GENERAL MUSIC

AJA was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles. Learn More

Stephen Catanzarite takes a close look at what many consider to be U2's most fully formed album through the prisms of religion, politics, spirituality, and culture, illuminating its previously unexplored depths, arguing that it's a concept album about love and the fall of man. Learn More

Ignored by virtually everyone upon its release in November 1968, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society is now seen as one of the best British albums ever recorded. Learn More

The music of bands such as U2 or Rage Against The Machine is as 'inspirational' or 'motivational' as Celine's, but for different subcultural groups. Learn More

Radio City (the book) is the improbable but true story of an ardent fan who gets close enough to Alex Chilton, the prime architect of the best power pop album ever made outside of Abbey Road Studios, to see what’s on the other side of genius, fame, and expectations. Learn More

Surprisingly few books have been published about Madness, considering the vast number of records they have sold worldwide over the years. Learn More

A prismatic look at one of the most unusual albums ever released by a major rock band, with fresh input from Lindsey Buckingham. Learn More

This is the story of the depraved, no-future land called the American Midwest in the 1980s, and of a boy who rose from a dismal town (population 2300) to become one of the biggest selling musicians of the 1990s. Learn More

It’s October 1977, and the Rolling Stones are in a Paris recording studio. They’re under siege. Keith Richards’s legal troubles after his arrest for heroin possession threaten the band’s future, and the broad consensus among rock aficionados is that the band will never again reach the heights of Exile on Main Street. Learn More