ALBUM REVIEW – GINA BIRCH: TROUBLE

“My dad was in charge, and my mum never wanted to cause any trouble and, you know, was quite depressed and unfulfilled.” Many women who came of age in 1970s England will nod along when reading this description that Gina Birch, bassist of legendary post-punk band The Raincoats, gave some years ago about growing up. […]
      PULP – Let’s all meet up in the year 2000 … and 25 Before we start, let me take you back to January 2001, when Pulp released their last studio album, We Love Life. The phenomenal cultural movement of the ‘90s had come and gone, Tony Blair was in his fourth year […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PULP: MORE

ALBUM REVIEW – CAROLINE: CAROLINE 2

Every now and again, you come across an album so breath-taking that just the thought of articulating the profound sensations and emotions it evokes in you is enough to deter you from doing it at all. Perhaps irrationally, you fear, in trying to describe the music, failing to do it justice, or even taking away […]
Amyl and the Sniffers first came to my attention through seeing the single ‘Chewing Gum’ as a ten second clip and being entranced by the loud guitars, consistent beat and vocals coming from this woman who looked like butter wouldn’t melt.  But, after watching the full video I knew butter definitely would melt and she’d […]

ALBUM REVIEW – AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS: CARTOON DARKNESS

ALBUM REVIEW – GEORDIE GREEP: THE NEW SOUND

When I first saw Black Midi nearly two years ago at New Century Hall in Manchester, my mind was blown, I was enthralled by what I was seeing on stage, my eyes as wide as humanly possible, stood in complete awe as others around me screamed every word back to the band. From that moment, […]
JARV IS… are pleased to announce their debut album “Beyond the Pale” which will be released on May 1st, 2020 via Rough Trade Records. The album will be available on LP/CD/Cassette. The band will also head out on a UK tour in May 2020. Listen to a new single from the album ‘House Music All […]

JARV IS ANNOUNCE ALBUM, SHARE NEW TRACK & UK TOUR DATES

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR SOME MUTTS (CAN’T BE MUZZLED)

Amyl & The Sniffers are pleased to share their cheeky new video for ‘Some Mutts (can’t be muzzled)’. The video was directed by Dikayl Rimmasch. Dikayl is a film-maker and photographer. He has worked with Adele, Beyonce, Jay – Z, Lenny Kravitz, Blondie, and as a contributing director on LEMONADE he won an MTV best […]
Sleaford Mods have announce their self-titled new EP ‘Sleaford Mods’ which is released via Rough Trade Records on September 14th 2018. The EP will be available on 12”, CD & DL. This is the band’s first new music since last year’s top 15 album “English Tapas” The EP was recorded in Spring 2018 in Nottingham, […]

SLEAFORD MODS – HEAR NEW TRACK + NEW EP DETAILS

NEW ALBUM ‘MOONSHINE FREEZE’ DETAILS FROM THIS IS THE KIT ALONGSIDE ITS ROUGH TRADE SESSIONS VIDEO

Recent Rough Trade signings This Is The Kit will release their new album Moonshine Freeze on Friday 7th July 2017. This Is The Kit’s new album and Rough Trade debut, Moonshine Freeze, produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, M Ward, Perfume Genius), began in the immediate wake of its predecessor, Bashed Out, when days after coming off tour […]
Starcrawler have recently announced their debut single ‘Ants’, which will be coming out on Rough Trade Records on Friday 12th May 2017. The single will be backed by B-side ‘Used to Know’ and will be released on limited edition blood splattered white vinyl 7” – 500 only world wide. The band are also set to play their […]

NEW ROUGH TRADE SIGNEES STARCRAWLER RELEASE DEBUT SINGLE & VIDEO FOR ‘ANTS’