vol.5: As the Nights Draw In…

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The September Playlist 

 

IN THIS PHOTO: Wolf Alice

Vol.5: As the Nights Draw In…

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THIS week has seen, perhaps, the two finest albums…

IN THIS PHOTO: Benjamin Clementine

of the year arrive at once. We have Wolf Alice’s Visions of a Life and Benjamin Clementine’s I Tell a Fly. It is a fantastic double and shows what terrific British music there is right now. In addition to a track from each album; there are new ones from Ezra Furman and BANKS; videos from Maggie Rogers and The Horrors – a lovely selection of big-name releases and those rarer-than-most gems. It is always good seeing the full breadth of music come to the fore.

Among the mainstream best are sensational Rap and Urban tracks; Indie smashes and some incredible Pop moments – guaranteeing the last September Playlist is a smash!

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PHOTO CREDIT: Jason Simmons

Ezra Furman – Driving Down to L.A.

RY X – Bad Love

PHOTO CREDIT: Katia Temkin

Maggie Rogers – Split Stones

The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By

PHOTO CREDIT: MATT SAV

Pond – Colder than Ice

PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Rockman

Desta French – Needing U

PHOTO CREDIT: Alice Rainis

EERA – Living

Mount Kimbie – Four Years and One Day

Run the Jewels – Mean Demeanor

PHOTO CREDIT: Danny Cohen

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Continental Breakfast

Delaire – Take it Slow

Alex Maxwell – Let  Go

BANKS – Underdog

Chris Lane (ft. Tori Kelly) – Take Back Home Girl

PHOTO CREDIT: Harvey Pearson

Col3trane – Penelope

The Corrs – SOS

Disciples – Jealousy

EDEN – start//eden

Nilüfer Yanya – Baby Luv

IMAGE CREDIT: @villas_artwork

Sasha Brown – Parallel

PHOTO CREDIT: Paige Sara Photo

Barns Courtney – Rather Die

First Aid Kit – It’s a Shame

J Balvin, Willy William (featuring Beyoncé) – Mi Gente

Petit Biscuit and Panama – Waterfall

Strong Asian Mothers – Hard to Find

George Kwali (ft. Lonestar) – When It Begins

Greta Isaac – Tied

Ibeyi – I Wanna Be Like You

PHOTO CREDIT: @fancyfortune

Jessie Ware – Egoista

Krept & Konan – For Me

PHOTO CREDIT: Carl Osbourn

Fenne Lily – Three Oh Nine

Liam Gallagher – Greedy Soul

Matrix & Futurebound (ft. Raphaella) – Human

Russ – Ride Slow

MJ Cole – Pictures in My Head

P!nk – Beautiful Trauma

Pixie Lott (ft. Stylo) – Won’t Forget You

PRETTYMUCH – Teacher

Lilla Vargen – Hold On

Lil Yachty – Lady in Yellow

Young Thug (ft. Future) – Relationship

Molly Kate Kestner – Footprints

Hopsin – The Purge

Scouting for Girls – Dancing in the Daylight

Skinny Living – Fade

Melanie Martinez – Mad Hatter

Tom Speight – My Side

Tabitha Nauser (ft. SonaOne) – Body Language

 

Belinda Carlisle – Long Time Sun

Benjamin Clementine – Jupiter

Bad Sounds – Hot Head Chippenham

Grizzly Bear – Losing All Sense

PHOTO CREDIT: David Boni (http://www.davidboni.com/)

Belle and Sebastian – We Were Beautiful

Kygo (ft. Justin Jesso) – Stargazing

Black Stone Cherry – Palace of the King

James Blunt – Don’t Give Me Those Eyes

Blancmange – Anna Dine

David Crosby – Sky Trails

Wolf Alice – Sadboy

Four Tet – Lush

Kamasi Washington –Perspective

PHOTO CREDIT: Zoe Rain Photography

Ed Sheeran – Perfect

Fergie – Love Is Blind

Neil Finn – Alone

Miley Cyrus – Thinkin’

PHOTO CREDIT: Jodie Canwell

Tigercub – Into the Ashes

Sugarmen – Push Button Age

IN THIS PHOTO: BANKS

I am keen to see what comes in October and the type of music that will appear. September has been a really full and exciting one. So many terrific albums and songs have revealed themselves and that can only continue – let’s see what else the autumn has to throw at us! It is a wonderful and rich time for music right now.

