Print Reviews

Love, Death, and Photosynthesis
- Print Reviews
- February 14, 2022
Love, Death, and Photosynthesis is Bela Koe-Krompecher’s memoir of addiction, friendship, mental illness, and the music scene of early ’90s Ohio.
Plus 1: Athens—Show Flyers From a Legendary Scene 1967-2002
- Print Reviews
- January 14, 2022
Plus 1 Athens: Show Flyers from a Legendary Scene reproduces over 150 Athens, Georgia band flyers in a beautifully designed book.
Hard + Fast
- Print Reviews
- January 5, 2022
A look back at the early days of Los Angeles punk through the lens of photographer Melanie Nissen and her book HARD + FAST.
I Saw A Dozen Faces: The Diary of a Never Was
- Print Reviews
- December 6, 2021
From The Windbreakers to Bark, Tim Lee is a trooper in the rock and roll trenches…and he’s lived to tell it all in his new memoir.
Metallica: The $24.95 Book
- Print Reviews
- November 30, 2021
From underground thrash metal pioneers, to arguably the biggest rock act in the new millennium, Metallica has had a long and tumultuous history. Ben Apatoff scours a myriad of sources to catalog this history in his new book.
Poetic Song Verse
- Print Reviews
- November 19, 2021
Carl F. Gauze reviews Mike Mattison and Ernest Suarez’s study of how poetry crept into rock and roll.
Junkwraith
- Print Reviews
- October 19, 2021
A young woman abandons a promising skating career only to be chased by her inner demons. Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Self Taught
- Print Reviews
- October 15, 2021
Over a ten-year period, punk guitar legend Tim Kerr and his wife Beth used thrift store cameras to document self-taught artists’ environments. Combined with portraits of the creators, Self Taught is a celebration of artistic spirit.
In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997
- Print Reviews
- September 28, 2021
Jim Saah documented the D.C. hardcore scene with training from a high school photography class, capturing energy and excitement with a natural sense of technique and art.
Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
- Print Reviews
- September 10, 2021
From conservatism and socialism to faith, family, and feminism, activist/author Candace Owens addresses many of today’s hottest cultural bullet points in her controversial debut page-turner.
SKA BOOM! An American Ska & Reggae Oral History
- Print Reviews
- August 20, 2021
Marc Wasserman gives us an oral history of American Ska. Bob Pomeroy reviews.
The Magic Key: Unlock Your Memoir
- Print Reviews
- July 23, 2021
For aspiring writers and established authors alike, the latest from Anna-Marie O’Brien is a magical MUST.
Home Time 2: Beyond the Weaving
- Print Reviews
- May 20, 2021
This charming graphic novel from Australian Campbell Whyte mixes wonderful illustration and totally weird denizens with regular ‘tween issues.
The Grot: The Story of the Swamp City Grifters
- Print Reviews
- April 19, 2021
Muck and mud stand in the way of medicinal yoghurt profits in Pat Grant’s graphic novel.

Under-Earth
- Print Reviews
- March 16, 2021
Carl F. Gauze reviews this graphic novel about a dystopian prison society obsessed with sewage and fighting.
The Book Tour
- Print Reviews
- January 27, 2021
A low-energy author heads out on a book tour that becomes more and more nightmarish as his life falls apart.
Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind
- Print Reviews
- January 18, 2021
Music reviews covering the critical years of rock and roll from 1967 to 1973 by critic and band manager Michael Oberman.
A Shot of Poison (10th Anniversary Edition)
- Print Reviews
- December 17, 2020
Nostalgia is a powerful force, and Christopher Long’s account of hair metal icons Poison and their 2006 tour puts Ian Koss in a reflective mood.
Patch & Tweak with Moog
- Print Reviews
- December 4, 2020
The sounds of Moog synthesizers have been the future of music for a good part of our past now. Julius C. Lacking takes a look at this comprehensive guide.
I’m Gonna Say It Now: The Writings of Phil Ochs
- Print Reviews
- November 30, 2020
The brilliance of Phil Ochs shines in this collection of his writings, reviewed by James Mann.

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- Screen Reviews
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- Archikulture Digest
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- Music Reviews
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- Archikulture Digest
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- Event Reviews
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- Music Reviews
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- Screen Reviews
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- Music Reviews
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