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…
Rough Trade West: Westrospective
Music's local record store. If you've visited our oldest and most beloved store on Talbot Road, London in recent times, you'…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 4 with Porridge Radio
Dana This week Emily and Nigel discuss new albums by Tame Impala, Eyelids, Agnes Obel, Mush and Lanterns on the Lake - all available at roughtrade.…
Opinion: [Habibi] gives you that "sh*t I should start a band too!" feeling.
Review by Cam, Rough Trade NYC "To put it simply, this record is a great, no frills rock n' roll album." debut. Their…
Opinion: Khruangbin and Leon Bridges create divine harmony
Rough Trade office "It is comforting and courageous to find two things that have no inherent connection, but once married together, it is hard to…
Buy One Get One Tree
Over the next few weeks, Rough Trade paper bags will become available to buy with any in-store purchase. Contrary to popular (mis)perception, paper bags actually…
Opinion: It's interesting to listen to a band (Nada Surf) almost 20 years apart in records.
Nada Surf - Never Not Together Review by Dima, Rough Trade NYC "This album is produced to satisfy a lonesome rainy day repeat listen. It…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 3 with HMLTD
"Just being on an independent label now is so so refreshing. It just feels like a collaborative project, whereas with Sony it felt like we…
Album of the Month - February 2020
Belle & Sebastian cellist and singer is back with a new solo album of songs to lift the winter woes softly away. A restorative cordial of…
Opinion: Sarah Mary Chadwick, the record you won’t necessarily realise you need until one day you do.
Sarah Mary Chadwick – Please Daddy Review by Al Mills, Rough Trade West "Worn like your favourite heavy-hung overcoat soaked in the second-hand smoke of a…
Opinion: Andy Shauf sounds like Canadian Bruce Springsteen. Sort of.
Helen Lister, Rough Trade Bristol "The album is certainly full of the kind of carefully observed details that can only come from experience: the way…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 2 with Field Music
"It was something that I felt angry about, so I wrote a song about it from my angry point of view and then had to…
Opinion: Whyte Horses deliver a particularly satisfying instant classic...
Al Mills, Rough Trade West "...one can even hoover to this and not worry about missing a catch because guess what…YOU ALREADY KNOW THE…
Rough Trade Edit
Browse, Play, Listen Introducing Rough Trade Edit, our choice of the best new and recent albums, updated every week, available in store and online, supported with…
Rough Trade Edit Podcast 1 with The Big Moon
New year. New podcast! Introducing the Rough Trade Edit Podcast - your first stop for new music, featuring our latest recommended albums, staff picks, special guests…