JEFF GOMEZ – SAMMY J-CARD PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY One of the wonderful things about music is that it almost automatically attaches to a person, place, or time. It can be a band, song or album. Each song can have a deep [...]
MELISSA AUF DER MAUR – EVEN THE GOOD GIRLS WILL CRY: A ’90S ROCK MEMOIR DA CAPO/GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY TRISH MELANSON Women finally emerged as a force in rock music in the 80s, led by trailblazers such as Joan Jett, [...]
JULIEN BITOUN – GALLAGHER’S GUITARS: THE RORY GALLAGHER COLLECTION MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY In the introduction he wrote for Gallagher’s Guitars: The Rory Gallagher Collection, Johnny Marr writes a great deal of Rory [...]
MICHAEL GLOVER SMITH – BOB DYLAN AS FILMMAKER: NO TIME TO THINK MCNIDDER & GRACE BOOK REVIEW BY JULIE CORRELL There is a particular thrill in watching someone as famously elusive as Bob Dylan step behind a movie camera. It’s like [...]
BETTE A. AND BRIAN ENO – SLOW STORIES (A COLLABORATION OF STORYTELLING, MUSIC AND ART) UNNAMED PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Brian Eno was very busy in 2025, releasing three albums, organizing charitable events (and single), putting [...]
STEVEN BLUSH – WHEN ROCK MET HIP-HOP BACKBEAT BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS As the third installment of his recent series of books that explore intersections between rock and other genres (with previous entries focusing on reggae and [...]
JOE MATERA – THE MAKING OF ABBA: THE STORY BEHIND THE BAND’S BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM SONICBOND PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY By 1975, ABBA had firmly established themselves in Europe and the U.K. as a substantial singles band with the [...]
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 [...]
