Volcanic Tongue : A Time-Travelling Evangelist’s Guide to Late 20th-Century Underground Music – David Keenan

Softback

544 pages

White Rabbit

ISBN: 9781399624961

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. Volcanic Tongue features the best of his reviews, interviews and think pieces, with exclusive in-depth conversations between Keenan and members of Coil and Throbbing Gristle, 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 musicians from Sonic Youth to John Fahey, via free jazz Pere Ubu, Metal Box-era Public Image Ltd, Sun Ra, John Martyn and many more. It is an essential addition to any music fan's bookshelf.