MUSIC WE LIKE (MOSTLY)

The National Book Award–winner Patti Smith presents a treasure box of a childhood memoir about “clear unspeakable joy” and “just the wish to know.” Learn More

Your Source for Independent Art, Music and Thoughts. Learn More

In the early seventies, Detroit was the musical hub of America. Everything from the chart topping sounds of Motown records to the vicious proto-punk of The Stooges was being brewed out there and it seemed like there was no end in sight. Learn More

The first comprehensive reader on punk and race, from The Clash to Bad Brains. Learn More

Includes a code for free CD download of many of the bands featured in this book! Learn More

An oral history featuring The Go-Go's, The Runaways, The Germs, X, Black Flag, and beyond. Learn More

In 1979, punk was over . . . but by 1981, hardcore was born. Learn More

The proximity of the East L.A. barrio to Hollywood is as close as a short drive on the 101 freeway, but the cultural divide is enormous. Born to Mexican-born and American-naturalized parents, Alicia Armendariz migrated a few miles west to participate in the free-range birth of the 1970s punk movement. Alicia adopted the punk name Alice Bag, and became lead singer for The Bags, early punk visionaries who starred in Penelope Spheeris' documentary The Decline of Western Civilization. Learn More

Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in the post-punk era, creating a new sound—dark, hypnotic, and intense—that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead, and numerous others. Learn More