The heat is here in Minneapolis, charting an eye-popping 92 degrees yesterday. For the upper Midwest, that’s pretty hot! 

I’ve pulled a few standouts from the recent onslaught of amazing new tunes to help us keep cool. This new summertime playlist offers a shady selection from some of the finest string strummers, knob twiddlers, and circuit wizards on the planet today.

It proceeds it two parts, with the first section covering more short form work, and the second part moving into longform, immersive pieces. A selection of shady sounds for warm afternoons.