LITERATURE

Highs, Lows, and Near-Misses: Crowdfund The “Three And A Half Minutes Of Fame” Music Documentary

The documentary 'Three and a Half Minutes of Fame', inspired by the book of the same name, is now crowdfunding.…

8 months ago

Post-Punk Paradise: New Book Recalls 70s / 80s Preston Scene

A new book, Not JUST About The Fall: 50 adventures in a post-punk paradise, recalls the vibrant music scene of…

8 months ago

An Anarchy of Demons: Charlie Harper (UK Subs) Compilation Includes Rare Punk Track

Time & Matter Recordings and Engineer Records have released a special Charlie Harper (UK Subs) compilation album to accompany his…

8 months ago

Ian Glasper’s “Silence Is No Reaction: Forty Years Of Subhumans” Is Back In Stock At Earth Island Books

The definitive history of UK anarcho punk legends Subhumans, SILENCE IS NO REACTION: FORTY YEARS OF SUBHUMANS, is back in…

9 months ago

Old Tricks, New Treats By Ruby Dee Philippa (Earth Island Books)

Ruby Dee Philippa’s Old Tricks, New Treats, the third installment in the Bag Of Tricks trilogy, is a high-octane collection…

9 months ago

Punk Writers Unite For “Hardcore Horror” – 23 Tales Of Chaos And Fear

Hardcore Horror dives deep into the grim underbelly of punk rock’s imagination. This literary collection features twenty-three dark stories written…

9 months ago

Paddy Shennan Celebrates Post-Punk Obsession In New Book “Not JUST About The Fall”

Former Liverpool ECHO journalist Paddy Shennan releases Not JUST About The Fall: 50 Adventures in a Post-Punk Paradise via Earth…

9 months ago

Tricky Business By Ruby Dee Phillipa (Earth Island Books)

Ruby Dee Philippa’s Tricky Business is a brilliant, unfiltered continuation of her vivid portrayal of San Francisco’s early 1980s punk…

9 months ago

“Heavy Sounds In The West” By Hans Verbeke And Onno Hesselink (Earth Island Books)

Heavy Sounds in the West is one of those rare instances where music history insists on dragging a place into…

10 months ago

Paddy Shennan Celebrates The Unsung Heroes Of Music In “Not JUST About The Fall”

Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter Paddy Shennan turns his focus to the lifeblood of music: the fans. In his new book…

10 months ago

“My Altercation: The Bandung Melodic Punk Scene 1995-2008” By Prabu Pramayougha (Earth Island Books)

Punk rock histories are usually told through the familiar capitals: London, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. Maybe Berlin, maybe Tokyo if…

10 months ago

“Days And Days: The Story About Sunderland’s Leatherface And The Ties That Bind” by Chris MacDonald (Little Rocket Records)

Leatherface never courted recognition. They didn’t fit in the tidy categories that music magazines love to draw, and they never…

11 months ago