"The larger significance of all this is that, as Mr. Jarnow notes in passing,
'the ideas of modesty and scale around indie music began to spread to other
areas of culture.' 'Big Day Coming' doesn't say so outright, but this is a new
notion of success: not the old jackpot mentality of the music industry but one
aimed at sustainability."
In The Wall Street Journal, Michael Azerrad reviews Jesse Jarnow's Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
"The Little Band That Could"
Labels:
1980s,
books,
cultural history,
music,
New Jersey,
social history,
twentieth century
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