The Songs of This Summer
It’s blasting out of every other car window. It’s playing at the yogurt shop. Your little sister has it on repeat. It’s The Song of the Summer, the one that’s playing everywhere and practically defines the summer. We asked three music-minded folks–WFMU’s Liz Berg, CMJ Music Editor Kenny Rose, XXL Music Editor Leah Rose–to give us their predictions for this summer’s hit song.
You can hear Liz Berg on WFMU.
If she was making you a mix tape this summer, here’s what she’d put on it:
- Yara Family “Shirahama Blues” from Ryukyu: Shima-Uta Pops in 60’s-70’s compilation (Polystar Records)
- Dungen “Gor Det Nu” from Tio Bitar (Kemado)
- Talibam! “A Petroglyphic Massacre” from Ordination of the Globetrotting Conscripts (Azul Discographica)
- Ghetto Ice Cream Truck, field recording
- Eglantine Gouzy “Boa” from Boamaster (Osaka Records)
- Death Sentence: Panda! “No Enemies” from Festival Dinamique de Bete
- Dan Deacon “The Crystal Cat” from Spiderman of the Rings (Carpark)
- Von Sudenfed “The Rhinohead” from Tromatic Reflexxions (Domino)
- Mark E. Smith (the Fall) & Mouse on Mars DJ Kicks & Hot Chip remix of “In the Basement, Part One” by Etta James and Sugar Pie DeSanto (Studio K7)


