Feaverish

The next movie I direct is going to be set in the heat of summer, and there’s going to be a lot of cold drinking and sweaty dancing involved. The first dance number will be set to this song by The Boggs. It’ll be one of those dances that’s pretty much just stomping and clapping, except at the chorus everyone runs in place really frantically.

Melanie in the White Coat, by The Boggs [mp3]

Los Campesinos! are from Cardiff, Wales, which is the Cardiff without a big fake giant. Their name means “The Peasants!” in Spanish. Guess who read their Wikipedia page? They also have a MySpace page with a good sampling of their songs, but You! Me! Dancing! has all the la las and ooh oohs that pretty much seal the deal for me. I mean, what else do you need?

You! Me! Dancing!, by Los Campesinos! [mp3]

I liked the last album by Shapes and Sizes, but their latest release takes everything good about that first album and gets all exponential on its ass. Caila Thompson-Hannant starts this song with a scream that hardly wanes over the next 50 minutes.

Alone/Alive, by Shapes and Sizes [mp3]

Finally, and forgive me if I post this song every summer, I can never get enough of Pas/Cal’s Summer is Almost Here.

Summer is Almost Here, by Pas/Cal [mp3]