Soon summer will pass the torch to autumn, leaves will deceive nature by coming alive as they die and people will plan holidays, take out sweaters and coats and harvest the last crops before winter ushers in its long chilly nights.

But let's not say goodbye to summer too fast; it's still with us, and in that spirit, Indie Rock Cafe
kicks off it's PlayThis! MP3 Playlist Series. The first installment is, you guessed it, songs about
summer. Here's a streaming version featuring ten songs, followed by an MP3 playlist. You can PlayThis Playlist now!


1. Summertime - Miles Davis

2. A Summer Wasting - Belle & Sebastian

3. A Sweet Summer's Night On Hammer Hill - Jens Lekman

4. Constructive Summer - The Hold Steady

5. Electric Music And The Summer People - Beck

6. Feel Good Hit Of The Summer - Queens of the Stone Age

7. It's Summertime - The Flaming Lips

8. Jogging Gorgeous Summer - Islands

9. My Summer Girl - The Rentals

10. Play In The Summer - Trans Am

11. Spring And By Summer Fall - Blonde Redhead

12. Summer Babe [Winter Version] - Pavement

13. Summer Days - Phoenix

14. Summer Dress (Live on KCRW) - Red House Painters

15. Summer Is Coming - Matt Pond PA

16. Summer Kids Go - Moonbabie

17. Summer On The Westhill - Kings of Convenience

18. Summer Party - Breakbot

19. Summer Seen - The High Llamas

20. Summer Skin - Death Cab For Cutie

21. Summer Snow - Fahrenheit

22. Summer Songs - Barcelona

23. Summer Wind Was Always Our Son - Ataris

24. Summer's Gone - The Kinks

25. Summer...It's Gone - Grandaddy

This is the first installment of the PlayThis! MP3 Playlist Series focused almost exclusively on indie and alternative rock.

Over the years, I have been sorting my favorites songs - thousands of them - into categorical and thematical playlists. During this time, a collection of more than 50 mostly indie rock, folk, pop playlists has been produced. Little by little, each playlist, in a trimmed down version of course, will be published on this blog.

Eardrums Music has a free 24-song compilation of summer songs available for download at:

http://eardrumsmusic.com/summershere_vol1/

Forthcoming PlayThis! Playlists

Autumn Fills The Air - Featuring songs about autumn time, fall and the change of seasons

Halloween Tracks and Treats - A playlist of Halloween-related songs. Think ghosts, ghouls and goblins.

Labels: Indie Songs, MP3s, PlayThis MP3 Playlist Series