Critiques
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JAPAN — Cries And Whispers (1983-1991)
We all have favorite bands, for Anthony Reynolds he has turned his love of the new-wave boundary pushing Japan into a...
XTC — What Do You Call That Noise?
Some bands thankfully never fade away and be forgotten. Reason for this is the knowledge about heroes in music, passed...
PEDRO PENAS ROBLES — Joy Division, Paroles de fan
This book, published in French (Camion Blanc publisher), is a collection of Joy Division fans’ records. Without...
ANNIE COHEN-SOLAL — Mark Rothko
Markuss Rotkovičs was born in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils), Latvia, on the 25th of September 1903, but he was Russian by...
PHILIP GLASS — Words Without Music/Woorden Zonder Muziek
If you go to New York to study music, you will end up like your uncle Henry, his mother told him in the summer of 1956....
MICHELLE MERCER — Will You Take Me As I Am (Joni Mitchell’s Blue Period)
Joni Mitchell is one of the most intriguing artists of the past 50 years and her album Blue (1971) is not only...
JOACHIM FEST — Speer, The Final Verdict ׀ Speer
As Albert Speer is associated with Adolf Hitler, we usually think of him as the creator of the New German Capital. That...
DAN BROWN — Inferno
It is highly unlikely that the American author Dan Brown will ever repeat the success of The Da Vinci Code and that is...
SIMON SCHAMA — The History of the Jews, Part 1: Finding the Words (1000 BC – 1492)/De Geschiedenis van de Joden, Deel 1: De Woorden Vinden (1000 v.C. – 1492)
The History of the Jews has been written before. Repeatedly and even more extensively. What makes Simon Schama's...
MARK BURGESS — View From A Hill
View from a Hill is the biography of Mark Burgess, founder and lead singer of the legendary Manchester New Wave band...
AMÉLIE NOTHOMB — Loving Sabotage/Vuurwerk en Ventilators
The French-speaking Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb is the daughter of a diplomat and during her childhood she...
SYLVIE SIMMONS — I’m Your Man – The Life of Leonard Cohen
For this biography about the life and work of the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, journalist Sylvie Simmons...
ADOLF HITLER — Mein Kampf
Disclaimer: Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler is not only a highly controversial book, even now it still arouses in many...
MARTIN ASTON — Facing The Other Way, The Story Of 4-AD
It's hard to believe that until now, prior to this engaging and explorative tome's publication, no-one had felt...
PETER HOOK — Unknown Pleasures
To give you an idea of just how riveting Peter Hook's second book in as many years is, I've just got to the bit...