Sunday, July 24, 2011

Summertime and the livin's easy


What songs make you feel like it's summer? They might talk about how you need to laugh when the sun is out, or how you are well qualified to represent the LBC. They might discuss the finer points of riding in the drop top with the top down or how if everybody had an ocean across the USA, then everybody'd be surfin' like Californ-I-A. Perhaps it feels like summer when songs point out how we frolicked in our summer skin, or implore us to protect, embrace, engulf—remember the summer in Abaddon. The lyrics could mention something summerish, or even just the sounds might feel like warm sunshine to you for some reason.

In summary, tell us the songs that make you feel summery.

PLAYLISTS
Summer Better Than Others
1. Aphex Twin – Fingerbib
2. MGMT – Kids
3. Janelle Monae – Tightrope
4. Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill
5. The Radio Dept. – Heaven's on Fire
6. Broken Social Scene – Swimmers
7. Phoenix – Rome
8. Jamie Lidell – Enough's Enough
9. Blackstreet – No Diggity
10. Jurassic 5 – Concrete and Clay
11. Beck – Que Onda Guero
12. Four Tet – Angel Echoes

Summer is the Champion
1. Beirut – Postcards from Italy
2. Typhoon – Summer Home
3. Kings of Leon – Ragoo
4. Amos Lee – Ease Back
5. The Decemberists – July, July!
6. The Morning Benders –  Promises
7. Weezer – El Scorcho
8. Local Natives – Sun Hands
9. Sonny & the Sunsets – Too Young to Burn
10. The Beatles – Good Day Sunshine
11. Laura Veirs – Summer is the Champion
12. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms

Summer Is Only Winter With You
1. The Shins – Kissing the Lipless
2. Yeasayer – Wait For The Summer
3. The English Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
4. Reel Big Fish – Sell Out
5. Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don't Stand A Chance
6. Islands – Vapours
7. Modest Mouse – Ocean Breathes Salty
8. Pinback – Fortress
9. My Morning Jacket – Wordless Chorus
10. 311 – Prisoner
11. Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
12. The Black Keys – Tighten Up