In Conversation with Ben Long, Brother to SOPHIE
"The new album and the remix album are great examples of how beautifully SOPHIE created cohesion while constantly surprising...It's a combination of…
Books of the Year 2024 | Rough Trade UK
"Our Book of the Year changes how we think about music memoirs, how they are structured and what they tell us...It tells us what…
Album of the Month - November 2024
THUS LOVE - All Pleasure Captured Tracks THUS LOVE unleash anthems for a new age, spiky and stomping with hints of retro-glamour. A dynamic and defiant…
MF DOOM's 20 Greatest Songs
"A one-man Hanna-Barbera of the hip-hop world, the genre's Stan Lee, a self-proclaimed Doctor Doom - but just as much a master engineer…
Label Focus: Sonic Cathedral
"Shoegaze was the starting point for this whole thing. Everything we release obviously comes from that place and is linked to it in some way.…
The Cure's Greatest Deep Cuts
"It propels like a great Cure single, careering through high notes before telling us we're loved at the end. The feeling is completely…
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…