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To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Bob Mould’s Workbook, we’re pleased to bring you the fifth and final installment of Bob Mould Week by authors Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch! An interview with Dusty Hanna of Silence and Skull Fest Though Workbook is Bob Mould’s debut as a solo artist, it’s by no means his first record. He was the guitarist, a lead singer, and primary songwriter for Hüsker Dü, the legendary 1980s post-punk band that was one of the first underground acts to sign with…

To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Bob Mould’s Workbook, we’re pleased to bring you the fourth installment of Bob Mould Week by authors Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch! Four takes: “See A Little Light” In retrospect, Workbook’s “See A Little Light” feels like the quintessential Bob Mould song. Since its introduction in 1989, the song has never really left his live set; it’s shown up in a TV commercial and a movie; and it’s so associated with him that his 2011 memoir shares the same title.…

To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Bob Mould’s Workbook, we’re pleased to bring you the second installment of Bob Mould Week by authors Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch! If you’re new to Bob Mould’s music, his catalog can seem both bracing and overwhelming. At this point, he’s nearly four decades and over twenty albums into a pioneering career, and he continues to write and tour. So, here’s a Spotify playlist featuring one song from each album for which he’s a principal musician and songwriter, with our…

To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Bob Mould’s Workbook, we’re pleased to bring you the first installment of Bob Mould Week by authors Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch! Our book, Bob Mould’s Workbook, emerged as a series of handwritten letters to each other, which were then expanded by phone, Skype, and email conversations with the album’s musicians and producers. Last week, we had yet another exchange—a phone call in which we discussed our process. Enjoy. —Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch Walter Biggins: Do you remember how we decided…

It’s publication day for our three latest 33 1/3s, and what’s more, you can pick them up at 30% off all this month in our Back To School sale! Just published and now only £6.99/$10.49: Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, by Eric Eidelstein Eidelstein looks at portrayals of the suburbs in film and TV to explore how this album creates such a relatable sense of nostalgia. Buy now at 30% off Bob Mould’s Workbook, by Walter Biggins & Daniel Couch Explores the music, production and contexts of Workbook, and uses it as a key to…

We are excited to announce the launch of 33 1/3 Global, a new series that will run parallel to 33 1/3, taking everything you know and love about the original series – amazing authors, iconic albums, and a wealth of music history – and expanding it, focusing in on popular music that hails from various regions throughout the world. Going global means that we are taking on more editors who will focus on these regions, creating a comprehensive collection of popular music volumes. Each region itself will yield its own…

We are thrilled to announce the next two 33 1/3s that are due to be added to the series: David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs and D’Angelo’s Voodoo. Though you’ll have to wait until circa Spring 2020 to snag these, we’ve got cover mock-ups and some words from the editors on why these will definitely be worth the wait. David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs Series Editor Kevin Dettmar says: We’re very excited to add a second David Bowie title to the 33⅓ series—Glenn Hendler’s book on Diamond Dogs. Hendler will look at Bowie’s almost-rock opera in the…