Blog: A Town Full of Losers

I watched an interesting documentary about Rough Trade records on BBC 4 last night. Rough Trade is most famous for introducing the wonderful music of The Smiths to the world, but their roster also included such diverse acts as The Raincoats, Scritti Politti and Ivor Cutler. The show featured brief performances by these acts and others, as well as archive and new interviews with many of the label's key players, including label founder Geoff Travis and Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Rough Trade began as an independent record store in London just as punk rock hit the scene in [...]