Music Books of the Year 2013

Daniel Rachel’s interview technique for ‘Isle Of Noises: Conversations With Great British Songwriters’ was straightforward: talk to songwriters not about fame, excess or the rock’n’roll lifestyle, but simply about the day-job. The insights he got were as fascinating as his subjects: Jarvis Cocker, Noel Gallagher, Laura Marling, Ray Davies, John Lydon, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, among others…

1. Morrissey – Autobiograhy
2. Bob Stanley – Yeah Yeah Yeah
3. Daniel Rachel – Isle of Noises
4. Alan McGee – Creation Stories
5. Quest Love – Mo Meta Blues
6. Beck – Song Reader
7. Jane and Serge – A Family Album
8. Jazz Summers – Big Life
9. William Todd Scultz – The Life of Elliot Smith
10. Jimi Hendrix – Starting At Zero
11. Paul Brannigan – Birth School Metallica Death
12. Simon Spence – The Stone Roses
13. Martin Ashton – The Story of 4AD
14. Lloyd Bradley – Sounds Like London
15. Keith Cameron – Mudhoney

Added: Nov 26, 2013