Playlist of the Month: October 2024

I think this may be the longest one of these I’ve ever posted? Gosh, it’s almost like I’m trying to distract myself from something.

On a happier(?) note, a reader¹ asked me to try sharing a link to the entire playlist on Apple Music, in addition to the per-song thing I usually do, so I’m making an attempt at that; please enjoy the naming scheme I use when rotating these playlists out.

Hallelujah Anyway – Luke Sital-Singh on Hallelujah Anyway – Single

Machine Learning – J. Maya on Machine Learning – Single

Under The Surface – Sultan + Shepard & Nathan Nicholson on Endless, Dawn

Let Me Drown – Orville Peck on Bronco

Daytona Sand – Orville Peck on Bronco

Carson – Harry Strange on Carson – Single

Bones Shake – Hazlett on Bones Shake – Single

Believe Again – Luke Sital-Singh on Believe Again – Single

The Age of Believing – Aron Wright on The Age of Believing – Single

I Don’t Want To Lie (living room floor version) – Yoste on I Don’t Want To Lie (living room floor version) – Single

Stay High – One Room on Lagoona

Stay Out of Trouble – OPLURE on Stay Out of Trouble – Single

I AM BLACK – BERWYN on I AM BLACK – Single

Little Bit of Magic – Thorin Loeks on Little Bit of Magic – Single

Little Homies – Vince Staples on Dark Times

Louder – Kygo, Julia Michaels & Chance Peña on Louder – Single

Far As I Can Go – Ian Harrison on Far As I Can Go – Single

Neptune – Beauvois on Dimensions – EP

Asymmetry – Axel Flóvent on Away From This Dream

Zzz – EDEN on Zzz – Single

Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan on Pink Pony Club – Single

places to be – Fred again.., Anderson .Paak & CHIKA on places to be – Single

My Kink Is Karma – Chappell Roan on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

Swallows – Bailey & Lonely in the Rain on Swallows – Single

Tamly Maak – Amr Diab on Tamally Maak

Good God, Hot Damn – Hayden Blount on Good God, Hot Damn – Single

ten – Fred again.., Jozzy & Jim Legxacy on ten days

All-American Boy – Steve Grand on All American Boy

5ever – EDEN on 5ever – Single

Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Clean Bandit & French The Kid on Sad Girls (feat. Rema) – Single

28 – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene

Moon River – Aquilo on A Quiet Invitation To A Hard Conversation

Edge of Saturday Night – The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue on Godspeed

i think you can save me – Dimside on i think you can save me – Single

Dance (‘Til You Love Someone Else) – Sam Smith on Love Goes

My Mind (Now) – Paris Paloma on My Mind (Now) – Single

Devil on My Shoulder – Dylan Marlowe on Mid-Twenties Crisis

Calamity Song – The Decemberists on The King Is Dead

Sabrina (I Am A Party) – Fred again.. on Actual Life (April 14 – December 17 2020)

Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas) – Daft Punk on Random Access Memories

Eat The Acid – Kesha on Gag Order

O Superman (For Massenet) – Laurie Anderson on Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology (Remastered)

The Great American Bar Scene – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene

Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP²

peace u need – Fred again.. & Joy Anonymous on ten days

.seven – Fred again.. on ten days

Fólk fær andlit – Hildur Guðnadóttir on Fólk fær andlit – Single

where will i be – Fred again.. & Emmylou Harris on ten days

Silence in the Suburbs – George Pippen on Silence in the Suburbs (Reimagined) – EP

Chariot – The Midnight on Chariot – Single

Timeless – The Weeknd & Playboi Carti on Timeless – Single

Willfully Blind – Max McNown on Willfully Blind

When Evil Follows – Midnight Danger on When Evil Follows – Single

Dicked Down in Dallas – Trey Lewis on Dicked Down in Dallas – Single³

Midnight Ride (feat. Kylie Minogue & Diplo) [Sofi Tukker Remix] – Orville Peck on Midnight Ride (feat. Kylie Minogue & Diplo) [Sofi Tukker Remix] – Single

can’t sleep – Dimside on can’t sleep – Single

What If Nothing Breaks? – Snow Patrol on The Forest Is The Path⁴

Shorter Than A Night – Petit Biscuit on Discipline

Dancing In The Dark Alone – Deepend, Carston & Horxata on Dancing In The Dark Alone – Single

Cruel Unusual – Otherwish on iii, Empty Spaces

just stand there – Fred again.. & Soak on ten days⁵

The View Between Villages – Noah Kahan on Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever)

Pocket (Montreal) – EDEN on Friday Night Song – EP

Hold You – CRi on Hold You EP

When No One’s Watching – Charles Fauna on L I M B O

Fade Into You – Vide on Fade Into You – Single

fear less – Fred again.. & Sampha on ten days

NATURAL – Cameron Hawthorn on NATURAL – Single

Watch Me Trying – Harry Strange on Watch Me Trying – EP

Samradh Samradh – The Gloaming on The Gloaming⁶

Permanently Lonely (From “Skincare”) – Orville Peck on Permanently Lonely (From “Skincare”) – Single

