Drake’s Take: New Releases 03.13.12

Delta Spirit Words: Drake Lelane Daylight savings is a bitch, man [I call it the worst day of the year. -ed.]. I still miss that hour I lost, and have been trying to get it back all week. New releases this week seemed to ‘spring forward’ as well, leaving us with scant to digest. Of…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 03.06.12

The Men Words: Drake Lelane What’s the saying? “March enters like a lion and leaves like a lamb?” Between the sophomore releases from both The Men and Mike Wexler, we’ve certainly achieved the first part of that equation. Other artists with new releases this week include Andrew Bird, Bruce Springsteen, The Magnetic Fields, Bowerbirds, Time…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 02.28.12

New Multitudes Words: Drake Lelane A new Anais Mitchell album is always something to look forward to. -ed. February ends with a shiver, a cough, unwanted mucus on seemingly every child’s sleeve, and a handful of releases to welcome a hopefully warmer March. This year marks the 100th year since Woody Guthrie’s birth, so we’re…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 02.21.12

Damien Jurado Words: Drake LeLane Seattle Folk pioneer Damien Jurado releases Maraqopa this week. Another week in the shortest month sees plenty of fine releases fall into our laps. From Damien Jurado’s magnum opus to the sophomore release from the sugared razor blades of Sleigh Bells, it’s not a bad week at all. There’s also…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 02.07.12

Sharon Van Etten at SXSW (03/18/11) Words: Drake Lelane Photos: D. Caplan (More after the jump) Since February is the shortest month of the year, I’m thinking it’s going to have to be the most condensed with interesting releases, and this first week goes some ways to proving the theory true. New releases from Sharon…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 01.31.12

Caught up with the Drake. -ed. Leonard Cohen Words: Drake Lelane This week’s collection of releases finds two at the opposite ends of life (and, well, art) in Leonard Cohen and Lana Del Rey. Elsewhere, look out for new releases from Imperial Teen, The Ex-Girlfriends Club, Hospitality, The Pines, Ringo Starr, K’Nan, Mike Doughty, and…