History & Criticism - General
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Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the ’70s
$20.00 Read moreTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul’s in-depth narrative look at the Allman Brothers’ most successful album, and a portrait of an era in rock and roll and- Author: Paul, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1250858356
- Language: English
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall
$29.95 Add to cart“Leonard Cohen is a literary masterpiece — the seminal, comprehensive biography of a multitalented man who wrote more than his share of literary masterpieces himself.” — Foreword, Starred Review
“Wi- Author: Lebold, Christophe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1770417443
- Language: English
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For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet
$25.95 Add to cartThe clarinetist Rebecca Rischin has written a captivating book…. Her research dispels several long-cherished myths about the 1941 premiere…. Rischin lovingly brings to life the other musicians–?t
- Author: Rischin, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 13 2006
- ISBN10: 0801472970
- Language: English
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Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville
$14.95 Read moreAlthough Exile in Guyville was celebrated as one of the year’s top records by Spin and the New York Times, it was also, to some, an abomination: a mockery of the Rolling Stones’ most revered record an
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Arnold, Gina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 22 2014
- ISBN10: 1441162577
- Language: English
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Fugazi’s in on the Kill Taker
$14.95 Read moreBy June 1993, when Washington, D.C.’s Fugazi released their third full-length album In on the Kill Taker, the quartet was reaching a thunderous peak in popularity and influence. With two EPs (combined
- Series: 33 1/3 #129
- Author: Gross, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 19 2018
- ISBN10: 1501321390
- Language: English
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Wire’s Pink Flag
$14.95 Add to cartIn contrast with many of their punk peers, Wire were enigmatic and cerebral, always keeping a distance from the crowd. Although Pink Flag appeared before the end of 1977, it was already a meta-comment… [more below]
- Series: 33 1/3 #62
- Author: Neate, Wilson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0826429149
- Language: English
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A Little History of Music
$15.00 Add to cartA superbly engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory to the present
Music excites and moves us perhaps more than any other art form. From a Neanderthal’s bone flute to the festivals o- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Philip, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279086
- Language: English
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Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening
$32.00 Add to cartA kaleidoscopic history of the Grateful Dead that explores the American counterculture through the life of iconoclastic frontman Jerry Garcia, and his merry band
In 1965, in Palo Alto, Jerry Garcia op- Author: Newton, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0593447050
- Language: English
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501 Essential Albums of the ’80s: The Music Fan’s Definitive Guide
$40.00 Add to cartBreak out the parachute pants, jelly shoes, and Aqua Net and indulge in this nostalgic illustrated trip through the 1980s’ most influential albums across all genres.
In 501 Essential Albums of the ’80- Author: Graff, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0760393362
- Language: English
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Buzz Me in: Inside the Record Plant Studios
$39.95 Add to cartIn the seventies, Record Plant studios was at the heart of the largest boom in record production in music history. With studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Sausalito, and a fleet of remote recording
- Author: Porter, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 500028699
- Language: English
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Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, and the Art of Rock Promotion
$24.95 Add to cartGliders Over Hollywood tells the exhilarating true story of a blue-collar kid nicknamed ‘Rap’ who grew up in thrall to rock’n’roll, then found himself right in the middle of many of his heroes’ lives
- Author: Rappaport, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 191682918X
- Language: English
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And the Roots of Rhythm Remain
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illumina
- Series: ZE #6
- Author: Boyd, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798988670056
- Language: English
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Room 100: Sid, Nancy, and the Night Punk Rock Died
$26.95 Add to cartRoom 100 chronicles the tragic story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, punk rock’s very own Romeo and Juliet. Through a wealth of archival material, plus new and exclusive interviews from rock luminar… [more below]
- Author: Pollack, Jesse P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 149305063X
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Music: From Bone Flutes to Synthesizers, Hildegard of Bingen to Beyonc? – 5,000 Years of Instrument and Song
$16.95 Add to cartNo other art is as popular–or pervasive–as music. With just a few clicks, anyone can cue up (and critique) Chopin or Cher, The Bangles or The Beatles–even the brand-new Beyonc?. But things weren’t
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Ford, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893030525
- Language: English
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Roll with It: Oasis in Photographs 1994-2002
$40.00 Add to cart‘Sheehan captures the rise and fall of Oasis over a wild decade’
‘Enough to make you mad fer it all over again’
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-ROLLING STONE RELIVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF LEGENDARY PHOTO- Author: Sheehan, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1035429012
- Language: English
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Run the Song: Writing about Running about Listening
$18.00 Add to cartA revelatory exploration of the relationship between music and running by one of our foremost music writers
Out the front door, across the street, down the hill, and into Van Cortlandt Park in the Bron- Author: Ratliff, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1644453282
- Language: English
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
$22.00 Add to cartFreshly revised and chock-full of new, vibrant stories, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is the “lively and . . . necessary” (New York Times Book Review), and first and foremost definitive history of the
- Author: Brewster, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0802163904
- Language: English
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You Don’t Know Me But You Don’t Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music’s Most Maligned Tribes
$18.99 Add to cartOne of Rolling Stone’s 20 Best Music Books of 2013When memoirist and head writer for The A.V. Club Nathan Rabin first set out to write about obsessed music fans, he had no idea the journey would take … [more below]
- Author: Rabin, Nathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1451626886
- Language: English
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Music and Technology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMark Katz surveys the age-old interrelationship between music and technology, from prehistoric musical instruments to today’s digital playback devices.
This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Katz, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0199946981
- Language: English
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Shoegaze
$19.95 Read moreWhat the hell is shoegaze? A scene? A movement? A sound? Back in the Nineties, many would have said the so-called genre was entirely fabricated. The term itself, an offensive piss-take given by the no
- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3
- Author: Pinkard, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 9798765103418
- Language: English
