Record Store Day(s) 2021 and all the releases
Not once, but twice this summer we'll be hitting that #RSD hashtag hard and celebrating Record Store Day with limited and exclusive releases. The big switch over at RSD UK has just...
April 2021 at Drift and when we'll be opening that door of ours...
Hello, Friends.I think it was the third phone call of the day asking for the specific details of "when you'll be open" that spurred us into action to drop a...
Records of the Week: Dry Cleaning, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Flock of Dimes, Andy Bell, Sturgill Simpson and Woods.
Oh my! god(speed), we’re going to need a nice long weekend. Hello, Friends. How neat to speak to you on April 1st, as we can truly maximise the number of days...
Drift Sunday Digest: 28th March 2021
Whatever time you think it is when you're reading this, welcome to Sunday! Hello, Friends.We're starting off this week's cultural avenues with an absolutely brilliant read about Mi’gmaq folk singer, poet and...
(Not New) Records of the Week: Neil Young, Joe Strummer, Buddy Rich, The Clean, Tame Impala, Thelonious Monk and Kourosh Yaghmaei.
New, but not-new.A casual Friday walk back through the annals of time. Hello, Friends. The pitch on this one is easy. Young Shakespeare is some of the earliest-known live audio and footage of Neil Young......
Records of the Week: Serpentwithfeet, Hannah Peel, Esther Rose, For Those I Love, Ben Howard and Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra!
Closing out March with a really decent set. Come in, we’ll tell you all about it.Hello, Friends. Our Record of the Week - for the last time in March - is...
Drift Sunday Digest: 21st March 2021
Big vibrations, full shops, excellent sessions and more newspaper. Hello, Friends. To celebrate the release of last month's Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion - we asked Harry Sword to reflect on formative record shopping...
Records of the Week: William Doyle, Bell Orchestre, Dialect, Gazelle Twin & NYX, Chad VanGaalen, Black Honey and Lana Del Rey.
We'll spare you the superlatives, it’s just a busy and scorching new week of music. Hello, Friends. Our Record of the Week is Great Spans of Muddy Time, the really superb return...
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Drift Sunday Classic: The Velvet Underground - Loaded
You could argue that Loaded isn’t necessarily The Velvet Underground’s “best album.” It is, however, one of the finest albums of all time.
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Drift Recommends
Staff curated and updated weekly, this is all the new things and all the old things that have been getting loads of plays at Drift.
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Record of the Month: Gustaf - Package Pt. 2
Sharp, wry and really pounding, Package Pt. 2 is the second studio set from Brooklyn no-wave / post-punks, Gustaf.
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2023 Records of the Year
We are delighted to release the 27th edition of our Deluxe Newspaper, a trip back through the Records of the Year in 2023.
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Drift Sunday Classic: Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Released in September 1970, Curtis is the eponymous solo debut from Curtis Mayfield, an album soothing soul and biting social commentary.
