Summer Mixtape '07

Here is a fantastic summer mix I just made for a friend. The songs are not all cutting edge 2007 ones, but each one is spot-on and personally guaranteed to be 100% organic and fresh or your money back.

Highlights from the quirky but brilliant band They Might Be Giants' latest release the Else:
Take Out The Trash, Upside Down Frown

Bob Sinclar's 2006 body-moving house anthem with vaguely hopeful lyrics:
World Hold On

Sassy electro pop from Californian band Shiny Toy Guns:
Stripped (Depeche Mode cover), Le Disko

Panda Bear is the solo name of Animal Collective drummer Noah Lennox. His ethereal collages of catchy hooks scrambled with abstract ambiance sound unmistakably like sunny Beach Boys harmonies:
Good Girl/Carrots

It is the embodiment of commercialized and egotistic hip-hop, but likable in a true ironic way:
Clipse - Dirty Money

Air Traffic is an independent rock band from Bournemouth (the happiest place in England). Their latest single has impassioned falsetto vocals, energetic drums, and heart-warming piano chords:
Shooting Star

Influenced by the emotive music of 90s pioneers Sunny Day Real Estate, the Appleseed Cast inundate the ear with intricate guitar and rhythm parts that transcend melody as the focal point:
Fishing The Sky

The climatic duet from the 2006 Irish movie Once about a lonely street musician in Dublin who meets an inspiring Czech girl who loves his music:
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

A glorious aria from one of the most famous operas ever, Puccini's La bohème:
Sì, mi chiamano Mimì

A soothing resolution to the confusion that was Spiderman 3, played over the ending credits:
Snow Patrol - Signal Fire