I will wrap up this edition but have been delighted by the range and quality of this week’s Playlist…

FEATURE: The September Playlist: Vol. 4: There Are Worse Ways to Spend a Day…

FEATURE:

 

The September Playlist

 

 Vol. 4: There Are Worse Ways to Spend a Day…

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YOU wait for years and years and…before you know it…

IN THIS PHOTO: Rae Morris

a single from Morrissey is upon us! It is first cut to be taken from his upcoming album, Low in High School. Spent the Day in Bed is a typically sharp and memorable track from Moz that is an instant stunner – a song you do not have to hear too many times to fall for. Julia Jacklin and Maggie Rogers have songs out: a video from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is out in the atmopshere – another jammed and eventful Playlist!

There are not quite as many mainstream smashes as weeks past – but there is enough top-quality music for anyone to get their teeth into…

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Morrissey – Spent the Day in Bed

Julia Jacklin – Cold Caller

Isaac Gracie – Silhouettes of You

Kaipa – Children of the Sounds

Destroyer – Tinseltown Swimming in Blood

Rae Morris – DO IT

Bree Runway – What Do I Tell My Friends?

PHOTO CREDIT: Katia Temkin

Maggie Rogers – Split Stones

PHOTO CREDIT: April Arabella

The Ninth Wave – Liars

PHOTO CREDIT: Kristin Slotterøy

Pom Poko – You’ll Be Fine

PHOTO CREDIT: Niall Lea

Low Island – Tomorrow

 

Pale Waves – Television Romance

Wolf Alice – Heavenward

Olivia Holt – Generous

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Lizzo – Truth Hurts

Andrew Hung – Elbow

PHOTO CREDIT: Ibra Ake

Moses Sumney – Lonely World

Burial – Rodent

The Bronx – Two Birds

Sleeping with Sirens – Legends

Com Truise – Propagation

PHOTO CREDIT: Joe Brennan

Gussy – In Order to Love

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Find Yourself

The Lemon Twigs – Night Song

Soft Swells – Within Reason

Billie Eilish – watch

Tricky – The Only Way

Xenoula – Caramello

M. Rivers – Champion

Macklemore (ft. Kesha) – Good Old Days

MiC LOWRY – Don’t Tempt Me

Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes

Avicii (ft. Rita Ora) – Lonely Together

NF – Let You Down

Niall Horan – Too Much to Ask

Kungs (ft. Olly Murs and Coely) – More Mess

Hannah Peel – The Planet of Passed Souls

PHOTO CREDIT: Jimmy Fontaine

Frightened Rabbit – Roadless

H.E.A.T. – Bastard of Society

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (with Mild High Club) – Countdown

Enter Shikari – Airfield

Toby Randall (ft. DJ Khaled) – Landslide

Anne-Marie – Heavy

ALMA (ft. French Montana) – Phases

PHOTO CREDIT: Morgan Martinez of Hooligan Mag

Phoebe Bridgers – Chelsea

Dan Owen – Hideaway

Demi Lovato – Sexy Dirty Love

Brix & The Extricated – Teflon

Emeli Sandé – Starlight

The Horrors – World Below

Gengahr – Carrion

PHOTO CREDIT: Vogue Brasil

Fergie – Life Goes On

The Hunna – Summer

Hurts – Hold on to Me

PHOTO CREDIT: Jos Kottmann

Kölsch – Grey

Lyves – Holding Back

Marc Almond – Blue on Blue

PHOTO CREDIT: PEROU

Marilyn Manson – KILL4ME

Ringo – Speed of Sound

Miley Cyrus – Week Without You

The Clientele – Lunar Days

Rhys – Too Good to Be True

Rhys Lewis – Wish I Was Sober

Shed Seven – Room in My House

Steps – Dancing With a Broken Heart

Tiggs Da Author – Work It Out

METZ – Drained Lake

Tom Grennan – Royal Highness

IN THIS PHOTO: Anne-Marie

It is a good week for music and a nice mix of mainstream big and the promising underground. I am excited to see how Morrissey progresses and whether any more singles come forth. I’m always fascinated discovering the music videos emerging and what form they take.

I will keep my eyes open to see what promises are thrown up for next week – in the final edition of The September Playlist.

FEATURE: The September Playlist: Vol. 3: Open the Gate and the Bull Will Roll (and Other Icelandic Mythologies)

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The September Playlist

 

Vol. 3: Open the Gate and the Bull Will Roll (and Other Icelandic Mythologies)

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ONE hardly needs any more songs in their life…

IN THIS PHOTO: The Lemon Twigs

than a new smash from Björk. It would be a bit strange – and dishonestly misleading – was the current September Playlist to feature only one song. Fortunately, there is a whole bucket-load of brilliant contemporaries – each eager to please with fantastic tracks. Lemon Twigs, Yak and The Horrors race ahead; there are new videos from Radiohead, Lana Del Rey and Wolf Alice; album tracks from Foo Fighters and Seth MacFarlane – underground gems and mainstream nuggets.

