Drake‘s off to the Capitol Hill Block Party tomorrow; here’s his latest look at the new releases. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 07.12.11 Playlist: New Releases 07.12.11 Washed Out – Within and Without Stream / Purchase [mp3] When Washed Out, AKA Ernest Greene, released his EP Life of Leisure, it was quickly apparent there was…
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Drake’s Take: New Releases 06.28.11
Time to play post-holiday catch-up with The Drake‘s column. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 06.28.11 Summer is supposedly here, but you’d never know it here in Seattle. It’s been a typical June-uary here, with overcast skies and breezy temps requiring extra layers of clothing. It’s the sort of weather that drives folks indoors, indirectly creating…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 06.14.11
Once again, Drake and I are up to date… until tomorrow. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 06.14.11 After last week’s bonanza of good-to-great releases, this week is far more subtle in it’s charms. Both Junior Boys and Vetiver headline the action here, and their laid back approach to music make a perfect match to talk…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 06.07.11
Black Lips, Cults, Fucked Up, Tom Vek, Battles, Arctic Monkeys and Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr headline the week, but it goes deeper than that as well. New releases from The Rosebuds, Frank Turner, Givers, The Postelles, Sondre Lerche, Peter Murphy, Oneida, City and Colour all make it a pretty deep week for ear spins. Have…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 05.17.11
While Drake‘s up at The Gorge, I thought I’d play a little catch up with his new release column. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 05.17.11 It’s not the greatest crop of releases this week, but it’s worth sniffing the latest collaboration from Danger Mouse (with Daniele Luppi), 13 & God, Damon & Naomi, Chad VanGaalen,…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 05.03.11
Just in time for this week’s new releases, last week’s Drake’s Take has reviews of the two big records from both coasts. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 05.03.11 We have a saying in Seattle that you may have heard before: “April showers bring May showers,” or, at the very least, flowers that are drenched. Much…