Drake’s been off at a company “retreat” for the last few days, so I’ll forgive him for overlooking new releases from Montreal’s Basia Bulat and Vancouver’s Bella. Well, that and the fact that they are only available as imports now. -ed. You’ll have to forgive the tardiness (and sloppiness) this week. I’ve been on an…

Drake is back in a big way this week with a whole slew of back to school releases. -ed. Doesn’t seem that long ago that you’d expect releases to stay away from ‘the day,’ but here we are six years later, and it’s positively a bonanza of releases for September 11. Releases from Animal Collective,…

Drake tries to separate the wheat from the chaff in a rather fallow week for new releases. -ed. That headache and dry mouth I get from looking at the new releases this week is a Labor day hangover… there’s not many big releases willing to brave the Tuesday after holiday release. Amongst the fearless this…

I’m on vacation this week, so we’re running a little behind here at the ‘shine. If you’re a regular Drakehead, you might have seen this stuff already, if not, enjoy the delayed weekly roundup! -ed. What this week lacks in depth, it makes up in density, as two artists this week are notorious for challenging…

Drake’s back in big way this week with a “bumper” crop of new releases. -ed. It’s the first week since March that we’ve had so many highly anticipated releases for folks like me to savor. Well, unfortunately, it’s not all that rosy… aside from M.I.A.’s excellent sophomore release, I’m afraid the new albums from The…

Just when you thought I wasn’t going to post anything today, Drake saves my ass with the weekly roundup. -ed. The dog days of summer are now over, and this is the last sparse week for some time as next week we get bevy of great releases. That’s not meant to be a slight on…