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TO CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF OUR 108TH 33 1/3 ON  METALLICA, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF METALLICA WEEK BY AUTHOR DAVID MASCIOTRA! To continue the celebration of the release of my new 33 1/3, Metallica, and to help commemorate the new international holiday, “Metallica Week” (at least, it should be), I welcome […]

To celebrate the upcoming release of our 108th 33 1/3 on  METALLICA, we’re pleased to bring you the very first installment of Metallica week by author DAVID MASCIOTRA!  Note: Many 33 1/3 books are impressionistic memoirs in which the authors write at great length about their own personal connection to their subject matter. My book is journalistic,

Today, everyone’s favorite video game plumber turns 30! Which is to say, blow off your Friday night plans and dust off your NES console because you now have a date with Super Mario Bros. Oh, and we have a present for you. 30 % OFF Andrew Schartmann’s 33 1/3 on Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros  soundtrack

Attention Londoners! Join us on November 8th from 2 p.m. to 9. p.m. at the Hangover Lounge for the book release of Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records.  This is the first — and only — authorised biography of the beloved Bristol-based independent label, home to the likes of Blueboy, the Field Mice,

Better Know a Bookseller is a new feature on this blog where we’ll introduce one of our wonderful stockists. Previously we have covered Harvard Book Store, Papercuts J.P., and Skylight Books. Publishing this series is only half the battle, and the booksellers in these stores all over the world really help keep us alive. If you are

If you enjoy our 33 1/3 series, now is a great time to purchase more of our music & sound studies academic books! Bloomsbury is having a sale across our range of scholarly titles in the humanities and social sciences! You can save 30%* on academic titles until Wednesday, 30 September.  Order your copies today

Today is essentially the last day of summer for me, as it marks the end of my summer internship (I’ll be back part-time in the fall though, don’t you worry!). September is right around the corner and, with it, an insanely busy fall semester. I’m overwhelmed just thinking about it. But what better way to

As we’ve reminded you over and over again, we will soon be publishing Bryan Parker’s brand new 33 1/3 on Beat Happening’s Beat Happening–in just 21 (20?) short days! Be sure to pre-order your copy, and if you need more incentive (though why would you?) check out this SNEAK PEEK of the foreword, by Phil Elverum

Every month, editorial assistant Michelle Chen will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in August? The N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton was released this month, immediately

Better Know a Bookseller is a new feature on this blog where we’ll introduce one of our wonderful stockists. Publishing this series is only half the battle, and the booksellers in these stores all over the world really help keep us alive. If you are a bookseller or know of a store near you that stocks 33