{"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":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781419775260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 03 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: New York, United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 22.9(H)x15.2(L)x3.6(W)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\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.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eIt would have been easy for Givony to appeal to millennial nostalgia with simple reflections on more popular musicians, but, as he notes, \"the Brooklyn scene was overwhelmingly white, male, and privileged, at every level.\" Instead, he writes about the underdogs of the time, many of them women and people of color-which makes for an inclusive and eye-opening read. * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eGivony captures the era's energy in vibrant prose. The result is an effusive and intimate ode to a heady period of music history. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eUs v. Them\u003c\/i\u003e, Ronen Givony pulls off an extraordinary feat: a work of nostalgia untainted by self-indulgence, absolution, or cheese. Givony gives us not just a meticulously researched history of Brooklyn indie rock's flaws and triumphs, but a riveting insider's perspective, too. Required reading for anyone who wants to learn how the era came together, or how it fell apart. -- Jesse Rifkin, author of This Must Be The Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUs v. Them \u003c\/i\u003eproves that New York City's nightlife and music scenes never truly die; each new generation redraws the city's landscape in their own image. You may have never heard of some of these bands or artists or clubs-some are overlooked or unsung-[while] others had a brief moment in the sun before burning out. But for the people who were there, these moments were as formative as punk rock and CBGB in the '70s or the 1950s Greenwich Village jazz scene. -- Tricia Romano, author of The Freaks Came Out to Write\u003cbr\u003eA rigorously reported love letter to Givony's first decade living in the city, \u003ci\u003eUs V. Them\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the tenacious bands, venue owners, label executives, and general hustlers that made Brooklyn synonymous with the DIY avant-garde. * Arielle Gordon, Brooklyn Magazine *","brand":"Ronen Givony","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48880261791961,"sku":"9781419775260","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781419775260.jpg?v=1783000240","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/us-v-them-the-age-of-indie-music-and-a-decade-in-new-york-2004-2014-9781419775260","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}