the bird and the bee, the duo of singer Inara George and multi-instrumental/producer Greg Kurstin, kicked off a musical scavenger hunt for their fans today by premiering all nine songs from their new album Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates on nine different websites: AOL Spinner, BrooklynVegan, Entertainment [...]
*Editors Note: All of the bands below are linked directly to the iTunes music store – should you be so inclined
Top 10 Albums
Brother Ali – US
David Bazan – Curse Your Branches
Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
Avett Bros. – I and Love and You
Blind Pilot – 3 Rounds and Sound
Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
Pearl Jam – [...]
We’ve been pretty active in the social media world but not necessarily the most engaging. Truth be told, if there was an update a couple times a week – that was a good week. As we look to the new year I thought a good plan would be for us to continue to get [...]
This was fun and a bit difficult for us to come to a consensus on our top albums of the year. However what has emerged below are all great pieces of artwork that we can wholly stand behind as being some of the greatest of 2009. We’re excited to read your comments, thoughts and references [...]
Well Well Well…another year and another list. I love them…I love searching them, finding them, finding new music, and sharing with what I listened to this year…Enjoy!
1. Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
What better way to finish off 2009 than to have a battle royale (with cheese) of all the editors of The Drop. Amy, Tim, Travis and Lauren join Dan on this edition of The Drop for their top 5 albums of the year along with a bunch of extra superlatives that will knock your socks [...]
“What do you think about the Bible, David?” asked a Turf Club patron on Wednesday at the Bazan show in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Bazan has been known to engage in Q&A segments of his shows, and in this particular moment his split second answer to this question was, “Well, I don’t know. The verdict [...]
We know that Thanksgiving is full of a lot of things, some good some bad… I think the best part is putting those around you that you love and enjoying memories of the past year. And the worst could be the same thing. Factor in too much egg nog or some less than [...]
This episode is THE DROP’s first jump into digital music. For our first time Dan talks with JC from Seattle Digital Orchestra. He’s been making music for several years and we were able to catch up with him on the eve of his latest album “Apparent Horizons” (Available on iTunes) You’ve got to hear [...]
Los Angeles is the home to hipsters.. they’re not like the hipsters of NYC. They’re grown a little different on the west coast.
Not too far from the base of operations is a house. This house is better known to friends and strangers alike as the Couch Graveyard. Don’t let the sinister name [...]
(Columbia Records; New York, NY – September 22, 2009) – On Tuesday, September 29th The Avett Brothers will release I and Love and You, their major label debut on American Recordings/Columbia Records. I and Love and You was produced by multi Grammy Award winner Rick Rubin. The band is set to perform the [...]
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