Artist	Song
Rufus Wainwright	Oh What a World
The Hidden Cameras	Ban Marriage
Tegan and Sara	I Hear Noises
Brendan Benson	Cold Hands Warm Heart
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Hey Tonight
The Proclaimers	Then I Met You
Operation Ivy	Bankshot
Wilco	I'm Always in Love
Ben Lee	Catch My Disease
Dropkick Murphys	The Auld Triangle
The Wallflowers	Beautiful Side of Somewhere
Okkervil River	Song of Our So-Called Friend
Ben Folds	Jesusland
Future Bible Heroes	I'm a Vampire
Rilo Kiley	More Adventurous
Sufjan Stevens	Come on Feel the Illinoise! Part 1: The World's Columbia Exposition / Part 2: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream
Clem Snide	Let's Explode
Berlin	Blowin' Sky High
The Hidden Cameras	A Miracle
Aqueduct	Five Star Day
Tegan and Sara	Hype
Dropkick Murphys	The Green Fields of France
The Cloud Room	Hey Now Now
Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run
Billy Bragg	To Have and to Have Not
Talking Heads	Heaven (live)
The 6ths	You You You You You
Future Bible Heroes	Real Summer
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	Biomusicology
Rilo Kiley	August

Comment:

My summers usually don't sound like this. Musically-speaking, they usually contain wall-to-wall merriment and catchy pop/rock celebrations. And while this one has its share of positivity (especially in the mix's first half) and isn't exactly sad, its overriding mood is not one of jubilance, but rather bittersweetness and pensivity. Or at least, that's the way I hear it. My music tastes seem to be gradually shifting in that direction. I still love happy, exuberant music, but I just don't seem to find it as often these days. My ears steer more toward songs that characterize that nebulous mood in-between happy and sad. That saddens me a little - I wish I could go back to those cheerier days - but I also find it an interesting transition to observe. Anyway, if nothing else, these are a bunch of songs I am currently loving, each for their own unique reasons.

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