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Labor Day Playlist

Turn the volume up to 11 and rock out this weekend's BBQ with these super-fun songs picked by the Immaculate Infatuation boys

by Chris Stang and Andrew Steinthal September 4, 2011

The fact that you're here visiting Gilt Taste, spending your money on things like La Frieda rib roasts and hand-foraged chanterelle mushrooms, probably means that you're some kind of serious home cook. Good for you. It also probably means that you throw one hell of a party. And while we're sure that you can execute a five course meal for twenty with precision, we are betting that when it comes to music for your party, you're connecting your iPod Nano to a boombox, hitting shuffle, and hoping for the best. That's where we come in. We'll be checking in regularly at Taste to personally curate playlists for your upcoming special occasions. To kick it off, we've put together a list of upbeat, outdoor-friendly jams for your end of summer party needs. Happy Labor Day, friends!

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Backyard BBQ

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As Tall As Lions – Ghost Of York
A Tribe Called Quest – Buggin' Out
Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place - Live LP Version
Guster – Happier
Geto Boys – My Mind Playin' Tricks On Me
KRS-One – Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight)
Tahiti 80 – Heartbeat
A Tribe Called Quest – Like It Like That
Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere - Remastered LP Version
Genesis – That's All
Spoon – Rhthm & Soul
Gang Starr – You Know My Steez
Death Cab for Cutie – Cath...
Cut Copy – Out There On The Ice
Low vs Diamond – This is Your Life - New Album Version
The Kooks – Naive
Beastie Boys – Get It Together
Blue Oyster Cult – Don't Fear the Reaper
B.o.B – I'll Be In The Sky
The Clash – Train In Vain
Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer
Jack Penate – Pull My Heart Away
Friendly Fires – Jump In The Pool
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Southern Cross
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Beck – Tropicalia
Bloc Party – Blue Light
Cut Copy – Saturdays
The Decemberists – O Valencia!
Idlewild – Welcome Home
Jamie Lidell – Little Bit of Feel Good
K-OS – Crabbuckit
Modest Mouse – Dashboard
My Morning Jacket – Thank You Too!
Incubus – Are You In?
Old 97's – King Of All The World
Radiohead – Everything in It's Right Place
Atmosphere – Sunshine
Miike Snow – Animal
Passion Pit – Moth's Wings
The Streets – Has It Come To This?
Sebastien Tellier – Divine
Band of Horses – Is There A Ghost
Delorean – Deli
Frightened Rabbit – The Wrestle
Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
R.E.M. – All The Right Friends
Jack's Mannequin – I'm Ready
Sunny Day Real Estate – Every Shining Time You Arrive
Tegan And Sara – Where Does The Good Go
Margot and the Nuclear So & So's – Broadripple Is Burning

 

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Chris Stang

Chris Stang is the co-founder of the popular dining website Immaculate Infatuation, and a marketing executive at Atlantic Records in New York City.  He hails from the great state of Colorado, and also hopes to one day take over for Charlie Rose, despite having no credentials or qualifications to do so.

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Andrew Steinthal

Andrew Steinthal leads a double life. He's an executive at Warner Bros. Records and, along with Chris Stang, a co-founder of Immaculate Infatuation, a dining and entertainment website offering up relatable food content for a mainstream audience. Music industry guys bringing the worlds of music and food together? Believe it. Bottom line, good taste is good taste - regardless of whether its musical or culinary. Steinthal resides in Manhattan's East Villege and is a die hard New York Knicks fan.