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Happy They Might Be Giants Week! We’re celebrating the release of the 88th volume in the 33 1/3 series: They Might Be Giants’ Flood. On Day 2, co-author Philip Sandifer ruminates on life as a youthful rock fan. The primal conflict underlying an American highschooler’s life is the fact that you are old enough to […]

Happy They Might Be Giants Week! We’re celebrating the release of the 88th volume in the 33 1/3 series: They Might Be Giants’ Flood. Co-authors S. Alexander Reed and Philip Sandifer here, with the first entry in a week-long residency. As we gear up for the release of the Flood book, we wanted to share

If you’re Canadian (as I am), the jokes made at your country’s expense are usually pretty flimsy–in the realm of beavers, winter, the dubious word “eh,” and something about it being small and weird and everyone knowing everyone. By now, we’re used to this. But oh, how sweet it is to produce something truly jibe-worthy.

Our 2013-14 Music & Sound Studies catalog is hot off the press. It includes all titles publishing in 2013 through spring 2014, plus select backlist, bestsellers, and the entire 33 1/3 series, old and new. Please click here to peruse. If you would like a physical copy, hit up Tanya Leet, Marketing Manager. Bad joke: It goes

In honor of his recent engagement, and recent suspension of his Yeezus tour (for which I have tickets!!) due to a damaged 60-foot video screen, I bring you an oldie, but a goodie: “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” the alternative video. Kanye may not be able to laugh at himself, but he does appreciate good comedy

Every month, 33 1/3 editorial assistant Kaitlin Fontana 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 October? Drumroll please… 1.  “There’s a bit of magic in

Our friends at Foyles have put up a lovely 33 1/3 display at their Charring Cross location. All 33 1/3 titles are buy 1, get 1 half price. Here’s the promo poster above a well-stocked shelf of Moz. They’ve done this very clever thing with records! Special thanks to Charlotte for the photos!

Our guest blogger and author of Histoire de Melody Nelson, Darran Anderson, wraps up Serge Week with his contribution to our Video Vault series. For more on Darran and the book, follow him on Twitter: @33_melody. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkNwuY2JUHQ&w=560&h=315] One of the strangest and lesser-known of the albums influenced by Histoire de Melody Nelson is my favourite

Happy day 4 of Serge Week, celebrating the release of the 87th volume in the 33 1/3 series: Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson. Author Darran Anderson here with his third post. Initials O.G. – Serge Gainsbourg’s Hip-hop Afterlife By Darran Anderson [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgSWm9_BZjs&w=420&h=315] Recently, I wrote a piece for Culture Critic on the legacy of

Happy day 3 of Serge Week, celebrating the release of the 87th volume in the 33 1/3 series: Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson. Author Darran Anderson here with the second of three posts. ‘The avant garde or nothing’ – Gainsbourg and Vannier as innovators By Darran Anderson “If you hadn’t been you, who would