General Surveys
Donald Clarke, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Second Edition, 1991)
Charlie Gillett, The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll (Second Edition, 1996)
Phil Hardy, The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music (Third Edition, 2001)
Mark Prendergast, The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby—The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age (2003)
Ira A. Robbins, The Trouser Press Record Guide (1991)
Ira A. Robbins, The Trouser Press Record Guide to 90’s Rock (1997)
Piero Scaruffi, A History of Popular Music Before Rock Music (2014)
Piero Scaruffi, A History of Rock and Dance Music: From the Guitar to the Laptop, From Chicago to Shanghai (Second Edition, 2009)
Ted Gioia, The History of Jazz (Second Edition, 2011)
Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Third Edition, 2001)
Biographies
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico (2021)
Magazines
The Wire (Summer 1982-Present)
Primary Sources
Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band (2015)
Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run (2016)