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Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock offers a counter-history of rock music through the lens of interviews with musicians including Richard Thompson, J Mascis, James Williamson, Bob Mould, Tom Verlaine, Lydia Lunch, Lee Ranaldo, Johnny Marr, and John Frusciante. Learn More

A tribute to an independent record label and the people who helped build it, this story encapsulates the zeitgeist in popular music that washed through Vancouver in the 1990s and 2000s. Learn More

Dayton, Ohio's Guided By Voices - GbV, as they're known to their dedicated legion of fans - is Robert Pollard (along with a shifting line-up of coconspirators). Learn More

Punk isn't a sound--it's an idea! In 1982, K Records released its first cassette and put its own spin on punk's defiant manifesto: You don't need anyone's permission to make music. Learn More

Tony Wilson, who passed away in 2007, was a journalist, broadcaster, and music-industry veteran. Learn More

Merge Records defies everything you’ve heard about the music business. Started by two twenty-year-old musicians, Merge is a lesson in how to make and market great music on a human scale. Learn More

From their inception as a distorted lo-fi pop duo out of Stockton, California, to their mid-career re-incarnation as a five-piece slumberpop beauty machine, Pavement were a leading force in the indie art-rock music scene of the late 1990s. Learn More

The founder of a cult rock band shares her outrageous tale of growing up much faster than planned. Learn More

Like Moses delivering forth the Ten Commandments, Henry Owings brings music fans The Rock Bible - an insider's guide to living the rock 'n' roll dream. Learn More