A Rough Guide To: The Best Gift Ideas for Vinyl Lovers
Vinyl record sales have been on the rise for the last 15 years, even overtaking CD sales. A combination of OG collectors adding to their stash…
Ranked: Arctic Monkeys' Greatest Albums
"Like every fan, I of course have my opinions and take on the diversity of their sound through their career... The one thing we must…
Rough Trade Essential: Post-Punk
"We were not aware that punk was going to happen. We were aware that what we wanted to do was commit some act of violence…
On The Rise: Durry
Conjured from confinement. Meet the indie rock siblings countering the humdrum existence. "The 'Suburban Legend' is the one that gets out, breaks the…
Label Focus: Fat Possum
"We try to release the best stuff we can... I would rather be the label that first discovered an artist because it's important…
Shoplifting with Avalon Emerson
"I think it's the range of Arthur Russell's music. Also just the 'comfortableness.' The comfort of releasing things in…
Shoplifting with RVG
"It's just perfect... One of the reasons we worked with Victor Van Vugt on our second record was because he worked on this…
Album of the Month - June 2023
Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You Heavenly Baxter is back in business. An unflinching narrative embracing the multi-faceted meaning of life whilst…
On The Rise: Coach Party
Blood, sweat and guts. The real party's about to start and we're supergluing ourselves to the guest list. Ask Coach Party to…
Shoplifting with Blondshell
"This Yves Tumor album is a new one that came out this year. Zero skips. I think that with their albums, it's all…
On The Rise: Anjimile
True craft. Authentic and vital song making from an expanding creative spirit. What don’t kill you almost killed you What don’t fill you Pains…
Rough Trade Essential: Electronic
“…it might rely heavily on electronics, tapes. I can kind of envision one person with a lot of machines, tapes and electronics set up singing or…
Album of the Month - May 2023
Overmono - Good Lies XL The well-regarded brotherly duo dig deep into their library of sounds to present their much-awaited, fully realised full- length debut, an…
Queens of the Stone Age's 20 Greatest Songs
"While tidying the CD racks I came across a CD I had never seen before. Queens Of The Stone Age. The Kozik-style cover took me…
Wide Awake Festival: Grassroots, Growth and Positive Governance
"When you're struggling financially it can be impossible to even conceive the idea that a career in music is even a possibility for…