NEVER UNDERSTOOD: up close & personal with THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
The Jesus And Mary Chain's early days are well-documented in Ben Thompson's assisted oral history of the band with plenty of honesty and deadpan humour.
The Jesus And Mary Chain's early days are well-documented in Ben Thompson's assisted oral history of the band with plenty of honesty and deadpan humour.
From Jennifer Lucy Allan, Clay: A Human History veers off into creation myths, sacred geometry, Japanese Buddhism and the surface of Mars.
Ted Kessler lays out the wild and tumultuous life of painter, author, poet, photographer, filmmaker, singer and guitarist Billy Childish: the very definition of a cult figure.
Hip Hop Is History is a semi-autobiographical rummage through the genre’s half-century lifespan, from Questlove’s personal perspective.
Daniel De Visé’ pieces together the definitive telling of the making of The Blues Brothers, a hit movie on release 44 years ago and a cult favourite since.
As Strange Things Are Happening makes clear, Richard Norris might not be a household musical name, but's he's still a countercultural lodestone.
Johnny Cash left a seriously hefty musical canon behind when he passed in 2003. This wonderful book is a fitting testament to that legacy.
Everything you’ve ever wanted or needed to know about The Cure, lovingly compiled by Simon Price - a man well placed to do so.
As Sly Stone has been out of the public eye since the 90s, his new memoir - Thank You - comes as a welcome surprise, and worth the wait.
From the Warhol years via Reed’s Transformer to Cale’s recent beauty Mercy, there is much to devour and savour within the pages of Velvet Underground oral history Loaded.
Much more than your usual rock band biography, Come My Fanatics is a trip through the life and times of a band whose beliefs and lifestyle go way beyond mere music.
Discover the untold story of Factory Records and its unsung heroines in Audrey Golden's I Thought I Heard You Speak. An early contender for music book of the year.