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Lamb of God's Randy Blythe to Release Memoir in July

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2015

There has been a rather protracted wait for Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe's memoir, which had initially been pegged for release last Ju...

How to Write About Music

Edited by Marc Woodworth and Ally-Jane Grossan

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2015

The rise of blogs and social media in the last decade has made getting one's opinion out to an audience simpler than ever; it's writing abo...

Lana Del Rey Suicide Suggestion Edited Out of Kim Gordon's Memoirs

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2015

Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band memoir arrived today (February 24) with a few less choice words than we'd originally learned. Notably, a pointe...

Girl in a Band

Kim Gordon

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2015

As a member of Sonic Youth, Body/Head and all the projects that came before and in between, Kim Gordon has defined herself as a Girl in a B...

Sean Michaels Goes from Music Blog to Giller Prize Shortlist

PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2014

With his first novel Us Conductors, a fictional novel based on the life of theremin inventor Lev Termen, being shortlisted for the prestigi...

Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story

By Rick Bragg

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2014

For a brief moment in time, it seemed as if Jerry Lee Lewis — the piano prodigy who first broke in the 1950s — would overtake E...

Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll

By Peter Bebergal

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2014

Peter Bebergal has succeeded in publishing an unfussy but thoroughly documented piece of prose on pop culture. With Season of the Witch, th...

L’évolution du métal québécois: No Speed Limit (1964-1989)

By Félix B. Desfossés

PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2014

Felix B. Desfossés has once again tapped into a main vein of Quebec's historical underbelly. After singlehandedly reissuing the "maple syru...