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It’s gonna be an Indie Summer.

You already got your tickets to Bonaroo and Lollapalooza, you text with at least 6 very skinny guitarists on the regular, and your iPod is loaded with hundreds of songs that nobody—literally nobody—has heard. Or maybe you just secretly wish you were that cool.

Either way, kicking back to  indie music in the summertime is as essential as sunset barbecues and a highly flattering bathing suit. Enjoy this mix, pair it with some sangria in the backyard, blast in on your road trip to Tennessee, and be that cool.

Guest DJ: Fashion Editor and Indie Die-Hard, Sabrina Alexis of A New Mode

The Playlist:

Rebellion (Lies)- Arcade Fire

Mr. November- The National

Mornings- Portugal. The Man

Don’t You Evah- Spoon

Sunrise- Yeasayer

Golden Age- TV on the Radio

Love Lost- The Temper Trap

Moon and Moon- Bat for Lashes

Saturdays- Cut Copy

I Felt Stupid- The Drums

Huddle Formation- The Go! Team

Knife- Grizzly Bear

Laughing All the Way to the Plank- Elle Milano

Daylight- Matt & Kim

I Feel Weird- Steel Train

Dull to Pause- Junior Boys

Two- The Antlers

Lover I Don’t Have to Love- Bright Eyes

Behave- Frightened Rabbit

Underdog- Kasbian

The Kids from Orange County- Moving Units

Deadbeat Summer- Neon Indian

Horchata- Vampire Weekend

Spit on a Stranger- Pavement