ANDREW PERER – TURN MY HEAD INTO SOUND: A HISTORY OF KEVIN SHIELDS AND MY BLOODY VALENTINE JAWBONE PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY As the title would indicate, Turn My Head into Sound: A History of Kevin Shields and My Bloody Valentine [...]
PIERS HEMMINGSEN – THE BEATLES IN CANADA: THE EVOLUTION 1964-1970 HEMMINGSEN PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY The Beatles in Canada: The Evolution 1964-1970 is a hefty book (over 600 pages) both in size and information. The focus [...]
MARTIN BARRE – A TRICK OF MEMORY: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JETHRO TULL’S GUITARIST MCNIDDER & GRACE Martin Barre joined Jethro Tull after their original guitarist, Mick Abrahams, left due to musical differences with Ian Anderson. Abrahams [...]
SIMON RAYMONDE – IN ONE EAR: COCTEAU TWINS, IVOR RAYMONDE AND ME NINE EIGHT BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Simon Raymonde joined the Cocteau Twins in 1983 and contributed to their classic album, Treasure in 1984. From that album [...]
CAMERON CROWE – THE UNCOOL: A MEMOIR AVID READER PRESS/SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOK REVIEW BY TRISH MELANSON Adolescence is a time of struggle. The struggle to find oneself, to find a place in this world as an adult. But the adolescents of [...]
GREG PRATO – ALTERNATIVE FOR THE MASSES: THE 90s ALT-ROCK REVOLUTION – AN ORAL HISTORY MOTORBOOKS/QUARTO BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Perhaps best known for Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, acclaimed author and [...]
KATIE BAIN – DESERT DREAMS: THE MUSIC, STYLE, AND ALLURE OF COACHELLA EPIC INK/QUARTO BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Rock festivals have always been part of rock ‘n’ roll, from the early Dick Clark package tours to the Motown shows, to [...]
YUSUF/CAT STEVENS – CAT ON THE ROAD TO FINDOUT GENESIS PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Yusuf/Cat Stevens has written his memoir, and in typical Yusuf/Cat Stevens fashion, this is much more than just his story. He writes quite [...]