Like my friend on the West Coast said, it was a big, big week for music. So big, in fact, that such notables as the new “Moonface EP” (from Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug), “Casual Victim Pile” (Gerard Cosloy‘s Austin club band compilation), Corrine Bailey Rae‘s “The Sea” and Basia Bulat‘s “Heart Of My Own” didn’t…
Category: Drake’s Take
Drake’s Take: New Releases 01.19.10
Next to Birthday’s and Christmas Day (and maybe the first night of Chanukah), there’s no greater cause for celebration around the Drake household than the release of a new Spoon record. For my money, it’s a pretty raw record (which is not a bad thing), it reminds me of “Girls Can Tell” minus a lot…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 12.08.09 – 12.15.09
Drake cherry picks an EP from his favorite band for this condensed “garbage week” edition of The Take. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 12.08.09 – 12.15.09 Here it is, nearly the end of the year and Animal Collective has released a superb EP, reminding us that they started 2009 off right as well. Other than…
Drake’s Take: The 50+ Best Albums of The Decade
With his most ambitious list to date, Drake caps off the decade with a list of his 50 favorite albums. -ed. Playlist: Top 50 albums of the 2000s 1. The Wrens – The Meadowlands Stream / Purchase [mp3] My top album of the decade is likely not even in many others’ top ten, but I…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 12.01.09
This week Drake gets lo-fi and local with the latest from New Jersey’s Real Estate and Seattle’s Friday Mile. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 12.01.09 This week, since there’s little to celebrate this week in new releases, I thought I’d look at a couple recent releases that either slipped through the cracks (Real Estate) or…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.24.09
Just in time for Thanksgiving, here’s the weekly new release wrap-up from Drake. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.24.09 Another week, another short list of new releases filled primarily with gift-giving in mind. Wading through the wasteland of late year releases can bring a few plums, and this week sees Tom Waits‘ third live disc…