In on the Kill Taker
By: Joe Gross
4.24
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
By June 1993, when Washington, D.C.'s Fugazi released their third full-length album In on the Kill …
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1. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
By: Bob Mehr
4.55
Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBased on a decade of research and reporting--as well as access to the Repl… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
2. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
By: Michael Azerrad
4.22
Format: 522 pages, Paperback
This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"Rock'n'roll is a teenage sport, meant to be played by teenagers of all ages--they could be 15, 25 or 35. It all boils down to whether they've got the love in their hearts, that beautiful teenage spir…"-Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
3. Rip it Up and Start Again
By: Simon Reynolds
4.08
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
Punk's raw power rejuvenated rock, but by the summer of 1977 the movement had become a parody of it… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
4. Concrete Island
By: J.G. Ballard
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
On a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over th… read more
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5. Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
By: Henry Rollins
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins kept detailed tour diaries that form… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
6. The Thicket
By: Joe R. Lansdale
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
ALA Reading List Award for History, Short List Love and vengeance at the dark dawn of the East Texa… read more
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7. Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God
By: Greg Graffin , Steve Olson
5.00
Format: 224 pages,
A provocative look at the collision between religion and science-by the founding member of the cult… read more
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8. Girl in a Band
By: Kim Gordon
3.67
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more
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"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
9. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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- nonfiction
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
10. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
11. Beautyland
By: Marie-Helene Bertino
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a wise, tender novel ab… read more
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12. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
By: Lorrie Moore
3.31
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
Lorrie Moore's first novel since A Gate at the Stairs--a daring, meditative exploration of love and… read more
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"I've become. An object of dismay. I guess."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
"Do I jar you?" he asks with his sly charm. "No," I say. “I am braced at every turn for disenchantment."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
13. The Philosophy of Modern Song
By: Bob Dylan
3.80
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more
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- nonfiction
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song
14. Martyr!
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more
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15. Night Fever
By: Ed Brubaker
3.87
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Who are you, really? Are you the things you do, or are you the person inside your mind? In Europe o… read more
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16. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
By: Warren Zanes
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
17. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
18. Sonic Life: A Memoir
By: Thurston Moore
3.81
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Room to Dream
By: David Lynch
4.33
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In this memoir, David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking fi… read more
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- nonfiction
"Ultimately, each life is a mystery until we each solve the mystery, and that's where we are all headed whether we know it or not."-David Lynch, Room to Dream
"I don't know how I got to that thing of not caring what other people think, but it's a good thing. The thing is, you fall in love with ideas and it's like falling in love with a girl. It could be a g…"-David Lynch, Room to Dream
20. How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal w… read more
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- nonfiction
"To all of the songs like windows, open just enough for us to make our escape, and to all of the songs like windows, closed and clear enough in a dim light to see our own reflection and be reminded of…"-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
"When I'm on stage, my experience often goes something like this: Blankness . . . bliss . . . blankness . . . twinkle of awareness that rocking has been achieved . . . bliss . . . Voice of Observing E…"-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
21. Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy
By: Jeff Lemire
4.01
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Spiral City finds itself trapped in a vicious cycle of crime, corruption, and violence. With the… read more
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22. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By: Daniel de Visé
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more
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- nonfiction
23. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more
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- nonfiction
24. Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)
By: Dan Ozzi
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well tol… read more
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- nonfiction
25. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
By: Dan Charnas
4.56
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy … read more
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- nonfiction
"The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you."-Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
26. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records
By: Jim Ruland
4.03
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker D… read more
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- nonfiction
27. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
By: Steven Hyden
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album, Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more
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28. A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder
By: Mark O'Connell
3.74
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous chapters in mo… read more
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29. In on the Kill Taker
By: Joe Gross
4.24
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
By June 1993, when Washington, D.C.'s Fugazi released their third full-length album In on the Kill … read more
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30. Punk Paradox: A Memoir
By: Greg Graffin
4.12
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution, by the legendary singer-songwr… read more
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31. Cinema Purgatorio: This Is Sinerama
By: Alan Moore
3.69
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill invite you take a trip through the dark recesses of cinema, in their f… read more
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