Tag: books

New book: Selling The Night: When Club Culture Meets Brands, Advertising and the Creative Industries by Andy Crysell explores how club culture intersects with brands, advertising and the creative industries. (Related and likely paywalled, sorry: Shawn Reynaldo interview with Andy Crysell)

New book: Hating Jazz: A History of Its Disparagement, Mockery, and Other Forms of Abuse by Andrew S Berish - a deep dive into the meaning behind the hatred of jazz

New book: Dance Or Die: A History of Hardcore - the first chronological study of hardcore as a music, a subculture and a way of life, evolving from niche scenes in the UK, the US and Europe to permeate the nightlife industry worldwide

Stick with the Weirdos: Marie Davidson’s chooses her favourite books for The Quietus' Baker's Dozen

All the authors that were featured on Tamara Palmer's Music Book Club choose their favourite music books of 2024

All the authors that were featured on Tamara Palmer's Music Book Club choose their favourite music books of 2024

Five of the best music books of 2024 according to Alexis Petridis

New book: Like Lockdown Never Happened: Music and Culture During Covid by Joy White examines how Covid affected culture in 2020, covering topics like Black music, digital creativity and cultural responses in the UK and Jamaica

New book: Streaming Music, Streaming Capital by Eric Drott in which the author examines the political economy of music streaming, including music production and consumption, consumer surveillance and climate change

New book: No Tags: Conversations on underground music culture. Chal and Tom have announced a No Tags book that compiles every interview they've done, along with edited transcripts of their non-guest conversations and four specially commissioned essays from their fav writers and thinkers: Eris Drew, Chris Zaldua, Henry Bruce-Jones and Ray Philp.

Apple have published a book detailing their top 100 albums. It's limited to 1500 copies and you can buy yours for $450

New book: David Rowell's The Endless Refrain argues that music streaming and digital platforms are harming the music industry and culture, leaving a diminished level of quality and diversity as a result

Justin Robertson (yes, that Justin Robertson) has written a fictional book called The Trial of Jonah

'Body to Body: Ten Tracks That Tell the Story of Electronic Body Music' - Yuma Hampejs and Marcel Schulze, authors of a new book, Electronic Body Music, present a playlist that embodies the visceral, industrial heart of the genre

New book: a crowdfunding campaign is underway for a new book titled Sweaty Ceilings which celebrates London's independent music venues. Each chapter is written by different music journalists, and part of the sales will support the Music Venue Trust charity.

New book: A Thousand Threads, a memoir by Neneh Cherry

New book: Marguerite L. Harrold's Chicago House Music: Culture and Community explores the rich history of house music in Chicago, highlighting its cultural significance and community roots. Via 5mag

Acid House Cabaret UK Tour 2024 with Kirk Field, the author of new book Rave New World. Visits Glasgow Glee Club on Sunday 3rd November

Just treated myself to the new fabric book, written by Joe Muggs

Elijah's post-it notes questioning music scenes and scenarios are collected in a new book being published by Velocity Press. It's called "Close The App, Make The Ting" and can be purchased here

New book: Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop

SYNC - 5 Magazine's new corner of the web for collecting long forgotten mixes. Related: they've also started a book club: 5 Mag Book Club

Interesting interview in this week's Moonbuilding newsletter with Justin Patrick Moore, the author of The Radio Phonics Laboratory – Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis And The Birth of Electronic Music (on Velocity Press)

Interview with Velocity Press boss Colin Steven, talking about running his publishing business

New book: Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism by Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo in which she reveals the concept of “authenticity maneuvering” in her focus on three female DJs: The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon and Peggy Gou

Dave Haslam on completing his short format book series on inspiring people including Grace Jones, Courtney Love and Sylvia Plath

New book: How You Make Me Feel: The Life & Legacy of Marcus Intalex by Mark O'Donnell and Sherif Dhaimish

New book: Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry by Christopher T. Conner and David R. Dickens explores the subculture’s [EDM's] emergence as a deviant subculture