(I originally tried to post this over at Blogger, but it wouldn’t let me publish it. So I’m sticking in and changing the timestamp to when it was meant to be posted, so it doesn’t mess with the order of things too much.)

Like I said the other day, this week has been Music Week for me - an attempt to catch up on all the goings-on that I’ve missed by being all busy and stuff. Here’s a few great things I found this week, just in case you haven’t already seen them.

1. This is old news, but I’m still bummed that I can’t get Willy Mason to play a show in my house. I have all those things he needs, except for the house in the UK. You know, Willy once cancelled a show on us, so long ago I can’t even remember when, here in Amsterdam. I’m still a little hurt about that, but he can totally make it up to me by playing just a wee little gig in my living room. Just a few songs, I don’t expect a Grateful Dead show or anything.

2. Jesus has a fantastic post about what Tapes n Tapes might be singing about. Jesus totally likes Tapes n Tapes, as do I, but I listened to the song and read along with his lyrics and I think He’s definitely got a point.

3. Speaking of Jesus, He also has also developed a Shins Album Review Drinking Game, which was inspired by The Pitchfork Media Drinking Game. And who doesn’t love to make fun of pompous reviews and/or Pitchfork?

4. The new Bloc Party single (out this week!). Awesome. People seem to be really divided over this one, but I’m definitely pro-”The Prayer”. Just listen to that stomp in the beginning - damn! If you’re not sure or haven’t heard it yet, you can listen to it on their myspace page or download it from emusic.

5. The new Arcade Fire single. Also awesome. I might be the only person on earth who hasn’t already heard this or blogged about it. Better late than never. Listen on their myspace page.

6. The beautiful combination of Modest Mouse and Johnny Marr. I’ve been reading about this for ages but hadn’t actually heard any results until I came across “Dashboard” this week. I nearly peed my pants. I’ve (of course) accidentally deleted the blog link I had been saving to put here, but if you search The Hype Machine for Modest Mouse or “Dashboard”, you should be able to find plenty of stuff to listen to.