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…

Harvey Kubernik

Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child

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…

Randall Sullivan

LAbyrinth

Award-winning journalist Randall Sullivan's searing investigation uncovers a mass of connections to Suge Knight and his infamous label Death Row Records. But as Sullivan follows his leads into the darkes…

Marcia Barrett

Forward

Coming to London aged thirteen from desperate poverty in Jamaica; pregnant at fifteen after being abused by a family friend; fifteen years later singing in Boney M, one of the biggest international groups…

Philip Norman

Slowhand

Philip Norman was born in London and brought up on the Isle of Wight. He joined the Sunday Times at twenty-two, soon gaining a reputation as Atticus columnist and for his profiles of figures as diverse as…

Tori Amos

An Artistic Resistance

Structured chronologically around her most famous songs, Amos opens up the lyrics to broader discussions of issues from climate change to women's rights to fascism encroaching on the world's most powerful…

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…

Jim Morrison

The Collected Works of Jim Morrison

Created in collaboration with the estate of Jim Morrison and inspired by a posthumously discovered list written by Morrison entitled "Plan for Book,” The Collected Works of Jim Morrison is a landmark publ…

Sara Dallin

Really Saying Something