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Buy Alabama Shakes' Debut EP 30 January 2012 in news
Alabama Shakes’ debut album is out on Rough Trade on 9th April. Until then you can enjoy their self-titled EP, their first ever release. It’s sold out in most places, but we’ve imported a handful of copies which you can buy HERE.
Tracklisting:
1. Hold On
2. I Found You
3. On Your Way
4. You Ain’t Alone
Aidan Moffat Live At The Rough Trade Books Night 20 January 2012 in Books
On Wednesday 8th February the former Arab Strap frontman Aidan Moffat is set for a distinctive solo show at Klüb Gütenberg, the monthly night co-hosted by Rough Trade Books and the Quietus website. The evening will feature songs, stories and trademark Scottish salaciousness.
Tickets are £10 on the night and £8 in advance from: HERE
The Old Queen’s Head
44 Essex Road, London N1 8LN
7.30pm to 11pm
Aidan has been a friend of The Quietus since the website was founded in 2008. In the role of Uncle Agony Aidan he dished out solutions for the sexual and emotional troubles of the Quietus audience. But perhaps his most striking Quietus contribution was his close lyrical analysis of Adele’s Someone Like You, which, it’s fair to say, upset some of her more sensitive fans. Aidan is now set to join us direct from Glasgow for a one-off solo performance of tunes and tales. In keeping with Klüb Gütenberg’s usual blend of music and talk, this night will feature Aidan in raconteur mode. Maybe a bit like Scottish football legend Chic Charnley out on the talk-and-Tennants circuit – telling the ancient fable of how he fended off attack by samurai-sword aggressor...
Alabama Shakes Announce Debut Album 17 January 2012 in news
Alabama Shakes have announced that their debut album ‘Boys & Girls’ will be released
in the UK and Europe by Rough Trade on 9th April 2012 (ATO Records will release it in North America on 10th April)! Listen to the first track from the album ‘Hold On’ here:
Alabama Shakes are vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, drummer Steve Johnson and bassist Zac Cockrell. Ben Tanner assists on keyboards. ‘Boys & Girls’ was recorded at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville, TN, and was produced and mixed by the band members. Tracklisting:
1. Hold On
2. I Found You
3. Hang Loose
4. Rise To The Sun
5. You Ain’t Alone
6. Goin’ To The Party
7. Heartbreaker
8. Boys & Girls
9. Be Mine
10. I Ain’t The Same
11. On Your Way
Meanwhile, Jack White’s Third Man Records has selected Alabama Shakes to kick off its series of live 45 releases. A...
Howler 'America Give Up' Out Today! 16 January 2012 in Howler
Howler’s debut album ‘America Give Up’ is out in the UK and Europe today (US tomorrow)!! It’s available to buy from all good record stores, as well as from the following sites:
Rough Trade Online Store
iTunes
Amazon
Q – ‘Irresistible’ 4/5
NME – ‘An effortlessly brilliant debut from one of the best new guitar bands on the planet’ 8/10
The Observer – ‘Desperate for a real rock band? Howler are just the thing’ (Album of the week)
The Fly – ‘America’s next great guitar group’ 4/5
God Help The Girl Film 13 January 2012 in Belle and Sebastian
Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian has written a narrative film called God Help The Girl to accompany the album Rough Trade Records released back in 2009. This film is on track to be filmed (and directed by Stuart) this summer in Glasgow and released 2013. The exciting part is that Stuart wants YOU THE FANS to get involved! Click on the link below to find out how!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/godhelpthegirl/god-help-the-girl-musical-film
Hear Howler's Album A Week Early 9 January 2012 in Howler
Howler’s debut album ‘America Give Up’ doesn’t hit the shelves until next Monday, but the band have given it to NPR and NME.com to stream early.
US: Listen HERE on NPR
UK and everywhere else: Listen HERE on NME.com
Enjoy!
Alabama Shakes On XFM 4 January 2012 in news
Earlier this week Alabama Shakes’ guitarist Heath Fogg chatted to Mary Anne Hobbs on XFM about how the US group formed and their forthcoming debut album. Listen again to the interview here (8 mins in).
Double Covers! 4 January 2012 in Howler
2012 is off to a great start for Howler as they’re currently on the cover of The Fly and NME (in which they come number 1 in the list of ’100 new bands you need to hear now)! Both are great reads, we recommend picking up copies of both if you can.
Happy New Year + Shop Discount 3 January 2012 in storelatest
Happy new year one and all! We have lots of exciting things in the pipeline for 2012, which we can’t wait to share with you.
In the mean time, for a limited time we’re offering a huge discount on our 2011 albums (digital only) from the likes of Warpaint, The Strokes and British Sea Power. Buy any five albums for £25 and any ten for £45 from our online store: www.store.roughtraderecords.com
Free Rough Trade 2011 Mixtape 19 December 2011 in news
Merry Christmas one and all! To remind you of some of the releases we’ve had this jam-packed year and help you through the holidays we’ve made a free ‘Rough Trade songs from 2011’ mixtape. Enjoy!
