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Our UK marketer Charlotte Rose weighs in on the eternal Britpop question. Calling all Britpop fans! This summer will see the release of the much anticipated 33 1/3 volume on Oasis’ Definitely Maybe, (stay tuned, people, it’s a good ‘un) an album which was originally released in 1994. That’s TWENTY years ago. Feeling old? Me […]

I have received hundreds of emails over the past year asking about this moment, and it is finally here. I am happy to announce the next open call for proposals for the 33 1/3 series. Proposals are due by Monday, March 3, 2014 (3.3.14) at 9:00 am EST. As of today, January 31st, the submission

How was your Grammy night? Boring? Did it peak with Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Or with Pharrell looking like a lost Mountie? Yoko Ono’s shimmy? Us too. Also, what is up with Dave Grohl’s nostrils? They are so big (truly, we blame the photographer for this one)! So let’s move on, shall we? Good. Marc Weidenbaum–author

It’s easy to dismiss K-pop as a silly genre. But last weekend I found myself mesmerized in front of a TV in Korea town watching an hour’s worth of Korean pop music videos. The one that stood out because of its production value and homage to a lazy Sunday in New York City was “Brunch”

Bloomsbury is so pleased to announce the publication of the FIRST book about beloved UK record label, Sarah Records. It’s called Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records by Michael White. We hope to make it available to you in early 2015. You can visit the book’s facebook page here and follow the book

Cry no tears as Andrew W.K. week comes to a close; the party goes on. Here in his last blog entry, I Get Wet 33 1/3 author Phillip Crandall looks at the album’s liner notes in search of the friends who have helped make the AWK party an epic all-nighter. From here on out, you

Happy Day 4 of Andrew W.K. Week! As the old proverb says, you can’t make the most amazing, perfectly spiced deviled-egg party platter without smashing a few eggs. Here are but a few of the things that, for a variety of reasons, you won’t hear on I Get Wet, courtesy of 33 1/3 author Phillip

Andrew W.K. week continues, this time with I Get Wet 33 1/3 author Phillip Crandall sharing some tangents and tidbits that ended up on his book’s cutting-room floor. A go-to prank for teenage Andrew W.K. would be plastering downtown Ann Arbor with a mixture of eggs, flour, limburger cheese, cocoa powder, milk, and road salt.

Over the years, Andrew W.K. has created more than just the perfect party atmosphere. In this second entry for Andrew W.K. week here on the blog, I Get Wet 33 1/3 author Phillip Crandall looks at some of the art his subject has created outside of a recording studio. As a child, Andrew would create