Prince's 20 Greatest Songs
"There is something in this song that I feel speaks to every artist alive. The deep desire to transcend from your body and your image…
US Vinyl Albums of the Year 2022
Our 2022 list is a reflection of the past 12 months in music, focusing on those releases available on the vinyl format, informed by the discerning…
US Books of the Year 2022
During a year of bumpy restarts, where our feet feel a bit closer to the ground and our heads starting to look skyward, the stories we…
Shoplifting with Daniel Avery
"Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Nirvana. Whilst my new album is not a guitar record, I wanted to at least revisit some of…
UK Books of the Year 2022
Rewinding histories of hip hop, shoegaze stardom, indie hedonism and the rebel chemistry of punk and reggae. Whether it's detail-oriented accounts from learned documentarians…
Album of the Month - November 2022
Ezra Collective Where I'm Meant To Be Partisan Records Like a hot flash in a pan the London jazz quintet return with a shimmering…
On The Rise: mui zyu
A beguiling lo-fi pop delicacy. Video Premiere mui zyu - Ghost with a Peach Skin Produced and filmed by CLUMP Collective. Hong Kong British artist Eva…
Label Focus: Sacred Bones
"Scoring David Gordon Green’s Halloween movies with Cody and Daniel is a more inclusive experience in the sense that I’m supporting another person’…
5 Essentials: Queens of the Stone Age
If there’s a rock band whose sound has become synonymous with the iconography of American desert, it is Queens of the Stone Age. Since emerging…
Rough Trade Soho
New standalone store to open in London's epicentre offering an exciting hybrid space that unites the worlds of fashion and music. With existing Rough…
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We've made some changes...
You might have noticed things are a bit different over on roughtrade.com... * To emulate our fantastic stores we’ve added more products to our homepage…
Label Focus: Sacred Bones
"I think that we look for artists who like to bend the sound within their genre. It’s hard to really pinpoint exactly what it…
Shoplifting with Witch Fever
"Boy Harsher could soundtrack something like the opening scene for Blade. It's the ultimate spooky club environment." Cavernous soundscapes, the gorgeous but…
Album of the Month - October 2022
Alvvays Blue Rev Transgressive The perfect balance of playful and plaintive, Alvvays make a welcome return to remind us why they are indie pop's…