Record Store Day 2023
On Saturday 22nd April we’ll be open and we’ll be selling records, It is record store day! As we explained a few times over the last few months, we're taking...
Records of the Week: Pigs7, Anna B Savage, Unthank : Smith, Index for Working Musik, Orbital, Lowly and our man Dwyer.
Loud and proud. A week of beautiful voices and incredible drives. Hello, Friends.We are kicking off this new week with an absolute belter. Rock band Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs...
Best New Reissues: Mogwai, Manu Dibango, Tubeway Army, The Pharcyde and Sleep.
Light and air through to the darkest doom, it’s a right old new-not-new Monday! Hello, Friends.The flames have been well and truly fanned over at Drift HQ on a bright...
Records of the Week: the GOLDEN DREGS, Kelela, Baby Cool, Andy Shauf, Sweet Baboo and Yo La Tengo.
Tellyer what, this week-full is going to still be on the stereo long into 2023. Hello, Friends.On Grace & Dignity is the new LP from the GOLDEN DREGS, the nom...
Best New Reissues: Donald Byrd, Oscar Peterson, Cloud Nothings, Discovery and Witchfinder General.
New-Not-New.Hello, Friends.Two jazz classics for the racks to start us off this week and both of them have been masterfully restored. Oscar Peterson’s Night Train celebrates its 60th anniversary with...
Record of the Month: Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
Our second Record of the Month for 2023 is This Stupid World, the sprawling and euphoric new LP from Hoboken's finest, Yo La Tengo. Now anyone who has shopped with us...
Records of the Week: M(h)aol, Young Fathers, The WAEVE, Tropical Fuck Storm, The Men and Juni Habel.
A focused and essential offering from the Drift racks direct to your stereo. Hello, Friends.Our Record of the Week is Attachment Styles, the debut LP from the Irish intersectional feminist...
Best New Reissues: The Velvet Underground, Allan Wachs, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Studio One Funk and Bob Dylan.
It’s absolute golden-lock, triple-certified, all-time classics this week… Hello, Friends.Although the list is never written down and prone to change like the wind, what remains certain is that The Velvet...
Records of the Week: Kenny Beats, Fucked Up, Meg Baird, The Arcs, Oozing Wound and The Tubs.
Warm psychedelia, lush production and more than a few very, very loud guitars. Hello, Friends.Record of the week - for the last time in what has been a magnificent month,...
Best New Reissues: Bobby Hutcherson, Grant Green, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Sun Ra, Nigeria 70 and The International Submarine Band.
It’s another really vibrant welcome to the week with the new-not-new.Hello, Friends.Firstly, two excellent new releases under the Decca / Blue Note ‘Classic Vinyl Series’ this week with Bobby Hutcherson’s...
Records of the Week: John Cale, The C.I.A, The Murder Capital, Abracadabra, Nighttime and SLUG.
If you’ve got time to spare, we’d love to tell you about what the week sounds like over here. Hello, Friends.Record of the Week is one we’ve been looking forward...
Record of the Month: The Murder Capital - Gigi’s Recovery
Our first Record of the Month for 2023 is Gigi’s Recovery, the huge second album from Dublin Post-punks, The Murder Capital. So the first thing is, although this new album and the band...
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.