
As the Christmas box sets come piling in, Drake takes great pains to sort out the power pop from the poop. ( NOTE : In addition to "Welcome to the Night Sky" , Wintersleep 's "iTunes Live Sessions EP" is also now available at the US iTunes Store.) -ed. Drake's Take: New Releases 11.11.08 New releases from here on out are more about gift giving than an actual interest in music, so new albums give way to box sets, compilations and reissues along with [...]

Releases from The Nerves, The Pillbugs, Flaming Lips New releases from here on out are more about gift giving than an actual interest in music, so new albums give way to box sets, compilations and reissues along with DVD interests. But there are still some great finds, especially for a power pop head like myself, as the long awaited The Nerves compilation, One Way Ticket , finally sees the light of day. As far as Nerves fans go, there's a 30th anniversary edition of Cheap Trick's Live At Budokan [...]
Chan Marshall aka Cat Power is working on "Covers II" slated for an early 2008 release. Her first "Covers" album, released in 2000, featured amazing re-workings of the Rolling Stones "Satisfaction", Phil Phillips "Sea of Love", and the Velvet Underground's "I Found A Reason" - among many others. There's no word on which songs will appear on "Covers II", but I do hope her cover of Blondie's "Hanging On The Telephone" (Cingular commercial) gets placed on the album. (more...)
More and More Im hearing music I enjoy on the television, and its not from any music TV outlets. Its usually right there during the advertisements actually. Here is a listing of some of our favorites, new or otherwise, with an appropriate mp3 for the songs that we have. Commercial - Jaguar Artist - Fujiya & Miyagi Song - Collarbone (MP3) Commercial - Sony [...]
In Memphis, if a musician records here, we tend to usually embrace them as our own. Whether it's genuine southern hospitality, or a need to grasp at legitimacy, it's just the way it is. Take for instance Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power. Last year she returned to work with producer Doug Easley, she recorded in his Easley-McCain studio in the 90's, to produce her latest record The Greatest . This time she recorded at Ardent Studios, managed by Big Star drummer Jody Stephens, since last year Easley-Mccain was lost to an electrical fire. [...]