Category: Books – New

January 12, 2025 / Books

It’s Sunday and it’s time for our weekly book and music pairing! Today it’s all about Alice Cooper and we’re pairing the memoir Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! with the album…

December 29, 2024 / Books

Before we delve into this week’s Nice Pair, just a reminder that we are:– OPEN today from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm.– We will then be CLOSED from Monday, December…

December 22, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday, it’s the holidays and today it’s time for a Christmas edition of A Nice Pair! But before we kick things off, we want to remind you that we’re…

October 13, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday and it’s a long weekend…a.k.a. the perfect combination for another vinyl and book pairing, right? This week, we’re featuring the latest offerings from Nick Cave: his book Faith,…

October 6, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday and we’re switching things up a little today for today’s Nice Pair – we’re pairing the Backbeat Recommended Read, Salmon Run by Jeff McIntyre with…any music that makes…

September 29, 2024 / Books

It’s the last Sunday in September so let’s settle in with A Nice Pair – book and vinyl pairings that go together like squirrels and foraging for nuts. This week,…

August 25, 2024 / Books

Today’s book and vinyl pairing is the same-named Saxophone Colossus – one, a biography of Sonny Rollins by Aidan Levy; the other, Rollins’ album. The book is a deep dive…

July 21, 2024 / Books

For today’s music and book pairing, we recommend grabbing your Docs, tying your favourite plaid around your waist and reading the book Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of…

July 18, 2024 / Books

We don’t judge people by their covers, but we definitely judge books. Do you? Here are some of our favourite collections that are as beautiful to look at as they…

June 23, 2024 / Books

This week we continue to celebrate Pride Month by pairing the latest book we’ve brought in about today’s star, Me and Mr. Jones: My Life with David Bowie and The…

June 16, 2024 / Books

Before we delve into today’s book and music pairing, we’d like to wish a Happy Father’s Day to those celebrating! If your celebrations involve books or vinyl – or even…

June 9, 2024 / Books

Today, we’re continuing our celebration of Pride Month and pairing Tegan and Sara’s latest album, Crybaby, with their graphic novel, Tegan & Sara: Junior High. The book is a blend…

June 2, 2024 / Books

We loved seeing the Pride Parade yesterday in Perth and in celebration of Pride Month, today we’re kicking it off with A Nice Pair featuring Billie Eilish. We recommend pairing…

May 26, 2024 / Books

If you’re a fan of Patti Smith, today’s your day! We recommend pairing her latest book, The Book of Days, with her classic album Horses. The Book of Days is…

May 12, 2024 / Books

In honour of Mother’s Day, today we’re pairing The Beatles’ classic album Let It Be with the book Sound Man by Glyn Johns. The title track of the album was…

March 17, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday, it’s time for A Nice Pair – book and vinyl recommendations that go together like March and unpredictable temperatures. Today we’re pairing the book Janis: Her Life and…

February 25, 2024 / Books
January 25, 2024 / Books

With all of the mess falling from the sky outside, it’s the perfect time to stay in and hibernate with a book! Here are some winter-y picks…

January 14, 2024 / Books

We’re back at it today and it’s time for A Nice Pair – today we’re featuring Johnny Cash. We’re pairing the biography Johnny Cash: The Life by prolific author Robert…

December 17, 2023 / Books

It’s time for another book and music pairing and today we’re matching The Tragically Hip’s album Fully Completely with the book The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and…

November 26, 2023 / Books

This week’s music and book pairing features a book about seven genres of music and one artist, Joni MItchell, one of the pioneers of a new kind of rock. Major…

November 23, 2023 / Books

Tomorrow is the day! We know lots of you have been waiting for Black Friday to arrive and we’re just as excited as you. Some of you just want to…

November 5, 2023 / Books

Today’s Nice Pair features Canadian twins Tegan & Sara. We’re pairing their latest collabs with each other: their graphic memoir Tegan & Sara: Junior High with their album Crybaby. While…

October 8, 2023 / Books

It’s been a little bit since we’ve done A Nice Pair, but we’re back today pairing the late Sinead O’Connor’s memoir Rememberings with her second studio album I Do Not…

July 23, 2023 / Books