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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.

March 20, 2017

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.

August 29, 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.

August 12, 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.

June 14, 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.

May 19, 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

April 27, 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.

April 5, 2016