FEATURE:
The December Playlist
IN THIS PHOTO: Grimes/PHOTO CREDIT: Eli Russell Linnetz
Vol. 1: With Power Comes Great Responsibility
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IT is great to kick off a new month…
IN THIS PHOTO: Kelly Rowland/PHOTO CREDIT: Jeffrey Mayer/Getty Images
with a track from Grimes. I was not sure whether she’d be releasing material this year and she has left it right until the death. Alongside her are offerings from The 1975, Ex:Re (Elena Torna); Arctic Monkeys, Jade Bird and Kelly Rowland. It is a great week for music and, alongside some Christmas tracks (including one from Phoebe Bridgers); there are plenty of conventional sounds to keep people happy. Have a listen through this crop of songs and I know there will be something in there that turns the head and gets inside the heart. If you thought artists were cooling it before 2019 and not willing to put out new material then you’d be wrong! This eclectic selection of tracks shows that there is plenty of brilliance…
IN THIS PHOTO: Arctic Monkeys/PHOTO CREDIT: Zackery Michael
TO go around.
ALL PHOTOS/IMAGES (unless credited otherwise): Getty Images/Artists
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PHOTO CREDIT: Ben Grieme for FADER
Grimes (ft. HANA) – We Appreciate Power
IMAGE CREDIT: Marika Kochiashvili
Ex:Re – Romance
IN THIS PHOTO: Arctic Monkeys/PHOTO CREDIT: Zackery Michael
Arctic Monkeys – Anyways
Iceage – Broken Hours
PHOTO CREDIT: Gabriel Green
Julia Holter – Whether
Kelly Rowland – Kelly
PHOTO CREDIT: Ines Ziouane
Black Honey – Crowded City
PHOTO CREDIT: Ryan Pfluger
Sharon Van Etten – Jupiter 4
Jade Bird – Love Has All Been Done Before
Chris Sails – Love Language
PHOTO CREDIT: Brick Howze
Alessia Cara – Not Today
Circa Waves – Movies
Emily Burns – Damn Good Liar
Four of Diamonds – Blind
graves (ft. EZI) – I’m Fine
Alec Benjamin – Boy in the Bubble
ISLAND - Just That Time of Night
Nicki Minaj (ft. Lil Wayne) – Good Form
Nina Nesbitt – Colder
Saweetie - Pissed
Tom Speight – Strangers Now
Wavves – So Glad It’s Christmas
The 1975 – Inside Your Mind
Clean Bandit (ft. ALMA) – In Us I Believe
Jeff Tweedy – Some Birds
Alice Merton – Funny Business
Mark Ronson (ft. Miley Cyrus) – Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
Shame – Dust on Trial
PHOTO CREDIT: HipHopDX/Mike Lavin (@thehomelesspimp)
Chance the Rapper (ft. Joey Purp) – My Own Thing
Sasha Sloan – Again
Phoebe Bridgers – Christmas Song
PHOTO CREDIT: Zain Ayub
