Rough Trade Essential: '90s Dream Pop
Perfect for quiet nights and rainy mornings, dream pop is essential listening for the inward-looking. A strand of alternative rock defined by its atmospheric soundscape, it…
Shoplifting With Snail Mail.
"Jazz records inspire me the most and at any time of day, but especially in the morning with coffee." In our latest instalment of…
Album of The Month - November 2021
Nation of Language - A Way Forward PIAS Following on from debut album, Introduction, Presence (2020), the Brooklyn trio return with their magical synth pop formula,…
UK Gift Guide 2021
Whose stocking will you Trump this Christmas? Is your budget Crosley or Technics? Are Barbie or Ken looking for a significant other? Or is shopping for…
Home Is Everything: Support Shelter at Rough Trade
Home is a human right. With our stores situated in central city locations, the often desperate situation of homelessness is never far from our door. Never…
Phenomena-l Books: Best of the Occult
What is the difference between a ghost and a ghoul? Which spirits roam the natural world? Did psychedelics play a part in human evolution? This Halloween,…
Album of the Month - October 2021
Tirzah Colourgrade Domino The elusive London based singer returns with her trademark off-beat melodies, mesmerising vocals and textured production, an album as alien as it is…
Rough Trade Essential: East Coast Hip Hop
"Now honeys play me close like butter play toast / From the Mississippi down to the East Coast" A mix of slick rhymes, conscious lyrics…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 34: Amyl and The Sniffers Special
"...to be human is to be accepted, to have belonging and not feel like a fool, but in the end you can't really…
Album of the Month - September 2021
Saint Etienne I've Been Trying To Tell You Heavenly Recordings Buy Now Rough Trade Exclusive powder blue vinyl + bonus disc The pop auteurs return…
On The Rise: Witch Fever
A riff-ridden ride of damn good doom-punk. Meet Witch Fever, the Manchester four-piece wielding their gratifying and glorious grunge poetry, arming their ever-growing fanbase with a…
On The Rise: Yard Act
The Leeds quartet's debut album 'The Overload' retains and builds on all the brilliance of the early singles that flew out the racks at Rough Trade. Exclusive vinyl.…
On The Rise: Lady Blackbird
A bold and fearless new artist set to ignite the global jazz scene. Before stunning the jazz community with her distinguishable voice, transcendent of time and…
In Profile: Cody ChesnuTT's The Headphone Masterpiece
"The gospel that is The Headphone Masterpiece will be on every sinners lips and in their hearts" Vibe Magazine, 2002 A unique brand of…
On The Rise: Mildred Maude
Beautiful chaos. "There aren’t really any rules other than that our core is guitar, bass and drums” say Cornish trio Mildred Maude. It'…