Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014) by Givony, Ronen
Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014) by Givony, Ronen

Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014)

A sweeping and in-depth history of the Brooklyn music scene over ten years in Bloomberg's New York,...
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Author: Ronen Givony
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Language: English
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Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014) by Givony, Ronen

Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014)

$107.99 $60.00
Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014) by Givony, Ronen

Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014)

$107.99 $60.00
Author: Ronen Givony
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
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.


Author: Ronen Givony
Publisher: Abrams Press
Published: 03/03/2026
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781419775260


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/12/2026
Library Journal 01/23/2026 pg. 1
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2025

About the Author
Ronen Givony is the founder of Wordless Music, an orchestra and concert series that has worked with artists across genres, from Sigur Rós and Mica Levi to Terrence Malick and Paul Thomas Anderson. A curator for music festivals and venues in the United States and abroad, he is the author of two other books: 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (or, The Strange Death of Selling Out) and Not For You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense. Born and raised in South Florida, he now lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
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