Bloomsbury

Growing up in cultural isolation in Montana means that whatever creative influences you encounter are ones you found yourself. For a young music fan, it's frustrating: no one tours there,... — The Big Takeover More…

A scholarly but thoroughly readable analysis ... Strongest of all are the in-depth dissections of Homogenic's heady blend of patriotism and cosmopolitanism, the traditional and tech savvy, nature... — Record Collector More…

Barker's journalistic study offers a vivid insight into how five hip-hop everymen came to make one of the genre's defining works — Record Collector More…

A clear-eyed and devastating new biography ... as heartbreaking and well-crafted as one of Elliott Smith's songs — Los Angeles Times More…

Jonathan Scott is our cheerful tour guide ... and The Vinyl Frontier is our comprehensive and comprehensible itinerary — Los Angeles Times More…

Evans approaches the Manics' dark, sinewy third album, The Holy Bible, with the same studious zeal that precipitated its arrival ... An essential companion piece. [Five stars] — Record Collector More…

Meat is Murder is as droll as any of his songs, as its asthmatic narrator recounts his days in a Catholic high school outside Boston in 1985 and how his life was changed by the discovery of... — The Stranger More…