Rough Trade Essential: Women in Music
On International Women's Day, we join our community in celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women by highlighting favourite Rough Trade…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 25 with Maxïmo Park
"I think, perhaps, a lot of bands on their seventh album have probably lost a lot of inspiration... I think that is a challenge for…
Recounting: Emergency Telephone by Billy Nomates
"No one's ever gonna wanna go for a walk ever again after this are they." Off the back of her critically acclaimed…
Ranked: The White Stripes' Greatest Hits
"it’s the only song of the 21st Century which Bob Dylan has covered and is yet another shattering example of Meg White’s notorious…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 24 with Django Django
"By the fourth it feels good, you’re happy you’re still together as a band and you can start thinking about doing more self…
Recounting: Sometimes I Forget You're Human Too by Bored At My Grandmas House
"I remember Priti Patel saying some ridiculous things about refugees and it really really pissed me off so I came up with the metaphor ‘Safer…
Album of the Month - February 2021
Black Country, New Road Ninja Tune Who Originally hailing from Cambridge UK, the multi-instrumental 7-piece arrived via the Brixton Windmill scene in 2019 and have roused…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 23 with Goat Girl
"[Dan Carey] He’s got all this crazy equipment in his house. There’s this tangle of wires, boutique amps and pedals, vintage guitars… if…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 22 with Black Country, New Road
"…[artists] not being able to go to Europe because they can’t afford it… think about about how that will prevent certain artistic directions that…
New York: We're Moving!
Here's a press release that we've issued today, detailing the news that we're moving from our current Williamsburg/Brooklyn location…
Recounting: Spare Ribs by Sleaford Mods
"I wrote the lyrics for both tracks in a couple of hours sat in my car outside my house. When we got them into the…
Album of the Month - January 2021
Viagra Boys on Rough Trade Exclusive red marble vinyl + bonus CD Photo credit: Marcus Wilen Sweaty hysteria for sardonic lone-rangers and future Godfathers of punk. Who…
HEAR! HERE! Shit Year. Great Music.
As 2021 approaches we reflect on a year unlike any other and share some of the best bits from across the stores, all wrapped up in…
Win an Albums of the Year Vinyl Bundle
It's been a pretty sh*t year, but great music has lifted us and carried us through. As 2021 approaches we reflect on a…
Album of the Month - December 2020
Mark Lanegan on Rough Trade Exclusive white vinyl/CD Photo credit: Travis Keller Personal renditions of traditional songs sit alongside original works in this dark masterclass…