16 Best music books like Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery by Adam Clair

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Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery

By: Adam Clair

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, revelatory exploration of the genesis and impact of the fabled Elephant 6 collective …

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1. A Season in Hell

By: Michel Butor , Arthur Rimbaud , Robert Mapplethorpe , None

4.07

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

Written by Rimbaud at age 18 in the wake of a tempestuous affair with fellow poet, Paul Verlaine, A… read more

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"Cela s'est passé. Je sais aujourd'hui saluer la beauté."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"Elle est retrouvée — Quoi? — l’Éternité. C’est la mer mêlée Au soleil."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"In the dawn, armed with a burning patience, we shall enter the splendid cities."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"¡Perpetua farsa! Mi inocencia podría hacerme llorar. La vida es la farsa en que participamos todos."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

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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
  • pop culture
"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

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3. Recollections of the Golden Triangle

By: Alain Robbe-Grillet , J.A. Underwood

3.68

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A provocative novel by the most influential living French writer, Recollections of the Golden Trian… read more

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4. Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

By: David Wojnarowicz

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In Close to the Knives, David Wojnarowicz gives us an important and timely document: a collection o… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I carry silence like a blood-filled egg."

-David Wojnarowicz, Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

"When they invented the car they invented the collision and the darkness of what time leads the willing body to do."

-David Wojnarowicz, Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

"I crawled through the walls of every social taboo I could come across. I wanted to celebrate everything we are denied through structure of laws or physical force. I just did it quietly and anonymousl…"

-David Wojnarowicz, Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

"I wanted to be physically erased and start over again. I didn’t want to be here. I didn’t want to be there. I guess I wanted to be nowhere, I wanted to listen to my brain talk inside of nothingness. …"

-David Wojnarowicz, Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

5. Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story

By: None , Alexander Shulgin

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

phen-ethyl-amine \fen-'eth-al-a-,men\ n. [phenyl fr. F. phene, fr. Gk. phainein, to show (from its … read more

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6. Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small

By: John Cook , None , None

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Merge Records defies everything you've heard about the music business. Started by two twenty-year-o… read more

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7. Teorema

By: Pier Paolo Pasolini

4.26

Format: None pages,

Una novela en la que los sentimientos, los pensamientos y las convicciones morales y religiosas ocu… read more

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8. Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

By: Lizzy Goodman

4.16

Format: 622 pages, Hardcover

An intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture

9. Frisk

By: Dennis Cooper

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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10. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
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11. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

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12. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina

13. The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

By: Ian Urbina

4.36

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are… read more

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"Slavery is a harsh reality thatmour better angels would like to think ended two centuries ago, when many countries passed laws against such bondage withing their borders. But this sort of bondage is …"

-Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

"This fantasy that it is possible to fish sustainably, legally, and using workers with contracts, making a living wage, and still deliver a five-ounce can of skipjack tuna for $2.50 that ends up on th…"

-Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

14. 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

Cover of This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's "Kid A" and the Beginning of the 21st Century by Steven Hyden

15. This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's "Kid A" and the Beginning of the 21st Century

By: Steven Hyden

3.69

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A Rolling Stone-Kirkus Best Music Book of 2020"In this brilliant book, Steven Hyden goes deep into … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s by Rob Harvilla

16. 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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  • nonfiction
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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

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17. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

18. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture by Tricia Romano

19. The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

By: Tricia Romano

4.28

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legen… read more

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Cover of Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 by Chris Payne

20. Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

By: Chris Payne

4.41

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An explosive oral history of emo's takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FA… read more

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  • pop culture
" Jonathan Daniel: I mean, people knew "Sins." That song was so big everywhere. But yeah, I don't think they knew the band as much. I remember Panic! went to see Kanye in Vegas, and Pete asked Kanye i…"

-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

" Jim Adkins: ...There was a girl who wrote us, explaining how she felt like an outsider at her school because the punk rock kids wouldn't accept her, even though she liked us and a lot of the really …"

-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

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21. Fuccboi

By: Sean Thor Conroe

3.07

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

A fearless and savagely funny examination of masculinity under late capitalism from an electrifying… read more

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Cover of World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

22. 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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Cover of Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy

23. Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.33

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The singer, guitarist, and songwriter—best known for his work with Wilco—opens up about his past, h… read more

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"If you were me, which I am,"

-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

"The Chicago historian Studs Terkel asked Bob Dylan in the sixties about how he went about writing a song and trying to outdo himself, or at least being as good as the last song he wrote, and his resp…"

-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

"As we grow, we learn to evaluate and judge, to navigate the world with some discretion, and then we turn on ourselves – creating can't just be for the sake of creating anymore. It has to be good, or …"

-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

Cover of Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) by Dan Ozzi

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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim Ruland

25. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

26. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Breihan

27. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music

By: Tom Breihan

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History by Jon Savage

28. This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History

By: Jon Savage

4.32

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller Joy Division emerged in the mid-70s at the start of a two-de… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Three Novels

By: Yuri Herrera

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

This collectible edition gathers in one beautifully crafted volume the three novels that have made … read more

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30. Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery

By: Adam Clair

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, revelatory exploration of the genesis and impact of the fabled Elephant 6 collective … read more

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31. Flunker

By: Dennis Cooper

3.94

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

When Dennis Cooper decides to publish a new collection of short stories with Amphetamine Sulphate, … read more

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21 best-selling nonfiction books like Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery by Adam Clair

Transform Your Habits

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Michael Azerrad

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

David Wojnarowicz

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

Lizzy Goodman

4.16

Transform Your Habits

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

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Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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James Kaplan

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