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Music, protest, film, lyrics, nature, art, design, sex, drugs... and rock 'n' roll. From memoirs to photo books, we have good reads for you.
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Essential Music Memoirs

"This is non-fiction with feeling. It's incredibly cool and it's as close as you'll get to time travel for…

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In Conversation with Thurston Moore

"I always thought Sonic Youth started that way - what is the band that we would like to see on stage? And it wasn'…

US Books of the Year 2023

A different way of listening to the music and stories we love. We cannot reflect on another orbit around the sun without acknowledging the printed works…

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Books of the Year 2023 | Rough Trade UK

"This book really captures the unadulterated joy and excitement about playing in a band, discovering bands, seeing them live, talking about them with your friends…

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US Books of the Year 2022

During a year of bumpy restarts, where our feet feel a bit closer to the ground and our heads starting to look skyward, the stories we…

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UK Books of the Year 2022

Rewinding histories of hip hop, shoegaze stardom, indie hedonism and the rebel chemistry of punk and reggae. Whether it's detail-oriented accounts from learned documentarians…

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Preview: A Likely Lad

Peter Doherty with Simon Spence A Likely Lad The long-awaited, candid memoir from Peter Doherty, exploring his darkest moments with astonishing frankness, his trademark wit and…

Preview: My Life In the Sunshine

With his new memoir, My Life In the Sunshine, Nabil Ayers looks backwards with clear eyes and brilliance as he recounts his bi-racial upbringing in Salt…

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Spring Equinox Books and Music

'When we lose our connection to nature We lose our spirit, our humanity, our sense of self' -  Cassandra Jenkins, Hard Drive It’s…

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Preview: Ten Thousand Apologies

Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure A music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional…