Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
Originally released fifty years ago this Autumn, The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album from raconteur extraordinaire, Tom Waits.
Ian Carr’s Nucleus - Roots
Originally released in 1973, Roots is an amazing album of jazz-funk swagger. Too hot to handle and mostly then unavailable since its release...
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Recorded in 1996 and not released until 1999 - originally under the title Jerusalem - the story behind the Californian doom trio’s Dopesmoker is quite the journey.
MF DOOM - Mm..Food?
Originally released twenty years ago yesterday, this Sunday Classic is concerned with the culinarily-focused Mm..Food? from Drift icon, MF DOOM.
my bloody valentine - loveless
Originally released 33 years ago this week, loveless is the second studio LP from My Bloody Valentine and it is nothing short of an era-defining masterpiece.
75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band - Live at Tubby’s
On the precipice of the first global pandemic, duo Che Chen and Rick Brown expanded as ‘75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band’ and recorded an extraordinary live set at Tubby’s.
Skip James - Today!
Originally released in 1966 on the famed Vanguard Records label, Today! is the third studio album by Delta blues man, Skip James.
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.
Holden - The Inheritors
A contemporary Sunday Classic, with James Holden’s 2013 The Inheritors; a highly-anticipated return to the production frontier and subsequent experimental 75-minute techno odyssey.
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....
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.