2.7K views | Tyler Ballgame has released his newest offering 'Matter of Taste'. Taken from the debut album, out January 30th. Listen / watch 'Matter of Taste' - https://tylerballgame.ffm.to/matteroftaste Pre-Order 'For The First Time, Again' - https://tylerballgame.ffm.to/firsttime | Rough Trade Records | Facebook

Happy International Women’s Day! From lyrical prowess to electronic production, queens of punk rock, hip hop MCs and girls with guitars, women have been instrumental in shaping the genres and musical scenes we know and love. https://blog.roughtrade.com/gb/rough-trade-essential-women-in-music/ Today and every day we celebrate the mammoth contribution by women to our music culture. In Rough Trade’s near 50-year history we recognise how far we’ve come as an industry, while acknowledging there is st

Most medieval defenses were built around a simple assumption: danger comes from the coast or the roads. Put watchmen on headlands. Fortify the gates. Patrol the main routes. Rivers, meanwhile, were treated as lifelines—for trade, fishing, ferries, and everyday movement. The Vikings looked at the same rivers and saw something colder: highways into the heart of a country. The longship made that possible. Long, narrow, and relatively light, it was built with overlapping planks (clinker construction