Five Things

(Jamie xx spinning some records)

The D Man recognizes that he experiences many blessings. Great music certainly takes up a portion of the cornucopia. Or maybe it reverberates through it all. Happy Thanksgiving.

• M83 does it on Fallon. Yes, there will be sax.
• Enjoy the origami-stylings of Sean Pecknold, singer Robin's brother, who directed the video for "The Shrine / An Argument."
• "We All Go Back To Where We Belong." A lovely little swan song.
• Cool song from a band that I'm not really down with.
• Jamie xx reworks "Bloom."

Song of the Week

It has been seventeen years since Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You" became an alterna-anthem for the (hip and) hopelessly romantic. Undoubtedly, no one will complain that Hope Sandoval and David Roback are releasing new music in what feels like ages. Sandoval's country timbre still smokes, and with their teetering-at-the-edges acousticism, the band's new single, "Common Burn," feels like falling away.