What else we were talking about

The news, video picks and short reviews melophobe posted in the days around September 5. They’re kept as they ran, so some of what they point to is long gone.

2009

22 posts

Wednesday, September 2

News
LCD Soundsystem To Return In 2010
James Murphy sounds happy
News
Streaming: New Yo La Tengo album
NPR strikes again
News
The xx make a mix
Grab your headphones!
News
New Air: "Sing Sang Sung"
Air, we'd Love 2
Video pick
Arcade Fire's Guide To Crowd Control
Fifty-word review
Lokai – Transitions

Thursday, September 3

News
Comments on the MP3 age with Jonny Greenwood
What was given, for what we received?
News
Sunset Rubdown Bassist Struck By Lightning
Insert superhero transformation joke here
News
Felt's New Girl....Rosie Perez
Slug & Murs are coming back with Aesop Rock in tow
News
Blind Man's Colour pass the acid test (vid)
Lot o' water and all the colors you can throw at the canvas
Video pick
St. Vincent thinks the "Marrow" is the good part too

Friday, September 4

News
Nutrition On Tape: Free EP
Electro from across the pond
News
Beck's Record Club: Leonard Cohen edition (vid)
First song is "Suzanne"
News
Health's Hedonistic Tendencies
"Die Slow" is their new video
News
Wale: "Ice and Rain"
Castaway from new album, still good
Video pick
Wilco: Ashes Of American Flags

Saturday, September 5

News
TV On The Radio to Give Other Bands A Chance
Announce yearlong sabattical to "live a life and change things up"
Video pick
Want to be T-Pain? There's an app for that.

Tuesday, September 8

News
Re-envisioning "Two Weeks"
Cardboard cut-outs fill unofficial video
News
Air: "Sing Sang Sung" (Vid)
Follow the bouncing ball
News
The Swell Season Back With New Album, Tour
Emotional without the emo
News
Kurt Vile's "Hunchback"
Bringin' the grit to your doorstep

The 1 show we reviewed on September 5, 2009

2010

1 post

Tuesday, September 7

News
Jukebox the Ghost set loose their sophomore release (free download!)
Jukebox the Ghost are releasing their sophomore effort, Everything Under The Sun, today.

2011

21 posts

Friday, September 2

News
Video Backlog Friday!
welcome back!
News
Fair Ohs' "My Spit"
the circle pit starts now
Video pick
Sleep ∞ Over – “Casual Diamond”
Fifty-word review
PAPA – A Good Woman Is Hard To Find
Song battle
Blood Diamonds - Move the Stars vs. Bon Iver + James Blake - Fall Creek Boys Choir
27Blood Diamonds - Move the Stars
13Bon Iver + James Blake - Fall Creek Boys Choir
Final vote.

Saturday, September 3

News
Wilco Streaming New Album Tomorrow For Only 24 Hours
get a whole lot of "the whole love"

Monday, September 5

Video pick
Caithlin De Marrais "Birds"

Tuesday, September 6

News
Album Streams: Neon Indian, St. Vincent, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah & More!
listen to girls and balam acab here!
News
Baths Composes "Exit the Mine" on iPad
oh, the wonder of apps
News
Yuck Releasing Deluxe Edition of Debut with "Cousin Corona"
plus more b-sides that didn't make the cut
Video pick
Wild Flag - "Romance"
Song battle
St. Vincent - Cruel vs. The War on Drugs - Brothers
Song battle
St. Vincent - Cruel vs. The War on Drugs - Brothers
8St. Vincent - Cruel
4The War on Drugs - Brothers
Final vote.

Wednesday, September 7

News
"Nodding Off" with WAVVES and Best Coast
there's a little present at the end of this post
News
Trentemøller Remixes "Midnight City" for M83 EP
just try and avoid the other remix that's out there . . .
Video pick
Jeff Tweedy Covers "My Humps"
Song battle
PAPA - I Am The Lion King vs. Gotye - I Feel Better
1PAPA - I Am The Lion King
3Gotye - I Feel Better
Final vote.

Thursday, September 8

News
Download & Watch Los Campesinos!'s "By Your Hand"
not even vomit can deter this love song
News
PUJOL Shoutin' "Mayday"
download the first track off his upcoming ep
Video pick
A Day in the Life with Girl Talk
Song battle
Wax and EOM - Coins vs. Machine Gun Kelly ft. Waka Flocka Flame - Wild Boy
1Wax and EOM - Coins
0Machine Gun Kelly ft. Waka Flocka Flame - Wild Boy
Final vote.