Another Mercury music section to read while you sharpen your monkey fighting skills. “Form an ‘O’ with your mouth…” yeah, that’ll do it.

The Portland Cello Project liberate the cello and bring it back to the common folk. Kind of like those High Life commercials where the distro driver self-righteously shoplifts beer, but, you know, with cellos.
MP3: The Portland Cello Project - Hands In Pockets (live with Laura Gibson)

Me’shell Ndegéocello returns with an album titled The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams, keeps her fans guessing and covers a Joy Division song that isn’t “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Imagine that.
MP3: Me’shell Ndegéocello - The Sloganeer - Paradise

My apologies to Bill Ocean, but I used to think the lyrics were, “Caribou queen/Now we’re sharing the same dream/And our hearts they beat as one/No more love on the run.” Caribbean, Caribou, it’s all the same thing, right?
MP3: Caribou - She’s The One

Please start paying attention to David Kilgour. He was in The Clean, people! Come on!!
MP3: David Kilgour - Nail In My Foot

The Parson Red Heads—not to be confused with The Partridge Redhead.
MP3: The Parson Red Heads - Punctual As Usual