# Herb Sundays

Weekly music playlists by curators. "Everyone understands the importance of skirting the algorithm, but few know how to accomplish it. Herb Sundays is beautiful in both simplicity and execution" - Philip Sherburne

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## [Herb Sundays In Focus... The Durutti Column](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-in-focus-the-durutti)

_2026-08-16 · Sam Valenti IV_

The Durutti Column in review, as chosen and explained by Tom Krell (How to Dress Well)

## [Herb Sundays 04: Lovefingers \[From the Archive\]](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-04-lovefingers-from)

_2026-08-09 · Sam Valenti IV_

One of the great contemporary curators with "wholesome Sunday ballads for the whole family" plus other ruminations. Art by Cina.

## [Herb Sundays 51: SV4 + more \[From the Archive\]](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-51-sv4-more-from-the)

_2026-08-02 · Sam Valenti IV_

An August playlist returns: The late summer sun in a seaside town beats against the quickly painted white walls. Art by Cina.

## [Herb Sundays 194: Chanel Beads](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-194-chanel-beads)

_2026-07-12 · Sam Valenti IV_

\[Season 11 finale\] Third Eye Blind / Playboy Carti / Ricki Lee Jones = Enigmatic music for long drives

## [Herb Sundays 193: Carla dal Forno](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-193-carla-dal-forno)

_2026-07-05 · Sam Valenti IV_

The self-styled Australian musician with "Music that makes me feel alive, but in a kind of relaxed, dance slowly round the house or lie on the couch way."

## [Herb Sundays 192: CFCF](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-192-cfcf)

_2026-06-28 · Sam Valenti IV_

The Los Angeles-based Canadian producer and DJ at the storage unit of retro colours that inform his work.

## [Herb Sundays 191: Italo Disco 2: Rites of Italo](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-191-italo-disco-2-rites)

_2026-06-21 · Sam Valenti IV_

feat. Veronica Vasicka, Lovefingers, The Hacker, Jeffrey Sfire, Dan Selzer, and more.

## [Herb Sundays 190: Italo Disco](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-190-italo-disco)

_2026-06-14 · Sam Valenti IV_

Part 1 - secrets and lies, definitions and presumptions feat. faves from Angelica Frey, Daniel Wang, Hercules & Love Affair, Josh Cheon (Dark Entries), and more.

## [Herb Sundays 189: Sam Wilkes](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-189-sam-wilkes)

_2026-06-07 · Sam Valenti IV_

The Los Angeles composer, producer, arranger, and Fender Precision bass player goes wide. “this was made quickly and for a late spring early summer sunday”

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## [Herb Sundays 188: Car Culture](https://herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sundays-188-car-culture)

_2026-05-31 · Sam Valenti IV_

The Queens producer and DJ shares "low tide" or a genre study "that's hard to exactly pinpoint but you know when you hear it.