Favorite Events of 2024
From kicking off the year with a Green Day performance to hosting our third annual iNDIEPLAZA festival plus a Brat signing with Charli XCX in the…
A Rough Guide To: Starting Your Vinyl Collection
Looking to start a new record collection? Limited by budget, time and space or a universe of ten dimensions? Maybe you bought your first record today.…
On The Rise: HONESTY
An exceptionally cohesive enterprise of independent music minds. Leeds-based project HONESTY was born in 2020, an exercise in boundless experimentation between Matt Peel and Josh Lewis,…
Rough Trade x The Great Frog
Born from the rebellious spirit of early 1970s London, Rough Trade and The Great Frog have long been meccas for like-minded audiences who want to express…
Music, Fashion & Youth Culture in London: 1984-2024
Celebrating 40 years of London Fashion Week, we examine the enduring symbiotic relationship between grassroots music and fashion and its influence on the lifestyles and communities…
Rough Trade Denmark Street
Rough Trade to open brand new store on London's Denmark Street in October 2024. We are thrilled to open our seventh UK store and…
Album of the Month - September 2024
Thandii - Dream With You / Come As You Halohalo Experimental song craft at its finest, Thandii expand their psychedelic world with a new voyage of infectious…
In Profile: Saâda Bonaire
The story of Bremen band Saâda Bonaire. The 80s synth-pop project fronted by Stephanie Lange and Claudia Hossfelh, standing singular from their fellow German new wave…
Rough Trade Essential: Britpop
"If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I’m getting rid of grunge!" Damon Albarn Regional accents, a new upbeat form of…
Ranked: Nick Cave's Greatest Albums
"Cave paints such a picture in this gruesome soap opera. You can visualize yourself there amongst all the characters." Where to start with Nick…
LCD Soundsystem's 20 Greatest Songs
"LCD have that skill shared with the Talking Heads, where the emotional highs on the records really hit because for the rest of the album,…
Shoplifting with Cola
New wave minimalists Cola lace their songs with winsome one-liners and societal commentary. What's another word for commentary? Gloss, apparently. Never basic, the lyrics…
Bristol in 20 Songs
"There’s been an anti-establishment arts scene here too, for years, with a massive tongue in its cheek. It was there in the Pop Group,…
Shoplifting with Spiritual Cramp
Ahead of their iNDIESUMMER performance, Spiritual Cramp lead singer Mike Bingham came in to talk graphic design, supporting the homies, and a close call with Sharon…
On The Rise: cumgirl8
A resplendent forth-cumming futurist fever dream. Lida Fox (bass), Veronika Vilim (guitar), Chase Lombardo (drums), and Avishag Rodrigues (guitar) are Manhattan's cumgirl8. Originally an…