Books/Zines

Hardback 480 pages

'If you have yet to explore her cosmic music, begin, as Andy Beta did, with... 

The authorized biography of singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle

When Justin Townes Earle died in 2020... 

Thanks to a thrown beer bottle and a fan letter to a P.O. box, Melissa Auf der Maur's first band scored an opening slot for the Smashing Pumpkins in her bohemian home town, Montreal. Sensing Melissa's talent, Billy Corgan recommended her to Courtney Love. Whisked... 

A New York Times Bestseller · An Apple Best Book of the Month, February 2025An unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary life-one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood in 'slummy, one-horse towns'; obsessive desire; bursts of comedy; and indispensable friendships, reflecting... 

Paperback / softback 368 pages The inside story of The Cure'Beautifully realised' Irish TimesComing of age in Thatcher's Britain in the late 70s and early 80s was really tough, especially if you lived in Crawley. But against the grinding austerity, social... 

Paperback / softback 256 pages

'Goth can plausibly claim to be the near-definitive word on the subject' - GuardianGoth is an entertaining and... 

Paperback / softback 360 pages

At last, the authorized biography of Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), who wrote such unforgettable songs... 

Paperback / softback 544 pages Volcanic Tongue presents the first ever collection of multi-award-winning author David Keenan's music writings'A thing of beauty' DAVID HOLMES'A celebration of obsessives, misfits... 

Paperback / softback 379 pages

''A fascinating insight into the boredom, ambition, conflicts and genius behind one... 

Hardback 598 pages

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES, GRAMMY-NOMINATED BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, ROLLING STONE, AND... 

Hardback 272 pages

Almost Grown is a raw, honest, and often funny account of how a hyperactive kid from Queens made his dreams... 

Paperback / softback 256 pages, 31 b/w illustrations Erin Osmon presents a detailed, human account of the Rust Belt–born musician Jason Molina—a visionary, prolific, and at times cantankerous singer-songwriter with an autodidactic style that captivated his... 

Paperback / softback 464 pages The definitive story of the slackers and shoegazers who reinvented rock. Twenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the... 

Paperback / softback 608 pages

Grunge, also known as the 'Seattle Sound', emerged from the Pacific north-west in the early part of the 1980s. With the... 

Paperback / softback 448 pages

The unique and adventurous sounds that German bands like Can, Neu! or Kraftwerk produced in post-war 60s Germany, now... 

Hardback 272 pages The next instalment in the Disco Pogo Tribute series is the legendary electronic artist Aphex Twin. This follows the hugely successful Disco Pogo Tribute to Daft Punk. Like Daft Punk, the people behind Disco Pogo have had a long-standing relationship with... 

Hardback 288 pages

'Brimming with compassion . . .

the sort of novel you press into the hands of... 

Paperback / softback 372 pages, photos

Updated paperback version features a new chapter of never seen photos plus... 

Paperback / softback 392 pages, 80 B&W photographs; Illustrations

Vienna in the 1880s. Paris in the 1920s. Memphis in the 1950s. These are the paradigm shifts... 

Paperback / softback 624 pages, 3x8pp b&w plates Dear Boy is the best-selling biography of Keith Moon, rock's greatest drummer and wildest character. Hailed by critics as one of the most compelling rock stories ever told, the book traces with striking accuracy... 

Poetic, raw, hallucinogenic and darkly witty, Devil in a Coma charts Mark Lanegan's terrifying, mind-expanding experience of acute illness and the confrontation it forces with mortality itself. Struck down by Covid-19, drifting in and out of a coma, unable to walk and given little hope of... 

New softcover edition with 16 added pages from prev hardcover edition of 2020.Dead Moon were a lo-fi Garage/Rock'n'Roll band from Portland, Oregon, active for almost 20 years between 1987 and 2006, during which time the band gained a mythic and legendary iconic status. 'Off the Grid' is... 

