I'm a little behind the times:

Postcards From Italy from Beirut's Gulag Orkestar

the beats = antithesis of the subway bucket drummers
the vocals = hints of Rufus Wainwright

Plus, I have a deep abiding love of mariachi horns.

From Music Has the Right to Children (from the 2004 US reissue on Warp Records)

For it's tenuous yet deeply satisfying melodic resolve, and for the seagull sample that aurally mashes the real and imagined, Happy Cycling by Boards of Canada. It really sneaks up on you.

Thank you, 40 Year Old Virgin for making me laugh, just a little, and with joy not derision, whenever I hear Michael McDonald sing.