I've never seen this 1998 hipster film, Somewhere in the City, and I have no idea how its soundtrack came into my possession. But the soundtrack is special, and it's always reminded me of springtime in the city.

"No Meu Soutaque" - Arto Lindsay

"Untitled No. 1" - Spain

"When My Dear Mother Was Seeing Me Off to the Army" - Limpopo

That last one is my favorite. I imagine Beirut's Zach Condon listening to it as a kid, dreaming of brass instruments and gangly Eastern European men pumping their accordians.

And a very 90's song, "Get Another Plan" by Abstract Truth, that makes me want to throw on a sunflower-themed blouse and dance around to Desiree's "You Gotta Be."