Meklit - "Yerakeh Yeresal (ft. Andrew Bird)"

Six Degrees had fallen off my radar for a while as far as labels go, but with the release of When The People Move The Music Moves To, by San Francisco vocalist Meklit, they've certainly got my attention again. Lovely.

No Vacation - "Yam Yam"

I feel like Miki Berenyi doesn't get enough credit for the gauzy dreampop that's been coming out of late. She and her band Lush were doing this so long ago that their albums are likely older than the members of No Vacation. Which isn't to say "Yam Yam" is derivative, but rather that it owes a lot to the UK act's more shoegazy tracks that were sometimes overshadowed by the jangly pop they also excelled at.