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Peter Ames Carlin
An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation-and reasserted the power of rock and roll - by the New York…
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John Farnham, Poppy Stockell
The Voice Inside is like sitting down with an old friend sharing stories that are both deeply personal and wildly entertaining. Written alongside award-winning filmmaker Poppy Stockell, this is a…
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Joe Boyd
The definitive study of global music that does for the genre what Alex Ross' The Rest is Noise did for 20th century classical music.
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Rob Sheffield
You know the songs by heart. You’ve traded the friendship bracelets. You’ve worn the cowboy boots and the bejewelled bodysuits. Now, get the inside track on this generation’s biggest super…
William Reid, Jim Reid
The story of The Jesus and Mary Chain by the two founding members
John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Told in revelatory detail, this is the definitive exploration of the writing, recording and release of John Lennon’s celebrated fourth solo album Mind Games.
Kathleen Hanna
A no-holds-barred memoir from the American singer, artist, and feminist icon Kathleen Hanna.
Pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, Hanna was the lead singer in BIKINI KILL and…
Lesley-Ann Jones
The only authoritative biography of the Fleetwood Mac legend, by a close friend and bestselling author
Kirsten Krauth (ed.), Angela Savage (ed.)
This stunning follow-up to Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined and Into Your Arms: Nick Cave's Songs Reimagined features Alice Pung, Ellen Van Neerven and Christos Tsiolkas, and is…
Tristan Clark
With appeal to more than just punk history obsessives, Orstralia offers an unprecedented snapshot of an underacknowledged segment of Australian life and history.
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Miranda Sawyer
The vivid stories behind 20 key songs of the 90s - 'Parklife' to 'Live Forever', 'Connection' to 'Alright' - AND the bands that made them... The definitive Britpop mixtape from…
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Richard Schoch
Powerful life lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, from Gypsy and Sweeney Todd to Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods.
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Jimmy Barnes
The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time
Jan Gradvall, Sarah Clyne Sundberg (trans.)
With exclusive band interviews and over a decade of deep research, in Melancholy Undercover, renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall explores the secret to ABBA's success.
Kasey Chambers
A book of inspirational stories drawn from Kasey Chambers' life and remarkable music career.
Rick Astley
The official autobiography from singer, songwriter and musician Rick Astley.
Jane Gazzo
I Hear Motion is a celebration of the Aussie bands we loved: Models, Machinations, Wa Wa Nee, Real Life, Kids in the Kitchen, Do-Re-Mi, Koo De Tah, Eurogliders, Boom Crash…
Daniel Levitin
Daniel Levitin, world-leading neuroscientist and internationally bestselling author, explains the extraordinary power that music has to improve our health
John Masouri
Pressure Drop chronicles reggae's most tumultuous and influential decade. Beginning in 1970 and unfolding both in Britain and Jamaica, reggae flourished against a backdrop of political upheaval, gang warfare, Black…
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Katherine Wiles
From unscripted giggling on stage, to having her costume eaten by a performing horse and missing an entrance thanks to country music legend Kenny Rogers ... In this revealing memoir…
Jon Savage
A monumental history of the LGBTQ influence on popular culture, from award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage
Patti Smith
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith's singular aesthetic…
Graeme Lawson
A History of the World in 100 Objects meets Sapiens- the first archaeological history of humanity's musical heritage, in fifty detective stories.
Andrew Stafford
The twentieth-anniversary celebration of an Australian music cult classic, now with a foreword by Eamon Sandwith from The Chats
Andrew Ford
From prehistory to now, the fascinating story of why music is vital to the human experience
Christoph Dallach
The first ever oral-history of Krautrock, the sound that changed modern music.
Ann Powers
Celebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni Mitchell
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Steven Hyden
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album, Born in the U.S.A.—a record that both chronicled and foreshadowed the changing tides of modern America
Guzman, Michael Azerrad
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love were notorious for representing the opposite of “Family Values.” To reframe their notoriety, they consented to a rare photoshoot for Spin magazine with their newborn…
Glen Humphries
Stunningly designed flexibound book profiling the top 40 most famous Australian pop and rock songs.
Alan Edwards
Alan Edwards, the godfather of British music PR, has worked with some of the most legendary artists of our time, from David Bowie to the Spice Girls via the Rolling…
Murray Engleheart
The first-ever in-depth biography of iconoclastic Sydney punk band Radio Birdman.
Everett True
This is a true insider's commentary on one of rock's most influential bands, with a Foreword by Benjamin Myers (The Offing, Gallows Pole).
Suzi Ronson
From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying memoir taking readers behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history.
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Questlove, Ben Greenman
A must-read for old-school hip-hop heads and burgeoning fans alike
Kristina R. Gaddy
An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion and music
Richard Balls
Punk protagonist, legendary drinker, Irish musical icon. The complete and extraordinary journey of the Pogues' notorious frontman from outcast to national treasure. This frank and extensive biography also includes many…
Chris Stein
Under A Rock, the first memoir from Blondie's Chris Stein, is a quintessentially New York story of the golden age of the East Village and the makings of international superstars.
Leah Broad
The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer.
Tiffany Murray
My Family and Other Rock Stars is a remarkable, truly unique story of growing up in a rural idyll, of Cordon Bleu cookery and of a childhood where the chances…
Mary McGlory
The little-known success story of four working class girls who formed 'the female Beatles' in 1960s Liverpool
Kazuo Ishiguro, Bianca Bagnarelli (illus.)
A unique collaborative publication which documents the lyrics written by Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro for the platinum selling, Grammy nominated, Jazz singer Stacey Kent.
Max Decharne
The story of Britain's first youth counterculture
Jann S. Wenner
Conversations with Dylan, Lennon, Jagger, Townshend, Garcia, Bono, and Springsteen
Jane Glover
An expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart's formative trips to Italy, from the author of Mozart's Women and Handel in London.
Sam V.H. Reese (ed.)
An illuminating selection of writings on a wide variety of topics from the personal journals of Sonny Rollins, master of the tenor saxophone
Paul McCartney
The Sunday Times bestseller and Waterstones Book of the Year, now in paperback with seven new commentaries from Paul McCartney
