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 …
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1. How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
By: Stephen Richard Witt
4.24
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
What happens when an entire generation commits the same crime?How Music Got Free is a riveting stor… read more
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- music
- history
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. 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
- cultural
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- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
3. Tarantula
By: Bob Dylan
3.68
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Music legend Bob Dylan's only work of fiction--a combinatio… read more
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- music
4. Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
By: Ben Greenman , Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
3.47
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet. His … read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
5. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain
4.19
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the … read more
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- history
- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
6. Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
By: None
2.00
Format: 161 pages, ebook
"This is the best book about the Beatles ever written" --Mashable Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stonec… read more
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7. 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
- cultural
- history
- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Petty: The Biography
By: Warren Zanes
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writ… read more
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9. The History of Jazz
By: Ted Gioia
4.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jazz is the most colorful and varied art form in the world, and it was born in one of the most colo… read more
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10. 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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- art
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"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
11. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
12. Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
By: Kelefa Sanneh
4.17
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty yea… read more
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- music
- cultural
- art
- history
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. Lou Reed: The King of New York
By: Will Hermes
4.23
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie… read more
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- music
- art
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. 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
- cultural
- art
- history
- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- cultural studies
- journalism
- audiobook
15. 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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- cultural
- history
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
16. Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
By: Chris Frantz
3.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Chris Frantz’s memoir tells the story of his life with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and his life-lon… read more
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- history
- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Without adventures, we won’t have stories."-Chris Frantz, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
"...the opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is selfishness."-Chris Frantz, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
17. Tres enigmas para la Organización
By: Eduardo Mendoza
3.37
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
Barcelona, primavera de 2022. Los miembros de una organización gubernamental secreta se enfrentan a… read more
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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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- cultural
- history
- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. 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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- art
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
20. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir
By: Sly Stone
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more
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- music
- history
- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)
By: Serj Tankian
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
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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- art
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir
By: Michael McDonald
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more
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- audiobook
24. 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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- music
- art
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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.
25. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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- history
- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. 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
- cultural
- history
- biography
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- journalism
- audiobook
27. Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir
By: Steve Gorman
4.32
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
Black Crowes drummer and cofounder Steve Gorman shares the band's inside story in this behind-the-s… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
28. Hell Is a World Without You
By: Jason Kirk
4.59
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
Rarely has an Evangelical upbringing been depicted with the relentless honesty, wide-ranging empath… read more
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"It's a disorienting moment, when you realize the Christmas story you've read a hundred times has always included, hidden in plain sight, an anarchist manifesto."-Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You
29. Radiohead: Life in a Glasshouse
By: John Aizlewood
3.76
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Radiohead are not like other bands. For over three decades they have charted a singular course. As… read more
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- nonfiction
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30. The Sopranos Sessions
By: Matt Zoller Seitz
4.37
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history. By shatt… read more
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31. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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