Some of you may ring in the new year on January 1, but I choose the first official Drake’s Take of 2011 to kick off my celebrations. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 01.11.11 The new releases for 2011 begins in earnest this week, and while there is nothing in the way of essential releases, there’s…
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Drake’s Top Ten Soundtracks of 2010
From the man who introduced me to the term diegetic music, here are Drake‘s Top 10 Soundtracks of 2010. -ed. Drake’s Top Ten Soundtracks of 2010 Judging the score of a film can be a funny thing, given they’re inherent subtlety. If a score is demanding to be noticed, it might very well be detracting…
Drake’s Top 50+ Albums of 2010
It wouldn’t be year end without Drake‘s annual “Best Albums of The Year” post. -ed. Drake’s Top 50+ Albums of 2010 2010 turned out to be another pretty good year for music, but no album ran away with the top spot this year. LCD Soundsystem‘s This Is Happening gets the nod for me, by a…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.23.10
The man who inspired the lowest moment of George W. Bush’s presidency, drops another bomb on the American public this week with Drake‘s favorite rap album of the year. (PS You can still buy it for $3.99 at amazon.com.) -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.23.10 It’s Black Friday week, so the new releases are minimum,…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.16.10
As the 2010 new releases tap dries up, Drake reviews a couple of reissued gems. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.16.10 The list for new releases shrinks as the compilations, box sets and reissues pile grows and grows. Bruce Springsteen’s The Promise would make a great gift, as would the lovingly packaged reissue of Jim…
Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.02.10
This week Drake puts Brooklyn funsters Matt and Kim under the microscope. ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.02.10 The long march towards the holidays continues with reissues, compilations and other releases geared to be fitted with gift-wrap paper. Breaking free of the holiday drudgery are new releases from Matt & Kim, Elvis Costello, The High…