Duke University Press

Part history of technology, part reception studies, this anthology gathers advertisements, sales agents' scripts, personal accounts, editorials and letters from hobbyist journals of the early... — The Wire More…

An engaging anthropological study of dancehall." -- Aaron Cohen — Downbeat More…

One of the best music books of 2010, Tara Rodgers's Pink Noises, gave an accessible window into what looks to be many years of research into gender, identity and electronic music — The Quietus More…

Ever since people started writing about rock, other people have made fun of them. Anthony DeCurtis's anthology, with its clutch of academics, rock writers and musicians, will strike cynics as... — The New York Times More…

McKay has written an excellent study of one of the many new cultures and cultural spaces of postwar England. His emphasis on space and culture, gender and space, and race and identity make this... — Journal of British Studies More…

[A] vital statement about the infinitely nuanced nature of cultural exchange between Africa and America, and how our fullest understanding of jazz history might be furthered by enquiries like... — Jazzwise More…

Sterne exhaustively and eloquently traces the history of the mp3 from the initial hearing model developed in Bell Labs to the current debates about piracy. As the author argues, each time we... — Pitchfork More…

Japanoise, on one hand, delineates Noise's historical resonance with musique concrete, post-war jazz, experimental rock and Dada happenings, to name just a few orienting styles. On the other,... — Ethnomusicology Forum More…

The clear, simple language makes the essays accessible, and contributors are to be commended for their excellent presentations...Highly recommended." -- K. W. Mukuna — Choice More…