The official illustrated history of Blue Note, the most influential and important brand in jazz. Blue Note is not only known as the purveyor of extraordinary jazz but is also famous as an arbiter of cool. The superb photography of co-founder Francis... 

“For over thirty years, Bruce Pavitt has been at the vanguard of popular culture, artistic trends, and ideas within the communities of the innovative alternative. The insight into this period of rock history could only have been delivered by... 

Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 is Bruce Pavitt’s account of this pivotal period of contemporary culture. As the visionary founder of Sub Pop – first as a hand crafted zine, then a series of cassettes, music columns, and radio broadcasts – Pavitt... 

A Rough Trade and Clash Book of the Year'Excellent, detailed [. . .] Hip-hop writer SH Fernando Jr benefits from an insider's understanding of the milieu and provides generous context.' Kitty Empire, ObserverOn December 31, 2020, the world was shocked... 

'This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius' - QUESTLOVEEqual parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a... 

A lively, subversive history of the new UK jazz wave, encapsulating its revolutionary spirit and tracing its foundations to birth of the genre itself. 'Not solely a book about jazz, or even a nascent cultural shift; it's a record of a pivotal... 

The acclaimed classic biography, fully revised, becomes the definitive. The revised edition of Ian Carr’s classic biography of Miles Davis throws new light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie Parker, to his Birth of the Cool band, through... 

Hardback 384 pages

"The new Chris Cornell biography is the book his legacy deserves." —Kerrang!" Reiff unearths plenty of unexpected details and novel anecdotes…but... 

Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. ‘Sharp, elegiac and finely crafted' Sunday Times‘Terrifically evocative ... The most... 

‘A heartfelt memoir . . . there is a fearlessness to his prose, a willingness to engage with his past, that chimes with his songwriter’s desire to give voice to the people around him’ Sunday Times “Writing about yourself is a funny business…But in a project like this, the writer has... 

A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene-from amateur skate parks and underground hardcore clubs to worldwide phenomenon-as told by one of its founding fathers and lead guitarist of legendary alternative rock... 

More than a band, the Cramps are a uniquely special rock'n'roll phenomenon that has endured for over 35 years. Formed in the creative maelstrom of late 1970's New York by Ohio natives Lux Interior (Erick Purkhiser) and Poison Ivy Rorschach (Kirsty Wallace), the... 

Paperback / softback 256 pages Nick Hornby's internationally bestselling first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups?Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even... 

...probably the best book written about grunge' Paul Brannigan, Classic Rock'Mudhoney are the jewel of Seattle.' Thurston Moore, Sonic YouthIf rock fans associate Seattle primarily with Nirvana and Pearl Jam, time has shown that... 

'A roadmap for a new generation' VOGUE 'Radical, funny and fearless’ VANITY FAIR THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre Kathleen Hanna’s rallying cry... 

A TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARAN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEARA RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR In Never Understood, William Jim tell the story of The Jesus and Mary Chain - one of Britain's greatest guitar bands - for... 

In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, a founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman to pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the... 

‘Williams’s memoir is as flinty, earthy and plain-spoken as her songs’ New York Times ‘The often hilarious, occasionally harrowing Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You is a bracingly candid chronicle of a sui generis character plotting... 

One of the century's most feted singer-songwriters, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, digs deep into his own creative process to share his unique perspective about song-writing and offers a warm, accessible guide to writing your first song, championing the importance of making creativity... 

The story, in his own words, of one of the century's most feted singer songwriters: Jeff Tweedy, the man behind music by Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, and Tweedy. Through his pioneering work in the legendary country-punk band... 

Upon the release of Sufjan Stevens’ seventh studio album, Carrie & Lowell, two divergent groups found themselves as strange bedfellows: the LGBTQIA+ community and American evangelical Christians. Both were united in praise for Stevens’ beautifully melancholic music. Critically... 

In 1993, in the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England, the heaviest band in the world was born: Electric Wizard. Led by guitarist and singer Jus Oborn, the band inhaled the iniquity of their lives and vomited it out... 

