Music

This is a story about living without a safety net and getting away with it. Teenage punk rock milkman Ross Lomas…

This photo-heavy book captures the early 1980's San Francisco metal scene, where headbangers turned their noses up…

From disenchanted Catholic schoolgirl and glam maniac to instigator on the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Nancy Barile…

NPR's Best Book of the Year: A mixed-race punk rock musician is confronted with the the real dangers of being…

From the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George Harrison, from the…

Meet the minds behind melodic hardcore legends Bad Religion: Greg Graffin, a Wisconsin kid who sang in the choir…

This zine devoted to its creator's twin passions for heavy metal and wine tries to be a force of joy and distraction…

Love wine? And heavy metal? The creators of this excellent zine series do too, and they are fully committed to bringing…

A collection of personal essays that detail the west coast punk scene from 1977-1982 from well known participants in the…

A fanzine for creative, obsessive music fans that harks back to early influences of growing up in the early 80s,…

A notebook and planner with daily updates on the most important historical events that took place in hip hop culture on…

In the late 70s, punk rock music began to evolve into the post-punk and new wave movements that dominated until the…

Not since Elvis have fans been so obsessed with a singer, one of the best lyricists and charismatic front men in music…

These interviews are collected from throughout Bowie's career, including both the first he ever gave, at age 16, and…

Punk rock arrived in Texas in 1978 along with the Sex Pistols' tour, and stayed for good—and Pat…

Three panels, every day since 2001. TWENTY years of Snake Pit! Seven books! Snake Pit is nothing if not consistent in…

A nostalgic history of boy bands, from New Kids on the Block to 1D. Full color Tiger Beat style graphics illustrate the…

Rap was born centuries ago in West Africa with historians or 'griots' who used to tell stories of the past over…

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and…

Travel along with Patti Smith as she draws out her dreamscape in front of you in her year of solitude. Grappling with…

KISS is one of the most outrageous—and yet the most enduring—of rock bands, with an unparalleled, almost…

When men told her that women couldn’t become conductors, Antonia Brico wasn’t listening to those discourging…

A revival of interest in vinyl music has taken place in recent years but for many it never went…

Matt Berninger of the National says "I've decided to have kids just so I'll have somebody to give this book…

In this collection of essays Hanif Abdurraqib interprets the world through music and culture. He writes about…

An exploration of punk spirit and avant-garde theory through their most contentious and scandalous participants.…