What Music Books Have You Read Recently? (3 Viewers)

[Diumraid]

Read that Clinton Heylin one too, good range of stuff not always covered in punk books like Cleveland scene etc, he is a bit of a yap though, very dismissive of the Ramones...

Aye, the one saving grace was dealing with scenes that are often overlooked - Paisley Underground, early indie country, Norn Iron scene etc.. His taste is beyond belief though..

 

[Unknown Convict]

next up:

 

[TheVelourias]

I started this the other week, a formative account that will transport you back in time to the origins of grunge.

 

[Anthony]

Read most of the Belle & Sebastien book during the summer. Had to put it down, too fawning, example: "then the boy genius took his genius songs to the dirty masses, soon they would know his genius and how much of a genius the boy was"*


*not a direct quote but you get the jist.

 

[Goodbye]

None.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Aye, the one saving grace was dealing with scenes that are often overlooked - Norn Iron scene etc.

What book is that? And how much does he go into it?


Just started reading Pauline Black's book. Not read any books in ages.

 

[Jamesy Yakuza]

What book is that? And how much does he go into it?

It's called "Babylons Burning - From Punk To Grunge" by Clinton Heylin...there's about half a chapter on Northern Ireland


J

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

cool,I could read that in a shop without buying it then.

 

[Diumraid]

What book is that? And how much does he go into it?

It's called "Babylons Burning - From Punk To Grunge" by Clinton Heylin...there's about half a chapter on Northern Ireland


J

Can be summed up thusly: Undertones and SLF have wherewithal to escape to mainland - each did not care for the other much, nobody cares for Feargal Sharkey much, very little else to report apart from a couple of cover bands. Certainly not worth buying the book for I'd say.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Can be summed up thusly: Undertones and SLF have wherewithal to escape to mainland - each did not care for the other much, nobody cares for Feargal Sharkey much, very little else to report apart from a couple of cover bands. Certainly not worth buying the book for I'd say.

Not too surprising then. Ah well,I have It Makes You Want To Spit.

 

[dunderhead]

just read a review of this. looks decent.
for a book set in mid to late sevs, it thankfully doesn't just focus on cbgb/punk scene.
also covers jazz/disco/nuyorican/general living in the city at this time

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Picked up that Cork Rock book in Chapters the other day for a fiver.

 

[dunderhead]

anyone pick up that Dan Hegarty book, Buried Treasures? If so, any use? what albums are the 'treasures'?

 

[Richie]

just read a review of this. looks decent.
for a book set in mid to late sevs, it thankfully doesn't just focus on cbgb/punk scene.
also covers jazz/disco/nuyorican/general living in the city at this time

I read this last year.. The writing's a bit functional but he makes an admirable attempt to cover just about every form of music going on in the city in one narrative It did inspire me to listen to some stuff I hadn't previously bothered with like early hip hop, salsa, minimalist modern composers which is the best you can hope for from most music books.

More recently read Songs They Never Play on the Radio which is an account of touring with Nico in the 80s when she was a junkie living in Manchester and her career was at a low point, from the perspective of some lad who was fresh out of university and a bit green when he joined up. Grim and quite funny in turns, a bit like a real-life equivalent of that movie Frank.

 

[dunderhead]

that sounds decent. must check it out

 

[rettucs]

anyone pick up that Dan Hegarty book, Buried Treasures? If so, any use? what albums are the 'treasures'?

Jimmy Cake are in it.

So there must be a section on great crowdfunding scams of our times.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I'm re-reading bits of Rip it up and start again & Retromania by Simon Reynolds. He's one of the best music writers out there.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I picked up a copy of Girl In A Band by Kim Gordon today, hopefully I'll get to reading it next week. I have my eye on that recent Robert Wyatt biography but I think I'll wait for paperback, hardbacks are a nuisance.

 

[Unknown Convict]

anyone pick up that Dan Hegarty book, Buried Treasures?

no but i have been enjoying donal dineen's sunken treasure column for quite a while. wonder if there's much overlap.

 

[Unknown Convict]

this looks like it could be a good read:
Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear)
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