In his new photo book, Sub Pop co-founder Bruce Pavitt lovingly subverts the myth of Nirvana, capturing them during a pre-fame European tour in 1989. Jenn Pelly talks with him about the rise of grunge and how making the book felt like healing.

Thanks to a roster including Cocteau Twins and Pixies, UK imprint 4AD has maintained its status as a force in independent music for more than 30 years. Stephen M. Deusner talks with author Martin Aston about his exhaustive history of the label.

The Roots drummer, master collaborator, and venerable pop historian talks to Mark Richardson about his new memoir, including amazing stories about Prince, Al Green, and more.

New book Enjoy the Experience reproduces more than 1,000 weird and wonderful homemade LP covers, capturing an alternative American vernacular. Marc Masters talks to editor Johan Kugelberg about the idiosyncratic project.

Devon Powers' new book Writing the Record chronicles the early days of rock journalism at The Village Voice. She talks with Eric Harvey about the evolving role of music critics through the years.

The NYC punk originator and novelist sits down with Brandon Stosuy to discuss his new autobiography, I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp, his problems with what punk has come to represent, and what he wants on his tombstone.

Author and musician Ian Svenonius talks to Stephen M. Deusner about his new book, an offbeat meditation on the ghosts of rock'n'roll's past, the state of its present, and its hopes for the future.

Author and musicologist Timothy Taylor talks to Eric Harvey about his new book, which tells the story of pop music's long relationship with consumer culture-- from early jingles to 60s counterculture to today's shifting definition of "selling out."

Author Alan Light talks to Ryan Dombal about his new book The Holy or the Broken, which details the improbable ascent of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"-- from Jeff Buckley, to Shrek, to "American Idol", and everything in between.

Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy features a series of interviews that covers every aspect of Oldham's career. Marc Masters speaks to the book's editor, musician and writer Alan Licht, about Oldham's unique art and the book's process. 

Author Jonathan Sterne talks to Eric Harvey about his new book on the history of the mp3, including insights on the inherent contradictions of media corporations that rely on piracy and what the future holds for everyone's favorite type of music file.

Rob Mitchum talks to writer Jesse Jarnow about his new biography of indie institution Yo La Tengo and how the long-running Hoboken group's history offers a mirror to the overall story of indie rock across the past three decades.

Jayson Greene talks to author Jonathan Lethem about his 33 ⅓ book on the Talking Heads classic Fear of Music, loving art that doesn't love you back, exposing critical authority, and why he's not quite as nerdy as his work may suggest.