Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
Originally released in 2008, Love Is Overtaking Me is a collection of home recordings and demos from the extraordinary vaults of Arthur Russell.
Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano
For the last twenty years, Solo Piano has been one of our absolutely most-played albums at Drift. A place of spectacular salvation with each and every playback.
King Tubby Presents The Roots of Dub
For this Sunday Classic we have taken the trip to the heavy heavy sounds of 18 Dromilly Avenue in western Kingston for thirty miraculous minutes with The Dubmaster, King Tubby....
Mac Demarco - Salad Days
After two fugged-out albums of slacker rock and trippy blue-eyed soul, Edmendton’s premiere Viceroy obsessive became a household name.
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.
Papa M - Whatever Mortal
Uncomplicated and plaintive, Whatever Mortal is a sublime album of lo-fi balladeering from American songwriter David Pajo under the name Papa M.
Margo Guryan - Take a Picture
Welcome to Sunday and welcome to the absolutely sublime sounds of Margo Guryan. ‘Take a Picture’ is a breezy pop dreamboat and it all starts with ‘Sunday Mornin’’.
Gene Clark - No Other
Originally released in September 1974, No Other is an absolutely extraordinary album of Country-steeped rock and roll balladeering from The Byrds founding member, Gene Clark. An LP of huge innovation...
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.
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.
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...
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”.
Discover slightly longer reads with an anthology of our favourite ‘Sunday Classic’ albums.
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…
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Gene Clark - No Other
Originally released in September 1974, No Other is an absolutely extraordinary album of Country-steeped rock and roll balladeering from The Byrds founding member, Gene Clark. An LP of huge innovation...
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Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Released in September 1970, Curtis is the eponymous solo debut from Curtis Mayfield, an album soothing soul and biting social commentary.