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Download Stereogum’s Cruel Summer 2011 Mix
Here’s the sequel to last year’s popular heartbreak of a mixtape, Cruel Summer .
Monthly Mix: August 2011
We took last month off from our Monthly Mix series in favor of our midterm flashback/annual summer jams compilation Cruel Summer , which you should grab if you haven’t. But it is a new month — the last one of Summer 2011 — so here’s a filtered recap of the month’s finest free MP3s.
The Strokes ‘ debut album Is This It was first released on 7/30/01.
Presents… STROKED: A Tribute To Is This It
Last year, right around the time summer turned to fall, we at Stereogum published our list of the 40 best new bands of the year .
s 40 Best New Bands of 2011