End of the Needle with Skin
"How does a black skinny girl from Brixton get into rock music? The Specials were that bridge from Blue Beat, to Ska, to Two-Tone, to The…
Album of the Month - September 2020
Osees Protean Threat Petrol fuelled krautrock rumbles, dark demonic rock, slinky, sexy disco and cataclysmic noise unite to make the most thrilling and satisfying rush Osees…
Album of the Month - August 2020
Bob Vylan We Live Here Mum don't look like me But thank God she still loved me Neighbours called me nigga Told me "go back to…
10 Essential Summer Albums
This has been the hardest summer of most of our lives, so far, and although it has changed the game and all of our expectations went…
Album of the Month - July 2020
Dream Wife So When You Gonna... A confident and utterly engrossing record from a band firmly at the helm of their own creative calling. Who The…
Albums of the Year 2020...So Far
2020 is a year like no other before it. Music has been denied much of what it holds dear; live performance, congregation and an artist's ability…
Album of the Month - June 2020
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Sideways to New ItalyImmerse yourself in this sun soaked triumph built with the sweetest grooves going. They've done it again. Who Australia's…
20 Rough Trade Essential Debut Albums
We all have to start somewhere. From solo breakthroughs to classics, from fresh-faced but soon-to-become mainstays. Here are 20 Rough Trade Essential debut albums that should…
Album of the Month - May 2020
Ben Lukas Boysen MirageA shape-shifting sonic optical illusion, adorned with musical guests. A transformative and transportive body of work. Who Electronic composer from Berlin, also known…
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, who keep our beat…