Edward Sharpe 'At The Old Vic Tunnels' Documentary 15 December 2011 in Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Earlier this year Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros played five sold-out nights in the tunnels underneath London’s Old Vic theatre. It was an incredible, 360 degree experience, which this new documentary captures brilliantly:
Rough Trade US Shop Sale 14 December 2011 in news
From now until 22nd December our US webstore has a holiday sale! We’re offering 20% off plus free US shipping on orders over $50. Take a look here.
Exclusives:
Warpaint Deluxe CD + 12”
Howler 12”
Roy Wilkinson’s ‘Do It For Your Mum’ book
Alela Diane vinyl bundle
Arthur Russell vinyl
Rough Trade t-shirts + totes
Howler 'Back Of Your Neck' Video + New Tracks On Spotify 13 December 2011 in Howler
Check out Howler’s video for their current single ‘Back of Your Neck’ (directed by Robert Semmer). In it our boys take us on a tour of the backstreets, house parties, gigs and supermarkets of their hometown Minneapolis – in all its grainy, Super 8 glory. It premiered on Rolling Stone.com yesterday, whom singer Jordan Gatesmith told: “We made this video with our good friend Rob. He got us drunk, held us in his arms and told us it would be alright. And it was… It was.”
You can now listen to two previously unheard album tracks ‘Back To The Grave’ and ‘America’ on Spotify (US only).
Warpaint 'Rough Trade Sessions' EP Out Now 6 December 2011 in Warpaint
After the success of their Rough Trade Session earlier this year (a performance filmed and directed by Beggars’ Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth in an east London studio), Warpaint have released a ‘Rough Trade Sessions’ EP exclusively on iTunes of the live audio recordings.
It is available to buy here in the UK and here in the US
Tracklisting
1. Billie Holiday (live audio)
2. Burgundy (live audio)
3. Majesty (live audio)
4. Composure (live audio)
5. Warpaint (live audio)
6. Warpaint (exclusive live video)
The songs are taken from the band’s 2010 album ‘The Fool’ and 2009 EP ‘Exquisite Corpse’. The group’s performance of ‘Warpaint’ was not released with the initial session videos, so is exclusive to this EP.
Edward Sharpe Head Back Into The Studio 6 December 2011 in Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are back in the studio (or the ‘Ed Shed’ as they fondly refer to it)! They’ll be giving you sneaky peaks into how they’re getting on with a series of clips, beginning here:
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Studio Session 11.29.2011 from Ryan Gall on Vimeo.
Tickets To Howler's Old Blue Last Headline Show 2 December 2011 in Howler
Howler will be wrapping up what’s been a brilliant debut UK tour with a special headline show at London’s Old Blue Last next Thursday 8th Dec! Buy tickets here: www.wegottickets.com
Strange Boys Interview With Noisevox 1 December 2011 in Strange Boys
Ryan Sambol: “Strange Boys is like Chinese finger trap – it’s cheap, hard to get out of once you’re in, and if you have no sense of humour you’re bound to break it”
The Modern Ovens Return! 28 November 2011 in British Sea Power
British Sea Power’s Jonathan Richman tribute band are making a rare London appearance on 5th December at Klüb Gütenberg, the new monthly night of words and music co-hosted by Rough Trade Books and the Quietus website. The Modern Ovens feature members of British Sea Power, the Brakes and The Tenderfoot and are an invigorating salute to the songs, style and ice-cream fixations of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers.
Klüb Gütenberg
Monday 5 December
The Old Queen’s Head, 44 Essex Road, London N1 8LN
7.30pm to 11pm
Tickets £8 in advance from HERE and £10 on the door.
The bill in full:
The Modern Ovens.
Professor Tim Birkhead with a talk on birds and sex.
Andrew Harrison talking on the rock/food nexus.
Roy Wilkinson reading from his book Do It For Your Mum, out on Rough Trade Books.
Turntable selections from Ian Harrison of MOJO magazine and Earl Brutus.
Alela Diane and Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold Cover 'These Days' In Italy 22 November 2011 in Alela Diane
British Sea Power Start Brighton Club Night 18 November 2011 in British Sea Power
Exciting news for lovers of excelsior seaside nightlife. The band which brought you the legend of Club Sea Power are now again active on the Brighton party scene. From Friday 6 January, BSP will present their Krankenhaus night in Brighton – a regular club night on the first Friday of every month. Each night will feature a full set from BSP, plus wonderful and varied supporting attractions.
Friday 6th Jan, 7.30pm-3am
The Haunt, 10 Pool Valley (by the coach station), Brighton BN1 1NJ
Featuring:
British Sea Power live
MC Jock Scot and Y Niwl live.
Plus Born Bad DJs and BSP DJs.
Tickets £12.50 in advance. There will also be a limited supply of ‘season tickets’ at £60, which will guarantee entry to all six Krankenhaus nights. Tickets available from Rounder Records and Resident Records in Brighton, and from www.wegottickets.com
The Unthanks Nominated In BBC Folk Awards 17 November 2011 in news
Congratulations to The Unthanks who have been nominated for a whopping four awards in this year’s BBC Folk Awards. They are up for Best Band, Best Album, Best Live Act and Best Original Song. A full list of nominees can be found here.
