October Goes Hard

Wassup Neuphorians!

In the spirit of changing things up (and because there were 5 weeks of new releases), we have two different playlists for October.  Both are short- 11 songs.  The first, Neuphoria Goes Easy is softer and less adventurous.  The second, Neuphoria Goes Hard is more edgy.

The October Neuphorian voting challenge is to pick your favorite 4 songs in total out of both playlists.  For expediency, if you want to focus your listening on just one of the playlists, go for it. Maybe you are “Easy” like Lionel Richie- or maybe you “Go hard in the paint” like Waka Flocka Flame?

In Music Chart news, the July through October Billboard Charts (which are slower to change than streaming charts as they include Radio Airplay) have been the most static ever.  Only 7 new songs have breached the Billboard Top 10 over those three months- with April 22 Neuphoria winner, “Tipsy” by Shaboozey spending 14 straight weeks at #1. Maybe some of the October Neuphoria songs will break through the Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Shaboozey hegemony.

A Neuphoria shoutout to aught’s, 90’s and 80’s megabands like the Smile (Radiohead reconstituted), the Hard Quartet (Pavement redux), the Cure, Alphaville, Duran Duran and the Horrors who had great releases, that didn’t make the Neuphoria October cut.

Now that Neuphoria is monthly, there is more time for you to suggest playlist songs.  If there is a brand-new song that you think will be popular, or has an extraordinary pop culture story, feel free to suggest them to me. Thanks to Paddybear for his suggestion that I included in October.

Happy listening!