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For the 4th edition of our 33 1/3 Series Editor Q&A feature, we spoke with Daphne Brooks. In the interview below, Daphne talks about her role in the 33 1/3 series, what she looks for when reviewing book proposals, and also discusses a forthcoming book in the series, currently slated for publication in spring 2019. What do you do outside of being a 33 1/3 series editor? I’m a professor of African American Studies, Theater Studies, American Studies, and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality […]

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To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth, we’re pleased to bring you the 5th and final installment of Young Marble Giants Week by authors Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero! Video Vault: Live at the Western Front, Vancouver, November, 1980 This video documents Young Marble Giants’ entire November 1980 performance at the Western Front in Vancouver. As far as we know, it’s the only footage of an entire YMG concert available online; this absence of documentation, makes their distinctive fashion […]

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To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth, we’re pleased to bring you the 4th installment of Young Marble Giants Week by authors Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero! After Young Marble Giants What the band’s three members did after Colossal Youth After YMG broke up in early 1981, Alison Statton, Stuart Moxham, and Philip Moxham all went off to pursue their own separate musical projects. Still, they often ended up collaborating together again in various configurations: Philip played bass on […]

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To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth, we’re pleased to bring you the 3rd installment of Young Marble Giants Week by authors Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero! Colossal Youth Mixtape Nine songs not by Young Marble Giants that help shed light on their album’s singular sound Colossal Youth interacts with numerous musical, artistic, historical, and political contexts. Throughout our book, we explore Young Marble Giants’ music within these contexts, referring to music by other people frequently as means of […]

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To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth, we’re pleased to bring you the 2nd installment of Young Marble Giants Week by authors Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero! “Music for the Congenitally Repressed” Behind the scenes with Young Marble Giants’ Stuart Moxham and Alison Statton While researching Colossal Youth, we were fortunate to be in touch with Stuart Moxham, YMG’s guitarist and primary songwriter, and Alison Statton, the band’s lead vocalist. Both provided crucial facts, contextual information, and insights that […]

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To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth, we’re pleased to bring you the 1st installment of Young Marble Giants Week by authors Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero! Young Marble Giants’ Indie Rock Legacy The band’s few recordings made an outsized impact on the following decade of underground rock and pop music, particularly in the United States While Young Marble Giants (YMG) broke up shortly after the release of their first and only LP, 1980’s Colossal Youth, their music has […]

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For the 3rd edition of our 33 1/3 Series Editor Q&A feature, we spoke with Kevin Dettmar. In the interview below, Kevin talks about his role in the 33 1/3 series, what he looks for when reviewing book proposals, and also discusses 2 forthcoming books in the series, currently slated for publication in fall 2019. What do you do outside of being a 33 1/3 series editor? I’m chair of the English department at Pomona College in Southern California, where I teach courses […]

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The 33 1/3 team is delighted to announce an upcoming Northside Festival showcase at Rough Trade NYC on June 10th. The showcase will feature the stellar talents of Lower Dens, Tony Molina, and Tredici Bacci; each artist will be covering songs from albums represented in the 33 1/3 series. Here is the specific breakdown of the artists/albums: Lower Dens will play songs from ABBA’s Gold: Greatest Hits Tony Molina will play songs from Dinosaur Jr.’s You’re Living All Over Me Tredici Bacci will play songs […]

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For the 2nd edition of our 33 1/3 Series Editor Q&A feature, we spoke with Gayle Wald. In the interview below, Gayle talks about her role in the 33 1/3 series, what she looks for when reviewing book proposals, and also discusses a forthcoming book in the series, currently slated for publication in fall 2019. What do you do outside of being a 33 1/3 series editor? I teach English and American studies at George Washington University in DC, where I get to […]

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