After two steady weeks of overall slip-sliding album sales—including consecutive record-low turns for a top-selling LP, by Taylor Swift (52,000 copies) and Cake (44,000) —along come the Decemberists, whose The King Is Dead kicks Cake's Showroom Of Compassion to the curb (from #1 all the way down to #25) and claims the #1 position on Billboard 's Top 200 chart after moving a relatively decent 94,000 copies out of the gate. Portland quintet the Decemberists had steadily been earning higher and [...]
The Decemberists top this week's countdown of the top selling albums at Grimey's New & Preloved Music in Nashville.
The long wait is over for the new studio album from Cake.
While I was in the hospital helping my wife have the baby (read: trying to keep out of everyone's way), I asked my friend Andy to write up his reactions to the songs that have been on our countdown over the past couple of weeks. I initially gave him the order of the songs as they appeared on the countdown, but since that has changed a bit over the last couple of weeks, I put them in alphabetical order by band name. I'd like to do this occasionally. If you'd be interested in being on the [...]
Forse avrete letto che la settimana scorsa è uscito un nuovo disco dei Cake (sì, quelli della cover di I will survive , quelli di Never There , quelli di Short Skirt / Long Jacket , diventata poi la sigla di Chuck ), e forse avrete anche letto che ha inaspettatamente esordito al numero uno della classifica americana, e l'ha fatto vendendo meno di qualunque altro disco nella storia (non saprei spiegare esattamente il perché, [...]
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This week on the Needle Drop , we explore new albums from Wire , Cake , and British Sea Power . We also add a new segment to the show: Track Reviews. The Needle Drop: 01-15-11 ( link / podcast rss ) -
Federal Funding è la traccia che apre "Showroom of Compassion" il nuovo disco dei Cake . Anomala la band di Sacramento capitanata da John McCrea: al sesto album e al silenzio dal 2004 nonostante le canzoni prestate a pubblicità e le numerose partecipazione a colonne sonore di film e telefilm made in USA. Registrato dalla band in solitaria, in uno studio costruito a Sacramento dalla band stessa alimentato quasi esclusivamente ad energia solare, questo "Showroom of Compassion" è già balzato in testa alla Billboardo Top 200 Charts . Quello che vedete in [...]
El nuevo trabajo discográfico de los californianos de Cake , Showroom of Compassion , alcanzó el puesto numero uno de los charts norteamericanos, aunque tiene el dudoso honor de haberse convertido en el disco menos vendido en ocupar esa posición. Muestra de los tiempos que vivimos, de la caída tanto de los formatos como de los medios de venta tradicionales, lo sucedido con el nuevo trabajo de Cake (que solo vendió 44.000 copias) va derecho a los libros de records. Showroom of Compassion es el disco [...]
Cage the Elephant tops this week's countdown of the top selling albums (both vinyl & CD lists) at Grimey's New & Preloved Music in Nashville.
It's been a long time since we went the distance with quirky Cali rock act Cake. But here they are again suddenly, with not only their first Top 10 album— Showroom Of Compassion —but their first to reach #1 on Billboard 's Top 200. Unfortunately, the rug gets yanked out from under that feat since it's also the lowest number of copies moved for a #1 album in Nielsen SoundScan's history of tracking LP sales. Last week Taylor Swift spent a sixth non-consecutive week on top [...]
Cake is back on top! The band's new album, Showroom Of Compassion , has debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 today, marking their first number one album in their nearly two decades of existence. Buy CDs, MP3s, more: Cake on Amazon.com Cake on Amazon.co.uk Showroom Of Compassion, CAKE's first [...]
congratulations to the CAKE whom after 17+ years of a music career will score their first US #1 album. the American rocker's sixth album the SHOWROOM OF COMPASSION is expected to debut at #1 on the US charts this week post selling an estimated 42,144. the first coupla weeks are always rather quiet on the new release front in the music world alas if you wanna score high you gotta get in there early in the year ! so kudos to the CAKE and the CAGE THE ELEPHANT [...]
Photography by Me... What a fun weekend! For those of you not following along on the intertubals of love (i.e. me twitters & me facebooks, ARR!) , this weekend, I played jet-setter, hopping on a plane down to Arizon-I-A to see my baby cranes, swooping them up and driving up to Sedona & then to the Grand Canyon! Our first times! Wow, what can I say, Sedona is absolutely beautiful... Our approach.. [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Presidents of the United States of America, Weezer, Modest Mouse, Beck, Ben Folds "Cake - Bound Away" What's so good? Cake has always been a great band to shuffle across; they prefectly cut a deck of songs. After catching them perform their newest music at the House of Blues in Chicago last month I knew I was going to enjoy their newest studio album, Showroom of Compassion [...]
Hope you all had MLK Day off and enjoyed a relaxing long weekend! There's a lot to choose from this week, so you better be well-rested. First off, the Mercy Lounge is celebrating their 8th anniversary, so all the shows there are FREE this week! I've mentioned a couple in my choice picks, but you'll want to check out their calendar here . Tuesday, January 18th: Justin Kalk Orchestra [...]
THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: Colour Revolt w/ Ocean is Theory, Asherel Saturday, January 22 Vinyl - 1374 West Peachtree Street NW in Atlanta 30309 Admission is $10 / Purchase Tickets I'm still waiting for Colour Revolt to have its crossover moment. After all, the band trades in the kind of classic hooks and big guitar bombast that appeals to wider audiences. But unlike much of the lazy, regurgitated drivel that gets spins on modern rock radio, there is a textured complexity [...]
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 plenty to stop and check out while we wait for the real motherlode to drop in two weeks. The latest from Wire, British Sea Power, Cage the Elephant, Tapes n' Tapes, Cake, [...]
We had an event last Saturday at Loop in Tremont. We got together with some like-minded folks, hammered down some of Cleveland's finest coffee and listened to the soon to be released Akron/Family record. The record, without question, is fantastic. I do not have cohesive thoughts on the record itself because I listened to it once and then set it on fire. I remember some riffs and some emotions I had while listening, but I don't have a high level of specific memory of the album. The band asked us to destroy the compact disc [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Robert McKnight When Cake finally decided to record their sixth studio album, the California alt-rock band wanted to do things differently. First, they altered their Upbeat Studio to run on solar power, as Spinner previously reported . Then they decided to forget about getting a producer and opted to involve themselves in every aspect of their upcoming record, 'Showroom of Compassion.' "We took [...]
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