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Reading Music: On Trying to Pay Attention to Paul Stanley’s Autobiography While the Country Falls Apart

By Emily Nokes | March 20, 2017

By Emily Nokes | March 20, 2017

Reading Music: On Trying to Pay Attention to Paul Stanley’s Autobiography While the Country Falls Apart

Emily Nokes meant to write about the KISS member’s paperback months ago —then Trump happened.

Reading Music: The Exquisite Drama That Is Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters

By Emily Nokes | August 29, 2016

By Emily Nokes | August 29, 2016

Reading Music: The Exquisite Drama That Is Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters

Emily Nokes (Tacocat) delves into four hundred and ten pages of interviews spanning the entire career of one Fleetwood motherfucking Mac.

Reading Music: This Brats Autobiography is Kind of a Fucked-Up Fairytale

By Bree Mckenna | August 12, 2016

By Bree Mckenna | August 12, 2016

Reading Music: This Brats Autobiography is Kind of a Fucked-Up Fairytale

Andrew Matheson’s new book about his failed punk band is the anti-happily-ever-after.

Reading Music: Brian “Head” Welch’s (Korn) Newest Book is Heavy on the Mistakes, Light on the Miracles

By Emily Nokes | June 14, 2016

By Emily Nokes | June 14, 2016

Reading Music: Brian “Head” Welch’s (Korn) Newest Book is Heavy on the Mistakes, Light on the Miracles

No matter how spectacularly he fails, there’s always Jesus, standing there like a pushover mom, ready to forgive and forget and repeat.

Reading Music: I Finished Tom DeLonge’s 704-page, Dense-as-Fuck Alien Novel

By Bree Mckenna | May 19, 2016

By Bree Mckenna | May 19, 2016

Reading Music: I Finished Tom DeLonge’s 704-page, Dense-as-Fuck Alien Novel

Tacocat’s Bree McKenna wants to believe…in the former Blink-182 guitarist’s newest literary effort.

Reading Music: I Wish John Doe’s New Book Were More About John Doe

April 27, 2016

April 27, 2016

Reading Music: I Wish John Doe’s New Book Were More About John Doe

Emily Nokes of Tacocat reviews the X founding member's book, Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk

Reading Music: I Read John Popper’s Autobiography and Then Opened for Him at a Bernie Sanders Rally

By Bree Mckenna | April 5, 2016

By Bree Mckenna | April 5, 2016

Reading Music: I Read John Popper’s Autobiography and Then Opened for Him at a Bernie Sanders Rally

Tacocat’s Bree McKenna reviews the Blue Traveler frontman’s new book.