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 to…
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 means something to…
In Profile: Fiddlehead
Boston post-hardcore outfit Fiddlehead's Death Is Nothing to Us is an exploration of loss and grief and the struggle to move forward. Fiddlehead frontman Patt Flynn's…
In Profile: Why Mega Bog Matters
Real deal outsider pop music. Rough Trade Head Buyer David Perry examines the most recent work of American songwriter Erin Elizabeth Birgy, who composes under the…
The 90s: Ten Albums that Define the Decade
The 90s - a decade that did not fit, but that's ok! Flannel up and feed that Tamagotchi as we rundown standout albums from this progressive…
In Profile: ODESZA
A dreamy, transformative amalgamation of ODESZA’s epic, symphonic compositions and Yellow House’s psychedelic alterna-folk, ‘Flaws in Our Design’ is yet another example of the…
Beautiful Collision: Music and Skateboarding
"...skating and music have always just made sense together because they seem to share so much of the same DNA." Author and former Rough Trade employee…
In Profile: Dan Auerbach
"Amidst the sea of his ever-growing catalogue of work, it is his debut solo venture, 2009’s Keep It Hid, that I see as a focal…
Iconic Y2K Movie Music Moments
From colour palettes to fashion styles to retro tech, the Y2K aesthetic is on the up. But what about the music that soundtracked it? Fear not,…
The War On Drugs' 20 Greatest Songs
"Do you ever hear a song the same way twice? The War On Drugs' sprawling canon has me asking myself this a heck of a lot.…