University of Texas Press

Donna Gaines has taken the lightning-fast songs of the Ramones' oeuvre and welded her own brainy spin on their songs, their personalities, their impact, resulting in something unequivocally... — Razorcake More…

[Tongson] packs nostalgic affection and astute critical thinking about Karen Carpenter, her namesake, into this slim volume — Los Angeles Times More…

Love letters to musicians are best kept private, one person's fandom being another's boredom. But Hanif Abdurraqib's tribute to rap group A Tribe Called Quest is an exception: the poet and critic... — Financial Times More…

Juxtaposed with tender paintings from artist and friend Dan Rizzie, cash's lyrics are luminescent nuggets, gleaming with desire, loss, home, and self-empowerment — Vulture More…

Weaving flashes of his own voice into an oral history featuring over 130 of Screw's friends, family, heroes, students, and more, Walker stitches together a full picture of the iconic DJ's legacy — Rolling Stone More…

If you want to read the definitive book on Merle Haggard, this is the one...The beauty of Cantwell's book lies in his in-depth, astute, and entertaining close readings of Hag's songs and the... — No Depression More…

Why Bushwick Bill Matters is invaluable for its examination of how race, gender, and disability shaped Bushwick Bill's contributions to hip-hop culture and to the music industry...Hughes proves... — Journal of Popular Music Studies More…

Rae's account is compelling, capturing the strangeness of Burroughs's itinerant lifestyle, his bizarre obsessions (guns and the occult, mostly) and his Herculean appetite for drugs — The Guardian More…

While Goldman jumps around, hopping from band to band, she places the female musical foment within the critical context of feminist theory and the cultural context of society's upheaval...Known... — Kirkus Reviews More…