It is another incredible week for music and one that shows just how darned fine and varied music is. I will dig into all the songs and I hope you do, too – something for everyone (in here) that is for sure!

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Björk – the gate

The Lemon Twigs – Why Didn’t You Say That?

YAK – All I Need in My Life Is Some Sunshine

The Horrors – Weighed Down

Lana Del Rey – White Mustang

Radiohead – Lift

Wolf Alice – Beautifully Unconventional

Lao Ra (ft. Afro B) – Me Gusta

Insecure Men – Subaru Nights

Bright Light Bright Light & Ana Matronic – I Only Want to Please You

Sløtface – Try

Bad Sounds – Living Alone

Charly Black & Luis Fonsi – Party Animal (Dance Video)

Craig David – Heartline

PHOTO CREDIT: Jimmy Fontaine

Cut Copy – Black Rainbows

David Gray – Hole in the Weather

Catherine McGrath – Talk of This Town

Grace VanderWaal – So Much More than This

Gucci Mane (ft. The Weeknd) – Curve

Sara Bareilles – If I Dare (from Battle of the Sexes)

Enter Shikari – Rabble Rouser

PHOTO CREDIT: Ariel Fisher

Fall Out Boy – The Last of the Real Ones

Oscar and the Wolf – Runaway

 

Frightened Rabbit (ft. Julien Baker) – How It Gets In

Jacob Banks – Unknown (To You)

The XCERTS – Daydream

Jessie J – Think About You

Jessie Ware – Alone

JP Cooper (ft. Stormzy) – Momma’s Prayers

The Killers – Some Kind of Love

Shakira (ft. Nicky Jam) – Perro Fiel

Machine Gun Kelly – Let You Go

Hannah Jane Lewis – Raincheck

Labrinth – Misbehaving

Lorde (ft. Khalid, Post Malone & SZA) – Homemade Dynamite Remix

Muna – In My Way

Mohombi – Radio

King Krule – Dum Surfer

Nialll Horan – Too Much to Ask

NAO – Nostalgia

Nick Jonas – Find You

Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) – rockstar

Rae Morris – DO IT

Dornik – Bestie

Rex Orange County – Edition

Sarah Close – Only You

BLOXX – Coke

Soleima – Paper

Tove Styrke – Mistakes

Toni Braxton – Deadwood

Weezer – Beach Boys

Anastacia – Boxer

Andy Tolman Cartel – Pod to Pod

Angus & Julia Stone – Snow

Arcane Roots – Indigo

Ariel Pink – I Wanna Be Young

Belphegor – Baphomet

The Contortionist – Absolve

Dirty Thrills – Drunk Words

Emily Haines & the Soft Skelenton – Wounded

Fergie (ft. Nicki Minaj) – You Already Know

Foo Fighters – Big Me

Gary Numan – Bed of Thorns

Kip Moore – Fast Women

Lizz Wright – Southern Nights

Michael McDonald – Hail Mary

Prophets of Rage – Hail to the Chief

 

Seth MacFarlane – The First Time It Happens

Superfruit – Vacation

 

IN THIS PHOTO: Wolf Alice

I am so glad Björk is back and fighting – a song that is among the best in recent years. It will be exciting seeing when an album arrives and what she plans next. Elsewhere, a fantastic and ripe crop of music. From those epic and wonderful videos to the stunning new albums – and those songs you’d only find on this Playlist.

FEATURE: The September Playlist: Vol. 2: Saints, Swift and Smith Unlimited

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The September Playlist

 

IN THIS PHOTO: Sam Smith

Vol. 2: Saints, Swift and Smith Unlimited

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THIS ranks as one of the biggest weeks for…

IN THIS PHOTO: London Grammar

releases since I began this feature. There are fresh cuts from St. Vincent, Beck; Robert Plant, Beck and Sam Smith. Skott has a new song out; Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift are adding their voices to the mix. London Grammar and Tove Lo are in my sights – it is a packed week for music. Not only that but there are albums out from The National and Tori Amos – a track from each included in the list.

Even though the weather is becoming more severe – the autumn nights drawing in – we have some sensational music to keep us warm, protected and excited.

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St. Vincent – Los Ageless

U2 – You’re the Best Thing About Me

Robert Plant – Bones of Saints

Skott – Remain

Beck – Up All Night

Demi Lovato – You Don’t Do It for Me Anymore

Sam Smith – Too Good at Goodbyes

George Michael (ft. Nil Rodgers) – Fantasy

Foo Fighters – The Line

Taylor Swift – …Ready For It?

