Rough Trade Essential: Great British Bands
"It’s the sound of a gang meeting life’s slings and arrows with a unanimous grin." With contribution from Huw Thomas, Rough Trade…
Label Focus: City Slang
"As an independent label in this day and age, we have to stay innovative in that sense that we try and help our artists to…
Album of the Month - October 2024
Caribou - Honey City Slang A hi-NRG sonic shift from downtempo dream pop to a buoyant blend of hip house, speed garage and techno, all pulling…
Essential Music Memoirs
"This is non-fiction with feeling. It's incredibly cool and it's as close as you'll get to time travel for…
A Rough Guide To: Starting Your Vinyl Collection
Looking to start a new record collection? Limited by budget, time and space or a universe of ten dimensions? Maybe you bought your first record today.…
Album of the Month - September 2024
Thandii - Dream With You / Come As You Halohalo Experimental song craft at its finest, Thandii expand their psychedelic world with a new voyage of infectious…
In Profile: Saâda Bonaire
The story of Bremen band Saâda Bonaire. The 80s synth-pop project fronted by Stephanie Lange and Claudia Hossfelh, standing singular from their fellow German new wave…
Rough Trade Essential: Britpop
"If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I’m getting rid of grunge!" Damon Albarn Regional accents, a new upbeat form of…
Ranked: Nick Cave's Greatest Albums
"Cave paints such a picture in this gruesome soap opera. You can visualize yourself there amongst all the characters." Where to start with Nick…
LCD Soundsystem's 20 Greatest Songs
"LCD have that skill shared with the Talking Heads, where the emotional highs on the records really hit because for the rest of the album,…