Punk rock, new wave, experimental music and avant-garde art movement of the 70's and the 80's are portrayed in No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980, the first book to visually chronicle the collision of art and music of said movement by means of 150 photographs, most of which have never been published, and hundreds of hours of interviews made by Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Byron Coley, a veteran music critic.
Used to write music criticisms, Pitchfork's staff decided to pick the 500 best songs of the past three decades and compiled them into The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, a book featuring all-new essays and reviews written with a sharp wit that also present a new paradigm. What songs? Check out lala.com playlist.
From being an idea of a bored DJ to becoming an Internet phenomenon in a couple of months,
the art of putting a sleeve in front of your face and striking a pose for the photo is called
Sleevefacing, and now it is introduced to the world of objects.
Sleeveface - Be the vinyl,
a book including the 200 best photos received from different users of social networks, such as Flickr and Facebook, will be out in December.
Just as a set or track is an open and dynamic composition you can remix, the book Techno Rebelde: Un siglo de músicas electrónicas (Rebel Techno: A Century of Electronic Music), written by Ariel Kyrou, presents the history of the genre in unstructured chapters that form a treatise on the roots of the scene. Download the entire book in .pdf format for free in Spanish.
After 30 years of career, Goodbye 20th Century was published this week. The book, written by David Browne, delves into the life and work of Sonic Youth, the iconic experimental rock band from New York. Through interviews and statements of close friends, from Spike Jonze to Sofia Coppola, the author recreates the spirit of Sonic Youth and tries to explain why they are one of the most influential bands in music history.