Counter Culture 2009 is coming

Pre order it here

RT SHOPS PRESENTS: VERONICA FALLS / DJANGO DJANGO

...and it's free! More information found here.

SONAR FESTIVAL 2010 - WIN TX HERE

To announce the official launch of Sonar 2010,
Rough Trade Shops is please to offer weekend passes in a competition.

SONAR 2010 -
17, 18 and 19 of June 2010 in Barcelona

THE PRIZES -
1 x 3 day ticket - Barcelona (3 days & two nights)
1x 2 night ticket - - Barcelona (Sonar by Night 18th & 19th)

All you have to do to is answer the following question -
IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE FIRST SONAR FESTIVAL HELD?

Please email your answers to - simon@roughtrade.com
The 2 winners will be drawn at random on Friday 11th December from those that correctly answered the question, and will notified by email.

White Middle Class Hipster Bullshits 2009

so our staff charts have been posted, you can find our best of the year charts here

While we are at it you can find the shops top 60 here

DEAD MAN'S BONES

WE LOVE DEAD MAN'S BONES,
AND THEY LOVE US.
SO IN CELEBRATION OF THIS LOVE,
HERE IS THEIR TOTALLY HAUNTING VIDEO FOR THEIR TRACK
'DEAD HEARTS'
WHICH IS INCLUDED ON THEIR 5 TRACK DVD THAT IS EXCLUSIVE TO US.

TURNER PRIZE TICKETS

we have 2 pairs of complimentary tickets to give out for the turner prize courtesy of the Tate Britain which is showing until January 2010 , all you need to do is pop into Rough Trade East and claim your tickets.

RESONANCE FM - COUNTER CULTURE PLAYLIST - 08/10/09

Hosted by Kyle.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars (Fortuna Pop) - Higher Than The Stars EP
Thee Oh Sees - Fake Song (Captured Tracks) - Dog Poison LP
Broadcast & The Focus Group - The Be Colony (Warp) - Witch Cults Of The Radio Age CD
Atlas Sound - Shelia (Kranky) - Logos CD
Woods - To Clean (Half Machine Records) - 7"
Fergus & Geronimo - Powerful Lovin' (Tic Tac Totally) - 7"
Cate Le Bon - Sad Sad Feet (Irony Bored) - Me Oh My CD
Laura Gibson - Spirited (Souterrain Transmissions) - 7"
Nancy Elizabeth - Lay Low (Leaf) - Wrought Iron LP
Alasdair Roberts - The Hallucinator And The King Of The Silver Ship Of Time (Drag City) - The Wyrd Meme CD
OM - Meditation Is The Practice Of Death (Drag City) - God Is Good LP
Moon Duo - Ripples (Sacred Bones Records) - Killing Time EP
Goblin - L'Alba Del Morti Viventi (Dagored) - Dawn Of The Dead OST LP
Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (ATP) - 7"

( ( ( ( ( ( DOM THOMAS EXHIBITION ) ) ) ) ) )

'PARAPHERNALIA'
Original art works from the archive of Dom Thomas.

'Paraphernalia' - running for a month from 9th October 2009 at the Rough Trade East store in London.

* Launch party featuring live in-store DJ set @ 7pm, 9th October*

'Miscellaneous Mutant Mishaps' is released on 21st September 2009 on Brutal Music, on CD and Limited Edition vinyl.

Exclusive merchandise available on the night.

Having worked in the murky music and fashion industries for over 10 years as an art director, graphic designer and illustrator, Dominic Thomas can never be accused of being one-dimensional in his approach to design. From his seminal sleeve designs for 'Kings Of Convenience' to his subversive adverts for Adidas, his un-formulatic and spontanious ideas have resulted in a compelling, diverse portfolio.

'Paraphernalia' is an opportunity to view Dom Thomas' art works from the last few years, a myriad of ideas and processes in a wonderous, colourful presentation of his archive. Featuring his personal highlights including new and unseen works...

The driving force behind his work is to challenge, avoid being pigeon-holed or constrained to one medium. He seeks constant addition to his repertoire - dreaming of emulating the dynamic visuals of key movements from the past. There is always a thread throughout his work, experimenting with classic design elements and warping them into an idiosyncratic retro/future house-style. His most iconic works have materialised in the music industry, where he has produced sleeves designs for artists such as Badly Drawn Boy, Future Kings Of Spain and Cherrystones..

