What else we were talking about

The news, video picks and short reviews melophobe posted in the days around February 27. They’re kept as they ran, so some of what they point to is long gone.

2008

1 post

Thursday, February 28

Interview
Poncho Sanchez

2009

11 posts

Tuesday, February 24

Video pick
The Whigs - Like A Vibration Video
Recommended show
The Whigs - 3/6, Paradise Rock Club

Sunday, March 1

Video pick
Emily Wells - Juicy (Notorious B.I.G. cover)
Fifty-word review
Julie Doiron – I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Fifty-word review
Anya Marina – Slow and Steady Seduction
Recommended show
Japanese Motors - 3/14, Electric Factory
Recommended show
Marnie Stern - 3/10, Kung Fu Necktie

Monday, March 2

Fifty-word review
Beep Beep – Enchanted Islands
Fifty-word review
Elvis Perkins – Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Article
Phish in Hampton: The Super Bowl of Concerts
Recommended show
Wakey!Wakey! + Dinosaur Feathers - 3/4, TT The Bear's Place

The 3 shows we reviewed on February 27, 2009

2010

21 posts

Wednesday, February 24

News
Kanye wants to be back in your life. "Coldest Winter" video.
Something off the old while we wait for the new
News
Lupe Fiasco breaks my heart. Portland-less tour dates inside.
21 shows of mind-blowing hip hop.
News
Jeff Buckley fans get a treat from KCRW (streaming)
Morning Becomes Eclectic performance from '94.
News
Wake Up "Sleepyhead," Ellie Goulding's cover rocks!
Prediction: 90% of you will like this
Video pick
I find "Shelter" in El Perro Del Mar's cover
Fifty-word review
Beach House – Teen Dream

Thursday, February 25

News
Kanye starts new blog!
Old blog is jealous.
News
New Pretty Lights song link, EP to follow
March 2nd kicks off the beginning of an EP trilogy
News
Getting Lawrence Arabia's "Apple Pie Bed" Out of Your Head...Mission Impossible
I mean that in the best way possible
News
Massive Attack release spring 2010 dates
Double up on the SSRIs, and reload that hookah
News
Thom Yorke side project named
More proof you better know your history to hang with Thom
News
New Gorillaz track hits you (and youTube)
Listen to it now.

Monday, March 1

News
Deerhoof reissuing Apple O' and Green Cosmos for Record Store Day
A fantastic reissue and a couple west coast dates throw Deerhoof back into the spotlight.

Tuesday, March 2

News
GQ, Pavement, and Chuck Klosterman. Oh My!
Profiling the "Greatest. Indie-est. Band. Ever."
News
Kid Cudi's "Dat New New" gets a Viking Remix (mp3)
This has been floating around, but it's worth a bump to the top of your stack
News
A couple new Erykah Badu songs find their way out into the public
New songs from Erykah Badu debut on BBC radio show.
Video pick
Bat For Lashes does the string thing on Radiohead cover
Recommended show
asaf avidan + hadas kleinman - 3/3, city winery
Recommended show
animal collective - 3/4, guggenheim museum
Recommended show
dam funk - 3/10, bowery ballroom
Recommended show
free energy + foreign born - 3/12, the knitting factory

The 3 shows we reviewed on February 27, 2010

2011

31 posts

Thursday, February 24

News
Cool Kids "Bundle Up" & Join Mountain Dew's Label
making taking care of yourself look cool
News
Autolux Dishes Details on "The Bouncing Wall/Census" EP
did you know they made a sound installation for an art show?
News
Sucker Punch Hits Hard with Bjork & Alison Mosshart on Soundtrack
it's ok, you can dislike a movie and love the music
Video pick
LCD Soundsystem - "Dance Yrself Clean" MUPPET VERSION!
Fifty-word review
Tim Cohen – Magic Trick/Bad Blood EP

Friday, February 25

News
Video Backlog Friday!
i find 'em so you can watch 'em
News
The Bloody Beetroots Unleash Best Remixes: Hear "Muzzle #1"
unleash the beast!
News
Latest from The Dodos: "Don't Stop"
i'd like to see someone chop and screw this one
Video pick
The Vaccines - "If You Wanna"
Fifty-word review
The Builders and the Butchers – Dead Reckoning
Fifty-word review
Minks – By the Hedge

Saturday, February 26

Fifty-word review
Cowboy Junkies – Demons
Fifty-word review
Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde
Fifty-word review
The Radio Dept. – Passive Agressive: Singles 2002-2010

Monday, February 28

News
Four Tet's "Pinnacles"
letting you tell the story
News
Mos Def & Kanye West Freestylin' at Blue Note
with robert glasper so smooth on piano
News
"Zig Zag" Between Song References with M.I.A.
kiss me and i'll kiss you back!
Video pick
Caribou - "Jamelia"
Fifty-word review
Jamie XX and Gil Scott-Heron – We're New Here

Tuesday, March 1

News
Tyler the Creator's "French" Chilled by Toro Y Moi
adding some grace to the sinister
News
2011 Tour News: Man Man, Okkervil River, Black Lips & More!
c'mon spring and summer!
News
Manchester Orchestra Questions "Simple Math"
"it's how our bodies even got here"
Video pick
La Sera - "Devil's Hearts Grows Gold"
Fifty-word review
Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues

Wednesday, March 2

News
Zion I & The Grouch Blast Off with "Rockit Man"
best mode of travel
News
Hercules & Love Affair Seek "Shelter" in Covering The xx
filling the void with a dance beat
News
Portlanders! The Sway Machinery is Coming to Aladdin Theater 3/12
so shimmy your ass there!
Video pick
The Strokes - "Under Cover of Darkness"
Fifty-word review
Middle Brother – middle brother
Fifty-word review
Destroyer – Kaputt
Song battle
Destroyer - Chinatown vs. Braids - Lemonade
6Destroyer - Chinatown
3Braids - Lemonade
Final vote.

2012

2 posts

Monday, February 27

Video pick
Rye Rye brings Baltimore grime to the museum TONIGHT (2/27)

Tuesday, February 28

Interview
Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond

The 1 show we reviewed on February 27, 2012