Shoplifting with Charlotte Day Wilson
"Hearing [Stereolab's] Dots and Loops in high school was totally transformative for me - I had never heard anything like it before and…
On The Rise: Mei Semones
Blending everything that I like together and trying to make something new –that's what feels most natural to me. It’s what feels most…
Label Focus: Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar's twenty year history has been filled with collaboration and a familial sense of community between their extensive catalogue of artists. The independent label…
Album of the Month - March 2024
Master Peace - How To Make A Master Peace PMR A refreshing new voice in indie pop with boundless nu-rave spirit. Master Peace - How To…
Ranked: Belle and Sebastian's Greatest Albums
Words by Jamie Moir, Rough Trade Buyer "I could bang on track-by-track here about just how amazing this album is, but fuck it, I’ve…
A Rough Guide To: Indie Sleaze
"Growing up I wanted to be Pete Doherty, he was literally a cultural icon. The band had that sticky dance floor sound that you couldn’…
Backstage with IDLES
On Friday 16th February 2024, IDLES released their fifth album TANGK. We gave Joe, Adam, Lee, Jon and Bowen a disposable camera to document the day.…
On The Rise: Lip Critic
Unconventional technicians of genre fusion and purposeful freneticism. Signing to Partisan Records in the autumn of 2023, Lip Critic are the New York electronic punks boasting…
Record Store Day 2024
Browse the list of titles below and make sure to review the guidelines ahead of the celebration. See you in April! BROWSE RECORD STORE DAY 2024…
Rough Trade Essential: Funk and Soul
"It’s albums like this which gave artists a cornerstone with which to hone their talents and produce some of the most engaging and beautifully…
On The Rise: Chanel Beads
A timeless, transcendental meditation on being. Chanel Beads is the project of Shane Lavers, an established presence among the New York DIY scene whose early output…
On The Rise: Clarissa Connelly
A soul-cleansing exploration of beauty through music. Scottish-born, Copenhagen-based producer, composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Clarissa Connelly draws from her love and personal experience of Nordic culture…
Shoplifting with Dirt Buyer
Songwriter Joe Sutkowski of Dirt Buyer contemplates the beauty and disaster around him on sophomore album Dirt Buyer II. Dirt Buyer II (their first record on…
Shoplifting with Future Islands
"This record still has a piece of my heart. M is one of my favourite songs of all time. And has one of my favourite…
Album of the Month - February 2024
The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy Island Fresh off the back of their Rough Trade On The Rise induction, ready yourself for a real…