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Album artwork for Modest Mouse’s The Moon & Antarctica (33 1/3) by Zachary Petit
Modest Mouse’s The Moon & Antarctica (33 1/3)

Zachary Petit

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Never Understood: The Story of The Jesus and Mary Chain

William and Jim Reid

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Album artwork for If Nick Drake Came to My House by Mackenzie Crook
If Nick Drake Came to My House

Mackenzie Crook

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Album artwork for Brothers by Alex Van Halen
Brothers

Alex Van Halen

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Album artwork for Eat the World: A Collection of Poems by Marina Diamandis
Eat the World: A Collection of Poems

Marina Diamandis

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Album artwork for Street-Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson
Street-Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence

Will Hodgkinson

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Album artwork for Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year by Alex James
Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year

Alex James

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Paused in Cosmic Reflection (The Chemical Brothers)

The Chemical Brothers with Robin Turner

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How to Disappear: A Portrait of Radiohead

Colin Greenwood

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Nobody's Empire (A Novel)

Stuart Murdoch

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Album artwork for Autonomy: Portrait of a Buzzcock by Steve Diggle
Autonomy: Portrait of a Buzzcock

Steve Diggle

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Album artwork for Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave
Faith, Hope and Carnage

Nick Cave

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Album artwork for Two-Headed Doctor: Listening For Ghosts in Dr. John's Gris-Gris by David Toop
Two-Headed Doctor: Listening For Ghosts in Dr. John's Gris-Gris

David Toop

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Album artwork for Earth to Moon by Moon Unit Zappa
Earth to Moon

Moon Unit Zappa

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Album artwork for The Cure: Stills by Paul Cox, Foreword by Robert Smith
The Cure: Stills

Paul Cox, Foreword by Robert Smith

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Album artwork for Women Living Deliciously by Florence Given
Women Living Deliciously

Florence Given

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Album artwork for Triggers: A Life in Music by Glen Matlock
Triggers: A Life in Music

Glen Matlock

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Album artwork for The Chronicles of Doom by S. H. Fernando
The Chronicles of Doom

S. H. Fernando

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Album artwork for I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True: A Memoir Of Life, Music, And The Dream Syndicate by Steve Wynn
I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True: A Memoir Of Life, Music, And The Dream Syndicate

Steve Wynn

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‘Where Songs Come From – The Lyrics and Origin Stories of 150 Solo and Carter USM Songs’

Jim Bob

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Modest Mouse’s The Moon & Antarctica (33 1/3)

Zachary Petit

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What Happened to the Heart?

Aurora

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The Chronicles of Doom

S. H. Fernando

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Killed (of Kids) a Book by Huggy Bear

Niki Elliott, Karen Hill, Jo Johnson, Chris Rowley, and Jon Slade

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Aphex Twin - A Disco Pogo Tribute

Disco Pogo

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Wildfire: My Ten Years Getting High in the Prodigy

Leeroy Thornhill

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We All Shine On: John, Yoko and Me

Elliot Mintz

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Mark Hollis: Or The Art of Fading Away

Frederick Rapilly and James Marsh, Mark Hollis and Talk Talk

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The Hacienda: Threads

Foreword by Peter Hook, Becky Hook

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I'm With Pulp, Are You?

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Ciao Ciao Bambino

Michael Head

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David Toop

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Earth to Moon

Moon Unit Zappa

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The Cure: Stills

Paul Cox, Foreword by Robert Smith

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I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True: A Memoir Of Life, Music, And The Dream Syndicate

Steve Wynn

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Echoes: A memoir continued . . .

Will Sergeant

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Poems from Fossilised Cretaceous Seams

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Living In Colour: The Art of Scott Hutchison

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Goth: A History

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Album artwork for Never Understood: The Story of The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid
Never Understood: The Story of The Jesus and Mary Chain

William and Jim Reid

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Street-Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence

Will Hodgkinson

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Autonomy: Portrait of a Buzzcock

Steve Diggle

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Earth to Moon

Moon Unit Zappa

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The Cure: Stills

Paul Cox, Foreword by Robert Smith

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Under A Rock

Chris Stein

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How To Run An Indie Label

Alan McGee

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A Continual Farewell: My Life in Letters with Tony Wilson

Lindsay Reade

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In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor Raymonde and Me

Simon Raymonde

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A Thousand Threads

Neneh Cherry

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