{"product_id":"us-v-them-the-age-of-indie-music-and-a-decade-in-new-york-2004-2014-9781419775260","title":"Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eJust Kids\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOur Band Could Be Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Ronen Givony's \u003ci\u003eUs v. Them\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through reporting, research, and interviews with musicians, industry insiders, and individuals from \u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e, Vice, Scion, and the Red Bull Music Academy, \u003ci\u003eUs v. Them\u003c\/i\u003e examines the rise and fall of indie music in a post-Napster landscape, marked by vast disruption in technology, politics, economics, journalism, and patronage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once a social history and an eyewitness account of an improbable decade, \u003ci\u003eUs v. Them\u003c\/i\u003e gives a critical analysis of what indie music was, is, and will be again in New York City. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronen Givony\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419775260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonen Givony\u003c\/b\u003e 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: \u003ci\u003e24 Hour Revenge Therapy (or, The Strange Death of Selling Out)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNot For You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and raised in South Florida, he now lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ronen Givony \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47712309444765,"sku":"9781419775260","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8d959d9b-41b3-467d-b246-873b54d9adbf.jpg?v=1773172613","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/us-v-them-the-age-of-indie-music-and-a-decade-in-new-york-2004-2014-9781419775260","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}