It’s summer! Just as last year I’ve put together a list of my favorite tunes from the first half of 2010. Perhaps a few of these songs will get some song of the summer considerations. In alphabetical order by artist:

Avi Buffalo – Truth Sets In
One of the band’s earlier compositions, it features vocals in equal parts from Avi and keyboardist Rebecca Coleman. The Long Beach group have a busy summer schedule opening first for Modest Mouse and later for My Morning Jacket.

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Victor, Sung and I were shooting the shit at the Yanks/Dodgers game last Sunday during a marathon trek to the garlic fry stand when Sung suddenly says to me, “Hey what’s the song of the summer this year?”

It got me thinking. And what I was thinking is that I have no fucking idea. Right now I’m listening to an unhealthy amount of Shade 45 Sirius radio, and based on that channel’s sample size of one the song of the summer is either “Power” by Kanye/Dwele, “Not Afraid” by Eminem, or “There Goes My Baby” by Usher. That, or it may very well be “Say Ladeo” by Bobby McFerrin, which Bubba Jackson has been playing on a nearly-daily basis every morning over at KJAZZ, hell of a song. But what the fuck do I know.

Sung’s picks, likely much more logical and applicable to our reader base, can be found right here. What are your picks? Please, lay it on us in the comment section.

Summer ’09:

One song clearly transcended the pack. No matter where you were or what you were doing, chances are very high you heard this song sooner or later. It gobbled up radio time. Television time. Ended up on the decks at the clubs and the poolside Bar-B-Qs. Piped its way into the dressing rooms at Ross Dress For Less, helped you choose wine while shopping at Vons and was used liberally for car speaker testing material down the way at Best Buy. Filled your head. Got you moving. You literally could not escape it. Mayhap you hate it now, or pretend to, but the fact remains that it’s very likely that you loved this song at one point. Prior reader guesses have all been taken with some merit, sure, but the Song of the Summer, 2009 (SOSD ’09) has not yet been mentioned by name. Said song contains but eight letters:

» Ask Losanjealous: What’s the Song of the Summer, 2009?