Job? No. Alcohol, Books and HBO? Yes. This is the summer album suggestions of 2009.

First off the Original Vanguard: the ones I forgot to mention for some reason or another.

Radiohead "Hail To The Thief" -Let's not get confused here. I still don't like Radiohead. BUTTTT... I do fucking love this album. A great timepiece and ripe for booty (at least that's what Thom Yorke said about it)

The Thrills "So Much For The City" & "Let's Bottle Bohemia" -The Thills are five guys from Ireland who came here to start some baroque-ish shit. Instead they spent half a year in San Diego and decided to start making a shitload of sunshine indie pop that strictly talked about California and California-related materials. This is usually best to listen while you're working.

Recent Inductees:

Dr. Dog "We All Belong" -Great. Great. Great.

Vampire Weekend "Vampire Weekend"

Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run" -For road trips. I mean, it's ok for hanging out

The Velvet Underground "Loaded"

Eddie Vedder "Into The Wild: Music from the Motion Picture" -I think what originally drew me in was the fact that everything about the actual movie is so intricately done. What's better is it's Eddie Vedder and even after you're done with the movie you can still feel the vibe behind this movie.

Maplewood "Maplewood" -I don't think it's necessary to really go there again.

Beck "Modern Guilt" -Nothing left me happier while I was scrubbing toilets for the government last summer.

The New Alumni

Thin Lizzy "Jailbreak" -This is one of those timepieces that you weren't there for but you can still feel it.

The Magnetic Fields "69 Love Songs" -Now it's hard to go through this entire album in one sitting. That why it's best to stave off about 30 a day. It's hard to comprehend how they can literally do 69 songs and still have the entire album tie together.

T. Rex "Electric Warrior" -Hedonistic rock comes to an apex if you get drunk to this on someone's property

Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive" -This is obvious, but it needs to be said. Sunsets work the best with this, especially with close friends.

Neko Case "Middle Cyclone" -I had a dream just before I came home for the summer about this. I drove the same car out to an abandoned strip mall (much like the one in the album art inside of the cd) and i was isolated for miles by grass fields on a very hot day. I lit up a cigarette and looked out around me and pondered my existence for about five minutes, and then I woke up. Oh, and it's Neko fucking Case.

M. Ward "Hold Time" -My substitution for She & Him, as that album is growing me weary.

Grizzly Bear "Veckatimist" -I have this weird thing where this song comes on during rainstorms in the summer. Also that weird foghorn noise in the background of "Two Weeks" sounds a lot like the giant car from "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory" that expels tons of soda foam at its passengers. AND because I use to watch that move all the time during the summer when I was a little kid, "Veckatimist" gets to be on my summer summer suggestion list.

Floating Action "Floating Action" -I listened to this once in April and thought immediately "Shit this will be great to listen to on a boat. It was.

The Format "Dog Problems" -This goes back to last summer and the whimsical side reality. A litte poppy but still just barely serious enough to take seriously.

The Violent Femmes "The Violent Femmes" -I think because the lyrics match up so closely to how much I miss my girlfriend that I like this so much (Yes, even "Add it Up")

Dinosaur Jr. "Farm" -Dinosaur Jr. just has that kind of feeling anyways that perpetuates great memories.

Built To Spill "There's Nothing Wrong With Love" -Great for driving around Eastern Washington, I've decided. (They're from Boise, and the vibe is just right)

Van Morrison "Astral Weeks" -You know what, I don't think I even need to explain because this album is just that good.

Stevie Wonder "Music Of My Mind" -Brimming optimism just makes this that much better. I know a lot of people get turned off because his 80/90s music is just crap. But back in the 70s he really had something going.