Fall is here! Break couldn’t come soon enough. If you’re looking to get into some new music or make a last-ditch effort to save your Wrapped, I’ve got some recommendations. Here are some of the musical moments I am thankful for this Thanksgiving:

Collaborations:

• Dave Grohl with boygenius at their Halloween Show at the Hollywood Bowl
• Thundercat and Stevie Nicks on the Gorillaz album, Cracker Island
• Ice Spice and Pink Pantherss on “Boy’s a liar pt. 2”

Albums:

• I Play My Bass Loud by Gina Birch
• the record by boygenius
• Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey
• The Gag Order by Kesha

Comebacks:

• Memento Mori by Depeche Mode. Rest in Peace, Andy Fletcher.
• Shadow Kingdom by Bob Dylan
• But Here We Are by Foo Fighters. Check out their recent SNL performance.

Tours:

• Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour
• Weekends With Adele
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 2023 Tour
• Mitski’s Amateur Mistake
• U2:UV Achtung Baby (especially their “Live at The Sphere” show in Las Vegas)
• The National’s First Two Pages of Frankenstein (they play White Oak Music Hall tomorrow night!)

News and Announcements:

• Ladies dominated the Grammy Nominations. Only one man, Jon Batiste, was present in both the Best Record and Best Album Categories.
• After struggling with numbness and loss of mobility, Sufjan Stevens is out of the hospital and learning to walk again. Listen to his new album, Javelin.
• Passenger has announced a collaboration with Elton John, Ed Sheeran and others to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their smash-hit, “Let Her Go.”
• A Broadway adaptation of Netflix drama “The Queen’s Gambit” with a soundtrack primarily created by Mitski will be hitting the stage in the spring of 2024.