Conor & the Stonehill Kids - "New England". This bassy, smothered recording - like a song recorded in a barrow, a marine trench, a cavernous cellar. But it's the song of a man who loves his gang, who skips and jives with them, whistling. It's the song of a man who loves his friends - except, uh, he hasn't met them yet. For now he's still en route. He's still in this cave. He's still figuring out what he'll have for breakfast, when he finds that love; how he'll kiss her on her ready mouth. [thanks kelly! / music video / buy songs]

Shugo Tokumaru - "Sun Lips". Japan's man-of-all-whirligigs covers Black Moth Super Rainbow's "Sun Lips", turning the blurry vocoded tape into a precise, gilded jam. The soundtrack for an arrayed toy courtyard, a convention of precocious children, some twee spinoff of Game of Thrones, where White Walkers join the track team, stare wistfully at the pretty long-haired Dothraki girls. [the Vicious Circles EP incorporates reciprocal covers by Tokumaru, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and Holy Fuck / download free at Facebook / info]

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