New Folk at Rough Trade
One of my ‘must dos’ of my recent trip to London was to visit the new Rough Trade East flagship record store off Brick Lane, a stone’s throw from the City square mile. Rough Trade were forced to close the basement store in the heart of Covent Garden due a hike in rental charges and this new shop is an ‘up yours’ to any logical economic assessment of the future of CD sales – down 10% in the first half of 2007 and continuing to slide as digital sales and file sharing escalates. In the longer term, Rough Trade’s existence as a physical entity looks to be highly fragile but for the moment it’s good to browse and look for new discoveries just like in the old days! Continue reading
