In the magazine July 2012

Featuring the 100 tracks of the summer, Icona Pop, Passion Pit, The Gaslight Anthem and more.

A bit of sun makes everything sound better. There’s a point during the summer months, when the light is dimming, that it’s factually impossible for any music what-so-ever to sound anything other than amazing. Honestly; that’s the scientific explanation for The Twang.

Well, maybe not The Twang.

One of the best things about running a music magazine is being able to get behind acts that really make you excited. If any song was made for the summer, it’s almost certainly Icona Pop’s ‘I Love It’. That’s why we’ve stuck the Scando-popsters on the cover. If you don’t listen to that track immediately or sooner, we promise you’re going to have a crap time.

That’s just part of our ultimate guide to the summer months. There are also interviews with Passion Pit, The Gaslight Anthem, Metric, Dirty Projectors and more, previews of new records from Bloc Party, Jessie Ware and Yeasayer, and introductions to new favourites DIIV and AlunaGeorge. Add to that our definitive verdicts on Field Day, Dot To Dot and Primavera, amongst others, across the festival circuit and really we’re more important than sunscreen.

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