PHOTO CREDIT: Amanda E. Freidman

Tove Lo – Disco Tits

Alvvays – Lollipop (Ode to Jim)

Bad Sounds – Living Alone

Kele Okereke – Do U Right

Jacob Schaffer – Heavy Heart

London Grammar – Non Believer

Kelela – Frontline

PHOTO CREDIT: Gemma Dagger

Catholic Action – Black & White

Zayn and Sia – Dusk Till Dawn

Blue Sails – For Now

Aquilo – I Could Fight on a Wall

.imp – Pull Me Over

 

Thomas Rhett – Leave Right Now

Public Service Broadcasting (ft. James Dean Bradfield) – Turn No More

PHOTO CREDIT: Frank Lebon

Mount Kimbie – Four Years and One Day

The Districts – Violet

Superfood – Where’s the Bass Amp?

Dream Wife – Fire

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Rostam (ft. Kelly Zutrau) – Half-Light

Into the Ark – Underneath the Sun

Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft

Nadine – Go to Work

Arch Enemy – The Eagle Flies Alone

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest

Da Vinci – I’ve Come All This Way

Jason Derulo – If I’m Lucky Part 2

Nina Nesbitt – The Best You Had

Death from Above 1979 – Nomad

Geowulf – Drink Too Much

ODESZA (ft. Leon Bridges) – Across the Room

PHOTO CREDIT: Paige Sara Photo

Barns Courtney – Kicks

IN THIS PHOTO: Sampha

Everything Is Recorded (ft. Sampha, Ibeyi; Wiki and Kamasi Washington) – Mountains of Gold

The Dream Syndicate – How Did I Find Myself Here?

TOPS – Marigold & Gray

Anna Leone – My Soul I

PHOTO CREDIT: Eric Kelly

Happy Hollows – Meteors

Kyla (ft. Popcaan) – You Ain’t Mine

Meek Mill – Save Me

Silentó – Thinking About You

David Zowie – The Perfect Don

ILoveMakonnen (ft. Rae Sremmurd) – Love

Superorgamism – Something for your M.I.N.D.

Jack Johnson – My Mind Is for Sale

FOURS – Overthink

LOVE SICK – Bullet

Kip Moore – Just Another Girl

Audio Push – Stay

Elbow and John Grant – Kindling (Fickle Flame)

Kara Marni – Golden

PHOTO CREDIT: Travis Shinn

Living Colour – Blak Out

Mutemath – Hit Parade

The National – Empire Line

Sparks – Missionary Position

Miguel – Shockandawe

PHOTO CREDIT: Thomas Brooker

Stray From the Path – Only Death Is Real

Himalayas – Sigh of a Hurricane

One Acen – Verified

Stereophonics – Caught by the Wind

Toris Amos – Reindeer King

Trickfinger – Hasan

Voodoo Six – Electric

IN THIS PHOTO: St. Vincent/PHOTO CREDIT: Tiffany & Co.

It is a magnificent week for music. I was not expecting so many high-profile releases – but that is the way music can surprise you. I am looking forward to hearing more from Beck’s forthcoming album, Colors. It is great to hear U2 back; a great new song from St. Vincent. Such a promising and terrific line-up of songs and videos.

Let’s hope next week keeps the pace going but, to be fair, with such a tremendous cupboard of songs this week – I struggle to see how it could possibly be any better!

FEATURE: The September Playlist – Vol. 1: As the Nights Draw In…

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The September Playlist

 

 Vol. 1: As the Nights Draw In…

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WE are now, officially, into spring…

IN THIS PHOTO: Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile

and, with it, the days are getting shorter. There is a noticeable chill in the air and, with it, one is starting to sense a change. Luckily, against the uncertainty and predictable swathes of weather and warmth: music is still its old, reliable self. This week, a huge album from LCD Soundsystem (American Dream) has stolen headlines: singles from The National, Frank Ocean and Elli Ingram. We have videos from Jessie Ware and St. Vincent – lots of cool singles and intriguing cuts from the less-than-super-famous mixed in.

With an album by The National not too far away: we are already seeing signs September is going to be a massive and important month for music. LCD Soundsystem have made the month’s first day, epic and vital – where do we go from here?!

