The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of the Year Lists.” Here on Ex-Spectator, I’ll be rolling out a few “End of the Year”/”End of the Decade” lists. Today’s list: The Best Music Books of the Aughts. I would be lying if I said I’ve read every music [..[...]
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December 11th, 2009 - 10:21 pm § in True/Slant
The Best Music Books of The Decade
Tags: 33 1/3, Alex Ross, books, Can't Stop Won't Stop, Chuck Klosterman, Continuum, Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk In The Nation's Capital, Daniel Sinker, David Kamp, Electronic music, Eric Grubbs, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey In Rural North Dakota, Glen E. Friedman, Hardcore punk, hip-hop, Jeff Chang, Jessica Hopper, Keep Your Eyes Open, Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins, Michael Azerrad, Michael Muhammad Knight, Modulations - A History of Electronic Music: Throbbing Words On Sound, music, Norman Branon, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Peter Shapiro, Post, Rip It Up And Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984, Simon Reynolds, Steven Daly, The Anti-Matter Anthology: A 1990s Post-Punk & Hardcore Reader, The Girls Guide to Rocking, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, The Rock Snob's Dictionary, The Taqwacores, We Owe You Nothing - Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews No Comments
November 24th, 2009 - 12:50 am § in True/Slant
'Heavy Metal in Baghdad' band announces first EP
Iraqi metal quartet Acrassicauda announced their first EP, Only The Dead See The End Of War, will come out in March 2010 on Vice Records. Back in 2007, Vice produced a documentary on the band, Heavy Metal in Baghdad. Though condescending at times, the film managed to provide a fairly human element [...]