watmm music book recommendations

Recommend some good music books (not the fucking Pitchfork 500). I really should read more about the music I love, so give me some ideas. Any genre, from Motorhead to Bob Dylan to Kraftwerk to Beethoven to Sex Pistols. Go for it!!

Cheers

http://www.amazon.com/Swedish-Death-Metal-Daniel-Ekeroth/dp/097961631X

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Band-Could-Your-Life/dp/0316063797/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1379621939

http://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-20th-Century-David-Browne/dp/0749929413/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379622037&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Warp-Labels-Unlimited-Rob-Young/dp/1904772323/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379622058&sr=1-1&keywords=warp+records

http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Jukebox-Music-Tony-Herrington/dp/0704380463/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379622100&sr=1-1&keywords=invisible+jukebox

those are some on my bookshelf which i enjoyed reading.

not entirely about music but life-changing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach

Excellent overview or rave and dance music, albeit only through 1998:

http://www.amazon.com/Energy-Flash-Journey-Through-Culture/dp/1593764073

Book about the fascinating Tropicalia movement:

http://www.amazon.com/Brutality-Garden-Tropicalia-Emergence-Counterculture/dp/0807849766

I would link you to Chris Ott's Shallow Rewards vimeo series but he literally just yanked it a few days ago

http://vimeo.com/shallowrewards/videos

tape delay

musicophilia

our band could be your life

The Rest is Noise (contemporary classical)

Loops (entire history of electronic music (in spanish))

  On 9/19/2013 at 10:22 PM, 30equals said:

http://www.amazon.com/Warp-Labels-Unlimited-Rob-Young/dp/1904772323

And in a similar vein here's Ninja Tune's one which I got with the Ninja XX boxset a few years back - http://www.amazon.com/Ninja-Tune-Pieces-Labels-Unlimited/dp/1907317007/ref=pd_cp_b_0

Shakey - neil young biography

Goodbye 20th Century - sonic youth biography

off top nog

charles mingus' autobiography "beneath the underdog" is pretty good. lots of jive talkin. tom waits on tom waits. revolution in the head, probably the best book about the beatles. miles by miles davis. ocean of sound by david toop. noise music by paul hegarty. please kill me, the oral history of punk. last night a dj saved my life. noise, water, meat.

  On 9/20/2013 at 5:10 AM, zaphod said:

miles by miles davis.

This book inspired the shit out of me. Many people see Miles as a complete asshole, and while they may have a point, I found myself completely identifying with him and realized the importance of sticking up for yourself, as well as living life to the fullest.

Lloyd Bradley: Bass Culture (When reggae was king)

WTF is this?????

It's High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!

what does that even mean?

Thanks for your (sensible ) answers. I'll do my best to check them out.

Dub: Soundscapes and shattered Songs

Special Sound: legacy of The Radiophonic Workshop

Rip It Up: post-Punk 78-84

Electric Eden

john darnielle's "black sabbath - masters of reality" book for the 33 1/3 series.

  On 9/22/2013 at 7:58 AM, disparaissant said:

john darnielle's "black sabbath - masters of reality" book for the 33 1/3 series.

thats been on my list for some time, thanks for reminding me.

This Is Your Brain On Music

http://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Music-Obsession/dp/0452288525

David Byrne's "How Music Works" is an interesting read... I got a signed copy at a discussion he held last year.

just a brief last minute request/question here before i decide on an anchor book:

i'm doing my sophomore theme on the history of electronic music culture in europe (mainly during the 80's and 90's) and it's range of influences and cultures, as well as it's similarities and differences to the u.s. music scenes during the same general period.

i've found some promising works so far, but before i go with one of the options i've found i'd like to know if anyone has any suggestions on good sources?

this will of course have a more specific thesis in the near future, but right now a solid anchor book with a good bibliography (if possible) is what i need to begin developing that.

anyone? :-/ i have to secure sources tonight (ie: order them or check the local library) so that i can have the book in hand by the weekend..

would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.amazon.com/Techno-Rebels-Renegades-Electronic-Painted/dp/0814334385/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195123751/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306805561/