Joooon

June is the part of summer where anything can happen, any idea can be conceived and no plan seems too far-fetched. I recently got pulled over eating a Subway sandwich while wearing only underwear. I got pulled over because that was All I had on, nothing else not even a seat belt was going to be covering my pale white epidermis on such a glorious June afternoon.....except a small amount of ranch sauce located northwest of my belly-button. $167 later I had no choice but to find the tastiest musical hooks in my car and play them as loud as I could.

Not all of these were released this month...or year for that matter but they are my top 5 records for this commencing month of summer and I hope you can get off to them as much as I did.

And if your a girl and reading this, go for a drive in your underwear.

...Or a run

Cheers

5. Dinosaur Jr.- I Don't Wanna Go There

I do wanna go there... right now actually, because my heart is so warm from these chords my face is melting. Oh wait that's the solo. Fuckin Awesome

4. Animal Collective- Leaf House

I love my friends but the bond these guys share sounds pretty rad, almost profound. They sing WHATEVER they feel in any way they feel and have an amazing gift of harmonizing these instinctive, primal noises.

"Hey do you guys wanna make some random noises at halftime and see if we can make a melody?" "You betcha!"

3. Drake (feat. Lykke Li) - Little Bit

It's hard to make a bad remix of this song to begin with. Drake does a great job making it feel like he recorded this over the phone with Lykke, or maybe in sequenced recordings on her answering machine. Get lost in it.

2. Major Lazer (Feat. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze)- Keep it Goin' Louder

I heard this on approximately June 25th so it barely counts, but this thing is absolute magic. If I had never partied before hearing this, I would probably be let down by partying. Haha, thats probably a lie but it is possible this song gives the word party more credit than it deserves...and it deserves a lot.

1. Sunset Robdown - Dragon's Lair

I'm biased here because I recently saw these guys and Spencer Krug admitted this was his favorite song from the record, it was in my top 2. These lyrics are in a league of their own. The first half of the song reads like the most vivid fantasy novel you read in grade 5 while the second half has more sing-along-ability than my mennonite neighbors grade 5 church choir. You're such a champion.......