DAY 3 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!
Each day I’ll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!
3…. That’s the magic number!
The Breeders-Saints
Don’t get much better than LEN’s “Steal My Sunshine” for my money!
@ren it’s funny, my former boss was in this video. I have so much respect for Len after hearing the story. They basically knew they caught lightning in a bottle with that song and took a bunch of the labels money and used it to fly all their friends from St Catherines down to Florida to shoot a guerrilla video. No permits or anything, just getting drunk and fucking about on the boardwalk.
Most of the times the label gives them a bill for that stuff and the band has to pay it back in album sales. Hope they knew that 😅
amazing! It’s a super fun album too.
@ren and you are correct, this is the #1 A+ with a gold star summer song
Vampire weekend!
Mansard Roof has always felt very summery to me.
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, nice! Yeah, VW definitely gives summer vibes somehow
Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys
Not sure why but its got a strange summer vibe for me.
Actually found this harder than expected–most of the songs I associate with summer are the wrong genre, or became super mainstream. But I played this album extensively one summer, and this song in particular has that warm, stuffy evening vibe for me.
Feels Like Summer by Weezer. Too on the nose? 😁
The writhing south - Say Anything. I dunno man. Makes me happy! https://open.spotify.com/track/6NCjnGKa1Nj6blTwdnaNab?si=nzMqzh8sSg-Z5p9MOU5mYw
that’s all that matters!
Big D and the Kids Table -Shining On
Lost in My Mind - The Head and the Heart
For me, summer is best for that indie-folk foot stomping music. I was really into their debut album when it came out and I saw them live in the summer of 2011.
Minus the Bear - Absinthe Part At The Fly Honey Warehouse
Pretty much the whole album’s a summer-soaked stomper but this one hits me with that nostalgic pang of young love heading somewhere for a romantic summer holiday.
Babe rainbow! Beach vibes in the vein of electric acid Kool aid test https://open.spotify.com/track/742oWlfJlZRsX6SA2QLRtD?si=8ogit9ylRK-ixl-o0bss7A
Usually struggle with picking just one for these but it has to be Hunnybee by Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Sunny days and smiles are all I get from this song!
Edit: Okay I lied about picking just one, there’s also L.S.D. by Skeggs. Can’t go wrong with a “woohoo” and “so I’m just gonna enjoy the sunshine” for summer lyrics.
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