Women - Public Strain
Public Strain is the second album from the short-lived, but hugely important Canadian rock band, Women. A dark and alluring album of addictive and weaving neurosis.
OSEES, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Louis Cole, Thee Marloes, keiyaA and Belong.
A short set of new releases for your Friday deliberations, but each one is a total cracker!
The Radio Dept, Drop Nineteens, Charles Brown, Bobby Hutcherson, Lee Morgan and Suzanne Ciani.
Dream pop, shoegaze, Queer country rock, shades of Jazz and synthesiser meditations. I mean, it’s all very us.
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
Hugely revered and an absolute all time essential, but one that still gets asked about whenever we spin it. So, this is the Histoire de Melody Nelson.
Personal Trainer, J.R.C.G., Brigitte Calls Me Baby, The Reds, Pinks & Purples and A Dancefloor in Ndola.
Hot stuff coming through, plus plenty of other routes in less sunny music…
Fontaines D.C. Listening Parties
To celebrate the release of the band’s all-new ROMANCE LP, we will be hosting a listening party at Drift on Thursday 15th August for an exclusive first play.
Talking Heads, Skip James, Modesto Duran, Sleaford Mods, White Noise and Beastie Boys.
A big week with stuff that we have loved for decades and other bits that we didn't know; but will be loving for decades!
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
An absolutely seminal album in hip hop culture and more broadly in protest music, Long Island rap group Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back...
Alex Izenberg, Wand, Crack Cloud, Bill Callahan, Mountain Movers, Nightshift and Kevin Fowley.
A full week of new sounds and we are crushing pretty hard on them. Come find out why…
Dead Moon, Clifford Jordan and the Three Sounds and Thad Jones.
A thriller and two chillers, plus forthcoming attractions for any occasion…
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Of Ethiopia
An absolute landmark in African music, this Sunday classic is about Mulatu Astatke’s sublime 1972 album, “Mulatu Of Ethiopia”.
Chris Cohen, Los Campesinos!, Oneida, Bizhiki and Orquesta Akokán.
Sunshine drenched balladeering, fist-clenched EMO, experimental Pow Wow and Havana’s dancehalls.
Discover slightly longer reads with an anthology of our favourite ‘Sunday Classic’ albums.
NOVEMBER
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Our November Record of the Month is Nobody Loves You More, the first full-length album from cult musician and legit cultural icon, Kim Deal.
FEATURE
The La’s - The La’s
One of the best eponymous albums ever. One of the finest debut albums ever. One of the most genuinely timeless albums ever.
SEPTEMBER
Kit Sebastian - New Internationale
The sound of early Autumn 2024 is very much the swirling and evocative combination of Anatolian rock and vintage global grooves…
FEATURE
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
The iconic second LP from A Tribe Called Quest. An absolute classic of murky beats, hazy samples and bubbling lyrical flows.