Summer (Or What It Sounds Like)
May 19, 2010
Photo taken by the amazing Linus Lohoff – Flickr
What is all this talk about Vitamin-D being a natural source of energy? In terms of getting anything outside of work done, this has honestly been the most unproductive month of my life (unless you count running after the bus). I may have even resorted to compiling a mix because I couldn’t decide on which half-written review I’d like to finish… but I’ll never tell–sometimes it’s better that way. Here’s my first real attempt to let the music speak for itself. Yes, I may be jippin’ you of some sticky intellect, but believe me when I say that I put a lot of time and thought into the song order. Enjoy, and throw some D’s on that…
MP3 Frightened Rabbit – Not Miserable
MP3 Neon Trees – Animal
MP3 The Black Keys – Everlasting Light
MP3 Foals – This Orient
MP3 Broken Social Scene – All to All
MP3 Dr. Dog – Unbearable Why
MP3 Band of Horses – Dilly
MP3 Local Natives – Camera Talk
MP3 The Temper Trap – Fader
MP3 Phantogram – Turn It Off
MP3 Two Door Cinema Club – This Is The Life
MP3 Delorean – Real Love
MP3 Yeasayer – O.N.E.
MP3 Toro y Moi – Low Shoulder
MP3 Surfer Blood – Swim
MP3 The Joy Formidable – Whirring
MP3 Free Energy – Bang Pop
MP3 The New Pornographers – Your Hands (Together)
MP3 The Radio Dept. – David
MP3 The National – Lemonworld
MP3 The Morning Benders – Excuses
Spotify Playlist: Summer (Or What It Sounds Like)
Tags: Band of Horses, Broken Social Scene, Delorean, Dr. Dog, Foals, Free Energy, Frightened Rabbit, Local Natives, Neon Trees, Phantogram, Seasons, Surfer Blood, The Black Keys, The Joy Formidable, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Radio Dept., The Temper Trap, Toro y Moi, Two Door Cinema Club, Yeasayer
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May 19th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Great mix. We dig it.
We reposted you at http://evadethenoise.com.
May 19th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
I also felt the need to pass this mix along, well done. http://www.indiemusicfilter.com/summer-mixes-have-started
May 19th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
yes! thank you.
May 19th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Thanks guys! I really, really, really appreciate it! I’ve gotten a little more than 350 downloads of this mix so far. Keep ‘em coming!
May 20th, 2010 at 2:14 am
This mix sucks. I’m glad I’m not related to you.
May 20th, 2010 at 9:57 am
i like very mucho ( :
May 20th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Thanks for the mix!
May 20th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
i LOVE the mix!!! and the photo is great.
May 22nd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
I actually can’t get the mix to download… something wrong with the site?
May 22nd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Yeah, I accidentally deleted the first MediaFire upload while organizing other files on my account, but I re-uploaded the mix and it seems to be working fine. What kind of error message are you receiving? You may just have to resort to downloading each song individually.
http://www.mediafire.com/?jdmrnmnkwmd
May 23rd, 2010 at 9:09 pm
This mix is fantastic. The kind of thing iPods were made for.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Great mix!! I was just putting my own summer mix together when I stumbled across this. We have very similar tastes!
Check out my site, I make a new mix every week, I think you might like some of them. http://www.twentytenmixes.com/
Jesse
May 29th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
the last 4 aren’t downloading for me :/ any particular reason?
May 29th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I’m having the worst luck with these links. I thought I just messed up the HTML while updating the MediaFire link two nights ago (this is the third time I’ve had to upload that stupid thing), but then I investigated the file manager on my hosting website and found another case of disappearing files… I’m not sure how or why this keeps happening, but I uploaded everything again, so hopefully you’re able to get your hands on ‘em! Thanks for the heads up!
May 31st, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Thanks for the mix, It’s lovely! Perfect for a lazy summer drive.
May 31st, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Hey what font is that in the photo??? thanks
May 31st, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Thanks for the mix. It is perfect. So happy to have it. My girlfriend loves it.
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Crackling playlist, should make this a more regular feature!
June 7th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
The typeface is Gotham Thin!
June 12th, 2010 at 10:32 am
I adore this mix! Perfect for summer.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Wow! It’s like we’re music soulmates. It’s rare that I find someone with pretty much identical tastes to mine.
What’s your source? I’m always looking for new ways of discovering new music.
My main source is Y-Rock (http://xpn.org/playlists/y-rock-on-xpn-playlist And no, I don’t work for Y-Rock. I just adore ‘em.)
June 17th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I put off reading this until now, but it’s crazy how many songs (or other songs from the same artists) from this I’d put on either my first or my second (yeah, perfectionist) summer playlist. I guess we have a similar view of what summer sounds like.
June 27th, 2010 at 2:49 am
thanks a lot for these downloads! there are songs and bands i already knew and others i didn’t, and i like most of them
especially “Fader” by The Temper Trap… fell in love with the song and the band! (actually i found out that i had already heard their song “sweet sensation” on the radio)
have a great summer
June 27th, 2010 at 2:50 am
ahh sorry for the stupid smileys, i didn’t mean them to be like this!!
July 2nd, 2010 at 1:13 pm
This looks awesome! Thank you!
July 7th, 2010 at 8:04 am
thanks for sharing!
July 7th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Brilliant mix, this’ll be getting a lot of usage on my drive to Newquay
July 10th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Awesome mix from an awesome blog
August 1st, 2010 at 8:11 am
Absolutely love it! Rather odd to see a load of my favourite artists in here.. it’s as though you catered it to me..
August 10th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Thank you! Perfect!
October 15th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Fantastic mix
October 15th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Fantastic mix
December 29th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Wow, I’m obsessed with this. Incredible job. WOW
April 5th, 2011 at 11:33 am
it’s time to do summer (or what it sounds like) 2011!!!
May 29th, 2011 at 10:27 am
I agree with the last comment….. Summer 2011 mix please!!!!!! Great stuff!! and do you know where we can download this last 2010 summer mix in its entirety?
Best,
Notis
July 2nd, 2011 at 11:04 am
Wow I really love the 2011 mix. Great job! Anyone up for reposting the 2010 mix??
… pretty please!
July 11th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
I would LOVE to see the 2010 Mix reposted – really digging the 2011 Summer Mix!!
Thx for always being awesome
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August 5th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Yes, please post a new link for this mix!