Sasquatch! Festival 2012: Day 3 (Monday) Wrap Up and Photos

The Joy Formidable by Shawn Anderson at Sasquatch! 2012 Words and Photos: Shawn Anderson aka Drake Lelane Additional Photography: Zach Gore Here we go, the last of the Sasquatch 2012 coverage. Big thanks to Shawn and Zach for all their help! -ed. Sasquatch! Music Festival 2012, Day 3 The final day is usually a mellow…

Sasquatch! Festival 2012: Day 2 (Sunday) Wrap Up and Photos

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at Sasquatch! (05/27/12) by Shawn Anderson Words and Photos: Drake Lelane (aka Shawn Anderson) and Zach Gore Sunday at Sasquatch Music Festival was marked by a couple of things. First (and most importantly) I managed to get my hands on a couple backstage wrist bands. That meant starting the day with…

Sasquatch! Festival 2012: Day 1 (Saturday) Wrap Up and Photos

Jack White at Sasquatch! (05/26/12) by Shawn Anderson Words and Photos: Shawn Anderson aka Drake Lelane Additional Photos: Zach Gore Sasquatch, the most picturesque of music festivals, signals the beginning of summer in the Northwest*, and since last year, that starter’s gun has gone off on Friday. That day featured Santigold, Girl Talk, Explosions in…

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,…

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 01.24.12

Catching up with Drake, always catching up with Drake. -ed. Dylan Baldi’s Cloud Nothings get it together on Attack on Memory Words: Drake LeLane As the first month of 2012 nears its close, we have our very first year-end contender with the sophomore release from Cloud Nothings. Steve Albini’s production combined with Dylan Baldi surrounding…