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Sounds of the underground : a cultural, political, and aesthetic mapping of underground and fringe music / Stephen Graham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Stephen (Musicologist)
- Series:
- Tracking pop
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Underground music--Social aspects.
- Underground music.
- Underground music--Political aspects.
- Underground music--History and criticism.
- Subculture.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this book, Stephen Graham examines the largely unexplored terrain of underground music-exploratory forms of music-making, such as noise, free improvisation, and extreme metal, that exist outside or on the fringes of mainstream culture, generally independent from both the market and from traditional high-art institutions. Until now there has been little scholarly discussion of underground music and its cultural, political, and aesthetic importance. In addition to providing a much-needed historical outline of this diverse scene, Stephen Graham focuses on the digital age, showing the underground and its fringes as based largely in radical anti-capitalist politics and aesthetics, tied to the political contexts and structures of late-capitalism. Sounds of the Underground explores these various ideas of separation and capture through interviews and analysis, developing a critical account of both the music and its political and cultural economy.
- Contents:
- Part I What Is the Underground?
- 1 Introduction to the Underground and Its Fringes 3
- 2 The Music and Musicians 17
- 3 Global and Local Underground/Fringe Scenes 28
- Part II The Political and Cultural Underground
- 4 Politics and Underground/Fringe Music 53
- 5 Cultural Policy and Underground/Fringe Music 64
- 6 Artists and Music, Improv and Noise 85
- 7 The Digital Economy and Labels 115
- 8 Festivals and Venues 144
- Part III Listening to the Underground
- 9 Noise as Concept, History, and Scene 169
- 10 The Politics of Underground Music and Noise 189
- 11 The Sounds of Noise 202
- 12 Extreme Metal 218.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-289) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472119752
- 9780472121649
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.8295270
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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