#The War on Drugs, CupcakKe, Mdou Moctar, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.

This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features The War on Drugs, CupcakKe, Mdou Moctar, Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Bill Callahan, Ohmme, Brandon Lucas, Julia Jacklin, Benny the Butcher, Chubby and the Gang, and more. Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Pitchfork Selects: October 12, 2020

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Bill Callahan: “OD’d in Denver” [ft. Matt Sweeney]PawPaw Rod: “HIT EM WHERE IT HURTS”
Chubby and the Gang: “Union Dues”
Brandon Lucas: “Got That Hope” [ft. Cornel West]Wendy Eisenberg: “No Such Lack”
Benny the Butcher: “Timeless” ([t. Lil Wayne & Big Sean)
The Replacements: “Run for the Country”
Mdou Moctar: “Chismiten”
The War on Drugs: “Pain (live)”
Ohmme: “Mine”
Julia Jacklin: “to Perth, before the border closes”
CupcakKe: “Elephant”