You will see his work from time to time, probably not relating the image in front of you with his other surreptitious designs.

As well as his continuing progression as a designer and music producer he finds time to run "Finders Keepers", a record label specializing in re-issuing world music with long time friend and associate Andy Votel. Together they design and package the sleeves lovingly, in the hope that these, as well as the music, will become artifacts in their own right.

This exhibition doubles up as a celebration of the launch of 'Miscellaneous Mutant Mishaps', Dom Thomas' first release on the embryonic 'Brutal Music' label. A breathtaking musical collage mutating his artwork aesthetic into an exotic, sonic soundscape. Blurring passages from protest fueled France with politically-sensitized Turkish psychedelic beats: schizo Spanish sci-fi soundtracks together with scorching Lollywood club bangers - all lovingly distilled with liquified dreams of proto-Hacienda anthems. A mysterious, beaten-up global jukebox taking you to the dancefloor and beyond...

Counter Culture Playlist

24th September Hosted By Margot

Sparklehorse & Fennesz - Goodnight Sweetheat (In The Fishtank) In The Fishtank CD
Vladislav Delay - Mustelmia (Leaf) Tummaa CD
Tortoise - High Class Slim Came Floatin' In - Eye Remix (Thrill Jockey) High Class Slim Came Floatin' In / Gigantes Version 12"
OOIOO - Ulda (Thrill Jockey) Arminico Hewa CD
David Sylvian - The Rabbit Skinner (Samadhisound) Manafon CD
Tyondai Braxton - The Duck And The Butcher (Warp) Central Market CD
Zomby - Pumkinhead's Revenge (Ramp) One Foot Ahead of the Other CD
Health - Death + (City Slang) Get Color CD
Atlas Sound - Walkabout with Noah Lennox (4AD) Logos CD
Andrew Weatherall - Privately Electrified (Rotters Golf Club) A Pox On The Pioneers CD
Yacht - Psychic City (Voodoo City) (DFA) See Mystery Lights CD
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars (Fortuna Pop) Higher Than The Stars EP CD
The Clean - Are You Really On Drugs (Morr Music) Mister Pop CD
Volcano Choir - Island, Is (Jagjaguar) Unmap CD
Omo - 2PM (Loaf) The White Album CD

Every Thursday 12-1 on Resonance 104.4

RECORD CLUB at the Legion this Wednesday 23rd September!

Rough Trade DJs are playing records for you at the Legion on Old St this Wednesday!
A night devoted to people who are passionate about music – namely record shops, record labels, magazines, websites and blogs. The people at the forefront of writing about, selling or giving away free (cheeky devils) music from the latest bands, DJs, artists and producers. Expect to hear some brand new sounds as well as the classic records that got them into music in the first place. And it is ....Free!

TEENAGERSINTOKYO - EXCLUSIVES!

Brand new and exclusive!

Teenagersintokyo...

T-shirts!

7" singles!

In-store event!

japanese treats

a special wee package arrived from japan today.
hiding inside was Urichipangoon, a cross between Cornelius and the Animal Collective.
i like it a lot.

STAFF PICKS - 02/09/09

Have you missed us? We've been remarkably lazy of late, but here comes the most recent round-up...

SPENCER

Japandroids - 'Post Nothing' - CD
The XX - 'XX' - CD
Pissed Jeans - 'King of Jeans' - CD
Mos Def - 'The Ecstatic' - CD

NOREEN

Frkwys - 'Excepter' - 12"
Pansonic / Keiji Haino - 'Shall I Download A Black Hole And Offer It To You' - CD
Rocket From The Crypt - 'All Systems Go' - CD
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - 'Primary Colours' - CD
Nodzzz - 'Nodzzz' - CD

PHIL

Koko Von Napoo - 'June' - 10"
Stag Hare - Black Medicine Music - CD
El Gran Chufle - 'Tambores Obstinados & Ruido Voltaico' - CD
Crocodiles - 'Summer Of Hate' - CD
The XX - 'XX' - CD

KYLE

Anagram Jam - 'Anagram Jam' - LP
Trembling Bells - 'Carbeth' - CD
James Blackshaw - 'The Glass Bead Game' - CD
Six Organs Of Admittance - 'Luminous Night' - CD
Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers - 'S/T' - CD

