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…

Ta da... ! ROUGH TRADE NYC's Grand Opening Giveaway

In celebration of our grand NYC re-opening, we are excited to announce a monumental Rough Trade giveaway... Like so many projects in life, the creation of…

NYC Sneak Peek #6 - HADES

When it comes to the fashion of rock music, knitwear is probably not the first thing to come to mind. T-shirts have long-held a monopoly on…

NYC Sneak Peek #5 - Robbie Simon

Los Angeles-based artist, Robbie Simon, has a background of music-centric collaborations, so it was only a matter of time before our paths crossed... That's…

NYC Sneak Peek #4 - Rough Trade x Everybody.World

New York. New Store. New Merch. We've partnered with the wonderful, talented people of Everybody.World to make it happen. Born and bred in…

NYC Sneak Peek #3 - Vestaboard

In communication, there's beauty found in concision; to convey more with less. There is as much said in the spaces between words as in…

NYC Sneak Peek #2 - Rough Trade x Deadwood

Few items embody the image of rebellion like the leather jacket. Its boldness and swagger reach back a century but has since become an inextricable pop…

NYC Sneak Peek #1 - Flexi Drops

Of all the analog formats, the survival of the flexi disc [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc] is one that we find irresistible. The paper-thin,…

ROUGH TRADE NYC, Manhattan, June 1st

Following seven successful years in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Rough Trade NYC is excited to make its much anticipated move over the East River... Our new Rough Trade…

New York: We're Moving!

Here's a press release that we've issued today, detailing the news that we're moving from our current Williamsburg/Brooklyn location…

Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2020

We've had our say on the best new music in our annual Albums of the Year list, but what about that insane career-spanning collection…

Vinyl Release Date Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

It’s not uncommon for vinyl release dates to change due to a number of factors, but right now, there seems to be more delays / date…

Record Store Day: Drop 2 Prelude...

Following the bonkers demand on Record Store Day Drops [https://rghtrd.co/rsddropsblog] #1, our website [https://www.roughtrade.com/] went into the web equivalent of…

Rough Trade - Our Stores

We first opened in 1976, west London, on the doorstep of punk. Forty-four years later, we're still celebrating the most exciting new music. CLICK…