Category: Summer Jams
David’s Summer Jamz Volume III
Mae-Summertime What better summer jam than a song called Summertime? This is more of a night time summer road trip song. This is the song that introduced me to Mae after seeing the video on MTV at 2 AM 5 or 6 years ago. That’s right MTV actually showed a video. Gaslight Anthem-American Slang I’ve [...]
Ben’s Vinyl Jams #1: Record Store Day
So for this edition of Summer Jams, I thought I’d let you know what’s been in heavy rotation on my turntable, so here are a pair of limited vinyl releases from my collection that I’ve been enjoying and I think you will too. Now, when I think about limited releases, I think about Record Store [...]
Bakari’s Summer Jams #4
Month 1 of Summer Jams is almost over. Still jamming? Here we go. “Change” by The Young Veins Change – The Young Veins Change – The Young Veins Damn. The Young Veins. Earlier in this series I posted about former labelmates of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, Greta Salpeter (Gold Motel/ The Hush Sound). This [...]
D Strings Summer Jamz Volume II
Yo, I heard you liked Summer Jamz so we put some jamz in your summer so you can jam all summer. Alia Shawkat-S.O.G. Burning in Hell I’ve never been the biggest Steel Train fan, but I’m totally loving their new album. It’s got a lot of feeling and is upbeat and nostalgic, with some perfect [...]
Bakari’s Summer Jams #3
First Up, “Losing a Whole Year” by Third Eye Blind Losing a Whole Year – Third Eye Blind Losing a Whole Year – Third Eye Blind Yes. I know this song is old. Yes. I know Third Eye Blind has released a recent record. Non-Dairy Creamer was cute and all, but Losing a Whole Year [...]
Bakari’s Summer Jams #2
Another week, another Jam. Or two. First up “Kids” by Sleigh Bells Kids – Sleigh Bells Kids – Sleigh Bells When I first heard Sleigh Bells back in December, my mind was blown. The demo of this song, “Beach Girls”, didn’t really impress me as much as “Infinity Guitars”, or “Crown on the Ground”, but [...]
David’s Summer Jams #1
The Black Keys-Next Girl I was planning on just letting Bakari do the Scene SC Summer Jam’s series, but I decided to get in on it myself. Honestly, this new Black Keys album doesn’t sound like anything I would ever like, but for some reason I love it. It grooves with heartache every song only [...]
Bakari’s Summer Jams #1
From now until September, I will be posting one song that I consider a Summer Jam a week. This week’s Summer Jam is “Make Me Stay” by Gold Motel Make Me Stay – Gold Motel Make Me Stay – Gold Motel Gold Motel is the brainchild of The Hush Sound’s Greta Salpeter. Their first full-length, [...]
