Books/Zines

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... 

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... 

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... 

Viru-hotellin baarista Tavastian takahuoneeseen Kuinka parin perestroikan innoittaman virolaisen singlelevyn “vahingossa” julkaiseminen johtaa lopulta vuosikymmenien työhön rockin aluskasvillisuuden parissa? Stupido Records 30 vuotta kertoo firmaa... 

Hardback 480 pages 'If you have yet to explore her cosmic music, begin, as Andy Beta did, with Journey in Satchidananda, then open this detailed and illuminating biography. And prepare to be transported' OBSERVER'This book is one... 

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... 

‘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... 

...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... 

Paperback / softback 448 pages The unique and adventurous sounds that German bands like Can, Neu! or Kraftwerk produced in post-war 60s Germany, now known as Krautrock, are considered a blueprint for modern rock music. And the stream of... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

Hardback 598 pages THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES, GRAMMY-NOMINATED BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, ROLLING STONE, AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself-by band... 

'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... 

Paperback / softback 336 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos... 

Paperback / softback 320 pages When eccentric LA brothers Russell and Ron Mael moved to Britain in 1973, they exploded onto the pop scene as Sparks - an act that stood out even amid the flamboyance of the glam rock movement that embraced them. Talent is... 

We're delighted to have the legendary Wolfgang Flür on the cover of the latest Electronic Sound. The one-time Kraftwerk man gives us the lowdown on his acclaimed new album, 'Magazine 1', and we have an exclusive white vinyl Wolfgang seven-inch to accompany the issue as... 

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... 

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... 

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 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... 

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... 

Paperback / softback 496 pages R.E.M., the most acclaimed American group of their generation, disbanded in September 2011 with their idealism and dignity intact. In this edition of his best-selling R.E.M. biography, Tony Fletcher brings their story to... 

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... 

From the legendary singer-songwriter of Bad Religion comes a historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution.

Greg Graffin... 

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... 

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 of modern culture. Memphis then was like Seattle with grunge or Brooklyn with hip-hop—except the... 

Turkulaiset muusikot ovat olleet usein populaarimusiikin ensimmäisten aaltojen harjalla Suomessa. He ovat antaneet vauhtia, kun U-laineet, punk-pärskeet, listapopin pintaväreet sekä konemusiikin, hip... 

'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... 

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1976 on päivä päivältä etenevä läpileikkaus tapahtumista, paikoista, bändeistä, levyistä ja keikoista, jotka johtivat siihen, että pieni kipinä oli vuoden lopussa etusivun uutisen veroinen tulipalo.
Jukka Junttila on... 

Kirjoituksia Kellareista on fanzine kirjan muodossa – kirjana siksi, että nyt mennään tarinat edellä. Kirjoituksia Kellareista sisältää pitkiä ja tarkkoja juttuja sellaisista rockin sankareista, jotka ovat jääneet jostain syystä vähemmälle huomiolle... 

Kari Peitsamon uran alku Kari Peitsamo Revivaliin asti. Mittava Luonteri Surfin tarina viimeinen osa. Velvet Underground stoorin jatko. Lurkers Englannista ja The Northquakes Helsingistä. Avengersin Penelope Houstonin haastattelu. Väinö Tuonelan henkinen... 

Vol. 12 sisältää mm.: Kyyjärven punkylpeys Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, uskomaton on stoori siitä, kuinka Veli-Mattina Tervaniemi adoptointiin Yhdysvaltoihin, jossa hänestä tuli Gary Heffern ja merkittävä tekijä punk- ja grungepiireissä. Wanna-Beesin ja... 

Vol. 13 sisältää mm.: Briardin perinpohjainen historiikki. Gary Heffernin tarina jatkuu. The Stoogesin synty. Suomipunkin uutta ääntä edustava Saa Kiljua. Ranskalaisen Dum Dum Boysin 40-vuotinen taival. Maanalaisen Flanellin menneisyys ja paluu. Suomen... 

Paksumpana kuin koskaan. Vol. 14 sisältää: Suomen tärkeimmän proto-punkbändi Virtanen. Badfingersin epäonnistumisesta toiseen ajatumisen. Videotaidetta ja musiikkia yhdistelevä Kalevi Suopursu. Gary Heffernin stoorin viimeinen osa. The Stoogesin tarinan... 

