July, In Music

July has been a fun month of road tripping and time in the outdoors. I had to whittle down this month's playlist from one more than twice the size of this final version.

Three songs didn't make the playlist because iTunes does not have them. But, I found them as free downloads. Yay Internet! They are...

The new Jay-Z song with Rihanna and Kanye, Run This Town, can be found here. Rihanna is nearly the next Beyonce. Beware of language.

Jim James or Yim Yames...whatever he's calling himself these days has a solo single released called Beyond That Locked Door, available here.

And, Noah and The Whale with The First Days of Spring.

Some notes:

I am really enjoying the "new" Coldplay CD, especially the song "Lost" that I've included here. There's new Regina Spektor (who has great songs on the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack...I saw that film the other day), new Coconut Records (Jason Schwartzman's band), and a bunch of fantastic covers. I'm getting most of this stuff from blogs I read and the folks at my summer job. We hear a lot of My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, and The BoDeans (name that TV show theme song).

And now...the July playlist. It is dedicated to future big brother "Minus," as I affectionately call him. Apparently he loves my playlists. And he's single! Unfortunately, it would be significant robbing of the cradle as he's one.