S-25 Mix: Best Beach Songs by Wavves, The Vaccines, Best Coast, Com Truise, Mazes, Triptides, Film School, Kinks, Radiohead
It’s almost hard to believe that it is summer here in northern California and the Pacific Northwest, because it has been unusually cool, and even rained (which almost never happens in the Bay Area during summer).
One of the best things about summer is taking trips to the beach. We’re blessed with being only a few miles from some of the most beautiful beaches in the Bay Area. So, we had started putting together a ‘sounds beachy’ mix weeks ago, and ended with hundreds of qualifying songs.
Eventually, we ended up with the 35 songs in this mix – tracks that we think exemplify everything we love about the beach, the ocean, the sun and all things related. We hope you enjoy this special playlist as part of our Summer Songs series, and this week’s Sunday 25 mix.
“Super Soaker” – Wavves from King of the Beach (2010)
“Oceans” – The Format from Dog Problems (2006)
“Wetsuit” – The Vaccines from What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (2011)
“Beach Comber” – Real Estate from Real Estate (2009)
“When The Sun Don’t Shine” – Best Coast from Hope Is Just a Walking Dream (2010)
“Beach Party” – Air France from No Way Down (2008)
“Ocean City” – Kurt Vile from Square Shells (2010)
“Sunburn” – Beat Connection from Surf Noir EP (2010)
“Blue Sunshine” – Blue Giant from Blue Giant (2010)
“Sundriped” – Com Truise from Cyanide Sisters EP (2010)
“Sunshine/Pretty Girls” – Unnatural Helpers from Unnatural Sampler (2010)
“Surf and Turf/Maths Tag” – Mazes from A Thousand Keys (2008)
“Shadows” – Triptides from Tropical Dreams (2011)
“Light and Day – Reach For The Sun” – The Polyphonic Spree from The Beginning Stages (2002)
“Sunny Day” – Film School from Fission (2010)
“At The Beach” – The Avett Brothers from Mignonette (2004)
“Buenos Aires Beach” – The War on Drugs from Barrel of Batteries EP (2008)
“Forget Me Not” – Glass Vaults from Glass EP (2010)
“Summer Hits Or J Plus J Don’t Like” – Mazes from A Thousand Keys (2011)
“Golden Girl” – Therapies Son from Over The Sea (2011)
“RE: Chillwaves” – John Blaze from Introductions EP (2010)
“Waves” – The Elected from Me First (2004)
“The Secret Ocean” – Of Montreal from The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit’s Flower (1998)
“Blood The Sun And Water” – Born Ruffians from Say It (2010)
“The Sun On His Back” - Camera Obscura from Biggest Blues Hi Fi (2004)
“Sunset Junction” – Work Drugs from Work Drugs (2010)
“Definitely Beachy (Reprise)” – Air Miami from Me Me Me (1995)
“Pictures in the Sand” – The Kinks from Great Lost Kinks Albums (1971)
“Don’t Look Back Into The Sun” – The Libertines from The New Breed (2003)
“Burn The Beach” – Leisure Birds from That Time of the Month (2010)
“Brighton Beach” – Little Brazil from SXSW Sampler (2010)
“Keepin On” – Turbo Fruits from Keepin On 7 (2010)
“On The Beach (Neil Young)” – Radiohead
“Our Scenery” – Gauntlet Hair from I Was Thinking (2010)
“Beach & Friends (Hey Champ Remix) – French Horn Rebellion Vs Database
Beach Fossils should have been on here :) Bt very good mix tape, Indierockcafe never disappoints.
Hey Jesse: Yeah, lots of bands could have been on here – but we had to cut it down somewhere – plus, we have Beach Fossils on SO many other mixes, just spend some time going through the hundreds of mixtapes on here and you’ll see them a lot :)
I generally love your mixes but I have to say this lineup is disappointing. Notable goodies are Sunshine / Pretty Girls and Surf and Turf/Maths Tag.
OMG were have you been all my life this music is awesome thx
We’ve been right here Matt :)
Stay tuned, we’ve got so much more music in the pipeline – a lot of it you’ve probably never heard before.
Thanks for participating in leaving Comments and feel free to do so again – we like when people give their two cents. :)
Maxwell for IRC
Is it my computer or are some of these mp3s really poppy and cracky?
hi Gabriel: No one else has said the songs are poppy and cracky? If it’s every song, it’s defiintely something with your computer – or there is some electric interference on your computer. Good luck!
This is the most awesome summer playlist ever, I’m really into The Vaccines lately, and i’m really into their video for Norgaard
http://www.vevo.com/watch/the-vaccines/norgaard/GB1101100219
Thanks Marina, did you get to see all 15 summer mixtapes from last year? Most of the MP3s in those mixes are still working so have fun – http://www.indierockcafe.com/categories/indie-summer-mix-playlist/
raining all over the place, but still holding on for the summer xD
This might just be my computer, but I wasn’t able to listen to any of these songs.
Hi Jake: Nope it wasn’t your computer – the traffic on the mixtape was SO heavy, that it maxed our DropBox files – so we had to reload them all into another server, then set all the new links and republish – so it’s all fixed now :)
Check your mp3 links!
I’m really stoked for The Vaccines’ performance at Lollapalooza this year on August 5th! They’re always really awesome live. Check out their performance in Belgium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBAxFLzA6a8