The aptly named Excitable Press has released its latest book. And it's a doozy, let me tell ya.
That Devil Music's anthology, Best Rock Writing 2014, features articles honing in on the greater measure of rock crit speak from the last year, including brilliant copy on Big Star, Imagine Dragons, Greg Prevost, Clutch, Emit Rhodes, The Replacements, Jimbo Mathus and other household names.
With essays, interviews, articles and album reviews spanning the entire rock spectrum--from prog to punk to No Wave--this book is a valuable addition to any shelf that also includes titles by Paul Williams, Richard Meltzer, Byron Coley, Ira Robbins, Jack Rabid and, yes, even Xgau.
Edited by veteran critic Rev. Keith A. Gordon, this handsome compendium includes writers such as BLURT's Fredd Mills, Perfect Sound Forever's Jason Gross, Steve Morley, Tommy Hash, Lee Zimmerman and...Classicalite's own editor in chief, Logan K. Young (FULL DISCLOSURE).
Yeah, it's practically a novel, what with the weight of contributions spanning Leslie West interviews to j. poet remembering Richie Havens at Woodstock to Cody Conrad's "A Band Called Punk."
Don't look the other way on this one, ya yokels. Best Rock Writing 2014 from That Devil Music is out now; it is a vital piece of rock crit writing--especially now since Da Capo's Best Music Writing imprint is finished.
For your enjoyment, here's a performance (in memorandum) of Richie Havens doing "Freedom" at Woodstock.
That devil music, indeed.
