Staff Picks: Best of 2023
"Ethereal soundscapes that linger like the warm afterglow of fire. Best consumed with a pint of Guinness and a small selection of loved ones."…
In Profile: Yussef Dayes' Black Classical Music
"Barka created the layout and painted the shells. It wasn’t intentional but sometimes things are already ordained and it felt like the right time…
Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2023 | Rough Trade US
The wildest, weirdest, most nostalgic, most beautiful, most party-starting reissues and compilations from 2023. Traverse hip hop’s prime cuts from The Daisy Age, revel in…
Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2023 | Rough Trade UK
Traverse hip hop’s prime cuts from The Daisy Age, revel in the DIY free party spirit of the 70s, meet the First Lady of Southern…
Albums of the Year 2023 | Rough Trade UK
"...if there was any list we feel comfortable and excited to be number one on it’s Rough Trade’s." Whether you’re descending…
Vinyl Albums of the Year 2023 | Rough Trade US
As another year draws to a close we take a moment to think about all the good music that came out of it. From debut records…
Where I Am Now: Nation of Language
"It’s hard to wrap one's head around the fact that the things we made mean something, the way someone else’s music…
Albums of the Year So Far 2023 | Rough Trade UK
The music that hit and the music you missed. It's been a hell of a year so far for new music, so it feels…
Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2022 | Rough Trade UK
Take a voyage into Caribbean sound system culture, explore punk through a feminist lens or revisit the seminal skinny tie pop of the Lemonheads. It'…
Albums of the Year 2022 | Rough Trade UK
Through hundreds of outstanding albums to satiate our thirst for new music, we’ve learnt, grown, applauded and fallen in love all over again. Because a…