The new Counter Culture 2016 compilation collects many of our favourite releases of the last twelve months. Killer tracks that were big hits with our customers alongside staff recommendations and, of course, selections from our Top 10 Albums of the Year. 2016 saw Rough Trade Shops celebrates it's 40th Anniversary, and to make this year's Counter Culture even more special London art collective, Le Gun's wonderful ink interpretations of Rough Trade East & West grace the front cover and body. Sonically the selection remains as variant as ever while it is structured in our familiar style. For example, the post-punk snarl of hotly tipped London upstarts, Shame and the horizontal dub of The Frightnrs rub shoulders with the urban spit of Trim and the agro-grime of Sir Spyro. If you want an audio rundown of 2016's most intriguing tracks, then look no further
