Favorite Events of 2024
From kicking off the year with a Green Day performance to hosting our third annual iNDIEPLAZA festival plus a Brat signing with Charli XCX in the…
On The Rise: Wu-Lu
The noises of Miles Romans-Hopcraft, better known as Wu-Lu, are calibrated to hit with maximum impact. His new album Loggerhead is filled with pummeling syncopated jazz…
Record Store Day 2022
After a fantastic Drop 1 in April, Record Store Day is back on June 18th with Drop 2! Browse the list of titles below and make…
Preview: My Life In the Sunshine
With his new memoir, My Life In the Sunshine, Nabil Ayers looks backwards with clear eyes and brilliance as he recounts his bi-racial upbringing in Salt…
On The Rise: Horsegirl
Horsegirl loves to make noise. Rising out of the boisterous Chicago scene, the teenaged trio established themselves as one of the Windy City’s brightest, drawing…
In Profile: Culture's Two Sevens Clash
Forty-five years since its initial release, time has been nothing but kind to Culture’s groundbreaking debut. Two Sevens Clash is one of roots reggae’s…
Rough Trade Staffers Moms Favorite Records
From the records we inherit from their collection, to the songs we play out of rebellion, our parents leave an indelible mark on how we interact…
On The Rise: Bartees Strange
Bartees Strange wasted no time asserting himself as one of indie rock’s most promising acts, and now he’s under the spotlight. The ambitions for…
30 TikTok Hits Ranked by Rough Trade
How we interact with music is always and always will be changing. Look at how our beloved vinyl came and went as the dominant audio format,…
The Greatest Post-Punk Act You’ve Never Heard
"Ivor Paul functioned as a sort of folk hero of working class Britain, an enigmatic figure who lingered in the shadows while developing into one…
Rough Trade x Syng
There are few greater joys than hearing your favorite album encompass an entire room and to do so audio must be shaped to fit inside. A…
Recounting: Witch Camp (Ghana)
"Over one-hundred singers were involved, recording over six hours music. Most were elderly, with many being in their seventies. All but one had never played…
I Don’t Know Much About Love, But This Is The Cure
For all the doom and gloom of their appearance, The Cure are a deeply sentimental band. The silver lining amidst the band’s morbid fascinations is…
The Misreading of Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die’ Ten Years Later
Words by Gio Musso, Rough Trade NYC "Over the past decade, we have seen the paradigm of pop culture shift towards the embrace of realism.…
In Profile: Bill Fay
"The context around a song can poison it to sensitive ears. We each have different biases that we bring with us when engaging with music.…