When Rough Trade opened its first record store in London in 1976, it became a beacon of indie culture. Now, it’s a global brand with various locations worldwide, and it still hasn’t lost its fierce, ...

Rough Trade is expanding its NYC footprint. After closing its Williamsburg store and venue in 2021 and moving to Manhattan to 30 Rockefeller Center later that year, they’re opening a second space, ...

Pitchfork regrets to announce that we are postponing the launch event for our new Oklou zine due to illness. The event was originally set to take place tomorrow (Wednesday, October 8), but has been ...

Rough Trade, the NYC independent record store and music venue which opened in 2013, will be leaving its S. 9th St location in Williamsburg this spring. “As with many businesses right now, the impact ...

The back-and-forth of a heated ping-pong game keeps an unmistakable beat. In another area of a just-opened space on an industrial Williamsburg block, Smiths fans leaf through the British version of ...

Rough Trade is opening a second location at New York’s Rockefeller Center. The new store, Rough Trade Below, will complement the existing Rough Trade store located at 1250 6th Ave. Rough Trade Below ...

We recently stopped by Rough Trade NYC, a new massive record shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that’s outfitted with cantilevered and stacked shipping containers. It’s the U.S. counterpart to the ...

In sad news for music lovers, Rough Trade NYC will close its Williamsburg location in the spring and will relocate to another, yet-to-be announced city location in the summer. During the intervening ...