The September, October, and November Mixes

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Below the fold you'll find a representation of the last three months' playlists. I've tried to assemble each of them to be self-contained and my hope is you'll try them out in that context. But, really, when you're trying to put three of these things together at once over a holiday, the science ain't so scientific. And your mileage may vary, anyway, as the kids say.

Someone else's quote slightly out of context: "If music be the food of love, play on / Give me excess of it . . ." The rest of that quote has the Duke explaining that he wants so much because he never wants to love again. But we know how things turn out for the Duke. There is no surfeit, with music or with love.

Unlike a pecan pie, music can always find those hidden nooks in our souls, those crannies in our hearts. There's always room for more. And the great thing about this age is that it's become far easier to expose ourselves to more and more. And rarely feel dizzy or nauseous.

I hope you'll take the opportunity to try and reach that impossible surfeit yourselves.

I won't belabor the point. If you've been coming around Creekside awhile, you know that if the site has any kind of telos it's for people to experience and enjoy those pieces of culture that have brought me pleasure. And, as always, if you want to drop a comment about what you've enjoyed or--especially--what I've overlooked, well, that'd be pretty cool.

Most of what you'll find below is from relatively recent releases, but you'll also find some harkening back thrown in the mixes: Prince, live Smashing Pumpkins, The Black Crowes, Pavement, Van Morrison, Public Enemy, Pixies. There's also some stuff I've missed from the last couple years: Pernice Brothers, Owsley, Lifter Puller (pre-Hold Steady).

I'd direct you to particular tracks, but this time I think I just hope you'll give it all a shake. The stuff from this year--Ray LaMontagne, Lilys, Margot, The Slip--is likely to all get revisited on this site in the next few weeks anyway. I guess if I had to really direct your attention to one track I'd say dig that +/- track in November's lead-off position. What can I say? I'm a sucker for a gimmick in a song and those stops are irresistible.

For now, though, please help yourselves to whatever trips your fancy. Everything's in mp3 format, and there's ZIP files for your ease and comfort.

Enjoy, but please continue to support these artists. Go see shows, buy the merchandise. If you like a band you hear here, go look for more, and buy their records. I can recommend the full-length from each of these groups. If you need another taste from any of them, just let me know. Obviously, I'm happy to oblige.

September Mix: All of Those Yesterdays

1. The Format - "1000 Umbrellas (acoustic)"
2. M. Ward - "Post-War"
3. Candy Bars - "Enough to Choke a Cold Air"
4. Irving - "Situation"
5. Smashing Pumpkins - "Drown (live)"
6. Yo La Tengo - "Mr. Tough"
7. TV On the Radio - "Province"
8. Lifter Puller - "Half Dead and Dynamite"
9. Channels - "Mayday"
10. Cold War Kids - "Hospital Beds"
11. Sonic Youth - "Jams Run Free"
12. Final Fantasy - "This Lamb Sells Condos"
13. Ray LaMontagne - "You Can Bring Me Flowers"
14. Thom Yorke - "The Clock"
15. Wilco - "At Least That's What You Said"
16. Decibully - "Notes to Our Leaders"
17. Headlights - "Lullabies"

OR September Mix.zip

October Mix: Time to Kill at Last

1. The Futureheads - "Hounds of Love"
2. Sufjan Stevens - "The Henney Buggy Band"
3. The Like Young - "Worry a Lot"
4. Arcade Fire - "Wake Up (live - White Session)"
5. Helmet - "Driving Nowhere"
6. The Decemberists - "Sons and Daughters"
7. Lilys - "The Night Sun Over San Juan"
8. The Black Crowes - "Bad Luck Blues Eyes Goodbye"
9. Owsley - "Dirty Bird"
10. Van Morrison - "Sweet Thing"
11. Pavement - "Motion Suggests"
12. Prince - "I Would Die 4 U"
13. The Pernice Brothers - "My So-called Celibate Life"
14. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - "House Fire"
15. Spoon - "I Didn't Come Here to Die"
16. My Morning Jacket - "One Big Holiday (live)"

OR October Mix.zip

November Mix: If Every Moment of Our Lives

1. +/- (Plus/Minus) - "One Day You'll Be There"
2. Ben Folds - "In Between Days (Cure cover)"
3. The Blow - "The Long List of Girls"
4. Pixies - "Subbacultcha"
5. Chin Up Chin Up - "Islands Sink"
6. The Hold Steady - "Hot Soft Light"
7. The Evens - "You Fell Down"
8. The Long Winters - "Rich Wife"
9. Margot & the Nuclear So & So's - "Jen Is Bringin the Drugs"
10. Pas/Cal - "CAU Sans Muscle"
11. Priestess - "Talk to Her"
12. The Slip - "Children of December"
13. Spoon - "Get Out the State"
14. The Whigs - "Half the World Away"
15. Public Enemy - "Burn Hollywood Burn"
16. Veruca Salt - "Damage Done"
17. James Mercer (The Shins) - "One By One All Day (live/acoustic)"

OR November Mix.zip

Comments

[agentdisco]

Wow - that's a lot of work. Thanks for putting this together. I shall tax your bandwidth shortly.

And a handful of words in this post that I actually had to look up. Friggin' English majors...

[tito]

first your gone,
now you're guilty.

OUTSTANDING.

[TJ]

Apologies for surfeit and telos. I was a little drunk last night.

Also, two clarifications: 1) I know that I put "1000 Umbrellas" in August's mix, too. Dang. In my defense, I still really like that song and did in September. 2) The Wilco track in September is off the live album, not Ghost.

[agentdisco]

I was actually talking about shmandwidth. Can't seem to find it.....

[Churlita]

I listened to a couple months yesterday. The mixes were actually perfect for work. Thanks for posting them. Is a Shmandwidth a meal?