Viet Cong: Believe The Hype
We're going to go hard on this release right off the bat; Viet Cong's full debut album is superb and you should all own a copy. Recorded in a barn-turned-studio...
Dan Mangan And Blacksmith - Vessel
Vessel (below) is the second track from the new Dan Mangan LP titled 'Club Meds'. It's picking up really decent press and a few people have picked up on the...
Ghostface Killah - Love Don't Live Here No More
The new Ghostface Killah album '36 Seasons' landed this week, a concept album about an arduous return to Staten Island after 9 years away. The video below (starting Drift hero Michael K. Williams)...
January Playlist
Below is a mixtape running in at just over two and a half hours of new music, all released with us this January.
Father John Misty - Demo Cassettes
We're already psyched on the new FJM album; he is after all a song writer and band leader of fine caliber. We then got news that there is a deluxe coloured vinyl...
Promo: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
Out this coming Monday the new Panda Bear LP (Panda Bear Meets Grim Reaper) has just landed with us and we're playing it in the shop now. Alternatively can listen to one minutes...
First Look: 'I Love You, Honeybear' Deluxe Vinyl Diorama
We're pretty psyched about the forthcoming Father John Misty album, of which the deluxe vinyl edition features pop-up art. FJM already has his copy and was good enough to show it...
Two Thousand and Fifteen
We're down to just hours left in 2014, so it's about time we put our money where our mouth is and flag up some of these amazing new albums that...
Interview: Caribou
From its humble beginnings with the theft of a sampler gathering dust in his high school’s music department, through several acclaimed albums and an absurd collision with a litigious wrestler,...
Interview: Sharon Van Etten
New Yorker Sharon Van Etten is a song-writer or rare courage and honesty. Her 2012 break through album ‘Tramp’ ranked right up the top of many end of year lists...
Black Friday
This Black Friday only, help yourself to a killer 25% discount on ANYTHING.Kick off your festive gift buying, or better yet, get yourself something nice at The Drift Record Shop...
Interview: White Fence
Since 2010, Tim Presley has released five solo albums as White Fence, one collaborative album with Ty Segall, a live cassette, and a handful of singles on Woodsist, Castelface and...
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.