2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke
Podcast

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

8 episodes

The year 2004 brought a seismic shift in indie rock. Hosted by Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast), this show makes the case with the help of members of Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Spoon, Modest Mouse, The Decemberists, Tegan & Sara, Metric, and industry leaders from record labels, iTunes, and TV shows like The O.C. The podcast is presented by Dropbox and produced by Nevermind Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

What this show covers

indie musicmusic businessphysical mediarecord distributionretail

What listeners will find here

How indie records reached store shelves, from near-collapse to big-box placement
This episode looks at the business of selling physical records and the distribution changes that helped indie music reach more buyers. It connects new channels like ADA with stories ranging from a bankruptcy scare around Death Cab’s label to Domino getting Franz Ferdinand into Best Buy.

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