What else we were talking about

The news, video picks and short reviews melophobe posted in the days around May 12. They’re kept as they ran, so some of what they point to is long gone.

2008

1 post

Tuesday, May 13

Interview
Jason Collett

2009

22 posts

Monday, May 11

News
Video for Vega's new "No Reasons"
Set to 1986 skate film Thrashin'
News
Brian Williams is cool
MSNBC launches BriTunes, interviews Deer Tick
News
Animal Collective on Letterman
Plays "Summertime Clothes" with interpretative dancers
News
Bat For Lashes video for "Daniel"
with black-clothed men with balls on their heads

Tuesday, May 12

News
Grizzly Bear release Fred Falke remix
Listen to Falke's work on U2's "Magnificent"
News
Oasis concert may delay election results
Gallagher brothers hate democracy
News
New song from the Bowerbirds
Upper Air out June 7th, tour dates
Video pick
Ebony Bones - The Musik

Wednesday, May 13

News
new White Rabbits video/song
"Percussion Gun" from Britt Daniel produced album, It's Frightening
News
The Tweet Beat
140 characters or less with P. Diddy, Sonic Youth, Harlem Shakes and more
News
Aerosmith sells out, again.
Band to sell its own lottery tickets
Video pick
Sonseed - Jesus Is A Friend of Mine

Thursday, May 14

News
must listen: the Rural Alberta Advantage
Lovely folk from Canada
News
iron & wine to release b-side record around the well
listen to "Belated Promise RIng"
Fifty-word review
Starfucker – Jupiter
Fifty-word review
Obits – I Blame You
Interview
Brandon Bethancourt (AKA Alaska In Winter)

Friday, May 15

News
playful pop from Elizabeth & The Catapults
Mike Mogis produces band's first full-length
News
The Dodos get Miller Chill ad
"Fools" plays while the suds flow
News
cover from Robin Pecknold's White Antelope
Solo project from Fleet Foxes frontman
Video pick
We Fun Movie Trailer
Fifty-word review
Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications

2010

1 post

Monday, May 10

Recommended show
Diane Birch + w/Special Guests AM- The Crocodile Cafe 5/17, The Crocodile

2011

27 posts

Monday, May 9

News
The Observer Brings Sufjan Stevens to Light
mental health, knitting and polymathic talents
News
Chilly Gonzales' All-Orchestral "The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales"
the world's first
Video pick
The Antlers & Neon Indian - "Rolled Together"
Fifty-word review
Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
Song battle
Chromeo - Night By Night (NEUS Remix) vs. Cris Cab - All of the Lights
14Chromeo - Night By Night (NEUS Remix)
6Cris Cab - All of the Lights
Final vote.

Tuesday, May 10

News
Kanye's Free Live Coachella Mixtape
judging by the videos, you might wanna check this out
News
CFCF Reworks Holy Ghost!'s "Wait & See"
plus the single's video!
News
New Death Cab Single: "Underneath the Sycamore"
"home is a fire" got a video, too!
Video pick
Battles - "Ice Cream"
Interview
Jesse Flemming (Co-Founder of Lightning in a Bottle)
Song battle
Big Sean - I Do It vs. Killer Mike - Ready Set Go (Remix) ft. Big Boi and T.I.
9Big Sean - I Do It
2Killer Mike - Ready Set Go (Remix) ft. Big Boi and T.I.
Final vote.

Wednesday, May 11

News
The War on Drugs Shoots "Baby Missiles" Off "Slave Ambient"
innuendo anyone?
News
Agnes Obel Covers Elliott Smith in Live EP
infusing "between the bars" with some feminine depth
News
"I Gotta Rokk" with DJ Shadow
chugging dub with rock samples
Video pick
The Soap Scums with Jeff Mangum @ AUX 5
Song battle
Rye Rye ft. Robyn - Never Will Be Mine vs. The Very Best & Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
6Rye Rye ft. Robyn - Never Will Be Mine
5The Very Best & Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Final vote.

Thursday, May 12

News
"Wait in the Dark" with Memory Tapes
don't make them wait
News
Mos Def Guesting on "Dexter" for Sixth Season
getting down with a serial killer
News
"Believe in Magic" with Jim Jones, Lloyd & Girl Talk
get some groovin' shoes on!
Video pick
Kanye West Live at Coachella 2011
Song battle
Beastie Boys ft. Santigold - Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win vs. Of Montreal - Sex Karma
3Beastie Boys ft. Santigold - Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
1Of Montreal - Sex Karma
Final vote.

Friday, May 13

News
Video Backlog Friday!
a little cool with the bizarre
News
James Blake's Alternate "Give A Man A Rod"
his contribution to a compilation
News
Wild Beasts Make a Mixtape for Stereogum
where did "smother" come from?
Video pick
The Weeknd - "What You Need" Unofficial
Song battle
Young the Giant - Cough Syrup vs. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords
6Young the Giant - Cough Syrup
4Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords
Final vote.

Sunday, May 15

Interview
Frankmusik

The 1 show we reviewed on May 12, 2011

2012

6 posts

Wednesday, May 9

News
It's all good, see Fishbone for free at Fête
Party at ground zero (Providence, RI)
Video pick
G-Eazy - Marilyn ft. Dominique LeJeune
Song battle
Frank Ocean - There Will Be Tears vs. Ginuwine - The World is So Cold
1Frank Ocean - There Will Be Tears
0Ginuwine - The World is So Cold
Final vote.

Thursday, May 10

Song battle
Beck - Magnolia (Live) vs. The Flaming Lips - One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
3Beck - Magnolia (Live)
0The Flaming Lips - One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
Final vote.

Friday, May 11

Video pick
Juan Deuce "Menahan"

Sunday, May 13

Song battle
The Clipse - Young Boy vs. Santigold - GO!
2The Clipse - Young Boy
2Santigold - GO!
Final vote.