Kirjamuotoisen rockfanzinen toinen numero jatkaa samalla vakallaa linjalla: Pitkiä ja tarkkoja juttuja sellaisista rockin sankareista, jotka ovat jääneet jostain syystä vähemmälle huomiolle kuin olisivat ansainneet. Mukana kertomus Jimi Tenor & His... 

Kirjoituksia Kellareista bookzine (kirjan muodossa oleva fanzine) on edennyt kolmanteen numeroon ja se kertoo edelleen pitkiä ja tarkkoja juttuja sellaisista rockin sankareista, jotka ovat jääneet jostain syystä vähemmälle huomiolle... 

Kirjoituksia Kellareista bookzinen vuoden neljäs numero pitää sisällään mm.: Loose Prickin, Kouvolan sankarien koko tarina, Juggling Jugularsin seikkailut Euroopassa, kulttibändi Pere Ubun historia, Kill City – Stadipunkkien Kotipesä, I fought... 

Bookzinen sisältö: Pekka Myllykosken ”välikokoonpano” Maltaan Haukat tutkitaan perin pohjin, Bostonin powerpopihmeen Real Kidsin tarina kerrotaan, psykedeliafolkin mystisen Mummi Kutoo yhtyeen salaisuus selviää, New York Dollsin tarina jatkuu, Punk... 

Bookzissä on tällä kertaa kolmen todellisen klassikkobändin PITKÄT ja perinpohjaiset jutut: 22-Pistepirkko, Jolly Jumpers ja Shadowplay. Muutakin löytyy: New York Dollsin tarina jatkuu, tuotteliaan 60-vuotiaan Kari Suihkosen yhtyeet perataan. Rich... 

Bookzine paksumpana kuin koskaan: Ne Luumäkien ura kartoitetaan tarkasti. Ari "Woude" Voutilaisen tekemisiä muistellaan. Siukonen kertoo Vaarallisista Leluista. Suicide ilmoitti vuonna 1971 soittavansa punkmusiikkia. Saattohoito79 on Kouvolan uusin punktoivo. New... 

Bookzinessä tällä kertaa: Luonteri Surfin tarina alku, Velvet Underground, Pelle Miljoona & N.U.S., Radiopuhelimien J.A. Mäkeä haastatellaan soolotuotannosta, Doctors of Madness, Rudi Lukkarisen Rudi-bändi, TV Smith’s Cheap, Cosmo Jones Beat Machine, Denise... 

Vol. 9 sisältää: Popeda, Luonteri Surfin tarinan kakkososa, Australian ihme Amyl and The Sniffers, Velvet Underground stoorin kakkososa, Hoss Siivosen seikkailuta Vihan Munasta, TV:n Orjiin, Liikkuviin Lapsiin ja vaikka mihin, Wrum, Devo, Boasters ja... 

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... 

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... 

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Toimittaja: Anssi Mononen & työryhmä 

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... 

Teräsrautelan kirjastossa lainataan kirjoja ja – biisejä? Tämän kirjaston työntekijöiden puheessa vilahtelee lainauksia suomalaisista pop-, rock-, rap- ja iskelmälyriikoista. Onneksi kukaan ei pidä tätä kummallisena, sillä kaikki muutkin... 

Maggot Brain #4 - Mar/Apr/May 2021 132 pages of music, mayhem, art, and obsession! MAGGOT BRAIN #4 is here!!  · LUC SANTE on 'Crawdaddy' magazine · Debut publication of often hilarious and always droll memoirs by STUART MOXHAM (Young Marble Giants, Gist, solo, etc) · Murat Cem Mengüç' dramatic... 

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Sisältönä mm. Lovers Left Alive, natsi/punk 2, Epe, Poko International, Rebellion-festari, kuvittajat Wilson & Nappi, Louis Prima, Lead Belly, Gene Vincent, Fogeli, Ben Vendetta, Fairfield Parlour, 70s Hard Rock, Suomen Ramopunk-yhteisö, Oikeita ihmisiä popkappaleissa, Pasi... 

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

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

Tampere oli keskeinen Suomi-gospelin liikkeellepanija.
Olli-Pekka Mäkinen ja Hannu Virtanen nostavat valokeilaan vähemmän... 

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... 

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