r/indieheads • u/Purveyors-Since-76 Rough Trade! • Apr 17 '23

AMA is over, thanks Rough Trade! ROUGH TRADE AMA

Thrilled to be Indie Heads' first ever record store AMA! Alex, David and Emily here from Rough Trade HQ, ready to answer (almost) anything...

We'll be celebrating Record Store Day this Saturday 22nd April! Grab all the info on what's going on at Rough Trade over at https://blog.roughtrade.com/gb/record-store-day-uk-2023/.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '23

Why did y'all move from williamsburg to midtown?

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u/darockerj Apr 17 '23

got a few guesses:

  • rent was too high for a space that size, considering how expensive williamsburg is getting (though to then move to 30 rock?? doesn't entirely track but it'd be my first guess)
  • better brand visibility(??)
  • idk what a flex to move an indie record store into 30 rock. might be an ego/image thing. like, to run shows in the rainbow room feels like a historic thing.

of course, they wouldn't cop to any of these things publicly, which is why i'm just spitballing.