History & Criticism
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Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Travelling Evangelist’s Guide to Late 20th-Century Underground Music
$19.99 Add to cartVolcanic Tongue presents the first ever collection of multi-award-winning author David Keenan’s music writings. Keenan has been writing about music since publishing his first fanzine, inspired by The … [more below]
- Author: Keenan, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1399624962
- Language: English
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Le Samoura?
$17.95 Add to cartIn this compelling study, Daisuke Miyao explores Jean-Pierre Melville’s cult 1967 thriller Le Samoura?, a film that unfolds in a coolly stylised Paris where the paths of a contract killer, Jef Costell
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Miyao, Daisuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 11 2026
- ISBN10: 1839029633
- Language: English
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Er: The Oral History
$31.00 Add to cartER: The Oral History is a deep dive into the show that began the modern medical drama phenomenon, and it contains new interviews with over 60 people, including John Wells and Noah Wyle (showrunner and
- Author: Rice, Lynette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1250399580
- Language: English
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The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments
$25.00 Read moreImagined instruments reveal how we shape music–and how music shapes us.
The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments is a guided tour through centuries of instruments that never existed. From ancient- Author: Loughridge, Deirdre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 08 2026
- ISBN10: 1836391854
- Language: English
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Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System’s Last Hurrah
$32.95 Read moreFrom the author of The Genius of the System, the classic tale of Hollywood’s first golden age, comes the story of its last.
Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry red- Author: Schatz, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0520415809
- Language: English
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Punk in 50 Pieces: Punk Rock, Post-Punk, New Wave, and the Five Years That Changed Pop Music Forever
$29.99 Read more“This is an irresistible book that will spark a thousand arguments–and that’s just on the day it’s published. I’m already making my list. I haven’t had so much fun with a work of criticism in years.”
- Author: Dettmar, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 08 2026
- ISBN10: 0063396750
- Language: English
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Chanel Illustrated
$40.00 Read more- Series: Illustrated
- Author: Lyssens, Siska
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 9020988689
- Language: English
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Made on Earth for Rising Stars: The Electro-Harmonix Story
$55.00 Read moreFollow the untold story of how one of America’s greatest companies changed our culture and our music with their unorthodox devices.
In 1968, Mike Matthews founded Electro-Harmonix (EHX) and began assem
- Author: Scott, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 548
- Publish Date: June 23 2026
- ISBN10: 9798992483857
- Language: English
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Emo Revival: Community, Diy, and Rebirth in Post-Hardcore and Emo (2008-2018)
$26.95 Read moreThe story of the reinvention of punk rock’s most misunderstood subgenre, featuring Algernon Cadwallader, Title Fight, Modern Baseball, and the dozens of other bands who saved emo from implosion.
Emo d
- Author: Sacher, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: September 08 2026
- ISBN10: 196804325X
- Language: English
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Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
$30.00 Read moreThe definitive story of the making and legacy of Graceland, Paul Simon’s still-beloved, career-topping 1986 album, drawn from extensive research and exclusive interviews with nearly 100 participants a… [more below]
- Author: Kahn, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 11 2026
- ISBN10: 1668206757
- Language: English
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Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond
$30.00 Read moreJimi Hendrix’s road manager and confidant Eric Barrett breaks fifty-five years of silence
As Jimi Hendrix’s road manager, Eric Barrett was there when the amps blew in Milan, when Hendrix set Woodstoc- Author: Barrett, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 9798895151198
- Language: English
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The Story of the Blues in 50 Songs
$49.99 Add to cartThe Story of the Blues in 50 Songs traces the evolution of the blues and its influence on modern music. Highlighting 50 key recordings, the book explores the genre’s roots in Black American culture an… [more below]
- Author: Evans, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 28 2026
- ISBN10: 076437124X
- Language: English
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The Antiracist Theatre: Crafting Theatrical Collaboration
$24.95 Read moreA how-to guide for theatermakers who want freedom from white supremacy in their creative practices
The Antiracist Theatre offers readers the tools and foundational philosophy to create their own antir
- Author: Brewer, Nicole M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 25 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888906026
- Language: English
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It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. an Afropunk Ending.
$32.00 Read moreFrom the award-winning filmmaker and graphic novelist, comes the untold origin story of the multi-million-dollar AFROPUNK festival–beginning not with big stages or brand sponsorship, but with one mix… [more below]
- Author: Spooner, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 0593701380
- Language: English
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Violent Femmes’ Violent Femmes
$14.95 Read moreThrough rare access to the Violent Femmes and their archives, this book investigates the creation of such iconic songs as “Blister in the Sun”, “Kiss Off”, “Add it Up” and “Prove My Love”, as well as
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Brown, Nic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765133514
- Language: English
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King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon
$44.95 Add to cartThe 1933 KING KONG was not just a terrifying monster movie. It was also an epic fairy tale, a tragic love story, and a landmark piece of cinema that introduced one of the most beloved characters in mo
- Author: Morton, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 02 2026
- ISBN10: 149307637X
- Language: English
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Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
$17.95 Read moreA historian and Bram Stoker Award nominee traces the birth of modern horror movies and literature back to World War I, exploring how the conflict influenced H.P. Lovecraft, Franz Kafka, and other arti… [more below]
- Author: Poole, W. Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1640092668
- Language: English
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Outlander and Scotland: Touchstones and Signposts
$28.95 Add to cartWhat is the ‘Outlander Effect’?
How does Outlander shape understanding of clan identity and Jacobite allegiance?
How does the series balance modern feminist perspectives with historical realities?
How do
- Author: Maley, Willy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: February 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1804253340
- Language: English
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Stiff Little Fingers’ Inflammable Material
$14.95 Read moreSituating the band and its groundbreaking debut within the context of The Troubles, this book explores the band’s complicated and controversial relationship with the Belfast punk scene, a scene that a
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Dunn, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765133248
- Language: English
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Search & Destroy: The Complete Archive
$24.95 Read moreThe collected run of the groundbreaking and iconoclastic zine.
From 1977 to 1979, Search & Destroy chronicled the birth of San Francisco’s punk scene with an intensity and vision that transformed musi- Author: Vale, V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1965874266
- Language: English
