Lizzy Goodman's hefty oral history captures a hot moment for New York City rock in the early 21st century.

All four members of Garbage tell Brian Oake and Jill Riley about the band's new coffee-table book, 'This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake.'

Daniel Wolff's moving history 'Grown-Up Anger' considers the music of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie in the context of fights for labor rights in the 20th century.

Michael Robbins is a poet and a critic who turns, in 'Equipment for Living,' to both poetry and music - and the parallels in how we use the two forms.

In 'Roots, Radicals and Rockers,' Billy Bragg tells the story of a near-forgotten but essential musical moment: the U.K. skiffle craze.

Andrew Flory's new book 'I Hear a Symphony' tells the story of Motown in a way that spotlights its social and musical context, arguing that Berry Gordy helped lead the charge for demolishing the walls between black and white music in mid-century America.

In 'Beatles vs. Stones,' John McMillan unpacks the most legendary rock rivalry of all time. You have to pick one - you can't be neutral.

William McKeen's 'Everybody Had an Ocean' promises to tell the story of 'music and mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles,' and while it delivers much more music than mayhem, it's still a great read.

In his new book 'The Show That Never Ends,' David Weigel tells a detailed history of one of pop music's most divisive sub-genres: prog rock.

In 'Dig If You Will the Picture,' rock critic Ben Greenman writes about various aspects of Prince's life and work: God. Sex. Music. Minneapolis.