The Sonic Youth frontman takes us from a 1960s childhood rock 'n' roll epiphany, through the subversive world of 1970s punk blasting forth from New York City, to traversing the globe with a band who changed the sound of modern alternative rock music and opened the minds of a... 

This ground-breaking biography is as much about Sun Ra's music as it is about his passionate, often wildly unorthodox views on the galaxy, black people and spiritual matters. With the various incarnations of his inimitable Arkestra, his repertoire ranged... 

Musician and artist Cosey Fanni Tutti has continually challenged boundaries and conventions for four decades. As a founding member of the hugely influential avant-garde band Throbbing Gristle, as one half of electronic pioneers Chris and Cosey, and as an artist channelling her... 

How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family and manage to make something worthwhile of his life? In Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of what it's like to grow up the insecure son of a genius... 

The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever. Our Band Could Be... 

A spectacular graphic novel about the life and times of the legendary Fela Kuti—the Pan-African frontman, multi-instrumentalist, sociopolitical powerhouse, and father of Afrobeat. In this bold and striking graphic novel, artist Jibola Fagbamiye and writer Conor McCreery team up... 

A ROUGH TRADE, TIME OUT AND CLASH BOOK OF THE YEAR'Eye-popping' Guardian'A brilliant read' Uncut'Riveting' ObserverEvan Dando spills the true story of his band's tumultuous history and what it was like to be famous in the pre-internet days in this candid, colourful, and... 

Just Kids for the grunge era. Seattle band, The Gits and their charismatic front person Mia Zapata were on the verge of international rock stardom but on July 7, 1993, days before their third US tour, Mia Zapata, The Gits 27-year-old singer-songwriter, was brutally assaulted... 

The candid, hilarious, shocking, occasionally horrifying, and surprisingly moving New York Times bestselling autobiography of punk legends NOFX, their own story in their own words. NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories is the first tell-all autobiography from... 

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"Mark Lanegan-primitive, brutal, and apocalyptic. What's not to love?" NICK CAVE"A stoned cold classic" IAN RANKIN'Mark Lanegan writes like he sings, from the pained heart of a damaged soul with brutal honesty' BOBBY GILLESPIE"Powerfully written... 

Attila the Stockbroker on paitsi menestyvä englantilainen punkartisti, niin myös runoilija ja jalkafanaatikko. Hän johti Brighton & Hove Albion kannattajayhdistyksen järjestämää kampanjaa seuran uuden stadion rakentamiseksi... 

Englantilainen Classix Nouveaux oli osa 1980-luvun alun futurismi/uusromantiikka-liikettä. Yhtye oli suosittu kotimaassaan, mutta... 

Calling all parents lost in Kids Book Land! Gabba Gabba We Accept You is a children’s picture book telling the story of a misfit kid who grew up to be a punk rock hero. The challenging times that Jeffrey Ross Hyman endured before becoming Joey... 

STILETTI on uusi suomalainen rock- ja kulttuurilehti Manifetsi-lehden tekijöiltä. Ensimmäinen numero on mustavalkoinen, vanhoja xerox-aikojen fanzineja kunnioittaen 96 sivua tarinaa niin uusista kuin vanhoistakin bändeistä, kulttuurista, sarjakuvista... 

Viemärilieju on kotimainen sarjakuvazine, vieroksutun karttakolkan perimmäisimmän pikkukaupungin lieroista. Koe seikkailu, jossa magia on läsnä, kuin kipinät vettyneestä sytkäristä ja taikajuoma lotisee, maantierottarieppeiden saattelemana, mahalaukkukatkuista kirveleville varvastossuille. 

Viemärilieju on kotimainen sarjakuvazine, vieroksutun karttakolkan perimmäisimmän pikkukaupungin lieroista. Koe seikkailu, jossa magia on läsnä, kuin kipinät vettyneestä sytkäristä ja taikajuoma lotisee, maantierottarieppeiden saattelemana, mahalaukkukatkuista kirveleville varvastossuille.