What we're doing on Record Store Day
Record Store Day 2018 is Saturday 21st April and Drift are taking part for the tenth or eleventh year running. We're hazy. Although the day has changed over the years,...
2017 Records of the Year
Welcome to our 2017 Records of the Year review.As is tradition, the last issue of the year always turns focus away (although never too far) from the bricks and mortar...
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is one of our favourite contemporary composers, crafting hugely evocative soundscapes and electronic suites on a series of synthesizers. We were thrilled to get to talk to...
Ulrika Spacek - Modern English Decoration album stream
As you well know, we're big fans of the Tough Love label in these parts. Another of 2017's very good reasons why is Ulrika Spacek, who return with the release of their...
Alice Coltrane’s spiritual journey
If you have been past our door in the last week or so, you will no doubt have heard us hammering a quite exquisite (new) release from Alice Coltrane. Luaka Bop have...
Record Story Day 2017 photoessay
This is a short photoessay about how it all went down at Drift on Record Store Day 2017. It was pretty mellow. People queued, chatted, came in, queued again and went...
Record Store Day 2017
If you are going to be joining us for Record Store Day this year, here is some info that you might find useful.Record Store Day 2017 is Saturday 22nd April....
April Record of the Month; Wall - Untitled
Our April record of the month is, and has been, the superb Untitled LP from WALL. It moves around exquisitely, some of the most trashing post-punk and choppy rhythms through...
This can be 2017
Welcome to 2017.Lots of people talking about 2016 being a stinker (it wasn't, musically it was amazing... just loads of great people died and loads of idiots voted to either...
Low - Some Hearts (at Christmas Time)
Low's play to become the most Christmassy of all bands is in full swing with not only the recent reissue of their wonderful 1999 Christmas EP, but also today with a...
Black Friday 2016
So here is the headline if you don't want to read all of this, Drift are not running any discounts or crash sales this weekend as part of Black Friday......
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.