Album of the Month - February 2025
Oklou - Choke Enough Because Music Heavenly hyperpop for both dance floors, bedrooms and the intimate spaces in-between. Oklou - Choke Enough Rough Trade Exclusive transparent…
On The Rise: Bartees Strange
Ever cognisant of his roots, meet the multi-talented Washington D.C. fascinator ripping up the indie rock rulebook. When he was 12, Bartees Leon Cox Jr.…
Record Store Day UK 2022
Everything you need to know about Record Store Day at Rough Trade... Following two disrupted, though brilliant years, Record Store Day is back proper in 2022…
30 TikTok Hits Ranked by Rough Trade
How we interact with music is always and always will be changing. Look at how our beloved vinyl came and went as the dominant audio format,…
Album Of The Month - April 2022
Jack White - Fear of the Dawn Third Man A hot boiling pot of industrial-flavoured guitars, bluesy rhythms, frenetic energy and hip hop beats, the iconoclastic…
Rough Trade Essential
The most influential, seminal and timeless releases, transforming the boundaries of genre, paving the way for artists to come. Rough Trade Essential [https://www.roughtrade.com/…
The Greatest Post-Punk Act You’ve Never Heard
"Ivor Paul functioned as a sort of folk hero of working class Britain, an enigmatic figure who lingered in the shadows while developing into one…
Recounting: Never Let Me Go by Placebo
"As soon as the record comes out, the listener will make of each song what they want, and that is absolutely fine, as the music…
Spring Equinox Books and Music
'When we lose our connection to nature We lose our spirit, our humanity, our sense of self' - Cassandra Jenkins, Hard Drive It’s…
Rough Trade x Syng
There are few greater joys than hearing your favorite album encompass an entire room and to do so audio must be shaped to fit inside. A…
Shoplifting with The Mysterines
"The Velvet Underground are the best band in the world." For our latest Shoplifting feature, we caught up with Liverpool alt-rockers The Mysterines just…
In Profile: Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul
“I felt like what I wanted to say, I couldn’t say it in no two minutes and 30 seconds, because I wanted to speak through…
Album Of The Month - March 2022
Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer DEEWEE / Because Music Candid but humorous storytelling paired with playful synth concoctions and punk sensibilities. Charlotte Adigéry and…
On The Rise: They Hate Change
The Tampa Bay Anglophiles whose penchant for motley musical mastery we can all relish in. "We make music inspired by dance genres for people that…
Recounting: Witch Camp (Ghana)
"Over one-hundred singers were involved, recording over six hours music. Most were elderly, with many being in their seventies. All but one had never played…