Archive for June, 2008

Trapping a Modest Mouse »

By Shannon McAleenan

With looping guitar melodies and earnest, ethereal lyrics, Modest Mouse entered the big leagues with its most critically-acclaimed album, The Moon & Antartica, in 2000. Picky, picky Pitchfork rates it a rare 9.8, likening it to Radiohead’s OK Computer in terms of mind-blowingness and exceptional importance. Wow, pretty cool.

Even cooler: Modest […]

Warped interview - The Aggrolites »

By Anthony Perucci
One of the slew of bands to hit the stage in St. Augustine for the Warped Tour will be reggae/ska stars The Aggrolites. Drift caught up with lead singer Jesse Miller, to chat about his dream of playing in Warped, dealing with the loss of a band member, and his father’s record […]

5 simple concert rules »

By Danielle Marsh

Going to one of the jillion concerts in town this summer? Places like the St. Augustine Amphitheatre or the St. Johns County Fairgrounds can be tough to navigate for those that don’t know the venue. Tear this bad boy out and use it as a guideline for optimum concert going pleasure. You’re […]

The biggest surf event of the decade »

By Nick McGregor

Drive through St. Augustine Beach on any June weekend, and you’re sure to see surfers of all shapes and sizes heading for the playful summertime waves. But swing down to the St. Johns County Pier on June 26th-29th, and you’ll see an extra couple hundred surfers, all in town for […]

Book Review – Off the Map »

By Haley M. Walker

An audacious spirit is a defining characteristic of any youth generation. Along with the continual desire for adventure, feelings of invincibility and resistance to conformity can be used to describe at least a part of all of our young lives. While these elements seem to be particularly telling of adolescence, […]

June edition - The Concerts are Coming! »

Run for cover! Modest Mouse, the Warped Tour and more are all coming to St. Augustine this summer. And Drift has the lowdown on all of them.
As usual, Drift is available for free at locations across St. Augustine.
Featured this month:
* Profiles of four bands coming for the Warped Tour: The Aggrolites, Bedouin Soundclash, the […]