Empire of Dirt

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Empire of Dirt: The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Music is a 2006 book by Wendy Fonarow.^[1]

Contents

The title of the book comes from one verse from the song "

In chapter 1 the author discuss 'What Is "Indie"?'. A problem with defining indie is that any precise definition will exclude music and performers which indie fans and insiders feel should be included or include ones that should be excluded.[2] These are some possible definitions:^[3]

1. Indie music is the one which is recorded by
   UK Indie Chart
   .
2. a genre of music with a distinctive sound and style.
3. music that communicates a particular ethos.
4. a category of
   critical assessment
   .
5. music different from other genres like mainstream pop, dance, blues, country or classical.

Reviews

• Jonze, Tim (26 April 2008). "School of rock". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
• Rose, Emily (9 June 2006). "Dirty indie: 'Professor of indie rock' Wendy Fonarow explains how 13 years of gig attendance spawned Empire of Dirt". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
• Grassy, Elsa (2007). "Empire of Dirt: The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Music". Cercles, Revue pluridisciplinaire du monde anglophone [multidisciplinary review of the English-speaking world]. Archive: Book reviews (16). Universite de Rouen. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
• Itzkoff, Dave (1 October 2006). "Music Chronicle". Sunday Book Review. The New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

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