What else we were talking about

The news, video picks and short reviews melophobe posted in the days around January 23. They’re kept as they ran, so some of what they point to is long gone.

2009

7 posts

Wednesday, January 21

Fifty-word review
Sarah Rabdau and Self-Employed Assassins – Self-Titled

Thursday, January 22

Fifty-word review
The Bitter Tears – Jam Tarts In The Jakehouse

Saturday, January 24

Fifty-word review
Lithops – Ye Viols!
Fifty-word review
Mountains – Choral
Fifty-word review
Speck Mountain – Some Sweet Relief

Monday, January 26

Recommended show
Ben Kweller + Jones Street Station - 2/24, Somerville Theatre
Recommended show
Fujiya & Miyagi + School of Seven Bells - 2/18, The Trocadero

The 2 shows we reviewed on January 23, 2009

2010

26 posts

Wednesday, January 20

News
Hear the new Beach House album before it comes out
Full album, NPR hook-up
News
Copyright Criminals: a PBS documentary on sampling in hip hop (vids)
What's a little theft, if it creates a classic?
News
New Four Tet album is streaming in full
Out next Monday, available for headphones now
News
Pretty Lights show us how they rolled into 2010 (mp3)
You have to hear this!
Video pick
Spoon rock "Written In Reverse" on Conan's final week
Fifty-word review
The Eels – End Times

Thursday, January 21

News
2 treats: New Raekwon, Ghostface and Meth song "Our Dreams" (mp3) and Beatles vs. Wu-Tang mixtape
Grabbing the Beatles/Wu mash-up is required
News
The New Pornographers' new album: Together
Out on May 4th
News
The keyboardist for Hold Steady quits
Separation Thursday
News
Matthew Dear Remix of The xx's VCR (mp3)
Yes, another xx remix
Fifty-word review
DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek – Solar Life Raft
Article
Artist Profile - Loch Lomond

Friday, January 22

News
New She & Him song "In the Sun" (link) + tour dates
Same old, same old
News
A Dungeon Family exposé: "The Untold Story..."
Deep history on the Deep South's best collective
News
Tour Dates for anyone that wants to get down: Major Lazer hits the road.
17 dates with beats that can break you
Video pick
Black Lips bring the garage to Wieden + Kennedy
Fifty-word review
Fucked Up – Couple Tracks: Single Tracks 2002-2009

Monday, January 25

News
A donation to Haiti gets you two Wilco shows
A win-win
News
The National returns with a new album and tour
New album in May, tour begins in April
News
Pharrell on Pharrell, the music industry and illegal downloads (MIDEM interview)
40 mins with the super-producer
Video pick
Coco's Farewell: Conan, Beck, Billy Gibbons, Ben Harper, etc rock "Freebird"
Fifty-word review
Orba Squara – The Trouble With Flying

Tuesday, January 26

News
Freelance Whales to Tour, Melt Hearts Nationwide
They join the already solid lineup of Cymbals Eat Guitars and Bear In Heaven.
News
Live Nation and Ticketmaster Get the Green Light
The DOJ: Satisfying that urge to merge
News
Ticket Giveaway! - Bodega Girls and The Constellations - Boston, 2/4/10
A pair of tickets to brighten your Tuesday night.
Fifty-word review
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers

The 1 show we reviewed on January 23, 2010

2011

21 posts

Thursday, January 20

News
Daniel Johnston Turns 50: Call to Wish Him a Happy Birthday
see videos from his birthday party in houston
News
Death to the Throne's All Radiohead Mixtape
please, imagine this whole post in the robot voice
News
MNDR, Don't "Cut Me Out"
in fact, is there a way to cut me in?
Video pick
She & Him - "Don't Look Back"

Friday, January 21

News
Video Backlog Friday!
videos that tell stories, play games and make no sense at all
News
The Flaming Lips' Tracks on Weird Mediums: "Zaireeka" Debuts on Phones
plus wayne posted a video of him playing with neon indian
News
Keep Shelly in Athens is "Hauntin' Me"
it's the kind of ghost i want to linger around me
Video pick
Matt & Kim - "Cameras"

Monday, January 24

News
2011 Tour News: Animal Collective, Vivian Girls, Sleigh Bells & More!
apparently january is tour announcement month!
News
Nothing Gross about Yuck's "Coconut Bible"
"leave it all behind in your coco-covered mind"
News
Stream Esben and the Witch's "Violet Cries" Here
a danish fairy tale personified if any
Video pick
Cloud Nothings - "Should Have"

Tuesday, January 25

News
The Scoop on The Stroke's "Angles"
making up words like "gratisfaction"
News
Pretty Lights Music Offer Break Science & Paper Diamond EPs For Free!
thump bump ba bump bass
News
"Today is Our Life" by Memory Tapes on "Love SIC Disco"
no need for memories when you're living in today
Video pick
OnCue - "Your Own Supply"

Wednesday, January 26

News
Covered & Remixed: Lykke Li, John Vanderslice & Tame Impala
dave sitek, atlas sound and erol alkan are the culprits
News
Strolling Down "Lovers Lane" with Hunx and His Punx
rock on, punkettes
News
Visit Patrick Wolf's "The City"
experience it in both stream and video
Video pick
Toro Y Moi - "Still Sound"
Interview
Blaqstarr

2012

6 posts

Friday, January 20

Song battle
Reptar - Stuck in my Id vs. Schoolboy Q - Hand On The Wheel ft. A$AP Rocky
6Reptar - Stuck in my Id
4Schoolboy Q - Hand On The Wheel ft. A$AP Rocky
Final vote.

Saturday, January 21

Recommended show
atomic tom + the dance party + violet isle, Doug Fir Lounge

Monday, January 23

Song battle
New Order - Blue Monday vs. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
5New Order - Blue Monday
0Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
Final vote.

Tuesday, January 24

Song battle
Pogo - Jaaam (The Fresh Prince Remix) vs. Miike Snow - Paddling
1Pogo - Jaaam (The Fresh Prince Remix)
0Miike Snow - Paddling
Final vote.

Wednesday, January 25

Song battle
The Weeknd - D.D. vs. Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt
0The Weeknd - D.D.
2Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt
Final vote.

Thursday, January 26

Song battle
Matthew Dear - In The Middle (I Met You There) vs. Destroyer - Leave Me Alone
0Matthew Dear - In The Middle (I Met You There)
1Destroyer - Leave Me Alone
Final vote.