Summer, more than any other season, is often defined by the songs played or listened to while lying on the beach, driving with the windows down or lazing outside during a backyard barbecue. To hear the words "summer of 2003" is to hear Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" blasting through the speakers in our heads. That said, we here at PAPER think that this eclectic crop of bands -- the electro freak-out that is Passion Pit, the spaced-out hip-hop of Kid Cudi, teenage awk-rawk of Tiny Masters of Today, the nostalgic twang of Woods and the smart pop of Little Boots -- are all poised to make an appearance on the soundtrack to your summer of 2009.
"I probably have a lot of excess baggage," admits Brit singer Victoria Hesketh, better known as Little Boots. The 25-year-old Blackpool native is incredibly petite and, thanks to a stable life and a gang of close friends, amazingly well balanced. No, Hesketh's baggage is literal. A keyboard connoisseur, something immediately apparent from her lush and layered songs -- such as the ones on Illuminations, her new Stateside EP -- she has to have a theremin, several keyboards and a Japanese synthesizer/art-object called the tenori-on packed for her tour.
Little Boots wears a vintage lace dress by Biba Lives.
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