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Are you a budding musician in the making who’s looking for an excuse to try your hand at making your own musical equipment? Then look no further than Rough Trade East. The London music institution are offering a new series of work shops this month where you can learn from experts in the industry how to make your own equipment. From a … read more»

Factory Floor release a new 12″ with DFA Records, Two Different Ways. Infamous US label DFA caught sight of the boys – being Gabriel Gurnsey, Dominic Butler and Nik Void – a few weeks back on a run of NY shows and we guess the rest after that is history so they say. Rough Trade are hosting the launch party for the new … read more»

Summer Camp’s Debut Album will be out on the 31st October an if you are as big a fans as we are then you’ll want to know that it’s ready now to pre-order. Welcome To Condale will be released on CD and download and includes a deluxe iTunes LP featuring bonus tracks and videos. The Rough Trade excluse bonus LP includes three … read more»

Like a darker, slower Laura Marling but with more people Peggy Sue come to Rough Trade East. With a far more substantial amount of electric guitar compared to their Pirate days Peggy Sue are coming out with a meaty, rich wintery sound with tracks like Cut My Teeth. The band play at Rough Trade East on the 13th September. Talking to Rough … read more»

To promote their debut album, Never Trust A Happy Song, out on the 5th Sept Grouplove are performing live in Rough Trade East on the 2nd Sept. Canvasback Music and Atlantic Artists have announced that  the band will play at 7pm tracks from the forthcoming album with all purchasers of the album going into a raffle to win an exclusive piece of … read more»

Ghostpoet has announced he will be releasing a new single, Survive It, on 9 May ahead of his UK tour. The tour will see him play dates at London venues including Proud and a Rough Trade in store as well as York, Aberdeen and Coventry. He will also support Metronomy on tour. Ghostpoet, who spent his youth travelling around the world, has been … read more»

More and more London shops are having to fight for our attention. With less money to spend we all want as best an experience as we can find for our scarce cash and it seems one of the answers is for shops to incorporate cafes into their show rooms. Here’s a selection of the best.       LCB Surfstore There are two in … read more»

Rough Trade and LE GUN collaborate on a party at Red Gallery on the 8th April (it’s a Saturday) with a secret set from some special guests. Playing live will be Action Beat and DJ sets will come from Caribou , Kutmah and Cloaks. LE GUN’s Macabre ethos enters the event in the way of art as the two brands come together in what will … read more»

The release of the latest installment in the Rough Trade Counter Culture series gives the cool kids and their haircuts at everyone’s favourite record shop a chance to tell us what we should be listening to over the coming months, so kind of like what I do but without the arrogant sarcasm and with a lot more quality music which is … read more»

In need of a relaxing time towards the end of your day or after just getting home? Have a look at this new video from Lykke Li for her track, I Follow Rivers. It’s all trees and sea and windy  and cold – a little bit like outside at the moment. Actually, it’s a bit boring but it’s got a strong yet relaxing beat to it … read more»