"Drunk Girls" - LCD Soundsystem
This was a tough one, because there were three otrfour viable candidates for this most prestigious award. The past summer was a very expansive time for me musically. I am sure it was, in no small part, a reaction to having to silently and optimistically endure my wife's day-to-day struggles with the "high-risk" pregnancy. In any case, this past summer had some great fucking songs. As a matter of context, I listen almost exclusively to XM Radio in the car (Alt Nation, Lithium, Grateful Dead, Classic Vinyl and Deep Tracks, in that order), and I get many of my new artist "leads" from Alt Nation. Also, I buy almost exclusively from Amazon, and I have found the Amazon "you might also like" suggestions helpful. And I have a few core Twitter friends whom I consider invaluable sources for music suggestions.
In addition to my choice above, here was my "playlist" for the better part of the summer.
"The High Road" - Broken Bells
"Bruises" - Chairlift
"Felicia" - The Constellations
"The Dark of the Matinee" - Franz Ferdiand
"No You Girls" - Franz Ferdinand
"Do You Want To" - Franz Ferdiand
"Feel Good, Inc." - Gorillaz
"Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
"Rhinestone Eyes" - Gorillaz
"How You Like Me Now" - Heavy
"Out of the Blue" (Live) - Julian Casablancas
"Everyday I Love You Less and Less" - Kaiser Chiefs
"I Predict A Riot" - Kaiser Chiefs
"Me and Bobby McGee" - Kris Kristofferson
"Gold Guns Girls" - Metric
"Yeah Teah Yeah" - New Politics
"Crash Years" - New Pornographers
"Only" - Nine Inch Nails
"This Too Shall Pass" - OK Go
"Panic Switch" - Silversun Pickups
"Baptized by Fire" - Spinetette
"Take a Load Off" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Hell" - Teegan and Sara
"Someone's daughter" - The Whigs
"Crystalized" - XX
"Zero" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Crystalized" and "Felicia" were damn close, the former reminding me of standing in cool, shady, evening grass and the latter of riding around with the windows down on a hot, sweaty, sticky day (i.e., 95 degrees, 95% humidity). But LCD Soundsystem just crushed the ball out of the park with this one. Frivilous fun--what summer is all about. This song ALWAYS puts a smile on my face, something that was most essential last summer.
