Summer Albums

I don't actually have an iPod, I have a Zune, but this picture will work anyway.

Well, it's definitely summer. Hot temps, rainy days, girls with bikinis as tops (just as long as they follow the fashion rule), babies left in cars...yep, all the telltale signs that summer is in full swing. And it seems like everyone is talking about good summer music these days.

This made me start thinking about my own summer music. I'm one of those people that compartmentalizes things for specific reasons. Like, I have a set group of CDs that are "Winter Music" (The Shins, Sea Wolf, Blonde Redhead, Camera Obscura, etc...), a group for Fall (Death Cab for Cutie, Arctic Monkeys, Malajube, Feist...etc). My "Spring Music" category is pretty ambiguous since there isn't really a Spring in ATL: just winter for like ever then BAM! it's really hot.

So I recently pulled out my good old summer standbys and will be putting them on rotation in my car very soon. My 10 classic summer albums are:

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Show Your Bones
(From "Gold Lion" to "Turn Into"," this whole album is delicate and shimmery and light and perfect for summer. I used to play this album with all my windows down, just loving the music and the warm breeze)

2. Dr. Dog: We All Belong
(We All Belong is a straight up epic album and perfect for a nighttime BBQ. Put this record on, pour a pitcher of PBR, and just enjoy the night)

3. Cake: Comfort Eagle

4. The Grates: Gravity Won't Get You High

5. Black Lips: Good Bad Not Evil
(just classic summer garage rock, this album is my go-to summer album even though it was released in September. It's like crusty, sandy, beach rock.)

6. CSS: CSS

7. Love of Diagrams: Mosaic
(there is one line in The Valley Of The Dolls where Neely is in her room, "tossing and turning in a barbiturate haze." That line always stuck with me and I feel like this album captures that feeling, because it feels really hot and dark)

8. The Go! Team: Proof Of Youth
(the Go! Team always makes summer music, but it's classic, like summer on the stoop in 1978)

9. Wolfmother: Wolfmother

10. New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom

Well, what are your favorite ten albums? They don't have to be from a particular year or anything, just the albums you always find yourself listening to in the summer. Post up your personal faves in the comments section so I can read them and heckle/praise your taste in music!

Deuces,
Erika