The Book Company: New Products - History & Criticism

Listening with My Lens (Chicago's '50s to '80s Jazz Scene)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:18:45 +0000

This stunning collection celebrates the career of Chicago photographer Jeff Lowenthal, whose work for Newsweekmagazine granted him rare access to many of the defining cultural figures of the 20th century.

Spanning the late 1950s through the 1980s, the book focuses on Lowentha..

Price: $40.00

Hollywood Eden (Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise)

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:31:00 +0000

Now in paperback — from surf music to hot-rod records to the sunny pop of the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, the Byrds, and the Mama’s & the Papa’s, Hollywood Eden captures the fresh blossom of a young generation who came together in the epic spring of the 1960s to invent the myth of ..

Price: $18.99

Da Capo: A Life in Music

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:10:22 +0000
An intimate memoir of Britain's post-war musical world by one of its most perceptive critics, capturing the people, personalities and institutions that shaped an era.

This book is a posthumous collection of vivid vignettes and recollections by the distinguished musicologist and c..
Price: $29.95

Noise Diary

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:02:59 +0000

Noise Diary presents two essays on sound and community. In “An Extended Listen” the author engages with Toronto’s improvised music scene as a listener. As live music is opening up after the pandemic, the author, struggling with anxiety and depression, goes out to experience the handful o..
Price: $16.95

HiFi Horizons (A Journey Through the New Culture of Sound)

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:43:12 +0000
Listening has become a ritual again. Around the world, a new generation of audiophiles is gathering in beautifully designed listening bars, collecting handcrafted audio equipment, and rediscovering music as a shared experience. HiFi Horizons explores this thriving global culture through extraordin..
Price: $75.00

Beethoven's Skull (Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Classical Music and Beyond)

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:50:07 +0000

Beethoven’s Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it presents tales of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange fate..
Price: $14.99

The Band (Every Album, Every Song)

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:10:40 +0000

Every album by these legends of Americana

The Band’s music is often described in terms of nostalgia, yet its character is more complex. Rather than simply revisiting established American traditions, the group engaged in a careful reinterpretation of blues, folk, country and..
Price: $22.95

Gentle Giant. Revised and Expanded (Every Album, Every Song)

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:10:32 +0000

Every album by these Britsih progressive rock legends

Gental Giant are the ultimate cult progressive band - as revered as Yes or Genesis by those that have 'found' them. They lasted only a decade and never lit up the world's charts, but progressive rock connoisseurs always ..
Price: $22.95

Ruins and Resilience (The Longevity of Experimental Film)

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:36:54 +0000

Experimental film practice from an international and transdisciplinary perspective. Karel Doing is an experimental filmmaker and researcher who has worked across the globe with fellow artists and filmmakers, creating a body of work that is difficult to pinpoint with a simple catchphrase. In Ruins..
Price: $39.95

Building a Voice (Sound, Surface, Skin)

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:36:47 +0000

On the emergence, embodiment, and mediation of voice as skin. How do we build or make a voice together? Can we imagine the voices we make in the form of a skin, a multi-sensory interface that behaves both as a boundary and as a point of connection? What does such a voice capacitate in times of cr..
Price: $39.95