Album of the Month - March 2026
Spoken-word poet, producer and truth-teller Joshua Idehen delivers a record which drives raw storytelling with rhythm and uplifting soundscapes. Joshua Idehen - I Know You’re…
Beyond The Counter
The heart of Rough Trade is our record stores, cut us and we'll bleed music. But it's our staff, the blood vessels,…
Rough Trade Bristol & Arts Council Funding
We are very excited and happy to announce that Rough Trade Bristol has been awarded a National Lottery Project Grant which will enable us to continue…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 8 with Hazel English
Hazel English No lockdown will stop us, Emily's back with Rough Trade Edit album highlights, featuring previews from Sonikku, Flat Worms, The Strokes, Denzel…
Now Broadcasting.... Rough Trade Transmissions
Don't miss Rough Trade Transmissions, our new Instagram TV series curating exclusive artist content, broadcasting weekdays on @roughtrade and @roughtradenyc IGTV channels. Including video…
Westrospective: Music That Shaped Us
Following the expansion and re-vamp of our beloved Rough Trade West store back in February and the accompanying fanzine, we've taken it one step…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 7 with Richard Russell
Richard Russell Emily's back in the coat cupboard to bring you another dose of new music from Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs,…
Album of the Month - April 2020
Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs - Viscerals "Sounds like an advancing storm." The Guardian Who The noise loving Newcastle-Upon-Tyne quintet featuring Matt…
Incoming! Rough Trade Transmissions
#RoughTradeTX Dear friends and music lovers, As the music industry and the entire globe battles with the effects and constraints of the coronavirus, we want to…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 6 with Baxter Dury
Baxter Dury Emily is flying solo in a makeshift studio this week (hashtag working from home). The unprecedented change we are all experiencing only makes us…
Label Focus: XL Recordings
XL has been the avant-garde of British and American music for the past 30 years. Every artist that has spent time under the label has been…
Rough Trade & Virus Measures
UPDATE: ALL STORES ARE NOW CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. As in so many walks of life, the coronavirus has become dominant in our thoughts, impacting both…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 5 with Disq
Disq Emily and Nigel discuss new albums by Honey Harper, Caribou, Soccer Mommy, Heliocentrics and Cornershop, with some early ) Special guests this week are Disq, the…
Wide Awake Festival: "A gender equal billing should not be a cause for celebration, it should just be considered the baseline."
Wide Awake's Keith Miller, Tash Cutts and Jamal Guthrie chat music, diversity, equality and the positive initiatives they are embracing to drive conversation and…
Opinion: The Heliocentrics' time-honored dexterity and panache
Ed Zed, Rough Trade NYC office "Superb from start to finish." Sun Ra-esque jazz excursions and musique concrète, lashed together with threads of hip…