Simon Reynolds
Author · 17 books
Simon Reynolds is one of the most respected music journalists working today, and his writing is both influential and polarizing. He draws on an impressive range of knowledge, and writes with a fluid, engaging style. His books Rip it Up and Start Again and Generation Ecstasy are well-regarded works about their respective genres, and RETROMANIA may be his most broadly appealing book yet. It makes an argument about art, nostalgia, and technology that has implications for all readerswhether diehard music fans or not. Its an important and provocative look at the present and future of culture and innovation."
Books
Blissed Out
1990
Lighten Our Darkness
A Celebration of Choral Evensong
2021
Table Manners
Liturgical Leadership for the Mission of the Church
2013
Shock and Awe
Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first Century
2016
Sex Revolts
1996
Energy Flash
A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture
1998
Hardcore
2022
Beijar o Céu
2006
Modulations
2000
Still in a Dream
Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994
2026
Totally Wired
Postpunk Interviews and Overviews
2009
Bring the Noise
20 Years of Writing About Hip Rock and Hip Hop
2007
Rip It Up and Start Again
Postpunk 1978-1984
2005
Futuromania
Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines, and Tomorrow's Music Today
2020
Después del Rock
Psicodelia, Postpunk, Electrónica y Otras Revoluciones Inconclusas
2010
Retromania
Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
2010
UK Post-Punk
Faber Forty-Fives: 1977-1982
2012
