Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 21

Everyone’s favourite collection of musical confetti is back for another round in 2021, ready and raring to shower down with some of the best tracks of the year as selected by our staff. Some will be familiar, some won’t, but they’re all great.

Follow our playlist to discover our weekly pick of the hottest new tracks.

CD Tracklisting:

CD1: The Vernon Spring - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) / Hania Rani Buka - Live from Studio S2 / Peace Flag Ensemble - Human Pyramid / Mdou Moctar - Chismiten / Natalie Bergman - Shine Your Light On Me / Clara Mann - I Didn't Know You Were Leaving Today / Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive / Marina Allen - Oh Louise / Big Thief - Change / Riddy Arman - Spirits, Angels, Lies / Katy Kirby - Traffic / Lunar Vacation - Shrug / Horsegirl - Sea Life Sandwich Boy / Typical Girls - Nice Boys / Lande Hekt - Octopussy / Lime Garden - Sick & Tired / Maxwell Farrington - We, Us The Pharaohs / Spencer Cullum - Jack Of Fools / Caleb Landry Jones - Bogie / Whitney K Maryland

CD2: Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul - Blenda / Erol Alkan - Automatic / Lone - Echo Paths / El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem / Mckinley Dixon - Brown Shoulders / Altin Gun - Yug Dag Basinda / Lingua Ignota - Pennyslvania Furnace / Yard Act - Dark Days / Geese - Low Era / FUR - The Fine Line of a Quiet Life / VLURE - Shattered Faith / Silverbacks - A Job Worth Something / Wu-Lu - South / Goa Express - Second Time / Do Nothing - Glueland / Folly Group - Sand Fight / Mandrake Handshake - Monolith / Pom Pom Squad - Crying / The Muckers - So Far Away / Walt Disco - Weightless

Vinyl Tracklisting:

A1: Big Thief - Change A2: Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive A3: Riddy Arman - Spirits, Angels, Lies A4: Horsegirl - Sea Life Sandwich Boy A5: Lunar Vacation - Shrug

B1: Geese - Low Era B2: VLURE - Shattered Faith B3: Lande Hekt - Octopussy B4: The Muckers - So Far Away B5: Yard Act - Dark Days

C1: Maxwell Farrington - We, Us The Pharaohs C2: El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem C3: Wu-Lu - South C4: Mdou Moctar Afrique Victime C5: Altin Gun - Yug Dag Basinda

D1: Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul - Blenda D2: Mandy - Indiana Alien (vinyl only) 3 D3: Marina Allen - Oh Louise D4: Hania Rani Buka - Live from Studio S2 D5: The Vernon Spring - Mercy Mercy Me