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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 […]

Photo credit: Scott Gilbard For this editor highlight, we’re introducing you to Noriko Manabe, the series editor for 33 1/3 Japan. Noriko is an Associate Professor of Music Studies at the Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, having previously taught in the Department of Music at Princeton University. She has also taught at

This week, author of Supercell’s Supercell featuring Hatsune Miku, Keisuke Yamada, guest writes to tell us more about Supercell, Vocaloid music, and what you can look forward to in his book. Read on for all of this plus featured music videos from songs mentioned in the book. The Japanese eleven-piece group Supercell’s eponymous first album features

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

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

Ahead of its publication on September 7, authors Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch share exactly why Bob Mould’s Workbook has had such an impact in their lives, and why it took them almost 25 years to be able to fully appreciate its message. Hi. We’re Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch, and we are fans of Bob Mould.

For the 4th edition of our 33 1/3 Series Editor Q&A feature, we spoke with Daphne Brooks. In the interview below, Daphne talks about her role in the 33 1/3 series, what she looks for when reviewing book proposals, and also discusses a forthcoming book in the series, currently slated for publication in spring 2019. What do you

To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth, we’re pleased to bring you the 5th and final installment of Young Marble Giants Week by authors Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero! Video Vault: Live at the Western Front, Vancouver, November, 1980 This video documents Young Marble Giants’ entire November 1980 performance at the Western Front in

To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth, we’re pleased to bring you the 4th installment of Young Marble Giants Week by authors Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero! After Young Marble Giants What the band’s three members did after Colossal Youth After YMG broke up in early 1981, Alison Statton, Stuart Moxham, and Philip Moxham

To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth, we’re pleased to bring you the 3rd installment of Young Marble Giants Week by authors Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero! Colossal Youth Mixtape Nine songs not by Young Marble Giants that help shed light on their album’s singular sound Colossal Youth interacts with numerous musical, artistic, historical,