Charlotte Brandi - A Sting

A: Charlotte Brandi
S: A Sting

Charlotte Brandi, the former singer, guitarist and keyboard player of the indie-duo Me And My Drummer, released her solo debut at the beginning of the year. And since we are nearing the end, this might just be start of looking back on the best and the rest of the past twelve months. If you haven't met Charlotte and The Magician yet, this is your chance to catch up.

... I need to make it even.

Norah Jones, Mavis Staples - I'll Be Gone

A: Norah Jones, Mavis Staples
S: I'll Be Gone

Norah Jones and Mavis Staples have teamed for a new bittersweet ballad, I’ll Be Gone. It's a slow and steady soul tune with a gospel edge befitting the song’s lyrics, which convey a potent mixture of grief, perseverance, struggle and absolution. Relate below.

... wish I could tell you that the sun was gonna shine.

Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey - Don’t Call Me Angel

A: Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey
S: Don’t Call Me Angel

Despite the delicate, iconic bells introducing the track, the triple pop threat track Don’t Call Me Angel packs a punch in the song - just take a look at Cyrus in this badass music video. In the accompanying visual, Grande, Cyrus and Del Rey don chic black attire with wings to match as they strut in an anti-ethereal fashion, unlike Victoria’s Secret runways. Strut along below.

... you can't pay my price.

Maria Taylor - Spinning Wheel

A: Maria Taylor
S: Spinning Wheel

Maria Taylor has always been inspirational and with her new track Spinning Wheel dances her way into our hearts once again. Spinning Wheel is the first song off her self-titled seventh album, due out November 11. Taylor released a B-Side for Spinning Wheel, which is a Taylor Swift cover mashup of Lover/Clean Getaway. The B-side will be available for purchase alongside the single.

... your past was lurking at your front door.

FKA twigs - home with you

A: FKA twigs
S: home with you

FKA Twigs taps into the suburban experience in her video for Home with You, off of her upcoming album Magdalene, out October 25. It depicts a hazy club scene that transforms into a journey back to the English countryside. She described the song’s recording as a flow of consciousness between her and her collaborators that was done in one take. Mesmerize below.

... I wonder if your needs are even meant for me.

Texas - In Demand

A: Texas
S: In Demand

Here's one of my favorite music videos of all times, of my favorite October band. Every year I am wired like Pavlov's dog and fall down a big Texas hole for 30 days. Anyway, In Demand is pure, and it's simple. It seems like many pop songs used to be, and aren't any more. So here's to the inventor of the repeat button.

... 'cause love and loving are too different things.

Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood

A: Peter Gabriel
S: Here Comes The Flood

In an interview with Peter Gabriel, the former Genesis singer states that Here Comes the Flood is the story of what happens when the entirety of the world's population becomes telepathic, and we can no longer lie to each other or keep secrets. Stunning to the last note, songs like this are hidden throughout the FX's breakthrough drama The Americans. Spy below.

... drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.