Album of the Month - April 2020
Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs - Viscerals [https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/pigs-pigs-pigs-pigs-pigs-pigs-pigs/viscerals/lp-plus] > "Sounds like an advancing storm." The…
Incoming! Rough Trade Transmissions
#RoughTradeTX Dear friends and music lovers, As the music industry and the entire globe battles with the effects and constraints of the coronavirus, we want to…
Label Focus: XL Recordings
XL has been the avant-garde of British and American music for the past 30 years. Every artist that has spent time under the label has been…
Opinion: The Heliocentrics' time-honored dexterity and panache
The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now [https://rghtrd.co/helioblog] Review by Ed Zed [https://www.instagram.com/mr.ed.zed], Rough Trade NYC [https://www.…
Album of the Month - March 2020
Caribou - Suddenly [https://rghtrd.co/cssoccials] From shimmer to stutter, saunter to skip and swag to swipe, this is a magnificent tapestry of sound from…
Opinion: [Habibi] gives you that "sh*t I should start a band too!" feeling.
Habibi [https://rghtrd.co/habbblog] - Anywhere But Here [https://rghtrd.co/habibiblog] Review by Cam [https://www.instagram.com/camrulesofficial/?hl=en], Rough Trade NYC…
Opinion: Khruangbin and Leon Bridges create divine harmony
Khruangbin and Leon Bridges - Texas Sun [https://rghtrd.co/kalbtssocial] Review by Paddy, Rough Trade [https://www.instagram.com/roughtrade/]office > "It is…
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 [https://www.instagram.com/dimadrjuchin/], Rough Trade NYC [https://www.instagram.com/roughtradenyc/] > "This album…
Album of the Month - February 2020
Isobel Campbell - There Is No Other... [https://rghtrd.co/ictinosocial] The former Belle & Sebastian [https://belleandsebastian.com/] cellist and singer is back with a…
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 [https://www.instagram.com/real_mills/], Rough Trade West [https://www.instagram.com/roughtradewest/] > "Worn…