Notes on a Thursday--Summer Mix

It's so bizarre how quickly summer is vanishing into thin air--evaporating, rather like a puddle on a hot day (97 degrees right now, and rising!). I've done some of the things I've wanted to do, and some things I've missed out on, but no matter, no matter! Even though my mind is already churning with the excitement to come in autumn (moving to a new place, starting school again after a year away, autumn fashion (!!)) I still am jamming to my summer tunes. When the weather gets stifling hot I gravitate toward 60s/70s rock, while in winter is dominated by indie-rock and the transitional seasons get a very dreamy, contemplative feel to them. 

This summer is all about:

The Doobie Brothers- Listen to the Music
Jackson Browne- The Road
Fleetwood Mac- Everywhere
The Civil Wars- My Father's Father
Bonnie Raitt- Give it Up or Let me Go
Simon & Garfunkel- Cecilia
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears- Booty City
Kings of Leon- Pyro
Echo & the Bunnyman- Lips like Sugar
 Stevie Wonder- Superstition
Led Zeppelin- Gallows Pole
The Wailin' Jennys- Storm Comin'
Heart- Magic Man
Warpaint- Undertow
The Greencards- Su Prabhat
Stereogum x Team9- Riders Sleep Alone







Of course this seasonal listening thing isn't a hard and fast rule, but it does seem to follow that way. Does anyone else find their musical choices dictated by the season?

Notes on a Thursday-Holiday Edition

Notes on a Thursday has been pretty sparse recently . . . there hasn't been much to say about the new albums that I've enjoyed that hasn't already been said (Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and just getting into the Avett Brothers more, etc), and my concert attendance has dropped to  . . . none. But I have some concerts coming up in the new year that I'm pretty excited about, and hopefully will have alot to say about. Plus, the new Decemberists album and some other new albums are coming out soon, so it should be a nice fresh start! Anywho, here's my playlist for the holidays (predominantly Christmas, though some overall "winter-y" ones): I hope you like it!

Vince Guaraldi Trio: Christmas Time is Here
The Raveonettes: Christmas Song
Fleet Foxes: White Winter Hymnal
Priscilla Ahn: Silent Night
The Waitresses: Christmas Wrapping
Sufjan Stevens: Holy, Holy, Holy
Mumford & Sons: Winter Winds
The Weepies: All that I Want
Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters: White Christmas
Death Cab for Cutie: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
The Pretenders: 2000 Miles
Rogue Wave: Christmas
Jimmy Eat World: Last Christmas
John Lennon: Happy Christmas (War is Over)
The Bird and the Bees: Carol of the Bells
Ben Folds: Lonely Christmas Eve
Sufjan Stevens: That was the Worst Christmas Ever
Brandi Carlile: The Heartache can Wait







 

EDIT: and also, Kanye West's new album is the bomb diggity. Damn it.