Hailing from the Midlands, neo-psych four piece Temples has got everyone talking this year. With their big hair and an even bigger sound, the band has already supported Suede, Kasabian and The Vaccines on their recent arena tours; all off the back of a single release. Released by Heavenly Recordings late …
With his second album, the tongue-twistingly titled ‘Some Say I So I Say Light‘ seeing release this week, Notion’s Lauren Vevers caught up with the ever charismatic Ghostpoet for a chat about the collaborative processes that informed the record, escaping genre-led pigeonholing and what his dream ‘rager’ would …
Sometimes in a sea of trendy chillwave bands and poptastic anthems, it’s nice to return to something bucolic, something simpler, something indie. The poor guitar band has been puhsed aside in the rush for the new, and we’re all about brining you something that you might not normally expect. Hence …
Barbarossa – namesake of James Mathé – has been releasing his own exquisite collection of songs since 2006, and we can’t quite understand why more people don’t love him. This is why he’s our BOTW – we want to scream about his brilliant talent from the rooftops for all of …
Being in the most talked about new band in the world must be a strange thing. Before Rough Trade signed Alabama Shakes late last year the band were relatively unknown in their home town, now the quartet have a top 3 selling record and a fan-base of A-listers worldwide.
With …
On Tuesday December 6th Rough Trade East is hosting a night of unique collaborative performances from electronic producers DRC Music. When some UK artists spent this July working in the Democratic Republic of Congo to record an album with local musicians in just five days, DRC Music was formed, …
Enjoyed this week’s instalment of BOTW? Well we thought a free download is in order for our last post. Here it is, another “Beaty” performance brought to you by Beaty Heart. With more psychedelic vibrating sounds ‘2Good’ is the newest drumtastic track the band has released via Worry Free. Just …
It was one of London’s rare sunny, summer days when we met with Samuel Kilcoyne, the Moog player from BOTW S.C.U.M. His soft, spoken speach was peppered with enthusiasm and a bloody marry as we chatted away about recording in the countryside, live shows, and the band’s unique SIGNALS project, …
When you’re currently one of the most talked about underground bands and you’ve just released your debut album that everyone has been desperate to get their hands on, naturally you’re a bit on the busy side. So, we’re bringing you BOTW, Azari & III’s interview a little late. But it …
On the weekend of 23rd and 24th July 2011 at the stunning Alexandra Palace, London, All Tomorrow’s Parties will present the first UK I’ll Be Your Mirror event, which will be curated by the mercurial Portishead and ATP. Rough Trade Shops will be taking the legendary store up to Alexandra …
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