The playlist – pop: Brandon Flowers, Ronika, Shamir

Killers vocalist returns; Ronika is poppier than Abba; Sofie de la Torre laments lost love with a whistle solo; Shamir channels Jacko and La Roux while Brayton Bowman sings a digital blues for the Tinder generation in this week’s pop playlist
With the Killers on hiatus following their 2013 Direct Hits compilation, frontman Brandon Flowers has returned to his solo career with the follow­-up to his 2010 solo debut, Flamingo. Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Sky Ferreira, Haim, just about everyo