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Pushing the limits of static, hiss, and high-pitched whines, noise music seeks to find expression just beyond the boundaries of general listener comfort and demonstrate how anyone can learn to love noise. But it’s frequently one of the most misunderstood genres of music, often dismissed by...

Latin American alternative rock found its identity in the combination of popular music genres like cumbia and son, traditional folk, ska, hip hop, and punk. The artists leading those fusions formed the Alterlatino movement, a coalition involving musicians from across the continent who had...

An alternative history of how secret recordings, shadow discographies, and rogue collectors shaped popular music. With an epic scope, The Invisible Hit Parade challenges the history of recorded music as it’s usually told. Tracing the impact of viral hits from wax cylinders to the streaming age...

Behind global sensations like Bad Bunny and Karol G lies a history of migration and powerful expressions of resistance and liberation. This book explores reggaetón's journey from underground Caribbean party music to its daring catapult into global popularity. Exploring historic locales and...

Women in Country celebrates the biggest female musicians and key players who changed the face of country music over the last 100 years Women in Country is a beautifully illustrated book highlighting women who contributed greatly to the growth of country music artistically and commercially over...

What if the story of classical music we've inherited is only half the story? Maestra uncovers the women whose brilliance shaped a millennium of sound From the medieval visionary Hildegard von Bingen and the Romantic-era composer Fanny Hensel to the electronic pioneer Delia Derbyshire and...

From Bach’s fugues to Britney’s choruses, Sarah Hart shows how maths shapes the music that shapes our lives. What makes music work? Why do rhythms move us and melodies stay with us for life? In 5, 6, 7, 8!, mathematician and bestselling author Sarah Hart unlocks the fascinating connections...

An ambitious, sprawling biography of the musical soundscape of New York City from the Ice Age to the present, examining how the landscape, architecture, and politics of the city formed the music that emanated from it and changed how musicians and writers across all genres thought about their...

Celebrating a subgenre that came out of flyover country but connected with the world, Midwest Emo traces modern emo's ubiquitousness back to its origins in Illinois, Wisconsin, and surrounding Midwestern states through more than 50 original interviews with members of formative bands like Cap'n...

An intimate view into the life of Little Richard, the trailblazing artist who helped create rock 'n' roll out of the Black church traditions of the Jim Crow South—a rousing elegy for the Black church boy who harnessed his queerness to become one of the world’s great performers, even as he...

In a piercing blend of biography, criticism, and memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Salamishah Tillet explores Nina Simone’s life and the impact of her legacy. In Nina Simone and the World She Made, Salamishah Tillet traces Nina Simone’s transformation from child prodigy to musical icon...

The unmissable memoir of a life at the heart of 60s culture – from Lennon and McCartney, to the Mersey Beat Poets and more. Who was John Lennon’s first girlfriend? Who is the only woman to have dated Lennon and McCartney? And Tom Wolfe. And Anthony ‘Madchester’ Wilson. And married Roger...

Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist. By examining one hundred of his compositions, a portrait emerges of the man behind the music. Lebrecht has immersed himself in the rich catalogue of Beethoven recordings and presents a unique picture of the man through his music. He selects...

A lively and engaging history of the brass band in Britain and beyond Brass bands have played a unique role in the cultural history of Britain. Amidst the industrial revolution, an increasingly urban population turned to music for mass entertainment. Brass bands became intimately associated with...

The thrilling story of underground rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s—tracing the emergence of shoegaze and grunge as the era’s defining sounds—from acclaimed music writer Simon Reynolds, author of Rip It Up and Start Again. Twenty years after his celebrated postpunk best-seller, Rip...

A rich history of one of our most popular kinds of song―and a celebration of Christmas music The English Christmas carol has been sung in court and cloister, tavern and field since medieval times. But with the first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in 1880―and with a view to encouraging...

異端にしてど真ん中。芸能史と音楽批評から"アナーキーなポップスター"の創造の源泉と表現の神髄に迫る。 「異端にしてど真ん中」の傑作群を世に放ち、比類なき地平を切り拓いてきた星野源。

'The masterpiece The Beatles deserved' Vox 'The finest piece of Fabs scholarship ever published' MOJO Revolution in the Head goes to the heart of The Beatles – their records. Drawing on his unique knowledge and experience to 'read' their tracks, Ian MacDonald offers a detailed examination of...

"Pitchfork really did change music forever, which makes Ryan Schreiber one of the major innovators of this era. This book is a fascinating exploration into Pitchfork, and as a tribute, I put it at number one in my list of top books of the year." — Fred Armisen "More than a gripping memoir...

笑うやつは笑え、俺の決めた道さーー 一歩でも前へ。 ２人の好きな音楽、愛車、地元ヨコハマ、人生までも語り尽くした奇跡の対談。 新曲の"とっておき"ウラ話も満載。 ・横浜サウンドと本牧への憧れ ・ままならぬ人生から生まれ出るのがブルース ・新曲の原点は「アングリーヤングメン」