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The National – Day I Die

Frank Ocean – Provider

Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do

Jessie Ware – Selfish Love

Morgxn – xx

St. Vincent – New York

The Ruminaters – I Wanna Fight

Wolf Parade – You’re Dreaming

PHOTO CREDIT: Coley Brown

Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog (V.R. Video)

Andreas Moe – Free Fall

Bruno Major – On Our Own

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Over Everything

Jake Bugg – Hearts That Strain

Curtis Harding – Wednesday Morning Atonement

Deep Sky Objects – This City’s at War

DJDS (ft. Khalid & Empress Of) – Why Don’t You Come On

PHOTO CREDIT: Steven Haddock – Photographer

Fizzy Blood – Haunted

Elli Ingram – Stone Cold

Nothing But Thieves – Broken Machine

Felix Snow (ft. Carti Bankx) – Can’t Nobody

YUNGBLUD – King Charles

Fink – Not Everything Was Better in the Past

Galantis & ROZES – Girls on Boys

George Maple – Hero

Gregory Porter – Smile

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Kiss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bang

Hardy Caprio – Super Soaker

HMLTD – Satan, Luelia and I

Hurts – Ready to Go

Yung Lean – Red Bottom Sky

Jason Derulo – If I’m Lucky

Joel Baker – Save

Death from Above – Holy Books

Lil Pump – Gucci Gang

Maroon 5 (ft. SZA) – What Lovers Do

PHOTO CREDIT: Frank Lebon

Mount Kimbie – Delta

Matoma (ft. The Vamps) – Staying Up

Kasabian – Ill Ray (The King)

PHOTO CREDIT: Pamela Littky

Matthew Dear (ft. Tegan and Sara) – Bad Ones

Mollie King – Hair Down

Mr. Probz (ft. Anderson.Paak) – Gone

NONONO – Masterpiece

PHOTO CREDIT: Ta-ku

Wafia – Bodies

 

Jorja Smith x Preditah – On My Mind

Patrick Joseph – Waiting to Begin

POWERS – Just Kids

Pumarosa – My Gruesome Loving Friend

Paloma Faith – Crybaby

Royce Wood Junior – Well Ran Dry

Rusangano Family – Tea in a Pot

SAINT WKND & MAX – Survive

Sharna Bass – Pass the Dutchie

Shy FX (ft. Breakage, Roses Gabor & Ghetts) – Chocolate

Sløtface – Backyard

PHOTO CREDIT: Anna Webber

Sonia Leigh – Walking in the Moonlight

Tayá – 5432

Ten Tonnes – Cracks Between

Thomas Rhett – Life Changes

Ty Dolla $ign (ft. Damien Marley & Skrillex) – So Am I

Yumi Zouma – Persephone

Beau Dermott – Sparkles

Bicep – Opal

PHOTO CREDIT: Isabella Kerstens

Cloud Control – Zone (This Is How It Feels)

Daughter – Flaws

Dixie Chicks – Easy Silence

Starley – Touch Me

INHEAVEN – Baby’s Alright

Jake Bugg – Burn Alone

LCD Soundsystem – change yr mind

Rhye, Roosevelt – Summer Days (Roosevelt Remix)

Madeline Kenny – Rita

Computer Games, Darren Criss – Lost Boys Life

PHOTO CREDIT: Elly Lucas

Martin Simpson – East Kentucky

Kid Ink – Sweet Chin Music

PHOTO CREDIT: Brian Sweeney

Mogwai – Coolverine

 

A$AP Ferg – Nandos

Newton Faulkner – Alright

J. Roddy Walston and the Business – You Know Me Better

Paradise Lost – Frozen Illusion

The Script – Freedom Child

Flint Eastwood (ft. GRiZ) – Rewind

IN THIS PHOTO: Mollie King

A strong bunch of songs, I’m sure you’ll agree, and one that shows September is a month to be reckoned with! I am staggered that, on its first day, we have, possibly, seen the best album of the year arrive – in the guise of the James Murphy-led, American Dream. Last week; Queens of the Stone Age released Villains: another stonking album that looks set to trouble the top-ten lists of 2017 – next week, The National will add their voice to that elite list.

It is an amazing three weeks for, let’s face it, exceptional American music. The British are not to be defeated: plenty of our best artists showing they are as cutting, original and striking as the best out there.

FEATURE: The August Playlist: Vol. 4: American Dreams and Flying Machines

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The August Playlist 

 

Vol. 4: American Dreams and Flying Machines

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NEARLY every week; music provides a small cluster…

IN THIS PHOTO: Taylor Swift

of wonderful tracks. You know the ones: the big, instant songs that arrive from the biggest acts in music. This week is no different as, after blacking her social media out, Taylor Swift has released a new single, Look What You Made Me Do. Beck is returning with a new album (Colors) and, ahead of that, Dear Life – the super-awesome track from the American legend. It is a week where American artists are making the biggest statements…

Queens of the Stone Age – who have released their album, Villains – are on everyone’s lips. Foo Fighters have introduced Concrete and Gold’s latest offering, The Sky Is a Neighborhood. Katy Perry, with Nicki Minaj, stars in the video for Swish Swish – racking up eye-watering numbers on YouTube right now!

