Now Is The Time To Invent

Name: Now Is The Time To Invent
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SKU: 9781891241673
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Now Is the Time to Invent offers an in-depth portrait of the indie-rock scene from the mid-1980s through the 1990s, featuring over 60 profiles and interviews from the independent music magazine Puncture. It explores key artists and movements that defined this influential era, from early pioneers like Throwing Muses and Camper Van Beethoven to later breakthroughs by Sleater-Kinney, Neutral Milk Hotel, and many others. The book is richly illustrated with rare photographs, capturing the energy and creativity of a pivotal musical period.
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This book is ideal for fans of indie rock and alternative music history, music journalists, and readers interested in the cultural and artistic developments of the 1980s and 1990s music scenes. It will also appeal to those who appreciate music criticism and archival interviews with seminal artists.

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Now Is the Time to Invent offers a definitive portrait of the vibrant indie-rock scene that flourished in the mid-1980s and reached its creative peak in the 1990s. More than 60 profiles and interviews, taken from the pages of the acclaimed independent music magazine Puncture and illustrated with many rare photographs, cover all the major contributors to a lastingly influential musical movement.

It's impossible to determine a single starting point for indie rock, but here it is found in the scintillating psychodramas Kristin Hersch conjured up for Throwing Muses and the deadpan, genre-busting, proto-slacker anthems of Camper Van Beethoven, and followed through to the critical triumphs of Sleater-Kinney and Neutral Milk Hotel more than a decade later. Along the way, it takes in such pioneering artists as P.J. Harvey, Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Bikini Kill, Nick Cave, Beck, Cat Power, Fugazi, Mekons, Pavement, Belle & Sebastian, Meat Puppets, My Bloody Valentine, Sebadoh, the Breeders, Jeff Buckley, Guided by Voices, Will Oldham, Hole, Flaming Lips, the Magnetic Fields, and many more.

Nineties nostalgia is still peaking... (a) new book out this month perfectly captures that artistic and cultural heyday. Now is the Time to Invent... collects writing from Puncture, a little magazine that covered the indie scene of the late Eighties and Nineties with authority, scope, generosity, and a lovingly critical eye. - Rolling Stone

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Now Is the Time to Invent compiles authoritative and engaging writing from Puncture, a respected indie-rock magazine from the late 1980s and 1990s. Reviewers praise its informed and critical perspective, balanced enthusiasm, and inclusive approach, particularly around gender dynamics in the music scene. The book is admired for celebrating the homespun, literary, and arty aesthetics of the independent music movement while remaining accessible and smart.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781891241673

Publisher: Verse Chorus Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Verse Chorus Press

Contributors:

Edited by Katherine Spielmann

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Katherine Spielmann founded Puncture in 1982, together with Patty Stirling, and she was the magazine's editor and publisher during its 18-year history. Steve Connell was the managing editor of Puncture from 1984 to 2000. Musician and writer J Neo Marvin was Puncture's most consistent contributor throughout its history. Jay Ruttenberg was a frequent contributor to Puncture for many years and was the magazine's music editor from 1997 to 2000.