Playlist of the Month: October 2025

This month feels like the hardest I’ve been hit by seasonal depression in quite a long time; guess that’s what happens when you stop taking the vitamin D pills. Whoops.

Oh, and I nearly forgot to share the entire playlist in one go!

Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP

Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving

Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single

Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single

Options – Cameron Whitcomb on Clean Country 2025

Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving

St. Helens Alpenglow – Max McNown on St. Helens Alpenglow – Single

Flicker – Yoste on Flicker – Single

Take Me Away (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Take Me Away (Stripped) – Single

Livin’ Missing You – Hayden Blount on Livin’ Missing You – Single

Fiending – Noah Brigden on I’m Fine – Single

life is beautiful – heylucas on hey

American Trail – Dylan Gossett on Westward

Carolina – Blake Whiten on Carolina – Single

Normal Day – Brendan Walter on Normal Day – Single

God Loves Weirdos – Mt. Joy on Hope We Have Fun

Space in My Heart (Original Version) – Enrique Iglesias on Space in My Heart (Original Version) – Single

Bloodline – Alex Warren & Jelly Roll on Bloodline – Single

Sea Shanty Medley – Home Free on Sea Shanty Medley – Single

The Barn – Landon Smith on The Barn – Single

Loud and Heavy – Cody Jinks on Adobe Sessions

Did What You Did – Noah Brigden on Bad Habits – EP

Life’s Worth Living – Nick Folwarczny on Life’s Worth Living – Single

Struggle On Boy (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Bad Habits – EP

Something To Lose – Christian Hayes & Corey Harper on Something To Lose – Single

Reversing Thunder – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life

Damned If I Do – Vincent Mason on Damned If I Do – Single

Dale Dickens (RIP) – Cooper Alan on Dale Dickens (RIP) – Single

QUEEN OF DUST (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) – The Blaze on FOLK

Shadowverse – The Midnight on Syndicate

Cold Shoulder – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP

Life Behind Bars – Zach John King & Bayker Blankenship on Life Behind Bars – Single

Man of the Year – Sam Barber on Man of the Year – Single

Sunlight – Yoste on Sunlight – Single

Bowery (feat. Kings of Leon) – Zach Bryan on Bowery (feat. Kings of Leon) – Single

Holding On – Majik on Blood, Sweat & Tears

EYES (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) – The Blaze on FOLK

HIGHWAY KIND – Fabrizio on HIGHWAY KIND – Single

Space – Zach John King on Space – Single 1

Ordinary (Live from Lollapalooza) – Alex Warren & Luke Combs on Ordinary (Live from Lollapalooza) – Single

The Vulture and the Little Boy – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine

How It’s Done – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast on KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)

Your Idol – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast on KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)

Tennessee (feat. Hudson Mohawke & Tayla Parx) – Kesha & Orville Peck on Tennessee (feat. Hudson Mohawke & Tayla Parx) – Single

Ktir – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine

Dust and Smoke – Sam Barber on Music for the Soul

Favorite Country Song – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

808 HYMN – Erin LeCount on 808 HYMN – Single

Turn Down The Lights – Gavin Adcock on Own Worst Enemy 2

Hangin’ On – Dylan Gossett on Westward

Happy – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine

Nobody’s Famous In Hell – Waves_On_Waves, Crimewave & Waves On Waves After Dark on Nobody’s Famous In Hell – Single

CATHEDRAL. – Kesha on . 3

Gun To My Head – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY! 4

When the Party’s Over (Paris Unplugged Live) – SYML on Paris Unplugged

Hard to Break – Blake Whiten on Hard to Break – Single

Music for the Soul – Sam Barber on Music for the Soul 5

Where’s My Love (Paris Unplugged Live) – SYML on Paris Unplugged (Live)

Time of Your Life – Bob Moses on BLINK

BerwynGesaffNeighbours – Fred again.. & BERWYN on USB

Country In Me – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

Bright Side – Lil Skies on The Evolution of the Rose

Hoping to Find – Thorin Loeks on Hoping to Find – Single

Viva La Vida – Coldplay on Viva La Vida

West of Ohio – Chance Peña on When I Change My Mind I Don’t Mean It

Clean Eyes (Paris Unplugged Live) – SYML on Paris Unplugged

Night Diving (feat. Cameron Whitcomb) – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)