The British elite are not to be outdone with Benjamin Clementine providing shivers and awe with Jupiter. BETSY and Jorja Smith have unveiled incredible new songs – a rich and conversation-starting week of music!

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IMAGE CREDIT: Paul Tuller

Foo Fighters – The Sky Is a Neighborhood

Beck – Dear Life

Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do

Queens of the Stone Age – Feet Don’t Fail Me

Isaac Gracie – The Death of You & I

Katy Perry (ft. Nicki Minaj) – Swish Swish

K.S.I. – Two Birds One Stone

Astrid S – Think Before I Talk

BETSY – You Won’t Love Me

Benjamin Clementine – Jupiter

Echosmith – Future Me

William Patrick Corgan – Aeronaut

Gang of Youths – The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows

Akercocke – Unbound by Sin

The Cadillac Three – Legacy

Vistas – Hold Me

PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Dryden-Smith

Tom Hickox – Istanbul

Fifth Harmony – Make You Mad

Hoops – Cars and Girls

The Dead South – Honey You

PHOTO CREDIT: John Clark

Filthy Friends – The Arrival

Gogol Bordello – Saboteur Blues

Jack Savoretti – No One’s Aware

Ardyn – Throwing Stones

Kim Churchill – Rosemary

 

King Krule – Czech One

Lionheart – 30 Years

Maya Jane Coles – Pulse

Nadine Shah – 2016

Old Dominion – New York at Night

PVRIS – Anyone Else

Shane Filan – Unbreakable

Underworld – Jumbo

Iron & Wine – Call It Dreaming

Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me

Cults – I Took Your Picture

PHOTO CREDIT: Cory Popp

Diamond Thug – Cosmic Dreamer

Fergie (ft. Nicki Minaj) – You Already Know

Colouring – Heathen

Deadmau5 x Shotty Horroh – Legendary

French Montana (ft. Swae Lee) – Unforgettable (Mariah Carey Remix)

Hudson Taylor – Feel It Again

INHEAVEN – Stupid Things

Jamie Lawson – Miracle of Love

Thirty Seconds to Mars – Walk on Water

Action Bronson –Lu Luna

Jorja Smith x Preditah – On My Mind

JP Cooper – Wait

Loreen – Ocean Away

Martin Garrix – Pizza

Midland – Make a Little (Static Version)

Newton Faulkner – Finger Tips

Side Effects – I’m Falling

The Script – Written in the Scars

 

Noah Cyrus – Almost Famous

NUUXS – Real Love

Pnau – Into the Sky

Model Aeroplanes – Fever

Andrew Hung – Animal

Anna of the North – Fire

Royce Wood Junior – Well Ran Dry

The Big Moon – Pull the Other One

PHOTO CREDIT: Oliver Mayhall

The Modern Strangers – Hot Rain

The Killers – Run for Cover

Jadu Heart – I’m a Kid

The War on Drugs – Pain

Liv Lovelle – Won’t Say Too Much

QTY – Dress/Undress

Clouds Nothing – Up to the Surface

Siba – Clean Break

PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Stark

The Pale White – Downer

PHOTO CREDIT:  Sandra Viktoria Thorsson

LÉON – Body

John Hancock III – Stay Plus

Desiigner (ft. Gucci Mane) – Liife

Four Tet – SW9 9SL

Vera (ft. Okay Kaya) – Falling

Kap G – Rings

Marmozets – Play

PHOTO CREDIT: Bliss Katherine

Ray Dalton – If You Fall

NAV, Metro Boomin – Call Me

It is always interesting considering why artists release music/songs at certain points in the year.

Given the fact summer is about to end – there is a need for warmth and something that keeps the energy and hope alive. I don’t know but I am cheered the fact heavyweights like Beck, Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters have added an exceptional drop of magic to end August with – the same can be said for Taylor Swift!

I hope this continues next week and we get another selection of captivating, big-league music – I shall keep my eyes open and will report back in seven days…

FEATURE: The August Playlist: Vol. 3: Something, Nothing and Everything (Everything)

FEATURE:

 

The August Playlist

 IN THIS PHOTO: Anna of the North/PHOTO CREDIT: Jonathan Vivaas Kise

Vol. 3: Something, Nothing and Everything (Everything)

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I have had to pepper the big names equitably through this feature…

IN THIS PHOTO: Ghostpoet/PHOTO CREDIT: Rebecca Goodeve

as it is quite a heavy and well-stocked week for music. After a fallow week (a little while back); it seems the quality is going up and up – as we head towards September. This week; brand-new cuts from LCD Soundsystem and Anna of the North; videos from Lucy Rose and album tracks from the likes of Ghostpoet and Everything Everything.

