Jeffro's Indie Rawk Blog.
25/09/2009
Phoenix - Countdown (Sick For The Big Sun).
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #52.
“We’re sick, sick, sick, sick, sick…”
Frenchy fun for Friday. Their entire album reminds me of baking under the sun, sunglasses in hand.
Audio posted at 18:00
11/08/2009
Animal Collective - Banshee Beat.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #51.
“But I don’t wish that I was dead. Now, a very old friend of mine once said that either way you look at it you have your fits, I have my fits, but feeling is good.”
Can we just all agree this is a great track to end the summer?
Audio posted at 14:00
29/07/2009
Animal Collective - The Purple Bottle.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #50.
“Sometimes you’re quiet and sometimes I’m quiet, Hallelujah! Sometimes I’m talkative and sometimes you’re not talkative, I know… Sometimes you hear me when others they can’t hear me. Hallelujah! Sometimes I’m naked and thank god sometimes you’re naked. Well, hello.”
This song always makes me happy. Its frantic pace also reminds me of water slides.
Audio posted at 14:04
21/07/2009
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In This Home On Ice.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #49.
“Now that I’m so sad and not quite right, I could dance all night.”
Welcome back the “it” band of 2004, 2005. I feel like sipping lemonade on the porch when I hear this song.
Audio posted at 17:00
18/07/2009
The New Pornographers - July Jones.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #48.
“So lay free in your faith beside me, but lay low ‘cause, baby, there’s a lot we don’t know.”
For July. And for the Joneses, too.
Audio posted at 13:00
17/07/2009
The Flaming Lips - It’s Summertime.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #47.
“When you look inside, all you’ll see is a self-reflected inner sadness. Look outside. I know that you’ll recognize it’s summertime.”
This song reminds me of summer — not because of the title, but Wayne Coyne’s beard reminds me that I need to maintain a proper Speedo-wearing area.
Audio posted at 18:00
Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #46.
“Careless in our summer clothes, splashing around in the muck and the mire”
A great song — nay, perhaps the greatest song — about doing laundry. Now I know not to use hot water when washing my colors.
Audio posted at 16:00
16/07/2009
Feist - Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix).
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #45.
“But in the meantime we’ve got it hard: second floor living without a yard. It may be years until the day my dreams will match up with my pay.”
Sure the song’s lyrics primarily focus on the winter time, but for whatever reason the track reminds me of summer.
Audio posted at 16:11
10/07/2009
Jason Collett - These Are The Days.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #44.
“Wiggle your toes, can you feel your soul? Winter suns, you’ve been laying low. Arrows and bows prey in the cubicles. Lord, I wish I was home before you regret the days that were never really meant to be won.”
Jason Collett for the rush hour drive back from work.
Audio posted at 18:00
08/07/2009
Vampire Weekend - One (Blake’s Got A New Face).
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #43.
“Oh your collegiate grief has left you dowdy in sweatshirts. Absolute horror!”
For some reason, I feel like this would fit well in a Wes Anderson flick.
Audio posted at 15:00
06/07/2009
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #42.
“And if my brain quits, well I guess then that’s just it. And if my hands stop working you can call me lazy. And if I get pregnant, I guess I’ll just have the baby. Let it be loved, let me be loved…”
Lazy afternoons often mean slow Rilo Kiley.
Audio posted at 17:00
02/07/2009
The Go! Team - Ladyflash.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #42.
I just want to dance in the streets each time I hear this.
Audio posted at 20:51
26/06/2009
Spoon - June’s Foreign Spell.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #41.
“All fixed up now for June’s foreign spell. All sad ‘bout it now june’s bitter soil again. Oh no can’t take this another year. Drop two steps back and take the place of who that came before now…”
Before June ends, y’know? Plus, this is a sweet song for hot summer nights in the city.
Audio posted at 00:50
23/06/2009
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #40.
“As a young girl, Louis Vuitton, with your mother on a sandy lawn.”
Oh, to be a young, rich, girl in the East Coast…
Audio posted at 15:00
12/06/2009
Doves - There Goes The Fear.
SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER #39.
You look to those you love to justify. You turned around and life’s passed you by… Think of me when you close your eyes, but don’t look back when you break all ties. Think of me when you’re coming down, but don’t look back when leaving town today.
One of my favorite Doves songs of all time. And hey! It’s on the 500 Days of Summer soundtrack. Score.
Audio posted at 18:00
