This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Spitboy, an all-female punk/hardcore band active in the first half of the 1990s, were far more groundbreaking than their… Read more “A Review of The Spitboy Rule by Michelle Cruz Gonzalez”
Category: Music Books
A Review of Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting by Eilon Paz
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. Dust & Grooves, a website created and run by Eilon Paz, has been an online Shangri-la for record… Read more “A Review of Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting by Eilon Paz”
A Review of The Only Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Jessica Hopper feels music in her bones, in her blood, in the soles of her shoes and the tips… Read more “A Review of The Only Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper”
Kill Yr. Idols: A Review of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. One of the trademarks of legendary and influential rock band Sonic Youth during their nearly three decade… Read more “Kill Yr. Idols: A Review of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band”
The Gender Retirement Home: Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. “When I retired from gender, it was because I came to the realization that the gender binary… Read more “The Gender Retirement Home: Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote”
Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. In 1998 I was sixteen years old, even scrawnier than I am now, and very Christian. The world… Read more “Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music”
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