I Don’t Wanna Leave – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Surrender

Say Adieu – Lonely in the Rain & Yorina on Say Adieu – Single

Somewhere – Harry Strange on Somewhere – Single

Like Whiskey – Dixon Dallas on Happy Anniversary

Chalk 1.3.3 (2017 Export Wav) – Flume & Jim-E Stack on Arrived Anxious, Left Bored

Bystander – robrobrob & Tailor on Save Me – Single

Loading – James Blake on Playing Robots Into Heaven

Manifest – Russ on Manifest – Single⁷

Desperate Guy – Isak Danielson on Desperate Guy – Single

My Youth Is Fading Away – Petit Biscuit on Discipline

Driftwood Choir – Ed Prosek, Portair & Driftwood Choir on Driftwood Choir – Single

Oak Island – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene

I’M DROWNING – BERWYN on WHO AM I

Sunrises (feat. Shaun Holton) – Max Cruise on Sunrises⁸

glow – Fred again.., Duskus, Four Tet & Skrillex on ten days

Midnight Drive – HurricaneTurtle on Midnight Drive – EP

Von dutch – Charli xcx on BRAT⁹

Hold Me In The Fire – Snow Patrol on The Forest Is The Path

Dancing In The Flames – The Weeknd on Dancing In The Flames – Single

Oh My Love – ConKi on Oh My Love – Single

S P E Y S I D E – Bon Iver on SABLE, – EP

always – Dimside on always – Single

Heaven On Earth – Hayden Blount on Heaven On Earth – Single

On Your Own – Shallou & ARDY on 24, summer – EP

Doblexxó – J Balvin & Feid on Rayo

Travelers – Echo Wolf & jacket. on Travelers – Single

Ocean Waves (feat. Sheilu) – SRTW & nourii on Ocean Waves (feat. Sheilu) – Single

We’re Ok – Yoste on We’re Ok – Single

Years That Fall – Snow Patrol on The Forest Is The Path

Maps – Yoste on Maps – Single

90 days – Dimside on 90 days – Single

Either Way – Thorin Loeks on Either Way – Single

the warmth – Paris Paloma on Cacophony

i saw you – Fred again.. on ten days

Towers – Zach Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene

Sweat – Isak Danielson on Sweat – Single

backseat – Fred again.., The Japanese House & Scott Hardkiss on ten days

Friday Night Song – EDEN on Friday Night Song – EP

Talk talk featuring troye sivan – Charli xcx & Troye Sivan on Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat

Sorry 4 The Wait – Lil Wayne on Sorry 4 The Wait

Heavy Is the Crown – LINKIN PARK on From Zero

East Side of Sorrow – Zach Bryan on Zach Bryan¹⁰

Surrender – Kygo & Fred Well on KYGO

Haku – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever

Going Deep – Yardhand on Move 2 – EP

Nothingleft – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever

hourglass – Le Youth, Lexer & Bailey on & – EP

All My Fault – Swimming Paul & Thals on All My Fault – Single

Sympathy is a knife – Charli xcx on BRAT

The River – Ed Prosek, Portair & Driftwood Choir on The River – Single

Afterglow – Goth Babe on Oregon Coast – Single

Isla – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever

Totoro – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever

AETERNA – Coldplay on Moon Music¹¹

Lonely – Yoste on All’s Well and I’m Worse Than Ever

Teenage Luv – Lost In Pacific & Hadar Sopher on Teenage Luv – Single

Ecstasy Homosexuality (Radio Edit) – The Irrepressibles on Ecstasy Homosexuality – EP

Break My Love – RÜFÜS DU SOL on Inhale / Exhale

Royal We – Janani K. Jha on Royal We – Single

1. Apparently I have readers? Hello, readers! ↩
2. I vehemently disagree with some of the Lyrics Genius analysis of this song. Not enough to make an account and write up my own, but still. ↩
3. I don’t know how I feel about the fact that I know all the lyrics to this already. ↩
4. Good for singing/sobbing along to in the shower. ↩
5. I’ve got a few songs in various playlists that I just skip immediately right now, but can’t bring myself to remove. This is one. “Haven’t heard your voice for a while” ↩
6. Pretty sure I stole this off my friends’ wedding playlist. It’s a vibe. ↩
7. “That’s what I call foresight, that’s what I call manifesting” is fun to sing along with. ↩
8. I’ve finally given in and made an entire separate playlist for this vibe of track. Y’know, the kind of thing that you’d hear as background music during a car chase scene set in 1980s LA? ↩
9. Yes, yes, I know, I am extremely late to the brat summer ↩
10. A little bit too on-the-nose at the moment, but when I’m in the mood for it, a good one. ↩
11. New Coldplay? In 2024? Weird in several ways. ↩