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Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
James McBride
Reviewed by Thomas Fawcett, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
John Doe and Tom DeSavia
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
NOFX and Jeff Alulis
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
Living Like a Runaway
Lita Ford
Reviewed by Raoul Hernandez, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
Stick It! My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock & Roll
Carmine Appice and Ian Gittins
Reviewed by Richard Whittaker, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
Terminated for Reasons of Taste
Chuck Eddy
Reviewed by Libby Webster, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
Don't All Thank Me at Once: The Lost Pop Genius of Scott Miller
Brett Milano
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, the Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock
Barney Hoskyns
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
Country Boys and Redneck Women
Diane Pecknold & Kristine M. McCusker
Reviewed by Abby Johnston, Music, Jun. 16, 2016
Dark Run
Summer reading recommendations that will take you out of this world
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Arts, Jun. 16, 2016
Arabella of Mars
David D. Levine
Reviewed by Adrienne Martini, Arts, Jun. 16, 2016
Arcadia: A Novel
Iain Pears
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Arts, Jun. 16, 2016
The Winged Histories
Sofia Samatar
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Arts, Jun. 16, 2016
Sheet Music: Waylon & The Grand Tour
Shooter Jennings' brother Terry delves into pop's big britches & Ol' Possum – blisters, warts, scars, et al.
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Music, May. 26, 2016
Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
'Mats 'tude – definitive
Reviewed by Neph Basedow, Music, Mar. 31, 2016
Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s
Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria
Reviewed by Marc Savlov, Arts, Mar. 10, 2016
Pleasantville
Investigating the latest "persons of interest" in Texas' literary crime scene
Reviewed by Molly Odintz, Arts, Feb. 25, 2016
The Do-Right
Lisa Sandlin
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Arts, Feb. 25, 2016
Stillwater: A Jack McBride Mystery
Melissa Lenhardt
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Arts, Feb. 25, 2016
Sunset City
Melissa Ginsburg
Reviewed by Molly Odintz, Arts, Feb. 25, 2016
Love Notes From the Bear
Austin's big brown bear of a singer-songwriter-Stratocaster, Jon Dee Graham, doodles his wife, real-life concerns, and ardor
Reviewed by Raoul Hernandez, Music, Feb. 11, 2016
The Sherlock Holmes Book
This encyclopedic overview of all things Holmesian will add a literary elegance to your coffee table
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Arts, Dec. 23, 2015
Sherlock Chronicles
A look behind the scenes of the BBC series Sherlock is informative, if not intimate
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Arts, Dec. 23, 2015
Mycroft Holmes
This adventure of the Great Detective's brother as a young man is a fine addition to the canon
Reviewed by Molly Odnitz, Arts, Dec. 23, 2015
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories
A stupendous survey of Sherlockian parodies and pastiches from 1890 to the present
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Arts, Dec. 23, 2015
A Life ... Well, Lived
A redneck mother's recollections – those that remain
Reviewed by Doug Freeman, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Weird Yet Strange: Notes From an Austin Music Artist
Vaunted Austin artist writes beyond his own posters
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Austin City Limits: A Monument to Music
Four decades of ACL tapings told in (mostly) pictures
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Way Down in Louisiana: Clifton Chenier, Cajun, Zydeco, and Swamp Pop Music
South Louisiana stew with a side of accordion
Reviewed by Jay Trachtenberg, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Fortunate Son
Ex-Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman rocks joy and rolls vengeance
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Petty: The Biography
Gator comes clean
Reviewed by Scott Jordan, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
M Train
Poet leaves time and space
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
Pretenders frontwoman gets as far as album No. 2
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Dysfunction made me a riot grrrl
Reviewed by Neph Basedow, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Dark Days: A Memoir
Lamb of God frontman details his 31 days in a Czech prison
Reviewed by Richard Whittaker, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography
It's not unusual that Tom Jones doesn't kiss and tell
Reviewed by Greg Beets, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Los Lobos: Dream in Blue
Four decades of that little ol' band from East L.A. in 162 pages
Reviewed by Jay Trachtenberg, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
Thirty-six rap songs, one for each year of hip-hop's life
Reviewed by Thomas Fawcett, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me
Where's Hooky?
Reviewed by Richard Whittaker, Music, Dec. 10, 2015
Gift Guide 2015: Fiction by Austin Authors
Rabb's second YA novel features more than one love story, and they're all worth telling
