Summer is starting to wind down, but Skratch N Sniff is not letting it disappear quietly.
Alternative Mix #712 hits the airwaves this weekend with Beach Fly and Shwayze’s “Summer Love” taking the spotlight as ThePier.org Song of the Week, surrounded by new alternative rock, left-field remixes, familiar favorites and a dedicated almost monday Mini Mix.
“Summer Love” lands in Segment 5, and it is a natural fit for a show built around the point where alternative music, hip-hop, electronic production and reggae begin bleeding into one another.
Beach Fly has been building in that same space. The Florida-based project released its debut album, Flying, earlier this year, establishing a sound rooted in reggae but loose enough to pull from alternative pop, acoustic music and the broader coastal scene. Across its 13 tracks, Flying brought in Claire Wright, The Expendables, Surfer Girl and Tropidelic, collaborations that made Beach Fly’s place in the modern reggae-rock community increasingly clear.
“Summer Love” keeps that momentum moving with Shwayze, an artist whose own catalog has spent nearly two decades connecting hip-hop with the sound and mythology of Southern California beach culture.
The collaboration does not require either artist to stretch particularly far from home. Beach Fly supplies the laid-back melodic foundation while Shwayze brings the conversational delivery that has defined everything from “Buzzin’” and “Corona and Lime” to his more recent collaborations across the reggae scene. The result is an easygoing summer record that makes sense arriving between remixed Tame Impala and Steve Lacy on this week’s show.
For Beach Fly, the song also followed a stretch of live dates alongside Shwayze earlier this summer. The two artists shared stages during Shwayze’s 7 Day Weekend Tour, including stops in Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York, before Beach Fly moved into additional dates with Passafire and Tropidelic.
That touring overlap gives “Summer Love” some context beyond simply putting two compatible names on the same track. Beach Fly and Shwayze have been occupying the same musical and physical space this year, and the collaboration feels like an extension of that relationship.
Alternative Mix #712 opens considerably heavier.
Segment 1 moves from Skratch N Sniff’s remix side with Arctic Monkeys’ “R U Mine” reworked by De Soffer and Twenty One Pilots’ “Tear In My Heart” remixed by Soy Sauce into Royal Blood’s “Ten Over Ten.”
The Royal Blood cut is one of the freshest rock records in this weekend’s mix, arriving in August as the British duo’s hard-hitting return after a quieter stretch. From there, the show swings back toward the electronic side with Gin And Sonic’s take on Hozier’s “Too Sweet” before Strange Case close the segment with “Waiting For The Weekend.”
Segment 2 keeps that back-and-forth movement intact. AFI’s “Miss Murder” gets rebuilt by Pineo Loeb & Incline, followed by Young the Giant’s “Evergreen,” the opening track from the band’s 2026 album Victory Garden. The record arrived in May and marked Young the Giant’s sixth full-length, produced by Brendan O’Brien and built around the band returning to writing and recording together as a unit.
Levity’s remix of Cage The Elephant’s “Come A Little Closer” and Arcando’s rework of Fitz and the Tantrums’ “Out Of My League” follow before Ecca Vandal’s “Cruising To Self Soothe” closes the hour’s second block.
The third segment brings Beach Weather, Dead Poet Society, Julia Wolf, The Neighbourhood and Bad Press into the mix before the show hands over Segment 4 to almost monday.
almost monday Take Over Segment 4
The San Diego indie-pop trio get a dedicated Mini Mix this weekend, pulling material from different points in their career.
The block starts with “can’t slow down,” the breakout DIVE single that reached No. 1 at Alternative Radio, before reaching back to “live forever” and moving through newer material including “no more regrets.” Young the Giant’s “My Body” breaks up the run before almost monday close the segment with “broken people.”
The timing is particularly good for the takeover. Almost monday are currently preparing to release their sophomore album, THANK GOD IT’S ALMOST MONDAY, on September 9 through Hollywood Records. The 13-track album follows 2024’s DIVE and includes recent singles “no more regrets,” “skinny dip,” “delicate” and “better late than never.” The trio will take the record on its own North American headline tour beginning in September.
From there, Segment 5 brings the show back into dance-floor territory with OMNOM’s remix of Tame Impala’s “Let It Happen.”
Then comes the centerpiece.
Beach Fly with Shwayze, “Summer Love,” ThePier.org Song of the Week.
Disco Lines’ remix of Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit,” NUG’s take on Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s “Hunnybee” and honestav with mgk on “Crash First” fill out the remainder of the segment.
The final stretch reaches across several generations of alternative music. Beck’s “Loser” gets a CidFox remix before Social Distortion bring the guitars back with “Tonight.” Foo Fighters’ “Best Of You” and Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” both receive remix treatments before Slightly Stoopid and G. Love’s “Back Seat Drivin’” close Alternative Mix #712 with one final connection back to The Pier side of the musical spectrum.
It is the kind of hour Skratch N Sniff is built for. Royal Blood can sit next to Hozier. AFI can lead into Young the Giant. Tame Impala, Beach Fly, Shwayze and Steve Lacy can all occupy the same segment without the transitions feeling forced.
And right in the middle of it, “Summer Love” gets one more chance to keep the season going.
Alternative Mix #712 airs throughout the weekend of August 22. Head to snsmix.com/radio to find where Skratch N Sniff is playing near you. After Monday, catch the archived show at soundcloud.com/snsmix.
