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fromBrooklynVegan
1 week ago

BV Interviews: Heavenly on 1st album in 30 years, reclaiming "twee," finding community, more

Heavenly's music and the 'twee' label have been embraced, leading to a 2023 reunion and an album blending sugary melodies with dark lyrics.
fromBrooklynVegan
6 months ago

Read an excerpt of new indie rock book 'Such Great Heights' on "the gentrification of indie folk"

The recent stomp clap discourse sparked a lot of conversations about how the divisive 2010s subgenre grew out of 2000s indie-folk, and the evolution (and "gentrification") of the latter is actually something that Stereogum managing editor Chris DeVille tackles in his upcoming book Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion, which comes out this Tuesday (8/26) via St. Martin's Press.
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