The school year is settling in (except for my freshmen, maybe), so here’s some tunes to cruise into mid-September to.

1. Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk”: I love the drums on this one. The high school marching band that joins in halfway through is also pretty neat.
2. Frank Turner, “Get Better”: “I’m trying to get better ’cause I haven’t been my best,” Turner sings, and damn if I don’t feel that most days.
3. U2, “Hawkmoon 269”: Just what the heck is a hawkmoon, anyway? My Google-Fu is useless, at least since Destiny 2 released an exotic gun of the same name.
4. Tom Waits, “(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night”: I’m a sucker for any song title that starts with parentheses. And this song is just sad and sweet and gets me every time.
5. Sublime, “What I Got”: I dare you not to sing along. You can’t not sing along.
6. Walk the Moon, “Shut Up And Dance”: My niece likes this song. I think it’s pretty catchy, to the point that I find myself occasionally listening to it even when she’s not around (and sometimes putting it on a playlist, like this one).
7. Elvis Costello & the Attractions, “Pump It Up”: It’s got a very insistent bassline and drumbeat that just gets into your brain and won’t let go.
8. The Horrible Crowes, “Behold The Hurricane”: Brian Fallon just writes such catchy songs.
9. Iron & Wine, “Claim Your Ghost”: Speaking of songs that are sad and sweet…
10. The Jayhawks, “I’d Run Away”: The harmonies these guys got up to just send shivers down my spine.