After serving over 40 years in Manchester’s first punk rock band, it’s vocalist/guitarist Steve Diggle’s time to shine. In his new autobiography, Autonomy: Portrait of a Buzzcock, the last surviving » Read More
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March 27, 2024
Thurston Moore is a founding member of Sonic Youth, a band born in New York in 1981 that spent 30 years at the vanguard of alternative rock, influencing and inspiring such » Read More
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February 7, 2024
Mancunian Paul Hanley is an excellent choice of writer to author Sixteen Again, a book filled with close to 300 pages of interview snippets from the remaining members of Buzzcocks » Read More
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December 15, 2022
Prince: All the Songs, a newly-published masterwork by Benoît Clerc, is a must-have for any Prince fan’s collection. The beautifully-designed book clocks in at over 600 pages, includes gorgeous photography » Read More
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October 17, 2022
Grab yourself a copy of Paul Laird’s recent release, The Birth and Impact of Britpop, and prepare for a personal journey into the years of Britpop. Within this 224-page book » Read More
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July 14, 2022
Photographer/author Scott Kelby returns with a new guide for budding and intermediate-level photographers: The Travel Photography Book. For those familiar with his books (and he’s written over 100!), you’ll recognize » Read More
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February 28, 2022
Where were YOU in the 90’s? Off shopping for (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? and checking out shows by Blur, Oasis, Pulp and dozens more? Fellow Britpop lovers will want » Read More
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February 11, 2022
If you’re an Oasis fan, I’ve found the definitive coffee table book for you. Authored by Daniel Rachel and photographer Jill Furmanovsky, Oasis Knebworth takes a fond look back at » Read More
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February 9, 2022
On our current reading table is Juvenes, a recent reissue by UK book publisher Octopus Books. This stunning hardcover book captures Joy Division and its seminal frontman, Ian Curtis, through » Read More
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October 22, 2021
While many of us were too young to have witnessed The Beatles’ crazy impact on the world first-hand, there have been countless books and essays written about all things Fab » Read More
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October 12, 2021
Imagine taking a larger-than-life iconic figure like David Bowie and unearthing his own heroes, inspirations and crazy encounters. In Tom Hagler’s newly-released We Could Be…Bowie and His Heroes, we get » Read More
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October 7, 2021
Metal fans of all breeds will want to check out Maxwell and Alt 236’s Codex Metalllum, a brand-new release by Octopus Publishing. Maxwell is a metal journalist, YouTuber and former » Read More
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September 27, 2021
If you’re a Buzzcocks fan of any degree, I highly recommend the Pete Shelley lost interview read, Ever Fallen in Love. This new book is a thoroughly enjoyable look at » Read More
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September 24, 2021
Is travel a guilty pleasure, Instagram-filled journey or a yearly escape? How about simply the instinct to travel? Phil Cousineau’s The Art of Pilgrimage sets out to show readers that » Read More
