Drake’s Take: New Releases 06.26.12

The eyes have it — Ty Segall Band release Slaughterhouse Words: Drake Lelane Welcome back Drake! – ed. I’ve been taken out of the game for a bit, thanks to Sasquatch! Music Festival (with editing nearly 5k photos) and a new job. There have been some great releases I’ve lost out on in the process…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 05.15.12

Beach House release another stunner with their new album Bloom Words: Drake Lelane Maybe it’s the effects of a full week of sunny weather, but it’s been hard not to feel optimistic about new music, even when there’s only a couple albums with May release dates that I’m wearing out in the headphones. One of…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 05.01.12

Ex-Fleet Fox Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty Words: Drake Lelane Welcome to the merry month of May, where promises of summer melt under clouds of impending rain. That’s Seattle, though… it’s enough to drive a Pacific Northwesterner south, like it did with J. Tillman, formerly the drummer for Fleet Foxes. Holed up in the…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 04.24.12

Ty Segall and Timothy “White Fence” Presley Words: Drake LeLane We’re [Drake et al. -ed.] back after taking a week off for a little R&R in Mexico last week (sorry Spiritualized and Moonface… we’ll get you next time). This week is marked by a lot of classic guitar-based rock influences. Ty Segall and White Fence…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 04.10.12

Alabama Shakes Words: Drake Lelane Alabama Shakes dish some soulful rock on their debut release.There’s plenty of post-Easter, post-Passover new releases to sneeze at as you reach for the Clariton amidst all the bloomage (YOU SWORE, NO MORE FLOWER METAPHORS!). It’s Spring Break somewhere, so pop in a few of these tasty offerings in your…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 03.27.12

Justin Townes Earle Words: Drake Lelane I’m mostly back after an Amazon-related debacle. You’ll notice there’s no more links to Amazon here going forward, which has been a hassle, but the switch to in links to emusic, Insound and others should be better in the long run for users. I’ll grant that Amazon was convenient,…