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"Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story" By Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill
Jeff Beck is one of the great rock ‘n’ roll guitarists, up there with the likes of Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. It’s slightly surprising, ... -
"99 Problems Finding the 1: A Love Story (Sort Of)" By G’Ra Asim
This is interesting, and there’s a lot going on so buckle up. G’Ra Asim is the assistant professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis and ... -
"Zip It Up! Too: More of the Best of Trouser Press" Edited By Ira A. ...
As members of the music press ourselves, we at MC love a good book about beloved music magazines and fanzines. There have been great books ... -
"Marilyn Forever! Marilyn Monroe—A Symbol of Hope" By Amy Stanford Gaskin
Marilyn Monroe is, of course, one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture alongside the likes of Elvis and James Dean. The sort ... -
"When UK Punk Went Pop 1980-84" By Tony Fletcher
Tony Fletcher’s Dear Boy, the biography of The Who drummer Keith Moon, is one of the all-time great music biographies. Therefore, it’s exciting to see ... -
"Dispatches From the Kingdom of Outsiders" By Tim Sommer
With a tagline of, “Writing on music, culture and more 1979-2025,” veteran music scribe and A&R man Tim Sommer’s book is, according to a statement, ... -
"Joan of the Arcane" By Alexandra Fleder
We cover a lot of biographies and music theory guides in this column, so it’s great when we’re presented with a novel with a musical ... -
"Nirvana—The Complete Scores" Transcriptions by Gabe Andrews, Jordan Baker, Joe Collinson, Chris Romero, and Jim ...
All of the songs from the three Nirvana studio albums—Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero—plus the MTV Unplugged in New York live album (though not the ... -
"Lessons & Lace" By Rachel Brodsky
Celebrated L.A.-based journalist Rachel Brodsky has tagged her biography of Stevie Nicks (also her debut book), “Everything I know about dreams, heartbreak and magic I ... -
"Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of the Strokes (and Rock ‘n’ Roll)" ...
There was a point in time when New Yorkers The Strokes were one of the most highly rated new rock bands on the planet. It ...