Friction – The Midnight on Syndicate

I’d Go Crazy Too – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

Afterglow pt. 2 – The Midnight on Syndicate

Take The Country And Run (Acoustic One Take) – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

Tomorrows – Peech. on Small Town America (Vol. 1) – EP

Keep It Country – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

Sentinels – The Midnight on Syndicate

Where To Start – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)

Better Me For You (Brown Eyes) – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) 6

Waiting on the World – Bob Moses on BLINK

Luckiest Man Alive – HARDY on COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

Seventeen Going Under – Sam Fender on Seventeen Going Under (Deluxe)

We Are Still Here! – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine

American Vintage – Aidan Canfield on American Vintage – Single 7

HAZE (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) – The Blaze on FOLK

Blink – Bob Moses on BLINK

Space & Time – ItsArius, Lynnic & ARI on Space & Time – Single

Freezing In November (Revisited) – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)

Cheap Shots – Ian Harrison on Cheap Shots – Single

nobody (make me feel) – oskar med k & Khalid on nobody (make me feel) – Single

Afterglow pt. 1 – The Midnight on Syndicate

Still – EDEN on Dark

For – Luca Fogale on For – Single

Victory Lap Five – Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax, Denzel Curry, Hanumankind, That Mexican OT, D Double E & LYNY on USB

Forever Ain’t Long Enough – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)

Under the Sail – Harrison Storm on Empty Garden

Tarnish – Noah Brigden on Bad Habits – EP

Never Left – Anella on Never Left – Single

Leave Me Be – Landon Wilks on Leave Me Be – Single

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Home Free on Challenge the Sea 8

Bedrooms In The Sky – HARDY & Stephen Wilson Jr. on COUNTRY! COUNTRY! 9

Comfort in Misery – Buffalo Traffic Jam on Comfort in Misery – Single

Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone on Big Jet Plane – EP

Lose A Friend – Evan Honer on Everything I Wanted

Won’t Let Me Go – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)

When You Were Young (Track Star Presents) – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC (Deluxe Edition)

Call Me If You Miss Me – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)

Last Forever – Bob Moses on BLINK

stayinit – Fred again.., Lil Yachty & Overmono on USB

The Gold – Manchester Orchestra on A Black Mile To The Surface 10

Beige – Yoke Lore on Goodpain – EP 11

Later Tonight – Josh Ross on Later Tonight

Long Island – The Midnight on Syndicate

Old White Lincoln – The Gaslight Anthem on The ’59 Sound

For Your Love – Harrison Storm on Empty Garden

Same Questions – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)

Body (Paris Unplugged Live) – SYML on Paris Unplugged (Live)

Worth the Walk – Vincent Lima on To Love A Thing That Fades

Storytime – Majik on Blood, Sweat & Tears

Wolken – Bukahara on Canaries in a Coal Mine

Chasing Ghosts – Nils Hoffmann & Vancouver Sleep Clinic on Chasing Ghosts – Single

Road to Gold – Luke Beling on The Good Side of Somewhere – EP

Oh! The Anxiety – Joe Jordan on Oh! The Anxiety – EP 12

Temporary Friend – Harrison Storm on Empty Garden

Love I Couldn’t Mend – Max McNown on Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) 13

Baptized By Rain – Dylan Gossett on Westward

no lo ves – Grupo Frontera & Ozuna on no lo ves – Single

“I need a little bit of space” feels like the last bit of summer hanging on as the fall weather starts ↩

I’ve listened to a couple things off this album, and it’s really best to completely ignore the lyrics and just listen to the sounds, the lyrics are… not great. ↩

Really enjoying this one ↩

The bass line to this is excellent, but in a way that I always want to describe as “filthy” and can’t really explain why. ↩

It is! Well titled! ↩

Of an entire album of “I love this and I can’t stand to listen to it because it’s too accurate to what I’m sad about lately,” this one takes the cake for condensing that feeling the best. ↩

Possibly the platonic ideal of the portion of my taste in country music that I call “wistful boys singing about how they miss Back When Things Were Better” ↩

Home Free is great, and this so perfectly captures the exact vibe that it’s meant to ↩

I like the sound of this one, but the actual lyrics are very… excited about the collapse of civilization? Not a fan of that. ↩

Really love this one, great to sing along to ↩

Speaking of music that feels wistful for When Things Were Better, Yoke Lore’s sound is that feeling, but as, like, California pop instead of Southern country ↩

big mood ↩

The other “I can’t bear to listen to this one” off this album ↩