Recently, I asked a couple people who listen to more new music than me to help me bulk up my summer playlist. Here are their picks. Feel free to add more in the comments.

Sundberg in N.Y.C. suggests:

Vampire Weekend
Spiritualized
New DCFC
Elvis Perkins
Andrew Bird
Frightened Rabbit
Girl Talk (you can download this whole album for free … in the Radiohead-like fashion)
Fleet Foxes are supposed to be good (from Seattle) haven’t heard much of their stuff though.
Bonnie Prince Billy

Also, check out: www.daytrotter.com
They have tons and tons of free downloads of live session from many bands including a few from above. If you go to the site check out the archived session. A must have song is by David Bazan – “God rest ye merry gentlemen.”—- unreal.

Ellen in U.K. offers:

Menomena – http://www.myspace.com/menomena
Micah P Hinson – http://www.myspace.com/micahphinson
Why? – http://www.myspace.com/whyanticon
Carissa’s Weird – http://www.myspace.com/carissaswierd
The Notwist – http://www.myspace.com/thenotwistnow
Efterklang – http://www.myspace.com/efterklang
Dalek – http://www.myspace.com/dalek