Category: Books

Kevin Haskins shares visual history of Bauhaus in new coffee table book 'Undead'

Kevin Haskins shares visual history of Bauhaus in new coffee table book ‘Undead’

First announced last year, Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins’ visual history of the pioneering goth-rock act — a 315-page coffee table book stuffed with recollections and flyers, ticket stubs, personal photographs and more — will be published in early 2018 by Cleopatra Records. See images from the book here.

Robert Forster sets UK book tour for 'Grant & I: Inside and Outside The Go-Betweens'

Robert Forster sets UK book tour for ‘Grant & I: Inside and Outside The Go-Betweens’

Robert Forster, the surviving co-founder of Australia’s The Go-Betweens, will embark on a book tour of the U.K. and Ireland this September to promote the publication of the paperback edition of “Grant & I: Inside and Outside The Go-Betweens.” Autographed copies can be pre-ordered online.

Publisher launches Kickstarter to get Butthole Surfers bio 'Scatological Alchemy' into print

Publisher launches Kickstarter to get Butthole Surfers bio ‘Scatological Alchemy’ into print

A small British publishing house is turning to fans via a new Kickstarter campaign to raise the remaining funds needed to publish “Scatological Alchemy: A Gnostic Biography of the Butthole Surfers,” a new book by Ben Graham about the legendary Texas psychedelic rockers. The book is due out later this summer.

Johnny Marr to publish autobiography in 2016: 'The time has come to tell my story'

Johnny Marr to publish autobiography in 2016: ‘The time has come to tell my story’

Johnny Marr this week made it official, formally announcing his long-discussed plans to pen a memoir, saying the book will be published in fall 2016 — three years after bandmate Morrissey’s much-buzzed “Autobiography.” No title has been announced for Marr’s book, but it will be published by Century.

Elvis Costello to publish memoir titled 'Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink' this fall

Elvis Costello to publish memoir titled ‘Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink’ this fall

Given his acclaim as a songwriter, it goes without saying that a memoir by Elvis Costello is eagerly anticipated, and the former Declan McManus will finally deliver this fall when Penguin publishes his 352-page autobiography, entitled “Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink.”

Contest: Win a copy of 'Pixies: A Visual History' autographed by Black Francis

Contest: Win a copy of ‘Pixies: A Visual History’ autographed by Black Francis

For any diehard fan of the Pixies, the just-published “Pixies: A Visual History” — a gorgeous, 215-page hardbound coffee-table book jammed with scores and scores of you-are-there photographs chronicling the ascent of the college-rock favorites — is a must-have.