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- Title
Recorded in a Cabin in the Woods: Place, Publicity, and the Isolationist Narrative of Indie Music.
- Authors
DELCIAMPO, MATTHEW
- Abstract
This article addresses how isolationism is constructed within indie music publicity and how it indexes gender, race, and socioeconomic status. Using indie musicians Justin Vernon and Nick Zammuto as case studies, I analyze the phrases "the cabin in the woods" and "the middle of nowhere" to examine how the presentation of place within the genre reflects the identities of its musicians and audience. I conclude that the isolation narrative, in effect, inexorably exemplifies the genre itself: it enables musicians to reify their music's originality, bolster its assumed authenticity, and thus solidify its purported "indie-ness.".
- Subjects
ALTERNATIVE rock music; ISOLATIONISM; MUSIC publicity; SOCIOECONOMIC status; BON Iver (Performer)
- Publication
MUSICultures, 2019, Vol 46, Issue 2, p7
- ISSN
1920-4213
- Publication type
Article