33⅓ announce new books, including Daniel Johnston, Blondie, The Jesus and Mary Chain & more
Cult music book series 33⅓ have announced a list of their upcoming editions.
The series, which sees each book featuring an author discussing a different seminal LP, will publish books on The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy, Daniel Johnston’s Hi, How Are You, Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out, The Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead, Blondie’s Parallel Lines, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and even New Kids on the Block’s Hangin’ Tough. Pitchfork‘s Jenn Pelly will write a critique of The Raincoats’ self-titled album, expected in 2016.
Check out the full list of upcoming releases below. Books on Kanye West, Sigur Ros, Hole, Andrew WK and Bjork are also set to be published shortly.
Spring 2015
Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros by Andrew Shartmann
Fall 2015
Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead by Puzz Poole
Beat Happening’s Beat Happening by Bryan C. Parker
Metallica’s Metallica (The Black Album) by David Masciotra
Phish’s A Live One by Walter Holland
Spring 2016
Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew by George Grella
The Geto Boys’ The Geto Boys by Rolf Potts
The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy by Paula Mejia
Daniel Johnston’s Hi, How Are You by Benjamin Shapiro
Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out by Jovana Babović
Fall 2016
New Kids on the Block’s Hangin’ Tough by Rebecca Wallwork
Donny Hathaway’s Donny Hathaway Live by Emily Lordi
The Raincoats’ The Raincoats by Jenn Pelly
Blondie’s Parallel Lines by Kembrew McLeod
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