Posted by Melissa Kaplan

For Marketplace Morning Report, July 2, 2010

It was the end of a week with a lot of really bad headlines, so we went escapist here and geared ourselves up for the three-day weekend. Lots of thriving, colorful tones and thoughts of laying on sandy beaches . . . provided there are no disasters nearby.

• Ambling Alp — Yeasayer Buy

• Accidentally In Love — Counting Crows Buy

• Daydream — Beach Fossils Buy

• Crazy — Patrice Pike and the Black Box Rebellion Buy

• Kaleidoscope — Marmalade Buy