Rough Trade Essential: Debut Albums
Let's take it back to the start.One of the most significant moments of any music career, a debut album is the first opportunity for an…
Recounting: Nervous At Night by Charlie Hickey
"I think meeting Phoebe (Bridgers) made the idea of doing what I love feel a lot more tangible and she’s always supported me in that…
Album Of The Month - April 2022
Jack White - Fear of the Dawn Third Man A hot boiling pot of industrial-flavoured guitars, bluesy rhythms, frenetic energy and hip hop beats, the iconoclastic…
Rough Trade Essential
The most influential, seminal and timeless releases, transforming the boundaries of genre, paving the way for artists to come.Rough Trade Essential. The title awarded to…
Recounting: Never Let Me Go by Placebo
"As soon as the record comes out, the listener will make of each song what they want, and that is absolutely fine, as the music is…
In Profile: Tom Waits
"Tom Waits created his own path, not even off the beaten track but somewhere else completely. There's no one as seductive and alluring, manic and intriguing,…
Spring Equinox Books and Music
'When we lose our connection to nature We lose our spirit, our humanity, our sense of self' - Cassandra Jenkins, Hard Drive It’s been a…
Shoplifting with The Mysterines
"The Velvet Underground are the best band in the world." For our latest Shoplifting feature, we caught up with Liverpool alt-rockers The Mysterines just ahead of…
In Profile: Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul
“I felt like what I wanted to say, I couldn’t say it in no two minutes and 30 seconds, because I wanted to speak through…
Rough Trade Essential: Women in Music
This International Women's Day, we join our community in celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women by highlighting favourite Rough Trade Essential albums…