MARGOT

Alva Noto - 'Xeroxx Volume 2' - LP
Zomby - 'One Foot Ahead Of The Other' - CD
Eero Johannes - 'S/T' - CD
The Field - 'Yesterday And Today' - CD
Nite Jewel - 'Good Evening' - CD

MARC

Legends Of Benin - 'S/T' - LP
Reichmann - 'Wunderbar' - CD
Various - 'Achtung! German Grooves' - CD
The Stone Roses - 'S/T' - CD
Wilco - 'Wilco (The Album) - CD

GINA

Health - 'Get Color' - LP
Nodzzz - 'Nodzzz' - CD
Nite Jewel - 'Good Evening' - CD
Various - 'Kompact Total 10' - CD
Forest Fire - 'Survival' - CD

OFFSET FEST

For all of you Londoners who wince at the thought of roughing the British summer in a poorly constructed discount tent at music festivals, don't fear.

Offset Festival is happening just a hop, skip and a tube ride away from you on the central line in Hainault Forest Country Park, allowing even you festival grinches 2 days of rad music with an easy cop out route home.
No excuses.

You can buy day, weekend or weekend with camping tickets in store from Rough Trade East

Check out their site for more info and full line up

A FLYING NUN HAS FLOWN ACROSS THE SEAS

After waiting at the postroom like kids on christmas eve,
our Flying Nun shipment has finally arrived.
With gems from the New Zealand legends The Chills and The Clean,
to the underground heroes Bailterspace and The Gordons,
we are stocked to the gills with this legendary label.
And brace yourself... we have got our sticky little paws on a handful of the
Flying Nun 25th Anniversary boxsets. They are so super limited. Once they are gone, they are gone. So move fast.
No wonder Morr Music put out a collection of covers versions of these treats
from down under.
A real treat. No sheep jokes please.

ROUGH TRADE DJS @ GREEN MAN FESTIVAL

We're so excited about going to the Green Man festival in a couple of weeks' time. In addition to our stall, we'll be playing records at the Green Man Pub - come and join us at 1:30am on the friday night (when the bands have finished!). We'll be playing psych, folk, kraut, rock, roll and everything in between....

You can read more about it here.

See you there!

5MA

We're so excited about receiving our first delivery of records from 5MA. The Irish label specialises in beautifully packaged (screenprints, photographs, letterpress, boxes and fabric to name a few of their fancies) lathe cuts. Current artists to have been given the 5MA treatment include Richard Youngs, Loren Connors, Boduf Songs and Cursillistas, with Six Organs of Admittance, TwinSisterMoon, Gary Higgins and Suishou no Fune (amongst others!) coming up.
Music has never felt so special...

ROUGH TRADE @ THE LEGION 26/08/09

Come and join us at The Legion on Old Street on the 26th of august... We'll be playing records, attempting to fill requests, drinking, dancing and generally having a knees-up.

For directions and details, have a look here.

margot's counter culture playlist 23/07/09

jonsi and alex 'happiness' (emi) riceboy sleeps CD
jackie o motherfucker 'hidden track' (fire records) ballads of the revolution CD
ducktails 'theme of cruising' (release the bats) backyard CD
sic alps 'the news today' (drag city) a long way around to a shortcut CD
local natives 'sun hands' (chess club) sun hands 7"
forest fire 'fortune teller' (broken sound) survival CD
discovery 'i wanna be your boyfriend' (xl) lp CD
clark 'rainbow voodoo' (warp) totems flare CD
onieda 'what's up jackel' (jagjaguwar) rated o CD
rainbow arabia 'haunted hall' (manimal vinyl) kubukimono CD
legions of two 'legions of two' (planet mu) riffs CD
patrick kelleher 'blue eyes' (osaka recordings) you look cold CD
memory cassette 'last one awake' (acephale) call and response ep 7"
bachelorette 'technology boy' (drag city) my electric family CD
shuta hasunuma 'soul osci' (western vinyl) pop ooga plus LP
nisennenmondai 'mirrorball' (smalltown supersound) destination tokyo CD

every thursday 12-1

on resonance 104.4

On the road again...

... this weekend we're at Latitude Festival in Southwold, stop by and say Hi...