Among all that are new offerings from Miley Cyrus and P!nk; some terrific sounds of Grizzly Bear and Weezer – and so much more for one to get their teeth into…

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LCD Soundsystem – Tonite

Grizzly Bear – Mourning Sound

At the Drive In – Call Broken Arrow

Wolf Alice – Beautifully Unconventional

Lucy Rose – Second Chance

Ghostpoet – Dopamine If I Do

PHOTO CREDIT: Rosie Matheson

Ady Suleiman – Not Giving Up

Amber Mark – Heatwave

PHOTO CREDIT: Jonathan Vivaas Kise

Anna of the North – Money

A$AP Mob (ft. ASAP Rocky, Ferg; Twelvyy, & Ant) – Feels so Good

Benjamin Ingrosso – One More Time

Little Mix (ft CNCO) – Reggaetón Lento (Remix)

Chris Brown – Questions

PHOTO CREDIT: Harvey Pearson

Flyte – Faithless

Julien Barker – Appointments

Justin Bieber (ft. Bloodpop) – Can We Still be Friends

Lizzo – Water Me

PHOTO CREDIT: Muffadal Abbas

Maisie Peters – Place We Were Made

Martin Jensen (ft. Loote) – Wait

Miley Cyrus – Younger Now

Nick Mulvey – We Are Never Apart

Pale Waves – Television Romance

Rachel Platten – Broken Glass

P!nk – What About Us

Rudimental and Sub Focus (ft. Chronixx and Maverick Sabre) – Trouble

PHOTO CREDIT: Mert & Marcus

Shania Twain – Swingin’ with My Eyes Closed

Tom Tripp – Pamela

Lorde – Writer in the Dark (Vevo x Lorde)

Van Morrison (ft. Jeff Beck) – Transformation

Weezer – Mexican Fender

Bibi Bourelly – Sunshine (In Studio)

Chase & Status – Tribes

Coasts – Heart Start Beating

PHOTO CREDIT: Universal Republic Records

JAY-Z (ft. James Blake) – MaNyfaCedGod

NAV and Metro Boomin – Call Me

Decosta Boyce – Good Music

Everything Everything – Big Game

KMFDM – SHOCK

Neck Deep – In Bloom

Neon Waltz – Sombre Fayre

The Sherlocks – Blue

PHOTO CREDIT: Lasse Hoile

Steven Wilson – Detonation

BØRNS – Faded Heart

Thy Art Is Murder – Death Dealer

UNKLE – No Where to Run/Bandits

Mallrat – Tokyo Drift

PHOTO CREDIT: Sarah Werthman

Luke Combs – When It Rains It Pours

The War on Drugs – Up All Night

PHOTO CREDIT: Maxime Imbert

Cristobal and the Sea – Steal my Phone

 

PHOTO CREDIT: Jodie Canwell

Tigercub – It’s Only Love

Self Esteem – Your Wife

Caro – Eyes on the Ground

Alvvays – Plimsoll Punks

2 Chainz – Door Swangin

Toulouse – Hurtin

PHOTO CREDIT: Daniela Monteiro

Belly Squad – Lifestyle

Nothing but Thieves – I’m Not Made by Design

A R I Z O N A (ft. Kiiara) – Cross my Mind Pt. 2

Zac Samuel and Kyla – Play It Cool

PHOTO CREDIT: Lottie Turner

IDER – Learn to Let Go

Wildwood Kin – Dove

Alicai Harley – Gold

 

PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Allard Photography

Youth Club – Misunderstood

PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Harris

The Amazons – Ultraviolet

PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Madison Fuller

Humming House – Takin’ Over

Electric Guest – Oh Devil

PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Jumper

The Beaches – Money

Grim Sickers (ft. Ghetts and The Darkness) – Open the Till

Majestic and Tigermonkey – Naughty Sesh

Skip Marley – Refugee

Off Bloom – Shut Up and Let Me Walk

Banfi – June

Fickle Friends – Vanilla       

Rich Chigga – Glow Like Dat

Yxng Bane – Rihanna

DVBBS and Cisco Adler – Cozee

Logic (ft. Alessia Cara and Khalid) – 1-800-273-8255

An assured and proud selection of stunning songs – from all corners of the music world. I am encouraged there is a raft of big tunes and incredible offerings; so many different sounds to while the evenings away.

