On The Rise: girlpuppy
A commanding emerging talent ushering in a powerful and free-flowing era of indie rock. In December of 2024 Becca Harvey, known professionally as girlpuppy, signed to…
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…
Shoplifting w/ They Hate Change
They Hate Change are sonic omnivores, obsessive deep-divers, lovers of rare and radical sounds. photos by Olivia Cummings The Tampa Bay production/rap duo have announced…
Shoplifting with SPRINTS
Dublin garage punk sweethearts, SPRINTS, are turning heads and ready to make their mark on the indie music scene. SPRINTS' debut album Letter to Self…
Rough Trade Essential: Greatest Guitar Albums
"Replace the generic cliches with genuinely raw lyrics, the pristine, over-the-top production, with grit and power, and the trite, self-indulgent guitar solos, with a style…
On The Rise: Blue Bendy
Six cool cats defy genre. Ranking between the "7th and 2nd best guitar bands in London" and with fans including Franz Ferdinand's…
On The Rise: gglum
As she’s gotten older, Ella Smoker, AKA gglum, has found that her subconscious has been trying to tell her “some pretty wacky stuff” Thoughts will…
On The Rise: Fabiana Palladino
An anticipated arrival weaves sensuously soulful pop threads into the sleekest of sonic fabrics. After being approached by friend and confidant Jai Paul in 2014, London…
Ranked: David Bowie's Greatest Albums
"I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on."…
Sad Indie-spensibles
Not reserved for January alone, embrace the blues and beauty of some of our favourite wistful vinyl albums featuring Gothic tones, 'sad indie', melancholy folk and sadcore rock - the downbeat melodies we all lean into, to feel more understood.…
Rough Trade Essential: Shoegaze
One of indie-rock's finest subgenres. With warm waves of distortion, limitless guitar texture and the most ethereal vocals - shoegaze is music for dreamers.…
Most Anticipated Albums of 2024
SO many amazing new releases from our favorite bands including The Smile, Yard Act, Kali Uchis, MGMT, and more! From long-awaited returns to debut albums, 2024…