Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Paul Weller: Sounds from the Studio' August 15, 2018 A strange and largely useless new book spotlights the long career of a post-punk legend.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Beyonce in Formation' August 8, 2018 Scholar Omise'eke Tinsley writes about the many doors opened by one of today's most vital artists.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Jason Heller's 'Strange Stars' August 1, 2018 In 'Strange Stars,' Jason Heller chronicles the many ways in which science fiction suffused popular music in the 1970s.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Michael Nesmith's 'Infinite Tuesday' July 25, 2018 The former Monkee's 'autobiographical riff' is precisely that. Reader beware.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Krautrock! July 18, 2018 An academic analysis of krautrock and a new biography of Can add up to a 21st century examination of the legacy of a short-lived but highly influential genre.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Two new accounts of the Clash July 11, 2018 Two new books follow 'the only band that matters' from their debut album to their anticlimactic swan song.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Seymour Stein's 'Siren Song' June 27, 2018 Seymour Stein's 'Siren Song' advertises itself as 'the autobiography of America's greatest living record man: spotter of rock talent from the Ramones to Madonna.'
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'David Bowie Made Me Gay' June 20, 2018 Darryl W. Bullock's 'David Bowie Made Me Gay' chronicles the history of LGBT music in the recorded era. It's a must-read for music fans during Pride month.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'The World's Greatest Music Festival Challenge' June 13, 2018 'The World's Greatest Music Festival Challenge' asks readers to find legendary artists hiding in illustrations of festivals like Woodstock, Newport, and Glastonbury.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Duncan Hannah's '20th Century Boy' June 6, 2018 Duncan Hannah left Minnesota for New York in 1971. He kept diaries, now collected in '20th Century Boy,' that chronicled his interactions with the likes of Television, Talking Heads, and Nico.