Music

Simon Reynolds

Retromania

The first book to make sense of 21st Century pop, "Retromania" explores rock's nostalgia industry of revivals, reissues, reunions and remakes, and argues that there has never before been a culture so obse…

Morrissey

Autobiography

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he ha…

Robert Hilburn

Johnny Cash

In Johnny Cash: The Life, Robert Hilburn conveys the untarnished truth about a musical icon. Drawing upon his personal experience with Cash and a trove of never-before-seen material from the singer's inne…

Mark Lewisohn

Beatles - All These Years: Tune In. Volume 1

First part of the definitive three-volume biography of the Beatles,,(...) in der Gesamtschau ist dieses epische Werk ein Muss." (Rolling Stone, Dezember 2013)The Beatles have been at the top for fifty yea…

Gardiner, John E., Sir

Music in the Castle of Heaven

In this remarkable book, John Eliot Gardiner distils the fruits of a lifetime's immersion as one of Bach's greatest living interpreters.Sir John Eliot Gardiner is one of the world's leading conductors, no…

David Byrne

How Music Works

From the frontman of Talking Heads comes David Byrne's magnum opus on the subject of musicDavid Byrne is a Scottish-born Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and co-founder of Talking Heads. He has been the recipi…

Patti Smith

Just Kids

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and in…

Patti Smith

Patti Smith Complete 1975-2006: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future

An intimate and forthright collection of images illustrating the remarkable career and lyrical output of "one of rocks original poets" (The New York Times).The release of any new material by legendary poe…

Legs McNeil

Please Kill Me

The story of Punk across the whole spectrum, from Andy Warhol's Factory, through Patti Smith, The New York Dolls and Iggy Pop, to The Sex Pistols and The Clash. 16pp b / w illus.

Paul Hartnoll

Halcyon and On and On: The Story of Orbital and the Rise of Rave

By the end of the book, I fully expect that to many people I'm going to look like a right ***t.' Paul Hartnoll, Orbital The Gallagher brothers of the rave scene, Paul and Phil Hartnoll together make Orb…

James Patterson

The Last Days of John Lennon

Bob Spitz

Led Zeppelin

Mariah Carey

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

Eilon Paz

Stompbox

A photographic celebration of the unsung hero of guitar music-the effects pedal-featuring interviews with 100 musicians. As soon as the first effects pedals were introduced in the 1960s, they were adopt…

Alex Ross

Wagnerism

Sara Dallin

Really Saying Something

Warren Ellis

Nina Simone's Gum

Carl Cox

Oh Yes, Oh Yes

A legend who was instrumental in the birth of dance music culture and is still the heartbeat of the global dance music scene, Carl Cox is finally ready to tell his incredible story. From warm up DJ on t…

Miles Marshall Lewis

Promise That You Will Sing About Me

From pop culture critic and music journalist, Miles Marshall Lewis comes a book about the power and poetry of Kendrick Lamar! Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record …