Music

Mark Mordue Hardcover | 15.88 x 3.81 x 23.5 cm | 432 pp Atlantic Books | 2021 | 9781838953690 An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story, a...

Thurston Moore Hardcover | 16.38 x 3.99 x 23.88 cm | 467 pp Doubleday | 2023 | 9780385548656 From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to...

Jerry Dantzic, Grayson Dantzic & Zadie Smith Hardcover | 24 x 2 x 31.2 cm | 144 pp Thames & Hudson | 2017 | 9780500544655 In 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday during a two-week run of performances...

Hardcover | 15.88 x 4.06 x 23.5 cm | 352 pp Omnibus Press | 2022 | 9781913172213 Over fifty years on from Britain’s first Pride march, the long road to LGBT equality continues. Through protest songs and gay club nights, street theatre activism and...

Daryl Easlea Softcover | 15.88 x 4.32 x 23.5 cm | 356 pp Omnibus Press | 2020 | 9781785588440  With their era-defining music and instantly recognisable look, Chic's reputation as pioneers of disco has endured long after the movement itself. A must-read for any disco...

Art Garfunkel Hardcover | 13.46 x 2.79 x 21.08 cm | 256 pp Random House | 2017 | 9780385352475 From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel - a memoir (of sorts); moving, lyrical impressions, interspersed throughout a narrative, punctuated by poetry, musings, lists...

Peter Richmond Softcover | 13.97 x 3.25 x 21.59 cm | 576 pp Picador | 2007 | 9780312426613 "I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, and Mr. Cary Grant." So said Miss Peggy Lee. Albert Einstein adored her; Duke Ellington dubbed her "the Queen." With...

Jimmy McDonough Hardcover | 16.19 x 3.18 x 24.45 cm | 304 pp Da Capo Press | 2017 | 9780306822674 With songs like "Love and Happiness," "I'm Still in Love with You," and "Tired of Being Alone," Al Green is considered by many to be...

Matt Lee & Craig Kallman Hardcover | 23.4 x 2.21 x 28.19 cm | 256 pp Welbeck Publishing | 2021 | 9781787393073 Matt Lee has been collecting Rolling Stones memorabilia for more than two decades. He amassed so much that he had to move...

Bob Dylan Hardcover | 18.73 x 3.3 x 23.18 cm | 352 pp Simon & Schuster | 2022 | 9781451648706 The Philosophy of Modern Song offers Bob Dylan's extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He offers us sixty essays focusing on songs by...

Alan McGee Hardcover | 15.2 x 3 x 24.2 cm | 320 pp Allen & Unwin | 2024 | 9781838957988 From founding Creation Records to discovering Oasis, How to Run an Indie Label offers a no-holds-barred rampage through gigs, clubs, boardrooms, drugs and booze that...

Terry Gans Hardcover | 15.88 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm | 264 pp Red Planet Books | 2020 | 9781912733392 Bob Dylan's 1983 album Infidels was a departure from his previous works in so many ways - lyrics, music, production and spirit. It is unique...

Martin Popoff Hardcover in slipcase | 26.64 x 2.49 x 27.13 cm | 176 pp Motorbooks | 2023 | 9780760379271  Take a deep dive into one of the best-selling albums ever with this beautifully produced and authoritatively written slipcased edition. Veteran rock critic Martin Popoff leaves...

Simon Spence Softcover | 11.1 x 2.3 x 17.8 cm | 204 pp Backstage Books | 2024 | 9781739477936 Available in two editions, with cover photographs by Jill Furmanovsky and Roger Sargent. Feeling Supersonic is a compendium, a celebration and a roadmap to the remarkable...

Simon Reynolds Softcover | 13 x 3.4 x 19.6 cm | 416 pp White Rabbit | 2024 | 9780306833786 Futuromania is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow: the vanguard genres and heroic innovators who prefigure and shape pop music's future. It...

Hardcover | 16.26 x 3.05 x 23.62 cm | 272 pp Hachette | 2022 | 9780306828027 An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam...

Chris Frantz Hardcover | 16.38 x 3.38 x 24.23 cm | 384 pp St. Martin's Press | 2020 | 9781250209221 One of the most dynamic groups of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Talking Heads, founded by drummer Chris Frantz, his girlfriend Tina Weymouth, and lead...

Dylan Jones Hardcover | 16.6 x 3.8 x 23.6 cm | 400 pp White Rabbit | 2023 | 9781538756560 Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s, The Velvet Underground represent ground...

Inder Paul Sandhu Hardcover | 14.8 x 1 x 21 cm | 116 pp Inder Paul Sandhu | 2025 | 9781036965396 Ashes & Architecture pairs poems with images as a journey through creation, collapse, and reconstruction. Each poem mirrors a track from Inder's album...

Chris Roberts Hardcover | 13.34 x 2.29 x 21.59 cm | 192 pp Palazzo Editions | 2022 | 9781786751133 Over half a century since they exploded inevitably onto New York’s underground music and art scenes, the legacy and mythology of The Velvet Underground continues to...