Hang the DJ: An Alternative Book of Music Lists

The literary equivalent of a great dive bar jukebox—inspiring, provocative, irresistible, and the perfect gift for all music lovers.

At the heart of all music fetishes, there are lists: ten essential female murder ballads, ten unsettling songs for a midwestern white guy to wake to from a coma, ten smutty Bob Dylan moments, and of course the ever-popular staple of all music lists (and listeners)—ten best breakup songs.

Hang the DJ compiles what contributors might once have scribbled in the bac...