Podcast: July Is Too Hot

Forget driving down a country road with your windows down - I'm just going to sit under the ceiling fan with an iced Pimms and my cat, whose name happens to be Pimms. It's too damn hot to do anything but listen to this super awesome podcast.

1. Washed Out - "Eyes Be Closed"

2. Gayngs - "Faded High"

3. M83 - "Midnight City"

4. Handsome Furs - "What About Us"

5. WU LYF - "Dirt"

6. Cold Cave - "The Great Pan Is Dead"

7. Gang Gang Dance - "Adult Goth"

8. Friendly Fires - "Pala"

9. Nicolas Jaar - "Keep Me There"

10. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Ffunny Ffrends"

11. Mittenfields - "Goliath FTW"

12. Mount Moriah - "Lament"

13. Austra - "The Beast"

Podcast: Junebugs and Other Corny Summertime Shit

My taste in music typically leans toward the intensely emotional and cerebral, or the purely carnal - but something about June in Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill unleashes my inner flirty faux-indie party girl. There's some real love for North Carolina on this podcast, and some music that will help you forget about all your white girl problems.

1. The Rosebuds - "Woods"

2. Ford & Lopatin - "Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me)"

3. Holy Ghost! - "Do It Again"

4. Battles - "Ice Cream"

5. All Tiny Creatures - "Glass Bubbles"

6. Givers - "Words"

7. Black Lips - "New Direction"

8. Fucked Up - "The Other Shoe"

9. BALAM ACAB - "Oh, Why"

10. Arrange - "When'd You Find Me?"

11. Ear Pwr - "Lake"

12. The Rapture - "How Deep Is Your Love"

Podcast: May-December Bromance

May-December Bromance? Lots of sensitive-bro-driven indie rock for rainy spring days.

1. The Antlers - "I Don't Want Love"

2. Kurt Vile - "Baby's Arms"

3. Chris Bathgate - "Poor Eliza"

4. Typhoon - "Claws, Pt. 1"

5. Wolf Gang - "Back To Back"

6. The Dodos - "When Will You Go"

7. Cashes Rivers - "Local Drunk"

8. Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness Blues"

9. Bon Iver - "Calgary"

10. Wye Oak - "I Hope You Die"

11. Yuck - "Suck"

12. Cults - "Abducted"

Podcast: April Mornin'

Winter is finally loosening it's grip, so it's time for some refreshing music to go along with warmer and sunnier mornings!

1. Star Slinger - "Mornin'"

2. Casiokids - "En Vill Hest"

3. Weeknd - "House Of Balloons"

4. Clams Casino - "Numb"

5. Cut Copy - "Need You Now"

6. Purity Rings - "Ungirthed"

7. Tyler The Creator - "Yonkers"

8. Liquid Liquid - "Cavern"

9. Starfucker - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"

10. Avey Tare - "Laughing Hieroglyphic"

11. Zoo Kid - "Out Getting Ribs"

12. Zola Jesus - "Lightstick"

Podcast: SXSW

Formosa Music: SXSW March 2011

The SXSW Music Festival was this past week in Austin, TX, and even though I wasn't able to be there in person, I've still been excited to follow some of my favorite new bands online and to discover even newer ones! This podcast includes music from some of the buzziest artists on the rise who performed this past week, and is best enjoyed with a pint of Blue Bell Ice Cream.

1. Yellow Ostrich - "WHALE"

2. Ty Segall - "Girlfriend"

3. Paleo - "In the Morning Linda Dies"

4. Dom - "Burn Bridges"

5. Das Racist - "Hahahaha JK?"

6. tUnE-yArDs - "Bizness"

7. Braids - "Same Mum"

8. Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr - "Nothing But Our Love"

9. Dirty Beaches - "Sweet 17"

10. Glasser - "Apply"

11. Menomena - "Oh Pretty Boy You're Such a Big Boy"

12. James Blake - "I Only Know (What I Know Now)"

13. Twin Shadow - "Castles In The Snow"