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US V. THEM HC THE AGE OF INDIE MUSIC AND A DECADE IN NEW YORK (2004-2014)
(W) RONEN GIVONY (C)
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StockID: 170121 SKU: 0126AB0514
A sweeping and in-depth history of the Brooklyn music scene over ten years in Bloomberg's New York- from a writer and concert producer who had a front-row view of it all In the tradition of Just Kids and Our Band Could Be Your Life- Ronen Givony’s Us v. Them chronicles the generation of young artists who came to Brooklyn in the mid-2000s: a small but seismic scene that coalesced under a billionaire mayor- a series of forever wars- and a music industry in free fall.In tandem with the impresarios and unlicensed venues that lined the Williamsburg waterfront- combining elements of noise and pop- a few became unlikely superstars. Meanwhile- countless flared and vanished- reminders of an unusually fertile moment—the age of indie—that now means little more than a term of marketing.Through reporting- research- and interviews with musicians- industry insiders- and individuals from Pitchfork- Vice- Scion- and the Red Bull Music Academy- Us v. Them examines the rise and fall of indie music in a post-Napster landscape- marked by vast disruption in technology- politics- economics- journalism- and patronage.At once a social history and an eyewitness account of an improbable decade- Us v. Them gives a critical analysis of what indie music was- is- and will be again in New York City.
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US V. THEM HC THE AGE OF INDIE MUSIC AND A DECADE IN NEW YORK (2004-2014)
(W) RONEN GIVONY (C)
ABRAMS
StockID: 170121 SKU: 0126AB0514
A sweeping and in-depth history of the Brooklyn music scene over ten years in Bloomberg's New York- from a writer and concert producer who had a front-row view of it all In the tradition of Just Kids and Our Band Could Be Your Life- Ronen Givony’s Us v. Them chronicles the generation of young artists who came to Brooklyn in the mid-2000s: a small but seismic scene that coalesced under a billionaire mayor- a series of forever wars- and a music industry in free fall.In tandem with the impresarios and unlicensed venues that lined the Williamsburg waterfront- combining elements of noise and pop- a few became unlikely superstars. Meanwhile- countless flared and vanished- reminders of an unusually fertile moment—the age of indie—that now means little more than a term of marketing.Through reporting- research- and interviews with musicians- industry insiders- and individuals from Pitchfork- Vice- Scion- and the Red Bull Music Academy- Us v. Them examines the rise and fall of indie music in a post-Napster landscape- marked by vast disruption in technology- politics- economics- journalism- and patronage.At once a social history and an eyewitness account of an improbable decade- Us v. Them gives a critical analysis of what indie music was- is- and will be again in New York City.
