Early Bird Special

Popping in quickly with a new playlist that just might work for your Thanksgiving dinner, cocktail hour, meal prep or even a post-festivities walk. I am not quite feeling the holiday spirit this year so this one is a little moody. Sign of the times. You'll find a lot of classics here but I did include the fantastic new track from Björk and ROSALÍA. Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Chet Baker - Let's Get Lost

Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You

Kacey Johansing - Bow and Arrow

Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York

Calexico - Sunken Waltz

Big Maybelle - 96 Tears

Squeeze - Annie Get Your Gun

George Harrison - Blow Away

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights

Björk & ROSALÍA - Oral

Sam Cooke - Bring It on Home to Me

Mazzy Star - Ride It On

Melancholy & Fall-y

Perhaps it's because New York City feels a lot like the Pacific Northwest lately, but this year's autumn playlist is a little gloomy. XTC's brilliant "Dear God" starts things off followed by Marika Hackman's new single "No Caffeine" which I cannot stop playing. Sufjan Stevens has been on my mind since announcing last week that he has been battling Guillain-Barré Syndrome. I included Sufjan’s version of Moses Sumney’s “Make Out in My Car” into one of Sufjan’s new songs “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?" Sending positive healing energy his way through this playlist. Another new(ish) track here is “Pegasus" (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) from Arlo Park’s latest album, My Soft Machine. I took it back to the '90s with Massive Attack and Tracey Thorn’s collaboration, “Protection." Nick Drake’s classic “Place To Be” and Neko Case’s “I Wish I Was the Moon” fit the mood perfectly. Australian pop band The Quivers released their album Golden Doubt in 2021 and “You’re Not Always On My Mind” is one of my favorites. Speaking of favorites, “Lotta Love” from Nicolette Larson was one from my childhood. “Teach Me How to Fight” is off of Canadian electronic band Junior Boys’ acclaimed 2004 album Last Exit. The music biz was abuzz this week over the just released Replacements deluxe reissue of their classic album Tim (Let It Bleed Edition). So many opinions. Mine is simple - it sounds great. You can hear for yourself with Ed Stasium's new mix of that album’s closing track “Here Comes A Regular." Time to cozy up and press play and please let it stop raining here. I was not built for this.

XTC - Dear God

Marika Hackman - No Caffeine

Moses Sumney - Make Out in My Car - Sujan Stevens Version

Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me?

Arlo Parks - Pegasus (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)

Massive Attack, Tracey Thorn - Protection

Nick Drake - Place To Be

Neko Case - I Wish I Was the Moon

Quivers - You're Not Always On My Mind

Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love

Junior Boys - Teach Me How To Fight

The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular

Unpack This

We have to move apartments next week which is something we haven't had to do in sixteen years. It is A LOT. I am a pretty sentimental person which makes it extra tough. I decided to put together a playlist to mark the occasion and it is no surprise how it turned out. So many memories with many of these songs. Well, except Haim because I STILL haven't seen the Barbie movie because of our vacation, a deluge of live concerts and our impending move. I will be treating myself though as soon as this is behind me. I am keeping this short because these boxes aren't going to pack themselves. Send me strength or perhaps a bottle of Prosecco. I will take what I can get.

Orange Juice - Rip It Up

Pet Shop Boys - Home and Dry

Mary Jane Girls - In My House

Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

The The - This Is the Day

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Julie's Place

Echo & The Bunnymen - Do It Clean

Grant Hart - Twenty-Five-Forty-One

The Lemonheads - Kitchen

Nick Lowe - I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass

Haim - Home