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…
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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…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.17.09
Hey folks, just in time for your Black Friday buying bonanza, here’s another “almost” on-time edition of Drake’s Take. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.17.09 We’re headlong into gift-giving season, so feel free to make your year-end list, as it’s no mans land as far as quality releases. That being said, there are a couple…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.10.09
More slim pickins for Drake this week as he runs down the latest live effort from the prolific Robyn Hitchcock. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.10.09 Another week closer to the holidays, and even more gift-oriented releases — this week featuring live (Robyn Hitchcock) and greatest hits (Snow Patrol) collections. There were a few new…