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The final book in our quartet of new releases this week is Geoffrey Himes’ monster tome (relatively speaking, of course, but I think it’s the second longest in the series, behind Erik’s) on Born in the U.S.A. “Bruce Springsteen is best known for his most public acts. It’s in the concert hall – more than […]

Here’s a good review of Erik Davis’ Zeppelin book, from Roy Christopher’s excellent Front Wheel Drive site.

Also shipping out from the warehouse this week is Hugo Wilcken’s wonderful book about Bowie’s Low album. (And I should take this opportunity to recommend Hugo’s first novel: The Execution, published by HarperCollins in 2003.) “Berlin was an island, cut off from the world, but big enough to get lost in as well. Each layer

It doesn’t feel right, getting crushes on bands at the age of 35. But I’ve recently fallen in love with Voxtrot, from Austin TX. Sure, they’re channelling the same influences as almost every other indie-rock band right now (the Smiths, the Cure, early R.E.M.). I don’t hear any bandwagon-jumping going on here, though. These songs

Here’s another of the new books that’s shipping out from our warehouse in Harrisburg as we speak: Don McLeese’s excellent volume on the MC5. “We hadn’t known what to expect, but none of us had expected the 5. Almost none of us had ever heard of the band, except those who had made the drive

I’ve never heard the Beautiful South’s song “Straight in at 37” (it was the B-side of “Song for Whoever”), but the fact that the series has made no.93 in Blender magazine’s Hot 100 issue makes me want to listen to it. We’re only two places below Joe Strummer, and thirty-six places beneath Joss Stone. Not

Sorry for the short notice, but Jim Fusilli will be reading from his Pet Sounds book on Wednesday of this week. It takes place at Kate’s Mystery Books in Cambridge – the address is 2211 Mass. Ave. I’m told it’s near the Davis Square stop on the Red Line. The event is scheduled to start

Just in stock, and releasing from our warehouse next week – should be on sale from early September onwards at the usual places. “What resonated about Endtroducing… when it was released in 1996, and what makes it still resonate today, is the way in which it loosens itself from the mooring of the known and

Mmmmmm, display units!

It’s probably “not the done thing” to mention a “competing” book on here, but whatever – this one sounds very exciting. It’s called Marooned, and features the following writers blathering on about an album they love to bits. 1. Matt Ashare 2. Aaron Burgess 3. Jon Caramanica 4. Daphne Carr 5. Ian Christe 6. Kandia