Ten Artists To Add To Your Summer Playlist

Over the course of the last few summers I've found that most of my best memories are associated with a soundtrack that continually made its way into my ears over the course of the season to make each summer unique.  With summer 2016 well underway, it's necessary to make sure that every Spotify playlist contains the perfect songs to set the mood for any future beach trips, road trips, pool parties, lazy Sundays, or commutes.  Here's ten artists I'm listening to a lot of this summer and who's songs I'm hoping make their way into your playlists ASAP.

1.  HONNE

• Location:               Somerset, England
• Latest Release:    "Good Together" (Single)  July 12, 2016.
• Sounds Like:          The one girl who you saw leaving the train right as the doors were closing on you in London at 11 P.M.  You fell in love, hard.  But you’ll never see her again.

Listen To:

"Someone That Loves You"

"Warm On a Cold Night"

"The Night"

2.  LANY

• Location:               Los Angeles, CA
• Latest Release:     "kinda" (EP)  24 June, 2016
• Sounds Like:         Exactly how you would imagine Hollywood to sound

Listen To:

"WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FRIENDS"

"ILYSB"

"Walk Away"   

3.  Coast Modern  

• Location:               Los Angeles, CA
• Latest Release:     "Guru" (Single)  May 20, 2016.
• Sounds Like:         A beach trip on acid.

Listen To:

"Guru"

"Animals"

"Hollow Life"  

4.  Hippo Campus

• Location:               Twin Cities, Minneapolis
• Latest Release:        "South" (EP)  October, 2015.
• Sounds Like:         Coffee for the ears.

Listen to:

"South"

"Suicide Saturday"

"Bashful Creatures"

5.  Jez Dior

• Location:               Hollywood, California
• Latest Release:        "Forever" (Single)  May 20, 2016.
• Sounds Like:         That dimly lit restaurant that serves the best steak but you’re pretty sure has dirty money tied to it.

Listen to:

"Love Me To Death"

"Old No. 7"

"Leather"

6.  Blackbear

• Location:               Los Angeles, California
• Latest Release:        "Bleach" (EP)  June 17, 2016.
• Sounds Like:         When you realize you've spent the last hour and a half in the shower.

Listen to:

"Idfc"

"N.Y.E."

"Grey L.A."

7.  Skizzy Mars

• Location:               Manhattan, New York
• Latest Release:        "Alone, Together" (Album)  April 8, 2016.
• Sounds Like:         Driving home from a date that actually went well for the first time in 17 months.

Listen To:

"Pay For You"

"The Come Down"

"Alcoholics"

8.  Devon Baldwin

• Location:               Oakland, California
• Latest Release:        "Ring of Fire" (Single)  February 25, 2016.
• Sounds Like:         Driving on the 110 Freeway through Downtown Los Angeles at 2 A.M.

Listen To:

"Lungs"

"Refuse"

"Knock You Down"

9.  The Lumineers

• Location:               Denver, Colorado
• Latest Release:        "Cleopatra" (Album)  April 8, 2016.
• Sounds Like:         Going camping and missing your ex as you lay under the stairs and realize you might be alone forever.

Listen To:

"Ain't Nobody's Problem"

"Angela"

Slow It Down"

10.  Brand New

• Location:               Long Island, New York
• Latest Release:    "3 Demos, Reworked" (EP)  July 12, 2016.
• Sounds Like:         The 14 year old version of yourself right after experiencing your first heartbreak and finding yourself smoking your first cigarette at the park at 1 A.M.

Listen To:

"Sic Transit Gloria ... Glory Fades"

"The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows"

"Limousine"