Music posts
Staff music picks, free events & pre-order new Radiohead
Radiohead’s landmark album, OK Computer, is set to be rereleased in a special 20th anniversary pack on Friday 23 June, and our music and DVD manager Dave Clarke is extremely excited.
He writes: ‘The year is 1997. I have just turned 29, I am obsessed with something called Saturn Return’s, and with an album by English alternative rock group Radiohead. That album is O…
Staff music picks, upcoming bookshops gigs and 20% off vinyl
Record Store Day is officially on Saturday 22 April, but Readings is celebrating all month long with 20% off vinyl.
Handpicked by our passionate music team, our vinyl collection includes old favourites alongside terrific new releases. Come visit us in-store to chat with our specialists in person and complete your own collection.
The sale runs from 1 to 30 April…
Three classical albums we’re loving this month
For many people, the name Yo-Yo Ma immediately brings to mind the Bach Cello Suites and Ma’s bestselling album; the album that has defined many a young cellist’s ideas about the performance of the works. However, many discerning listeners also think ‘innovation’ when they hear or see his name, given the many differen…
Eight Australian albums to check out in April
Staring at the Starry Ceiling is the debut album of in…
Staff music picks of the month
We’re excited to have two terrific musicians dropping by our Carlton shop on Friday, 10 March.
At 12.30pm, Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright will chat with rock journalist Michael Dwyer. This special lunchtime event is free, but places are strictly limited. Find out more here.
At 6.30pm, singer and songwriter Rob Snarski will share tales from his new book, You’re Not Rob Sna…
Three classical albums we’re loving this month
‘Many years after Erik Satie’s death in 1925, friends gained access to his small and cluttered apartment where they found two grand pianos stacked on top of each other, a chair, a table, seven velvet suits, and hoards of unsent love letters. An apparently eccentric man, Satie lived a life of contradict…
The 20 bestselling CDs at Readings in 2016
Our top 20 albums of 2016 include releases from some of the biggest names in music: Van Morrison, Radiohead, Joan Baez and the Rolling Stones; as well as local legends Paul Kelly, Nick Cave and Archie Roach. 2015’s number one bestselling album, 25 by…
St Kilda music picks for summer road trips
Kicking off with hits like ‘Changes’ and ‘Oh! you pretty things’, I challenge you not to have the best time cruising along the highway, just getting right into the best damn seat-dancing those passin…
Our best books, CDs & DVDs of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here’s a round up of all the blog posts featuring our best books, CDs & DVDs of 2016:
The Best Fiction Books of 2016 The Best Non-Fiction Books of 2016 The Best Crime Books of 2016 The Best Cookbooks of 2016 The Best Art & Design Books of 2016 The Best Picture Books of 2016 The Best Junior Fic…The best pop CDs of 2016
Lemonade, another visual concept album, is as fierce and sexy as we’ve come to expect from…