sick summer alt. beats

Written By Kaylee Muchow

Since summer is finally upon us, I thought it was about time to share one of my most treasured creations: my alternative summer playlist… It features all the fun, feel-good alt. songs with sick beats… Hence the title ‘sick summer alt. beats.’ So here they are - the songs best fit for a summer of fun.

These are my favorite songs to go for a windows-down-drive to (they also make great road trip songs), my fave poolside jams, and just all-around great bops for any summertime activity!

Expect just about every MGMT song I've ever heard to be on this playlist...

Listen on Spotify here (sorry, not sorry to all the fans of Apple Music out there).

  • Holidays (feat. Alan Palomo) // Miami Horror, Alan Palomo~ yes, this absolutely has been on like all my playlists so far... 😂

  • Kids // MGMT

  • Only Us // Paperwhite

  • Dancing On Glass // St. Lucia

  • Young Blood // The Naked And Famous

  • Walking On A Dream // Empire of the Sun ~ fun fact: I used this song in my first ever TikTok  🤫

  • Midnight City // M83

  • 1901 // Phoenix

  • Take a Walk // Passion Pit

  • Tongue Tied // Grouplove

  • Electric Feel // MGMT

  • Animal // Miike Snow

  • Daylight // Matt and Kim

  • Time to Pretend // MGMT

  • Houdini // Foster The People

  • Sleepyhead // Passion Pit ~ I’m absolutely OBSESSED with this song.

  • Lisztomania // Phoenix

  • Ways to Go // Grouplove

  • Out of My League // Fitz and The Tantrums

  • Elevate // St. Lucia

  • My Type // Saint Motel

  • Dreaming // Smallpools ~ If you've never heard of Smallpools before, you're truly missing out.

  • Anna Sun // WALK THE MOON

  • Alive // Empire of the Sun

  • Cold Cold Man // Saint Motel

  • Punching In A Dream // The Naked And Famous

  • Sometimes // Miami Horror

  • Let's Go // Matt and Kim

  • Little Secrets // Passion Pit

  • Young Folks // Peter Bjorn and John

  • Helena Beat // Foster The People

  • The Walker // Fitz and The Tantrums

  • Float On // Modest Mouse

  • Cough Syrup // Young the Giant

  • Carried Away // Passion Pit

  • Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) // Foster The People

  • I Wanna Get Better // Bleachers

  • Golden // Parade of Lights ~ One of my faves on this playlist!!

  • Not Going Home // Great Good Fine Ok

  • 101 // WALLA

  • Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second // STRFKR ~ I don't understand why not everyone is obsessed with STRFKR, everyone should be.

  • Pumpin Blood // NONONO

  • Mason Jar // Smallpools

  • Street Fight // Smallpools ~ Seriously, listen to Smallpools guys

  • Back 2 U (feat. WALK THE MOON) // Steve Aoki, Boehm, WALK THE MOON

  • Always Been U // Phangs, R.LUM.R

  • Sunset Lover // Petit Biscuit

  • I'm Good // The Mowgli's

  • Reflections // MisterWives

  • Gone // JR JR

  • Sleep In // The Deep Blue

  • Dissolve // Absofacto

  • Shotgun (The Wild Remix) // George Ezra, The Wild

  • Send Me On My Way // Rusted Root

  • Older Now // 888 ~ Perhaps one of my favorite songs of all time.

I know it's a rather long playlist, but that's the way I like them. I've been working on this one for YEARS - since 2017 to be exact, and I'm constantly adding new songs to it that fit the vibe for me. So, follow it if you like the vibe too (and for the updates of course)

What songs would you put in your summer playlists?

Kaylee Muchow
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