July July!

(Getting tomorrow's post done today)

Oh my gosh, if only you knew how hot it is here in Seattle. I know there are places that get this kind of heat almost every day of the year but for someone who doesn't spend much time in hot places and is used to the rain, this is really unbearable. I'm rolling around in my bed at night in a pool of sweat. Ugh.... But Summer does have it's peaks right? Of course!!! For one I don't have to go to school and I have no obligations (almost). Also I get to make summer playlists for myself and soak up the sun in ways that I see fit like walks to the library or bike rides or staying out until 10 o' clock without the sun setting (I know, that's ridiculous isn't it).

I know my blog's been pretty average and mediocre so far and not too original, I think that has something to do with the summer. Something about the summer makes me listen to lots of, what you call indie music. Normally I'm way more varied in my taste. I loooove hip-hop and I always considered myself pretty varied with my music taste which was the main reason I thought my blog would go over well, it would be a little different. So with this summer playlist I'm going to try and throw in some of my favorite "non-indie" songs (but it's pretty hard for me to make a summer playlist without the Long Winters, or the Decemberists, just cause).

Also I get to use this as a chance to premiere a brand new song by Benjamin Gibbard! It's a Beat Happening cover that was done for a soundtrack for a new Kurt Cobain documentary which you can read about here. It's called Indian Summer, and it just so happens to go perfectly with my playlist.

EDIT: I had to take down the Ben Gibbard track, by label's request.


1. The Long Winters - Pushover
2. The Decemberists - July, July (Live at Soho)
3. Ben Gibbard - Indian Summer
4. G. Love and Special Sauce - Making Amends
5. De La Soul - Eye Know
6. Presidents of the United States of America - Love Delicatessen
7. CSS - Pretend We're Dead (L7 Cover)
8. BOAT - (I'm a) Donkey for Your Love
9. Sparklehorse - Some Sweet Day
10. Antony and the Johnsons - For Today I'm a Boy


Buy BOAT'S cd and support northwest talent.


Man, that just screams summer to me. Now go load these on your iPod and get tan!

Song Feature: Somersault

Today I want to share another of my favorite songs ever. I thought this would make a neat feature, every now and again I'll feature an album or a song. Today it's Somersault by Zero 7.
I love When it Falls, it's one of my favorite albums. It establishes such a relaxed mood and really acts as an escape. This song is the big hit from the album, but for good reason.
If you're unfamiliar with Zero 7 or Sia Furler then this is your chance to find out what you're missing. Sia's voiceis so mezmerizingly good and perfect. She knows when to do exactly what. Her solo stuff is pretty good but when backed by Zero 7 she's unstoppable.

I'm going to offer up 4 different versions of the song today. All these different versions make me love the song even more because it feels like the song is endless. Each version is incredibly different and just as good. I hope you enjoy.


(sorry the Danger Mouse remix isn't the best quality. I bought it on iTunes so I can't share without you logging into my account, but it's worth buying so I recomend you do so)

Somersault (Original)

Somersault (Danger Mouse Remix ft. MF Doom)

Somersault (Hot Chip Remix)

Somersault (Acoustic, Live at KEXP)