S.E. Rogie - "Man Stupid Being". Boy has S. E. Rogie got our number. Human beings are lazy, greedy, deceitful, inefficient and late. We are rude and sinning. This morning I flew across an ocean, belched ten thousand pounds of seal-slaying carbon. I threw out half a breakfast roll. I stole someone's wi-fi and then neglected two emails. My lovers spurn me, my friends resent me, my co-workers hate my jokes. I'm not being self-deprecating; I'm being universally deprecating. We are lousy people, all of us. You there, reading this: you suck. You stupid being. S.E. Rogie's got it right. But you already know the thing, the thing about all of this: Rogie has that other quality of human beings, too. He has a messy grin and a voice as pretty as the morning. I could listen to him sing until the sun comes up. And we could dance. [buy]

Caribou Vibration Ensemble ft. Marshall Allen - "Melody Day". Imagine there is a tree, somewhere, with the most beautiful fruit. Perhaps it is just one or two fruit. Perhaps they are not the same; this is a hypothetical fruit-tree, a magical fruit tree. An apple, a pear and a plum, suspended and softly glowing, on the imaginary tree. These are the most delicious fruit in the world, sweet and tart, with supple flesh. These fruit endow their eaters with deep wisdom, great knowledge, remarkable skills. The fruit-tree is not hidden. It is on every map and easy to reach. Now, imagine the fruit is allowed to remain. Imagine nobody takes it. Daughters are born, and sons, and across every generation the fruit-tree is undisturbed. [buy on vinyl at Caribou tour-dates]