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Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard Examined with New Biography

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2018

Ever wondered how Robert Pollard manages to churn out a new album every couple of months? Fans will soon get new insight into the Guided By...

Shine: How a MuchMusic Compilation Came to Define Canadian Alternative Music and Sell a Zillion Copies

By Mark Teo

PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2018

When confronted with the existence of a book about Big Shiny Tunes, the first thing most people will ask is obvious: Who would want to read...

All Gates Open: The Story of Can

By Rob Young & Irmin Schmidt

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2018

All Gates Open: The Story of Can tells the story of a band cobbled together from oddball pieces in times of great tumult. As founding membe...

Beastie Boys Detail Their Massive 'Beastie Boys Book'

PUBLISHED May 15, 2018

After Mike D hinted at the arrival of a memoir earlier this year, he and Beastie Boys bandmate Ad-Rock have revealed the details behind the...

​MuchMusic's 'Big Shiny Tunes' Explored in New Book

PUBLISHED May 15, 2018

Any Canadian kid that grew up in the MuchMusic era remembers Big Shiny Tunes — but they will have the opportunity to learn lots more about...

Paul Simon: The Life

By Robert Hilburn

PUBLISHED May 9, 2018

Paul Simon himself has largely avoided publicly conflating his personal life with his six-decade career as a songwriter and musician; in hi...

​Tanya Tagaq Announces 'Split Tooth' Book

PUBLISHED May 3, 2018

Polaris Music Prize-winning throat singer Tanya Tagaq has revealed plans for an upcoming book titled Split Tooth.   The book moves between...

Mad Skills: MIDI and Music Technology in the 20th Century

By Ryan Alexander Diduck

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2018

The split title of this book is very telling of its overall feel: on one hand you have Mad Skills (playful old-school hip-hop terminology),...