Let’s hope next week’s selection of musical gems are as glistening and valuable (as this week). I will be keeping an eye and, rest assured, collecting them all together for another installment of The August Playlist.

FEATURE: The August Playlist: Vol. 2: The Big Guns Return…

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The August Playlist 

 Vol. 2: The Big Guns Return…

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IT is very much back to business after a week…

IN THIS PHOTO: Jessie J

of relative calm. That sounds insulting to the artists that released music (last week) but it is not meant to be!

The fact this week sees new music from Queens of the Stone Age, The National and Skepta makes it a very exciting one. Throw in Jessie J, Liam Gallagher and Daughter and it makes it VERY hot.

Oh…and you can add an unexpected revelation from Tori Amos – she is back and, listening to the new song, Up the Creek, anything but. Stefflon Don and The Shins provide music and there are album tracks from RAT BOY, The Cribs and The Districts.

It is a full, fresh and fearsome selection of musical vintage – incredible tracks to kick-start the weekend – in the best way possible!

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Daughter – Burn It Down

Deerhoof (ft. Lætitia Sadier) – Come Down Here and Say That

Bloody Knees – Not Done

Hinds – Caribbean Moon   

IN THIS PHOTO: Brian Sweeny

Mogwai – Party in the Dark

Peter Oren – Anthropocene

Alice Glass – Without Love   

The Bronx – Two Birds

PHOTO CREDIT: Jodie Canwell

Tigercub – The Divided States of Us

The Shins – Half a Million

A House in the Trees – Tuesday Afternoon

Skepta – Hypocrisy

PHOTO CREDIT: Mile Addy

Gabrielle Sey – Feel Your Love

PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Wilton

Baio – Man of the World

PHOTO CREDIT: Graham MacIndoe

The National – Carin at the Liqour Store

The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By

Becky Hill – Unpredictable    

Dannii Minogue (ft. Jason Heerah) – Holding On    

 

Ella Eyre (ft. Dolla $ign) – Ego  

P!nk – What About Us

Fifth Harmony – Angel  

Gabrielle Aplin – Waking Up Slow

Jessie J – Real Deal   

Liam Gallagher – For What’s It’s Worth

Granger Smith – Happens Like That

Marshmello (ft. Khalid) – Silence

Mina Rose – Lemons and Limes

Nadine Shah – Evil

Liv Dawson – Painkiller

Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete the Kisses

Queens of the Stone Age – The Evil Has Landed

Rhys Lewis – Be Your Man

PHOTO CREDIT: Elliot Kennedy

Stefflon Don (ft. French Montana) – Hurtin’ Me   

The Sherlocks – Blue

PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Bergeron

Tori Amos – Up the Creek  

Weslee – Bathwater

IN THIS PHOTO: Rita Ora

Avicii (ft. Rita Ora) – Lonely Together 

Gorillaz – Strobelite

Pale Seas – Someday

Bebe Rexha – I Got You

PHOTO CREDIT: John Paul Pietrus

Lianne La Havas – Tokyo 

Biffy Clyro – Fingerhut

SWMRS – Lose It

Deaf Havana – Sickago

Prince Fox (ft. Quinn XCII) – Space

Kelsea Ballerini – Unapologetically

The Cribs – Sticks Not Twigs

Marlon Williams – Vampire Again

The Districts – Airplane

BLOXX – Curtains

Sarah Walk – Let Me Try

Skinny Living – Let Me In

Suzi Wu – Taken Care Of

 

Foster the People – Doing It for the Money

Drinker – Dog Years

Electric Guest – Oh Devil

Emily Saliers – Match

Bad Nerves – Radio Punk

White Room – The Blue

Paul Draper – The Inner Wheel

 

Jesus Culture (ft. Kim Walker-Smith) – Never Stop

Kesha – Finding You

Allie X – Paper Love  

 

Mistah F.A.B. – Check

RAT BOY – FAKE ID

Troy Ave – Tonight

Alex Adair – Casual

Chip and Giggs – Amazing Mind

Didirri – Jude

WiDE AWAKE and Wiley – Down Up

 

Trash – Migraines

Kodak Black – Patty Cake

Will Hoge – Cold Night in Santa Fe

IN THIS PHOTO: Tori Amos

Such a treat to hear Tori Amos back with a cracking new song!

It is a fantastic week for music and a real clash of brand-new artists and some established legends. Who knows, as the nights draw in, what the world of music will provide?! I am stoked keeping those peepers peeled and the mind primed.

Make sure you check online but, as always, I will ensure the next August Playlist has all the juiciest and finest selections from the world of music.