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Volcanic Tongue : A Time-Travelling Evangelist’s Guide to Late 20th-Century Underground Music
20th Century Post Punk and Indie - Book - by David Keenan
(2025)
Volcanic Tongue presents the first ever collection of
multi-award-winning author David Keenan's music writings. Keenan has
been writing about music since publishing his first fanzine, inspired by
The Pastels and by Glasgow (and Airdrie's) DIY music scene, in 1988.
Since then, he has written about music for Melody Maker, NME, Uncut,
Mojo, The New York Times, Ugly Things, The Literary Review, The Social
and, most consistently, The Wire.
Volcanic Tongue was also the
name of the record shop and mail order that Keenan ran with his partner,
Heather Leigh, in Glasgow from 2005-2015. Volcanic Tongue features
the best of his reviews, interviews and think pieces, with exclusive
in-depth conversations between Keenan and Nick Cave, members of
legendary industrial bands Coil and Throbbing Gristle, krautrock legends
like Faust, Shirley Collins, the first lady of English folk, Kevin
Shields of My Bloody Valentine, German auto-destructives Einstürzende
Neubauten, as well as discographical analysis of the back catalogues of
groups like Sonic Youth and musicians like John Fahey, extensive
writings on free jazz and obsessive in-depth digs into favourites like
Pere Ubu, Metal Box-era Public Image Ltd, Sun Ra, guitarist and vocalist
John Martyn and many more. It is an essential addition to any music
fan's bookshelf.
This first collection of his legendary
criticism functions as an extended love letter to the revolutionary
music of the 20th century and the incredible culture that sustained it.
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