The Book Company: New Products - History & Criticism

Stranded (Australian Independent Music, 1976-1992)

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:33:52 +0000

The definitive book on Australian punk and post-punk music, long unavailable, now reissued in a much expanded new edition, over 400 pages with 175 photos.

Stranded offers the inside story of the emergence of the Saints, the Birthday Party, the Laughing Clowns, the Go-Betwee..

Price: $24.00

Nina Simone and the World She Made (An American Muse)

Sat, 09 May 2026 13:15:31 +0000

In a piercing blend of biography, criticism, and memoir, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Salamishah Tillet explores Nina Simone’s life and the impact of her legacy.

In Nina Simone and the World She Made, Salamishah Tillet traces the enduring artist’s transformation: from Eunic..

Price: $30.00

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

Fri, 08 May 2026 22:32:25 +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

Theatrical Performance and Popular Music

Thu, 07 May 2026 16:27:34 +0000

This book explores the ways in which theatrical techniques are used to create shared performance environments for musicians and fans in popular music. Readers will discover how stage lighting, costuming, choreography, character adoption, and spatial design transform concerts into large-scale th..
Price: $57.99

Sisters Of Mercy (Every Album, Every Song)

Tue, 05 May 2026 22:58:24 +0000

Every album by this legendary British indie band

The Sisters of Mercy are a paradox. A cult band that have enjoyed mainstream success. A puzzle that has been endlessly pored over by myriad fans without the revelation of simple answers. Birthed in Leeds within the Situationi..
Price: $19.95

Yes On Track 1968-1991 (Every Album, Every Song)

Tue, 05 May 2026 22:58:16 +0000

The first part of the career of this legendary progressive rock band

Yes are the archetypal 1970s progressive rock group. Playing powerful and adventurous music when it was briefly part of the mainstream, the band thrilled millions with their iconic albums and epic live sho..
Price: $22.95

Punk '77 (The Year and Music That Revolutionized Rock)

Mon, 04 May 2026 20:16:01 +0000

Buckle up for the wild and definitive month-by-month illustrated history of punk rock’s pivotal year, when the music, culture, and fashion exploded all over the mainstream.

Music fans love to debate who invented punk rock—from the Velvet Underground to the Stooges to ..
Price: $35.00

Still in a Dream (Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-1994)

Mon, 04 May 2026 13:22:33 +0000
Twenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of noisepop, shoegaze, slacker rock, and grunge that reverberated through the late Eighties into the early Nineties.

C..
Price: $19.99

Statesman of the Piano (Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper)

Sat, 02 May 2026 09:49:15 +0000

Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894–1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre. In 1921 he moved to Harlem, performing alongside Paul Robeson and recording extensively in and around Tin Pan Alley, before mo..
Price: $37.95

On Record (Audio Recording, Mediation, and Citizenship in Newfoundland and Labrador)

Sat, 02 May 2026 02:41:10 +0000

Musical media and the audio recording industry have an important and complex history in Newfoundland and Labrador: professional musicians, community songwriters, local institutions, and even politicians have gone on record. The result is a widespread body of work that undercuts the idea of reco..
Price: $39.95