Nottingham in 20 Songs

"I've often got the impression that people aren't aware that Nottingham (and more specifically my home town of Beeston) can claim…

US Staff Picks of the Year 2021

Much happened this year. If you're reading this, you must know we inaugurated a brand new store at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the center…

Album of the Month - December 2021

Geese [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/geese] Projector [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/geese/projector] Partisan Records [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/labels/partisan-records] A compelling…

Shoplifting with Sloppy Jane

In conjunction with the release of brand new album Madison, Haley Dahl of avant rockers Sloppy Jane shares some of her favourite vinyl records found in the racks of Rough Trade East.…

US Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2021

There's a time to look to the future of music, and a time to look at its past - perhaps even earlier than the…

Rough Trade x Stella McCartney

In the spirit of the release of the new documentary, we at Rough Trade have partnered with Stella McCartney for a giveaway celebrating her stunning The…

Black Friday 2021 US

Black Friday is just around the corner, here is everything you need to know! On Friday, November 26th, we'll celebrate Black Friday RSD 2021…

US Albums of The Year 2021

It goes by faster every year. Once we get around this time, that phrase gets used like clockwork. The passing of time is elastic, slipping by…

Albums of the Year 2021 | Rough Trade UK

We could write a lengthy, overly-gushy intro about how much music has meant to us this past year, but we'll leave that for the…

On The Rise: Silas Short

A vivid, raw and inspiriting indie-soul debut and the catalyst to your long-term love affair with Chicago's newest R&B luminary. Silas Short…

UK Books of the Year 2021

Spanning folk, acid house, punk, rock and roll, noise, art, chewing gum and covid across stories, essays, unpublished photos, meditations and an abundance of brilliant new…

US Books of the Year 2021

2021 has been a year of reflection. As we look around, watching our world slowly return to as it was before (or totally change its course)…

Recounting: Monument by Portico Quartet

"We created this record in a hopeful frame of mind. Perhaps we even used it as a way to daydream a little, to imagine a…

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…