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…
Rough Trade Essential: Shoegaze
One of indie-rock's finest subgenres. With warm waves of distortion, limitless guitar texture and the most ethereal vocals - shoegaze is music for dreamers.…
Most Anticipated Albums of 2024
SO many amazing new releases from our favorite bands including The Smile, Yard Act, Kali Uchis, MGMT, and more! From long-awaited returns to debut albums, 2024…
Shoplifting with Slow Pulp
Chicago based indie darlings Slow Pulp stopped by Rough Trade NYC ahead of their in-store performance to chat shoe-gaze and early Coldplay. On their ANTI- Records…
Top 10 In-Stores 2023
From mosh pits to intimate performances by some of the greats, 2023 was a great year for in-stores! Yet again, Rough Trade NYC brought out some…
Shoplifting with Philip Selway
"For me I felt what was important as a drummer was to find that voice and that's what excites me, finding that musical…
In Profile: Khraungbin
Khruangbin closes out their Live album collection with a recording at one of the most celebrated venues on earth, the Sydney Opera House. The Houston based…
Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2023 | Rough Trade US
The wildest, weirdest, most nostalgic, most beautiful, most party-starting reissues and compilations from 2023. Traverse hip hop’s prime cuts from The Daisy Age, revel in…
Vinyl Albums of the Year 2023 | Rough Trade US
As another year draws to a close we take a moment to think about all the good music that came out of it. From debut records…
In Profile: Fiddlehead
Boston post-hardcore outfit Fiddlehead's Death Is Nothing to Us is an exploration of loss and grief and the struggle to move forward. Fiddlehead frontman…
US Books of the Year 2023
A different way of listening to the music and stories we love. We cannot reflect on another orbit around the sun without acknowledging the printed works…
Label Focus: Atlantic Records
Over the last 75 years, Atlantic Records has become one of the most important American Labels. Started in October 1947, Atlantic Records began signing Jazz, R&…
we are rewind: Portable Bluetooth Cassette Player
Among the sea of streaming services and digital downloads, an old format is once again on the rise. Audiences are rewinding back to a retro style…
Label Focus: Mexican Summer
"That spirit, and the indie music community at large has been/continues to be a huge driving force behind the work we do. Growing up…
Shoplifting with CMAT
"I would love to write a record with her [Selena Gomez]. I would just make it really, really indie because I actually think that'…