Drake’s Take: New Releases 08.10.10-08.17.10

Back from a little summer hiatus, here’s a special doubleshot edition of Drake’s Take. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 08.10.10-08.17.10 I’ve been out of town on vacation, so the blog’s taken a backseat, but wanted to throw together something for the past two weeks because of two releases — the second release from Bottomless Pit…

2010 Capitol Hill Block Party Day 1 Recap (Friday)

(Watching) Mahjongg at Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle, WA (07/23/10) Words and Photos: Drake Lelane Capitol Hill Block Party: Day One (July 23, 2010) I have a serious love/hate relationship with the Capitol Hill Block Party. In concept, it’s the ideal music festival, with a focus on local acts mixed in with big name…

Sasquatch! Festival 2010: Day 2 Wrap Up and More Photos

LCD Soundsystem at Sasquatch! 2010 (05/30/10) Words and Photos: Drake LeLane Sasquatch Day 2 Wrap Up (May 30, 2010) Another day, another morning wasted trying to get into the festival (sorry Caribou). Today marked the big schedule conflict between LCD Soundsystem + Pavement vs Girls + Dirty Projectors, but lessons learned from Saturday (Bigfoot stage…

Sasquatch! Festival 2010: Day 1 Wrap Up and More Photos

Portugal. The Man at the 2010 Sasquatch! Festival (05/29/10) Words and Photos*: Drake LeLane The 2010 version of the Sasquatch Music Festival was one of finest lineups assembled in recent history, which made for both a thrilling and challenging affair — challenging in picking which acts to see and ultimately which acts “I wish I…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 03.23.10

Sure I’ve been out of town, but who am I kidding, Drake‘s column hardly ever goes up on time, even when I’m in my regular time zone. (No disrespect to my brother on the left coast.) -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 03.23.10 Busy week, being a post-SXSW release week, but I’m still looking ahead to…

2009 Capitol Hill Block Party Day 2 Recap & More Photos

Noisettes at the Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle, WA (07/25/09) Words & Photos: Drake LeLane I hadn’t planned on seeing The Maldives, but Main Stage access was such that I relegated myself to the ‘other stages’ for the night, and the alt country band just happened to be in my line of fire —…