Thomas Howells Late Century Dream - Movements In The US Indie Music Underground

Late Century Dream: Movements in the US Indie Music Underground looks in detailed focus at a number of regional music scenes in the US independent music underground through the
fertile years of the 1980s and 1990s, encompassing many different genres under the DIY banner.
Featuring newly commissioned essays and extended appendices of new interview and
oral material, Late Century Dream takes a fresh, detailed look at both lesser-reported
aspects of familiar movements like grunge—by way of progenitors such as Green River and
Mudhoney, and other lesser-known but influential groups such as TAD and Skinyard—and
the 80s hardcore and punk scene in Washington DC, and in cities and regions with little or
no prior discussion around their music scene. These include: the early-90s post-hardcore/
early screamo scene which sprang up around Gravity Records in San Diego, including
Heroin, Antioch Arrow, Three Mile Pilot and many others; the legacy of the Butthole
Surfers and the development of the punk scene in Texas which encompassed groups such
as The Dicks and Big Boys; and the three phases of Chapel Hill music, from the mid-80s
tail end of proto-indie, through the legendary college-rock boom encompassing bands like
Superchunk and Archers of Loaf, to late-90s iterations spearheaded by groups such as the
White Octave and Sorry About Dresden, and many others.
Divided simply in to chapters focusing on each different region or city, the book will also
be illustrated with a wealth of archival and unseen promo, live and ‘zine imagery. Late Century
Dream is an exciting addition to Black Dog Publishing’s music titles, following on from
Black Metal and Krautrock, in giving readers an alternative view of the popular music scenes.