What else we were talking about

The news, video picks and short reviews melophobe posted in the days around August 28. They’re kept as they ran, so some of what they point to is long gone.

2009

31 posts

Tuesday, August 25

News
NPR beams out Passion Pit show
Good call, NPR!
News
N.A.S.A.'s Mind Bending Video for "Whachadoin?"
A visual feat with a beat
News
The Road To Blueprint 3
8 tracks down, 7 to go.
Video pick
The Antlers Release Animated Video for "Two"
Fifty-word review
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns

Wednesday, August 26

News
White Denim To Melt Faces
Austin's very own on tour
News
Warm Heart Of Africa Out Now!
The Very Best's debut LP gets a digital release, date set for physical release.
News
J. Tillman's New Song: "Though I Have Wronged You"
Fleet Foxes drummer's soothing reflection
News
Fun Fun Fun Fest Line Up
A triumph of booking
News
Panda Bear Hints At New Album
Animal Collective's Noah Lennox tells Entertainment Weekly of plans to start recording in September.
News
Cameron Crowe Helms Pearl Jam "Fixer" Video
Whole lotta shakin' going on
News
Robin Guthrie's "Some Sort of Paradise"
Just float into this new single
Fifty-word review
Gossip – Music for Men

Thursday, August 27

News
Kings of Leon Announce Remix Album
Disc to include remixes from Lykke Li, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell, among others.
News
Raekwon ft Lyfe Jennings: "Catalina"
Illmatic to the max
News
The Big Pink to hit the big, bad road
It has begun
Fifty-word review
Eat Sugar – It's Not Our Responsibility
Fifty-word review
Mr. Lif – I Heard It Today

Friday, August 28

News
Drake, Lil' Wayne, Kanye and Eminem Slay Track For Lebron
Something like a phenomenon
News
Ryan Adams: Still A Geek, Still Pretty Awesome
New gig - video game blogger
News
New Elliott Smith song appears!
Message board poster leaks song
News
Taken By Trees prove that Merriweather Post Pavilion is inescapable this year
And now a cover of "My Girls"
News
Outside Lands Festival is streaming right now!
Ween on Sunday
Fifty-word review
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Fifty-word review
War Tapes – The Continental Divide

Monday, August 31

News
Noel Gallagher says no more
R.I.P Oasis? We'll see.
News
Wale: Live In D.C. (video)
D.C. chillin', caught on tape
News
New Wild Beasts record wants to meet you
Is the hype justified?
News
A Taste Of The New Kid Cudi Record
The fog is lifting
Video pick
David Byrne "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
Fifty-word review
K'naan – Troubadour

The 1 show we reviewed on August 28, 2009

2010

3 posts

Wednesday, August 25

News
Prepare your repeat button: Lupe Fiasco's "Go To Sleep"
Just when you thought rap was dead
Fifty-word review
Menomena – Mines

Friday, August 27

Fifty-word review
Still Flyin’ – A Party in Motion

2011

17 posts

Thursday, August 25

Song battle
Big Sean - Story To Tell vs. Biggie - I Got A Story to Tell
0Big Sean - Story To Tell
2Biggie - I Got A Story to Tell
Final vote.

Friday, August 26

Interview
Jay Psaros
Song battle
Adele - Rumour Has It vs. The Weeknd - The Birds Pt. 1
4Adele - Rumour Has It
5The Weeknd - The Birds Pt. 1
Final vote.

Monday, August 29

News
Album Streams Galore: The Drums, Wild Flag, Blind Pilot & Balam Acab
filling your day with joy
News
Wavves' "I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl"
plus the latest from the foos themselves
Video pick
Kanye West & Jay-Z perform "Otis" at the VMAs
Song battle
Main Attrakionz ft. ASAP Rocky - U.G.K. vs. J. Cole - Lights Please (Urban Noize Remix)
0Main Attrakionz ft. ASAP Rocky - U.G.K.
3J. Cole - Lights Please (Urban Noize Remix)
Final vote.

Tuesday, August 30

News
DJ Shadow's "Warning Call" with Tom Vek
it isn't what you expect
News
Ben Folds Releasing Career-Spanning Compilation
rarities, live versions and practically the best from the past 10 years
News
Portlanders! Eleanor Friedberger Playing Crystal Ballroom 9/7 for MFNW!
watch her with the kills next week!
Video pick
Blitzen Trapper - "Love The Way You Walk Away"
Interview
Ninjasonik
Song battle
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Definite Darkness vs. Ugly Casanova - Parasites
3Cymbals Eat Guitars - Definite Darkness
0Ugly Casanova - Parasites
Final vote.

Wednesday, August 31

News
M83's "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" Up for Stream
hear what hasn't been released so far
News
James Blake Dropping "Enough Thunder" EP
with help from bon iver!
Video pick
Destroyer - "Savage Night At The Opera"
Song battle
Jeff Tweedy - The Ruling Class vs. Deer Tick - Baltimore Blues No. 1
1Jeff Tweedy - The Ruling Class
4Deer Tick - Baltimore Blues No. 1
Final vote.