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…
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Spanning folk, acid house, punk, rock and roll, noise, art, chewing gum and covid across stories, essays, unpublished photos, meditations and an abundance of brilliant new…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…
Album of The Month - November 2021
Nation of Language - A Way Forward [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/nation-of-language/a-way-forward] PIAS [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/labels/pias] Following on from debut…
US Gift Guide 2021
The holiday season is upon us and, as always, finding the right gift is going to be a challenge. Scavenging through past conversations, racking our brains…
UK Gift Guide 2021
Whose stocking will you Trump [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/s/artist/top-trumps?_=1635766856516&artist_id=75338&in_stock=in-stock] this Christmas? Is your…
Home Is Everything: Support Shelter at Rough Trade
Home is a human right. With our stores situated in central city locations, the often desperate situation of homelessness is never far from our door. Never…
Phenomena-l Books: Best of the Occult
What is the difference between a ghost and a ghoul? Which spirits roam the natural world? Did psychedelics play a part in human evolution? This Halloween,…
Rough Trade US Favorites by Latinx Artists
As Hispanic Heritage Month winds down, we’d like to put a spotlight on some recent releases that have stuck with us, dominated our playlists, and…
Album of the Month - October 2021
Tirzah [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/tirzah] Colourgrade [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/tirzah/colourgrade/lp-plus] Domino [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/labels/domino] The elusive…
Rough Trade Essential: East Coast Hip Hop
"Now honeys play me close like butter play toast / From the Mississippi down to the East Coast" A mix of slick rhymes, conscious lyrics…