Best Original Song is for Adrian McNally’s ‘Last’, and a new video has been made for it by acclaimed animator Nick Murray Willis. The moving animation was released last week as a tribute to Remembrance Day thoughts:
Alabama Shakes Give Away Free Song + Announce First UK Show 16 November 2011 in news
Here’s a sweet slice of our new signing Alabama Shakes – a free MP3 of their track ‘I Found You’:
Two free tunes in one day, we do treat you well! The above is taken from Alabama Shakes’ debut self-titled EP which you can pick up here.
The US four-piece have just announced that their first ever UK performance will be an NME Awards show at the Boston Arms, London on Wednesday 22nd February. Be one of the first to see the band live by getting tickets here.
Howler MPFree 16 November 2011 in Howler
As previously announced, our Minneapolis minors Howler will be releasing their debut album ‘America Give Up’ on 16th January next year. To whet your appetites they’re giving the track ‘Back of Your Neck’ from it away for free! Grab it below, or on their Facebook page.
Alela Diane Performs In Our Basement 14 November 2011 in Alela Diane
We present you with episode two of our brand new Rough Trade Basement Tapes, starring Alela Diane and her husband Tom Bevitori! Watch them perform ‘Long Way Down’ from their current album ‘Alela Diane & Wild Divine’:
Rough Trade Records Sign The Alabama Shakes 11 November 2011 in news
We are extremely happy to announce that we have signed The Alabama Shakes in the UK and Europe. Hailing from Athens, Alabama, they are Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Zac Cockrell and Steve Johnson. Here they are in their own words:
‘WATCH AS THE SHAKES PULL SHAPES AND BEND SPOONS WITH 42 DECIBELS OF STEEL, TUBE AND RAW HUMAN LUNG POWER.
WATCH AS THE SHAKES TEACH YA WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW HOW: THE MATADOR, THE BOOT KNOCK, THE HIP DIP, THE FULL BODY SEIZURE, THE ONE-LEGGED FOX TROT, THE THUNDERBIRD, THE COBRA SNAKE, The THREE-STEP, THE PRE-APOCALYPTIC STRUT, THE POST-APOCALYPTIC STRUT, THE REVERSE RAIN DANCE AND MORE….
WATCH AS THE SHAKES READ YOUR MIND. PUT IT INSIDE YOU.
THERE WILL BE SWEAT. THERE
Howler Announce Debut Album 4 November 2011 in Howler
We’re excited to announce that our newest signing Howler have wrapped up their debut album and christened it ‘America Give Up’. It’s set to drop on 16th January in UK/EU and 17th in US, and is available to pre-order right now from our Rough Trade UK or US webstore.
As well as supporting The Vaccines on the whole of their UK tour this Nov/Dec, the Minneapolis group will be playing the following headline dates:
16th Nov 2011 – The Garage (upstairs), London
18th Nov – The Bowery, Sheffield
8th Dec – Old Blue Last, London
26th Jan 2012 – XOYO, London (New To Q show)
27th Jan – Buffalo Bar, Cardiff ...
Alela Diane's New Video 'The Wind' 3 November 2011 in Alela Diane
“Life is short and death is a hard act to follow”
Alela Diane’s new video ‘The Wind’ was shot and directed by Jason Reid and Darren Lund and filmed around the lush greens of Portland and the Pacific Northwest, including the dunes of Florence, Oregon. The song is taken from her current album ‘Alela Diane & Wild Divine’ and was written in response to a dear friend of Alela’s being randomly murdered. Alela says: “following the incident I had a series of dreams in which an organ was playing itself – or rather a spirit was playing it, I don’t know. The chorus part was written by Tom (Bevitori, Alela’s husband) years ago, and finally found a home in the verses I wrote – a mysterious collaboration, especially given the circumstances.”
Having played a storming gig at London’s Village Underground last night, Alela will now rejoin her friends Fleet Foxes (with whom she toured the US in July) at the following European dates:
11/5 Bergen, NOR ...
Jeffrey Lewis NPR Feature 1 November 2011 in Jeffrey Lewis
NPR’s Robert Christgau has written a lovely piece on his Lower East Side ‘homeboy’ Jeffrey Lewis and his new album ‘A Turn In The Dream-Songs’. Read it HERE
Watch Antony Hegarty in Jessica 6's New Video 31 October 2011 in Antony and the Johnsons
NYC dance outfit Jessica 6 invited Antony Hegarty to make a guest appearance on their new tune ‘Prisoner of Love’ and co-star in the video (directed by Marco Ovando and styled by Lady Gaga collaborator Nicola Formichetti) for it. Bam, what a way to start your Monday:
Watch Strange Boys Make Their TV Debut 27 October 2011 in Strange Boys
If you missed it on Tuesday night, check out Strange Boys making their television debut below with ‘Me and You’ on Fuel TV’s Daily Habit! The setting has a Top of the Pops 2 vibe, which we like a lot.