Sad Indie-spensibles
Not reserved for January alone, embrace the blues and beauty of some of our favourite wistful vinyl albums featuring Gothic tones, 'sad indie', melancholy folk and sadcore rock - the downbeat melodies we all lean into, to feel more understood.…
Rough Trade Essential: Shoegaze
One of indie-rock's finest subgenres. With warm waves of distortion, limitless guitar texture and the most ethereal vocals - shoegaze is music for dreamers.…
Album of the Month - January 2024
SPRINTS - Letter To Self City Slang Energetic and abrasive with driving guitars and spiky punk poetry, SPRINTS mix up a brilliant concoction of gothic-tinged melodies…
2023 Roundup: Bestsellers and Hot Tips for 2024
All-female goth glam, future shoegaze stars, anticipated solo projects, and electrifying live energy. We round up the biggest releases of the past year and cast an…
Album of the Month - December 2023
Jangle Bells - A Rough Trade Shops Christmas Selection Rough Trade Shops "Chris and Jack, who I work in an office with at West, always…
Staff Picks: Best of 2023
"Ethereal soundscapes that linger like the warm afterglow of fire. Best consumed with a pint of Guinness and a small selection of loved ones."…
Shoplifting with Model/Actriz
"...[Purple Mountains] It's just a really good example of contrast, it's so funny, yet so dark, and so horrifying. It'…
Dolly Parton's 20 Greatest Songs
"So to all the fools out there who never took her seriously, 'this dumb blonde ain’t nobody’s fool'. Remember, Dolly always…
In Profile: Yussef Dayes' Black Classical Music
"Barka created the layout and painted the shells. It wasn’t intentional but sometimes things are already ordained and it felt like the right time…
Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2023 | Rough Trade UK
Traverse hip hop’s prime cuts from The Daisy Age, revel in the DIY free party spirit of the 70s, meet the First Lady of Southern…