Fifteen for the Fifteenth -October 2011

Here's the first of what is going to be a monthly fixture: a 15-song playlist for the 15^th day of the month! Here's October:

And the Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/user/katemonster89/playlist/47GqN92WZNrPZFnO8fOvSM

In the future I'm probably going to try some different themes but this month's list is made up of new (and not so new) songs I've been listening to recently, including:

'How Come You Never Go There' by Feist & 'i' by Nicola Roberts

What I like most about 'How Come...' from Feist's new album 'Metals' (look out for a performance of some of it on Jools Holland next Tuesday) is the balance of low-key instrumentation with the focus on her voice -pretty much the opposite of 'i', which is all about co-writer Joe "Metronomy" Mount's trademark wonky synths and packs more of a punch than most of Roberts' debut, 'Cinderella's eyes'. Naturally Mount's own band had to be stuck on this playlist with 'The Bay'.

'White Knuckles (Boys Like Us Mix)' by OK Go

For a while now, Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend has been creating these effortlessly cool remixes of songs, keeping the original's general spirit and at the same time putting his own stamp all over it. Here he takes on OK Go's single, known to non-fans as The One With The Video With All The Dogs. 

'Waltz #2' by Elliott Smith

This gloomy indie waltz was playing at the end of episode one of Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat, a show which has had a consistently great soundtrack. Luckily if you're on Twitter, Matt Biffa (@mrmattbiffa) who works on the show's music has been tweeting Spotify playlists for each one so far, so now you too can imagine what life would be like as a house-share comedy with Jack Whitehall (probably pretty funny, I'm guessing).

Watch out for another 15 in a month's time, and feel free to suggest future songs/themes in the comments!