A Rough Guide To: Contemporary Irish Alternative Music
"Nobel prize-winning poets and writers, world-conquering rock bands, and artists who seemingly invented genres of music, and all that was just in the last 100…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 12 with Jehnny Beth
Jehnny Beth The multi-talented Savages frontwoman is our special guest this week, speaking candidly to Emily about the creation of new solo album (White Rabbit) and…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 11 with Rolling Blackouts C.F.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever We reveal our Album of the Month for June and in celebration, chat to the band themselves. Emily caught up with Joe,…
Album of the Month - June 2020
Who Australia's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever are no stranger to Rough Trade, we've been mega fans since they first graced the Northern…
#TheShowMustBePaused
On Tuesday 2nd June, Rough Trade will observe #BlackOutTuesday and stand in solidarity with our music community, our staff and with everyone fighting for justice for…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 10 with Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson
Jason Williamson We're all Tied Up in Nottz as Jason Williamson, frontman and top legend of Sleaford Mods, chats to Emily about new retrospective…
COVID-19 Response: UK Web Orders
UPDATE Thursday 16th July: While we continue to set up our new shipping facility, despatch time is currently 7-12 days. Thank you for your patience. We…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 9 with Ghostpoet
Ghostpoet Life ain't always empty, Fontaines D.C. are back with album 2. Emily's also back with new (Pias), production, direction, staying…
Album of the Month - May 2020
Who Electronic composer from Berlin, also known as Hecq, renowned for his idiosyncratic cocktail of glitched out, bass rich, classical ambient music. What Blending an atmospheric…
Westrospective: Music That Shaped Us
Following the expansion and re-vamp of our beloved Rough Trade West store back in February and the accompanying fanzine, we've taken it one step…
Wide Awake Festival: "A gender equal billing should not be a cause for celebration, it should just be considered the baseline."
Wide Awake's Keith Miller, Tash Cutts and Jamal Guthrie chat music, diversity, equality and the positive initiatives they are embracing to drive conversation and…
Rough Trade West: Westrospective
Music's local record store. If you've visited our oldest and most beloved store on Talbot Road, London in recent times, you'…
Albums of the Year of the Decade
A rewarding spin down memory lane. As we reach the end of the 'Teenies' (?), we couldn't resist a look back at our…
Rough Trade Podcast 87 with Fontaines D.C.
"When we wrote that song we hadn’t really played it live that much, so it just happened that it was that speed. But then…
Albums of the Year 2019
Revealed! Rough Trade Albums of the Year for 2019! Discover our Top 10 below, alongside numerous special , or listen to the #RTtop100 Fontaines D.C. -…