Getting into the Delian Mode
We've known about this one for a while, but we couldn't shout too much as we knew they'd sell out before they had even arrived.This weekend we took stock of a...
Esben and the Witch at Drift
Early next month (September 8th) Esben and the Witch release their third album, A New Nature, their first on their own Nostromo Records. They are clearly stoked at the results as they let...
Instore: Wytches bring the surf psych
We're stoked to announce that The Wytches will be playing a live instore show at Drift on Saturday 30th August. Their debut album will have just landed via Heavenly and the...
Lewis. A tale of love and romantic times
The Light in the Attic label have the habit of releasing earworms. Historical earworms, the kind of albums that have been lost in the shelves of record collectors and storage...
Coming next month, NehruvianDOOM
You need only to take the most casual of all strolls around the Drift shop and website to get that we are massive DOOM fans. Always have been, whatever those...
Music for the body from Bitchin Bajas
This August is an un-typically heavy month of releases, so even more opportunity to overlook a release like Bitchin Bajas' self-titled new album on Drag City. As the 12 minute...
Primitive And Deadly. Earth announce their return, we lose our minds.
This September, one of the most important active bands (certainly to us) in the world will release their tenth studio album, titled 'Primitive And Deadly'.So this in isolation is already...
Never meet your heroes, unless they happen to be brilliant people.
This past weekend, our very good friends at Caught by the River invited us to open the Drift rolling shop with them at the Port Eliot Festival in mythical St Germans....
Coming Soon; Soft Walls. Get Hyped now.
The story goes like this. Dan Reeves runs the Faux Discx label. We've talked about them on our websites often. He also plays in the band Cold Pumas; those two things...
Have a browse, it's Woman's Hour
Woman’s Hour are not your average band. The first clue comes in the name of the London-based four-piece, taken from a beloved female-focused news and culture show on BBC Radio...
Live instore; Theo Brown and the Folklore of Dartmoor
Tuesday 29th July at 7pm, The Drift Record Shop invite you to a special live in store from Devon Folklore Tapes. Live music, films, records and drinks.Theo Brown and the...
Olga Bell; Record shop curator
Over at the Curator section of the site, we were stoked this week to have Olga Bell pick us eight albums from our racks thats she's into. Damn good choices they...
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.