Help Me With My Autumn (Music) Mix!

October 7, 2015 2:45 PM

I'm looking for good "Autumn" music. With specifications, of course.

This has been somewhat covered previously, but that's not exactly what I'm looking for. For me, fall sounds like Broken Social Scene's "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl," or Sylvan Esso's "Coffee." I'm looking for more things generally in those veins, but if you've got something that feels particularly "leaves getting crisper, winds getting sharper" to you, please recommend! (Yes, I know this is what Pandora is for. I just trust y'all more and this way there's a record of it for others as well.)

posted by Navelgazer to Media & Arts (20 answers total)

I have been heavily listening to Ben Howard lately and Small Things sounds fall-like to my ears.
posted by Benway at 2:56 PM on October 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

Raindrops Plucking the Last Leaves from a Tree - Lullatone

Fanes D'Automne - Marsen Jules

Closing - Philip Glass

The Songs in Your Eyes - Slow Dancing Society

Written On The Sky - Max Richter
posted by jammy at 2:57 PM on October 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

Joy of Cooking - Did You Go Downtown

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Tori Amos - Siren
posted by Mchelly at 3:12 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Have You Forgotten by Red House Painters

Are You Happy Now by Richard Shindell
posted by waterisfinite at 3:20 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Well, the first two mixes here are nice and autumnal, if I do say so myself.
posted by kenko at 3:20 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

My brother considers "Monterey" by Starflyer 59 his fall song of choice. He is an emotional, nostalgic type of guy and he says it makes him want to drive through fall foliage. It's a bit noisier than your examples.
posted by tacodave at 4:03 PM on October 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

Lou Reed's cover of September Song


Chilly Gonzales - Rideaux Lunaires


S. Maharba - W.I.G.T.S.

posted by rachelpapers at 4:05 PM on October 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

Nico - These Days has a wonderful autumnal feel
posted by djinn dandy at 4:46 PM on October 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

Robyn Hitchcock's I Often Dream of Trains album does it for me; there's even a song called Autumn Is Your Last Chance.
posted by jabes at 4:50 PM on October 7, 2015 [3 favorites]

Not sure if it matches up exactly with the vibe you're going for, but here's my some of my fall playlist, in no particular order:
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Reading in Bed (65days of Static Remix)
The Shins - Young Pilgrims
Rural Alberta Advantage - Frank AB
Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
Say Hi - Northwestern Girls
Pinback - Fortress
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
Broken Bells - October
Rogue Wave - Salesman at the Day of the Parade
Iron and Wine - Boy with a Coin
Mindy Smith - Pretending the Stars
Andrew Bird - Anonanimal
Sin Fang Bous - Clangour and Flutes
Weinland - Autumn Blood
Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear
Chromatics - Into the Black
Say Hi - November Was White, December Was Grey
Ludovico Einaudi - Andare
posted by eponym at 4:57 PM on October 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

"October Song," The Incredible String Band.
posted by drjimmy11 at 5:07 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Just throwing in two more:
Wake Owl - Gold
Jose Gonzalez - Crosses

posted by eponym at 5:15 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
posted by gyusan at 5:42 PM on October 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

"Well, the leaves have come to turning and the goose has gone to fly,
And bridges are for burning, so don't you let that yearning pass you by.
Walking man, walking man walks.
Any other man stops and talks but the walking man walks."

Old school autumnal regret: James Taylor, "Walking Man."
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:09 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

September, by David Sylvian
For the literal, Autumn, by Felt (and many other songs by Felt remind me of autumn, such as Fortune)
Paint the Days White, by The Apartments
posted by perhapses at 6:58 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Stay Gold by First Aid Kit. Amazing song.
posted by Ostara at 6:59 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Coffee and TV - Blur
posted by gemutlichkeit at 8:24 PM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

The album 'Autumn Leaves' by French Jazz Trio
posted by 4ster at 4:05 PM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]

Vienna Teng - Close to Home
Rilo Kiley - Paint's Peeling
posted by gemutlichkeit at 8:58 PM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]

If you have Spotify, can you add to a playlist and share? I'd love to have all of these in one place!
posted by 3491again at 4:35 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]