Rough Trade Essential: Electronic
“…it might rely heavily on electronics, tapes. I can kind of envision one person with a lot of machines, tapes and electronics set up singing or…
Rough Trade Essential: Goth Before Goth
The likes of Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy and The Cure summoned the darkness inside all of us through cold industrial sounds, gruesome imagery and lots…
Rough Trade Essential: Britpop
"If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I’m getting rid of grunge!" Damon Albarn Regional accents, a new upbeat form of rock, records…
In Profile: De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising
"De La Soul told you the nineties were going to be very different to the eighties." Bob Stanley Psychedelic, undeniably funky and underpinned by elements of…
Rough Trade Essential: Jazz
"Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around." - Miles Davis Words by Michael Appouh, Rough Trade East. A bold counter-culture movement standing…
Rough Trade Essential: Debut Albums
Let's take it back to the start. One of the most significant moments of any music career, a debut album is the first opportunity for an…
Rough Trade Essential
The most influential, seminal and timeless releases, transforming the boundaries of genre, paving the way for artists to come. Rough Trade Essential [https://www.roughtrade.com/…
In Profile: Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul
“I felt like what I wanted to say, I couldn’t say it in no two minutes and 30 seconds, because I wanted to speak through…
Rough Trade Essential: Women in Music
This International Women's Day, we join our community in celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women by highlighting favourite Rough Trade Essential albums…
Rough Trade Essential: East Coast Hip Hop
"Now honeys play me close like butter play toast / From the Mississippi down to the East Coast" A mix of slick rhymes, conscious lyrics and club…