What else we were talking about

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

2008

1 post

Sunday, December 28

Video pick
J-Live "Bragging Writes" Live

2009

12 posts

Friday, December 25

Fifty-word review
Various Artists – Hipsters' Holiday

Monday, December 28

News
Christmas Mixtape from the Cool Kids (download)
4 songs for the holiday season
News
10 years of Flying Lotus boiled down into a mixtape (download)
Xmas present from Flying Lotus to you
News
Trent Reznor says new NIN material is coming next year
Also, check out link to fan-edited, HD footage from Lights In The Sky tour
Video pick
Glen Hansard & Bono busking for homeless charity on Christmas Eve
Fifty-word review
Nouvelle Vague – 3

Tuesday, December 29

News
R.I.P. Vic Chesnutt
Athens singer-songwriter tragically overdoses
News
Rising Star: Holly Miranda LP drops in Feb.
Beautiful voice + assists from members of TV on the Radio
News
A new Tom Waits album will, most likely, come out in 2010
In the beginning stages of ideas
Fifty-word review
Blind Pilot – Three Rounds and a Sound

Wednesday, December 30

Fifty-word review
Will Stratton – No Wonder

Thursday, December 31

Fifty-word review
Capybara – Try Brother

2010

18 posts

Sunday, December 26

Song battle
The Avett Brothers - Ten Thousand Words vs. Local Natives - Cubism Dream
5The Avett Brothers - Ten Thousand Words
8Local Natives - Cubism Dream
Final vote.

Monday, December 27

News
Name Your Price on New Yeasayer Live Album
in other words, it could be free if you wanted!
News
"Oh My Stars" Circle Around Andrew Belle
plucking at banjo, piano and heart strings
News
Stars Float Into a Daytrotter Session
like shouting their songs through a cave into the endless void, echoing forever
Video pick
Beady Eye - "Four Letter Word"

Tuesday, December 28

News
Grizzly Bear in the Works for Album #4 After Scoring "Blue Valentine"
now that the movie isn't NC-17, you can hear their music in theaters
Video pick
Lupe Fiasco - "The Show Goes On"
Song battle
Spoon - The Mystery Zone vs. Interpol - PDA
6Spoon - The Mystery Zone
10Interpol - PDA
Final vote.

Wednesday, December 29

News
A "Phoenix" Rises in The Wild
a little singing, a little freestyling
News
Usher & Homer Simpson: A Coincidence or Plot?
you decide for yourself
Video pick
Prince Rama - "Lightening Fossil"
Song battle
Dr. Dre ft. Eminem and Nas - Topless vs. Big Boi/Black Keys - You Ain't The Next DJ
1Dr. Dre ft. Eminem and Nas - Topless
2Big Boi/Black Keys - You Ain't The Next DJ
Final vote.

Thursday, December 30

News
Pretty Lights' "Better Than I've Ever Been" with Kanye & Possibly Prince
i need to learn how to be a DJ right effing now
News
Ambiguous Details on M.I.A.'s Vicki Leekx Mixtape
due tomorrow and still little clue as to what the hell is going on
News
Evidence of an Evident Handsome Furs Album
watch and listen
Video pick
Kanye West - "Devil in a New Dress" Unofficial
Song battle
My Morning Jacket - Lowdown vs. Tom Petty - Something In The Air
8My Morning Jacket - Lowdown
4Tom Petty - Something In The Air
Final vote.

Friday, December 31

Song battle
Blake Mills - Wintersong vs. Elliot Smith - Waltz #2
0Blake Mills - Wintersong
0Elliot Smith - Waltz #2
Final vote.

2011

1 post

Thursday, December 29

News
Portlanders! Radiation City are playing Outkast's Love Below on NYE
Come to Mississippi Studios to catch the weirdness