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…
Shoplifting with Mililtarie Gun
Militarie Gun are a truly uncategorizable band that’s already come so far and evolved so much–but whose story has only just begun. Led by…
A Rough Guide To: Why Is My Vinyl Record Skipping?
It’s a horrible feeling. You go to spin your brand new vinyl record – or even a classic from your collection – and it starts skipping. Right…
On The Rise: h. pruz
A widely revered voice in the NYC indie-folk scene, h. pruz’s rare talents include the patience and allergy to artifice and overstatement in their songwriting.…
On The Rise: Thee Sinseers
Straight from East L.A., Thee Sinseers embody the lowrider sweet soul vibe. Love songs, washed with reverb, slow tempos for rolling, and a vibe for…
Shoplifting with Brigitte Calls Me Baby
Singer and frontman Wes Leavins joins us to chat about Danzig and a chance encounter with Tears for Fears' Curt Smith. Chicago's Brigitte…
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…
On The Rise: Bloomsday
Bloomsday is the tender, cerebral project of the NYC-based Iris James Garrison. Their debut, self-produced record, Place to Land, was released in June 2022 on Bayonet…
On The Rise: Mei Semones
Blending everything that I like together and trying to make something new –that's what feels most natural to me. It’s what feels most…
Label Focus: Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar's twenty year history has been filled with collaboration and a familial sense of community between their extensive catalogue of artists. The independent label…
Record Store Day 2024
Browse the list of titles below and make sure to review the guidelines ahead of the celebration. See you in April! BROWSE RECORD STORE DAY 2024…
Shoplifting with Dirt Buyer
Songwriter Joe Sutkowski of Dirt Buyer contemplates the beauty and disaster around him on sophomore album Dirt Buyer II. Dirt Buyer II (their first record on…
Shoplifting w/ They Hate Change
They Hate Change are sonic omnivores, obsessive deep-divers, lovers of rare and radical sounds. photos by Olivia Cummings The Tampa Bay production/rap duo have announced…
Shoplifting with SPRINTS
Dublin garage punk sweethearts, SPRINTS, are turning heads and ready to make their mark on the indie music scene. SPRINTS' debut album Letter to Self…
Rough Trade Essential: Greatest Guitar Albums
"Replace the generic cliches with genuinely raw lyrics, the pristine, over-the-top production, with grit and power, and the trite, self-indulgent guitar solos, with a style…