Romy returns with a new single and music video ‘Love Who You Love’. The track serves as a symbolic closing chapter to Mid Air – her bold 2023 debut solo album exploring the intimacy of queer love and self-discovery. Produced by BloodPop, Romy, and Jamie xx, ‘Love Who You Love’ is a labor of love having been in Romy’s care since 2020. It’s a powerful message of liberation, one that...
The ‘Megaton’ seven-inch edition featuring the track ‘Give ‘Em What They Want’ as its B-side is out now. Available on red vinyl from the band and Rough Trade Records’ web store, on blue from indie record shops and on general sale on black wax. Continuing the duo’s on-going collaboration with the charity War Child, all proceeds from the release will be donated to support War Child’s life-changing work with children...
Charlotte Day Wilson returns with her new single, ‘Selfish’, out now. A master of emotionally charged vocals and self-produced soul, Wilson’s new offering continues to redefine the sound of contemporary R&B with cinematic soundscapes and her commanding yet tender voice. ‘Selfish’ opens with a warm resonance of electric piano and subtle basslines layered over a steady beat loop, allowing Wilson’s signature ethereal vocals to float effortlessly over the instrumental. Her...
Jim Legxacy shares the music video for ‘06 wayne rooney’, a crowd-igniting favourite from black british music (2025). It arrives alongside the announcement of the LP and CD versions of the mixtape now available to pre-order following a victorious headline tour across the major strongholds of the UK, and a sold-out tour in North America which starts this week. A rapper with intensity, a vocalist with passion and a producer...
Shad’s Start Anew is out now, his seventh studio album and the conclusion in a trilogy of socially conscious works including 2018’s A Short Story About a War and 2021’s TAO. He shares the final single from the album, ‘Slanted,’ a track about “the proverbial ‘slippery slope’ as it plays it out specifically in terms of economic and political power.” This year marks 20 years of Shad in music, a...
Babyshambles’ iconic debut album Down In Albion will be remastered and reissued to mark its 20th Anniversary. Released in November 2005, the band’s first full length record will be available expanded to include a number of sessions tracks, rarities and b-sides from the time in a double vinyl edition. It will be available on limited edition cream-coloured vinyl plus a blue-coloured vinyl edition only available via the Babyshambles and Rough...
Electronic music icon Tiga announces his forthcoming album HOTLIFE, set for release on April 17, 2026, with a long-awaited new single ‘ECSTASY SURROUNDS ME’ out now. The Canadian producer, DJ, and label head delivers an emotive masterpiece, blurring the lines between eloquent introspection and peak-time club euphoria. ‘ECSTASY SURROUNDS ME’ sparked an Instagram riot way back in 2023 when Tiga teased a brief excerpt. Fans flooded his DMs with thousands...
keiyaA unveils her highly anticipated sophomore album hooke’s law, along with the album’s final preview earlier in the week — the yearning new single and video ‘k.i.s.s.’ The third chapter in keiyaA’s ongoing collaboration with co-director Caity Arthur, the ‘k.i.s.s.’ video places her at the center of a sudsy, carwash fantasy encounter-where flirtation turns into choreography and reminiscence for late-’90s/early-’00s playful swagger of classic R&B videos while twisting nostalgia into...
Rough Trade Records are excited to announce a new stand-alone single by Lankum. Originally created for an Oona Doherty dance show ‘Specky Clark’ at Sadler’s Well earlier this year, the single is a devastatingly powerful and otherworldly interpretation of The Specials’ 1981 number one ‘Ghost Town’. Watch the stunning video shot in location in County Wicklow spanning 8 mins, made by the renowned director Leonn Ward, with cinematography by Robbie...
Makaya McCraven releases four new EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop. Available digitally worldwide and to order as a 2xLP and 2xCD compilation titled Off the Record. In line with the album’s release, the acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist kicks off his European and UK tour in Berlin. The 18-stop excursion sees him stop off in the likes of Utrecht, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris,...
In September, Big Thief released their new album Double Infinity. The album quickly garnered widespread praise from fans and critics alike. Now, on the heels of the band’s sold-out Forest Hills Stadium show – their largest New York headline show to date – they share their performance of ‘Grandmother’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The song was performed by an impressive 12-piece band including Lenker, Meek, Krivchenia, Joshua...
Treanne releases her deeply moving new single ‘I Fell In Love’. The track marks the first new music from Treanne since her 2024 EP 20/20, a striking showcase of her prowess as both songwriter and vocalist that cemented her as a compelling new voice in this genre. Written and recorded during her time in London, ‘I Fell In Love’ captures the fragile intensity of first heartbreak and the quiet resilience...
Bartees Strange releases his brand new EP, Shy Bairns Get Nowt, after announcing the project last week. Out now on all streaming platforms, the EP features music recorded while making the recent album Horror, including new single ‘Ain’t Nobody Making Me High’ – a love song punctuated by impassioned ad-libs and ear-catching sing-along chorus. The EP also contains Horror producer Jack Antonoff’s version of ‘Baltimore’. On the EP, Strange says:...
Sleaford Mods will release their new album, The Demise Of Planet X, on 16 January 2026. The record is available to pre-order and pre-save now, with a limited-edition version on neon green marbled vinyl with glow in the dark sleeve (exclusive to independent record shops). The album will also be available on black vinyl, CD and cassette, the latter coming in a fetching shade of toxic green. Sleaford Mods will...
To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the release of his second album LAHAI, Sampha releases a previously-unheard song ‘Cumulus / Memory’. Co-written with, and featuring backing vocals from Romy, the self-produced two-part suite sees Sampha at his understated, elegant best. It was originally recorded as part of the LAHAI album sessions but remained unfinished until now, with Sampha continuing to work on it over the subsequent two years between spells...
Ten years ago, Meg Remy began her collaborative relationship with 4AD, starting with the release of her fifth album under the U.S. Girls moniker, 2015’s breakthrough Half Free. Today, celebrating ten years of Half Free and commemorating the evolution she has experienced over ten years with 4AD, Remy returns with a brand-new U.S. Girls two-track project entitled ‘Running Errands (Yesterday)’ b/w ‘Running Errands (Today)’. In the last decade of songcraft,...
