i should be prepping for scotland and getting ahead on paperwork for the top of next season, but i’m having a hard time focusing and being productive in the brutal heat today. so, a list of my current summer music obsessions:
- ratatat’s ‘lp3’ is my favorite new find
- minus the bear’s ‘highly refined pirates’ narrowly edges out the rest of their amazing albums
- i picked up louis xvi’s ‘slick dogs and ponies’ because i heard “air traffic control†on the radio repeatedly in la jolla and simply fell in love with it
- the quaver’s ‘lit by your phone’ (and anything by t. griffin, really) is truly inspiring
- the black keys: i just can get enough of anything this band does
- aimee mann’s new ‘@#%&*! smilers’ was a very welcome surprise
- pavement’s ‘slanted and enchanted: luxe and reduxe’ reminds me of teenage summers back in ky, but with added peel sessions and live versions
- r.e.m.’s ‘new adventures in hi fi’ continues to blow my mind
- jimi hendrix’s ‘band of gypsys’ has been a summer favorite of mine for a long time and my favorite of all his works
- the english beat’s ‘i just can’t stop it’ is another perennial favorite
i can’t recommend any of these highly enough.