While summer does not technically begin until mid-June, it has become something of an American tradition that Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summertime. And it’s perfect timing for folks on the west coast, where it has been an unusually cool, cloudy and rainy spring.
Now that Memorial Day weekend has arrived, it’s time to begin rolling out the summer mixtapes, and the good thing is, there’s a lot of terrific new music that has come out so far in 2010. And these mixtapes also give us an opportunity to share other great ‘summer’ style music with you not restricted to just ‘indie rock’.
[zbplayer]“Sun Hands” – Local Natives
“Let’s Go Surfing” – The Drums
“Dynomania”– The Vermicious K’nids
“Month of May” – Arcade Fire
“Nothing But Time” – Opus Orange
“Six Royal Vipers” – Tobacco
“Celebrate The Days” – The Rassle
“Razor Blade” – The Strokes
“Dream City” – Free Energy
“Walk In The Park” – Beach House
“Swim Until You Can’t See Land” – Frightened Rabbit
“Spirit in the Sky” – Norman Greenbaum
“You Were Young” – Yes Giantess
“Eyes of Light” – Awesome Color