October 16 2013 – We have a great contest for a book about the US Indie music scene. To enter email contests (at) tmakworld (dot) com and put in “Black Dog Publishing” in the title. One entry per person and include your name and address. Winner will be notified October 25 2013. Furthermore we have a 10% off code for our readers! Simply email offers@blackdogolonline.com before 10 November quoting “T Mak World” as the email subject and score a 10% discount!
More info on the book and ordering link is here.
The book sounds incredibly interesting for fans of music and will surely make a nice gift for Christmas. Below is the press release from Black Dog Publishing about the book.
Late Century Dream looks at a number of underground regional scenes in the US through the fertile years of the 1980s and 90s, encompassing many different genres under the DIY banner.
The book’s six key texts each revolve around a key city and/or creative hub of groups. These include: a definitive alternative take on grunge-era Seattle, largely circumnavigating the populist Sub Pop hegemony; the early cop-baiting punk rock, weirdo skronk and post-psychedelic rock of Austin, Texas; a varied oral account of the art school-derived post-punk scene in Athens, Georgia; a personal account of an immersion in the college rock hotbed of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; an in-depth look at Phoenix, Arizona’s rich history of left-field alternative and punk; and a geographically de-centralised primer on Chicago’s Drag City Records.
Illustrated with a wealth of archival and unseen promo, live and ‘zine imagery from bands including The Accused, The Gits, Butthole Surfers, JFA, REM, Big Boys and Meat Puppets, Late Century Dream gives an alternative insight into the lasting legacies carved out by bands for whom making it big was rarely an aim.
Alongside extended appendices of new interviews and oral material the book provides an insightful social history, featuring newly commissioned texts from Noel Gardner, Pavel Godfrey, Brian Howe, Jimmy Martin, Kevin McCaighy and Louis Pattison who have collectively contributed to various music publications and websites of note including Pitchfork, The Guardian, BBC Music, The Quietus, Independent Weekly, Paste Magazine and NME.
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